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NSS-Vote User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Intermission Mode..................................................................................................................  17

Request To Speak Operation.......................................................................................... 17

Managing Request to Speak..................................................................................................  17

Public Speaking .....................................................................................................................  18

Speaking Priority ....................................................................................................................  18

Internet Browser Configuration  ............................................................................ 19

Initial Bookmark............................................................................................................... 19

Voting Body List .............................................................................................................. 19

Agenda Result List .......................................................................................................... 19

Viewing Results and Sending Emails.............................................................................. 19

Viewing Charts .......................................................................................................................  20

Appendix: Glossary of Terms  ............................................................................... 21

Summary of Contents for NSS-VOTE

Page 1: ...instruction manual integration Solutions NSS Vote User s Guide...

Page 2: ...your exclusive remedy shall be at AMX Corporation s option either a return of the price paid or b repair or replacement of the SOFTWARE that does not meet AMX Cor poration s Limited Warranty and which...

Page 3: ...ions 5 NSS Vote Preferences 7 Voting Preferences 7 Welcome Message 7 Voting Resolution Options 7 Voting Closing Options 7 Allow Vote Options 8 Display Tally Options 8 Request to Speak RTS Preferences...

Page 4: ...To Speak Operation 17 Managing Request to Speak 17 Public Speaking 18 Speaking Priority 18 Internet Browser Configuration 19 Initial Bookmark 19 Voting Body List 19 Agenda Result List 19 Viewing Resul...

Page 5: ...s on the touch panel by Creating an Ad Hoc Topic see page 13 As topics are voted the results are stored in an Agenda Result file You can view print and save these results using the i VotingManager sof...

Page 6: ...I Agree and Next to proceed 3 The Welcome To NSS Vote Setup dialog appears reminding you to close all Windows programs before going any further Click Next to proceed 4 In the Select NSS Vote Install...

Page 7: ...dy Creating a Voting Body To create a new voting body 1 Select New from the voting body management menu at the bottom of the screen You will be prompted to enter the voting body name up to 50 characte...

Page 8: ...privileges and priority override If you would like a member to be able to cast votes and participate in discussions make sure the Member Can Vote and Member Can Speak boxes are checked For more infor...

Page 9: ...he voting body are used as the defaults These options can be adjusted at any time during the session For the voting body request to speak options setup select the options that you most commonly use du...

Page 10: ...Using NSS Vote 6 NSS Vote User s Guide...

Page 11: ...oting must cast an affirmative vote for the resolution to pass Require 2 3 Majority This is a 2 3 majority vote where 2 3 or more of the members casting a vote must cast an affirmative vote for the re...

Page 12: ...lude Totals When the voting results are displayed the actual number of votes for each vote are displayed Include Percentage When the voting results are displayed each vote is displayed as a percentage...

Page 13: ...ly enabled from the operator s console Also the current speaker s name and title are displayed to each voting station Open Mode In Open mode members are allowed to control their microphone directly Me...

Page 14: ...indicating that the timer expires soon The initial timer value and warning time can be configured using the Mic Timer Edit button To enable the speaker timer 1 Check the Use Timer button 2 Select Mic...

Page 15: ...the menu at the top of the screen If you have not create an agenda you can create a topic by selecting Ad Hoc Topic When you select Select Agenda you are presented with a list of agendas you have crea...

Page 16: ...list and selecting Load Topic Loading a topic makes this topic the active voting topic and exhibits it on all members displays You can choose to include or not include any topics by checking and un c...

Page 17: ...topic and the available votes as determined by the voting options If the Roll Call Before Each Vote option has been selected members are prompted to mark themselves as Present before being presented...

Page 18: ...display public results Make sure to refresh this page after the vote is closed before pressing the Display Vote Results button The vote outcome is determined using the Voting Resolution options If th...

Page 19: ...2 Select the voting body 3 Select the agenda name from the list This page contains all vote topics and roll calls taken for this agenda Manage Results Once agenda results have been uploaded from the...

Page 20: ...or Absent from the bottom of the screen The roll call result is included in the agenda result along with the time and date of the roll call when you select Record Roll Call to Voting Results Additiona...

Page 21: ...est To Speak Queue along with their seat number To manually place a member in the queue 1 Select their name from the member list on the right hand side of the screen 2 Select the Add Station to Queue...

Page 22: ...speaking Speaking Priority The Request to Speak system offers three levels of priority The highest level of priority should be assigned to the member with the highest priority using the Priority Overr...

Page 23: ...m Click on an agenda name to see the results for this agenda In addition a link to the Last Vote page is available The Last Vote page holds the result of the most recent vote taken for this voting bod...

Page 24: ...y using the chart selection option in the lower left hand corner of the window If Include Totals option is not selected the View Charts option is not available Voting results are displayed as graphs u...

Page 25: ...sole A user interface that provides completed control of the NSS Vote system A voting console can also serve as 1 of the 21 voting stations Voting Member An individual voting person referenced by name...

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