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Clarify rules regarding the review committee #180

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17 changes: 9 additions & 8 deletions submission_rules.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -28,19 +28,20 @@ The MLPerf review and publication process is overseen by a review committee.

The review committee consists of the following people:

* The relevant working group chairs
* The relevant power working group chairs
* Optionally, the review chair of relevant working group
* The executive director
* The president of the board
* Representatives of each submitter
* The review chairs of relevant working group
* The head of MLPerf
* The president of the board
* The relevant working group chairs †
* The relevant power working group chairs †

If representatives of a single organization, its parents, subsidiaries, or
affiliates hold multiple positions on this list, at most one such representative
is eligible to vote in the review committee.

The review committee is chaired by the relevant results working group chairs
unless a review chair is selected.
The review committee is setup before submission and is driven by review chairs who are selected among a group of candidates whose candidacy is approved by unanimous consent among members who indicate intent to submit in the submission survey of the relevant round. An impartial MLC staff member familiar with the rules and subject of the relavant working group can be a valid candidate. The relevant working group chair or power working group chair may be a valid candidate as well if approved by unanimous consent. If no candidates can be identified as acceptable by unanimous consent, the head of MLPerf must make best effort to appoint one, or fulfill the role themselves.

Any submitter may request that an individual serving a role demarcated by † to abstain from the review committee if the individual is deemed by the submitter to be associated with a competitor and the relavant working group along with the head of MLPerf must make best effort to address the request.

### Meetings

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If there are two outcomes, voting proceeds by simple majority. If there are more
than two outcomes, voting proceeds by Condorcet poll with the minimax completion
rule. Votes are initiated by the chair and are cast openly. Votes may be cast
rule. Votes are initiated by the review chair and are cast openly. Votes may be cast
verbally or using a shared spreadsheet or other voting software.

The review committee operates on balance of interests rather than by avoiding
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