Stabilized Standards Ad Hoc Subcommittee Report IEEE Standards Board

1. Stabilized Standards Ad Hoc Subcommittee ReportIEEE Standards Board Bob Davis/Ad Hoc 8 June 2006

2. David Law Gary Robinson Dennis Brophy Ted Byrne Daleep Mohla Ron Peterson Rich Hulett Mark Halpin Claire Topp Bob Grow Bob Davis Ad Hoc Committee Membership SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards

3. Goal To make Stabilized Standards category in the IEEE Standards Association process aligned with the ANSI Essential Requirements. SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards

4. Ad Hoc Meetings • Four meetings were held • 5 April, 26 April and 17 May, 31 May 2006 • New ANSI ExSC Stabilized ANS proposal • G. Robinson report • Major Discussion topics • Sitting Balloting body – who and how qualified • Last Resort Sponsor and Balloting Body after Sponsor • Sitting Balloting Body vs SASB • What is being voted on ‘State of Art’ vs ‘Good for public’ • Which SASB Committee to do work SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards

5. Proposal • Work with an Established SASB Sub-committee such as AudCom • Define the Stabilized Category and process per current SASB OpsMan section 9.3. • Build PAR Process for Stabilized and Reaffirmed • Build Checklist for PAR and approval • Define Sponsor of Last Resort • Define Sitting Balloting Body of last resort SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards

6. Proposal (cont) • In order for a candidate standard to be eligible to be maintained as a stabilized standard it must address mature technology or practices, and as a result, be unlikely to require revision.  In addition, the standard must be required for use in connection with existing implementations or for reference purposes. • In terms of length of time as an ANS, to be eligible for stabilization, an ANS has to be • 1) reaffirmed at least once and • 2) at least 10 years have passed since the approval or last revision of the standard as an ANS. SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards

7. Proposal (cont) • The IEEE SA must process the proposed Stabilized standard in accordance with its accredited procedures.  A consensus body is to be involved in the decision to maintain the standard as a "stabilized" ANS. • A standard that is maintained as a stabilized ANS shall include a clear statement of the intent to consider requests for change and information on the submittal of such requests.  SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards

8. Stabilization Process • Proposal for Stabilization (via PAR) • Sponsor • Sponsor of Last Resort – SASB/STBZCom, (if Sponsor cannot be found) • Interested Party • Review Criteria per ANSI guidelines • Publish/Call for a Public Comment period • Active solicitation of working group member, if found. • Published Public Comment Period – ANSI/IEEE pubs press release • Consensus Balloting Body • Sponsor balloting body • Balloting Body of Last Resort – The Sitting Stabilization Balloting Body • SASB sub-committee recommendation to SASB for approval • Revisit per ANSI rules for Stabilized ANS SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards

9. Next Steps for Stabilized Standards • Get tentative approval from SASB to proceed • Review OpMan process • Align with ANSI “Stabilized ANS” • Compose ProCom changes if any • Prepare Initial Stabilized candidates from sponsors • Push the Initial Candidates through process to IEEE Stabilized Standard/ANSI Stabilized ANS SASB Ad Hoc on Stabilized Standards