IEEE-SA Liaison Report

1. IEEE-SA Liaison Report SAB Meeting November 2007 Don Wright Director of Standards, Lexmark International IEEE-SA Treasurer Member, IEEE SA Board of Governors Past Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors

2. 2007 SASB 2007 Leadership: • Chair Steve Mills (CS) • Vice Chair Bob Grow (CS) • Past Chair Don Wright (CS, ComSoc, SIT, Engr Mgmt) • NesCom Ron Petersen • RevCom Malcolm Thaden • PatCom David Law (CS) • ProCom Richard Hulett • AudCom Glenn Parsons (CS) • SCC Liaison Howard Wolfman 2007 Meeting Schedule: • December 3-5, 2007 Hallandale Beach, Florida • December 2, 2007 SA Awards Ceremony NO CHANGES

3. Chairman: Mills, Steve - CS, ComSoc Past Chairman: Wright, Don - CS, ComSoc, SIT, Engr Mgmt Reappointments:Goldbach, William - PESGreenspan, Arnie - AESGrow, Robert - CSGuenin, Joanna - CSHanus, Ken - PESHopf, William, III - PESHulett, Richard - IASLaw, David - CSParsons, Glenn - CSPetersen, Ron - SCC39/ICESPrevost, Tom - PESRatta, Greg - ComSocRobson, Robby - CSSahazizian, Anne-Marie - PESThaden, Malcolm - PESTownsend, Richard - CSWolfman, Howard - IAS 2007 SASB Membership • TAB Representative: Virginia Sulzberger • New for 2007: Gelman, Alex - ComSocKulick, John - PESRamachandran, Narayanan-SCC20DeBlasio, Dick - SCC21Koch, Hermann - PES NO CHANGES

4. NESCOM 2007 SASB Committees • REVCOM Ron Petersen, Chair Chuck Adams Thomas Blair Richard DeBlasio Joanna Guenin William Hopf Young Kyun Kim Ted Olsen Glenn Parsons Thomas Prevost Narayanan Ramachandran Robby Robson Jon Rosdahl Anne-Marie Sahazizian Rick Townsend (open), NesCom Secretary Malcolm Thaden, Chair Stephen Adam Satish Aggarwal Mark Epstein Alex Gelman Daniel Giusto Bill Goldbach Bob Grow Ken Hanus Jim Hughes John Kulick David Law Gary Robinson Geoff Thompson Moira Patterson, RevCom Secretary NO CHANGES

5. PROCOM 2007 SASB Committees • PATCOM • AUDCOM Rich Hulett, Chair Ken Hanus Hermann Koch David Law Glenn Parsons Narayanan Ramachandran Greg Ratta Malcolm Thaden Howard Wolfman Dave Ringle, ProCom Secretary David Law, Chair Chuck Adams Rich Hulett Karen Kenney (non-voting) Rick Townsend Don Wright Dave Ringle, PatCom Secretary Glenn Parsons, Chair Arnie Greenspan Hermann Koch Ron Petersen Gary Robinson Howard Wolfman Rona Gertz, AudCom Secretary NO CHANGES

6. RevCom Statistics (as of September 2007 SASB Meeting)

7. NesCom Statistics (as of September 2007 SASB Meeting)

8. Activities at the September SASB Mtg • RevCom is concerned about several issues with myBallot dealing with commenting (e.g. bulk uploaded comments) and comment resolution. • RevCom is looking at several potential improvements to the reaffirmation process dealing with making an early determination if a standard needs a revision rather than a reaffirmation. • NesCom agreed that removal of Question 7.3 from the PAR form would be appropriate — health, safety, security and environmental issues will be flagged/addressed during the MEC phase. • The work of the Appeals ad hoc was concluded and recommended changes to the P&Ps were delivered to ProCom. These changes are intended to clarify and refine the appeals process. • Progress continues to be made in 802.20 which the SASB has been closely monitoring due to allegations of affiliations. The 802 Oversight Committee (a sponsor entity) had previously changed the voting methodology for 802.20

9. 802.20 Voting • The 802.20 OC held a series of interviews and investigated the perception of dominance within 802.20 • At the San Francisco meeting the 802.20 OC recommended several actions to the un-conflicted EC including changing the voting method in 802.20 from individual voting to a hybrid entity/member approach • This new voting approach is believed to address both positive and negative dominance in the short and long term • Voting in 802.20 will be done by a designated voter selected by an eligible entity • Eligibility of an entity in 802.20 is derived through an individual that has established membership by complying with the membership. Attendance rules of 802 and 802.20 and who has declared affiliation with that entity while establishing membership

10. 802.20 Voting • Corollaries of this approach are: • Each entity will have one vote • In order to maintain voting rights the entity must maintain a designated voter who is a member of 802.20 • New entities that desire voting rights or members of 802.20 who wish to vote on behalf of a new entity must attend 4 meetings, 2 of which are plenary meetings after declaring their affiliation to that entity. (This is an 802 rule) • An existing member of 802.20 may become the designated voter of an entity that has existing rights at the next meeting after declaring affiliation to that entity • The approach and rules implemented by 802.20 precludes potential abuses such as individual members making their membership.

11. Activities at the September SASB Mtg • L50-S Reports • Sponsor Report Status • As of 19 September 2007, 116 of 150 sponsors have submitted their 2006 report. This represents a 77% response rate. None of the non-compliant sponsors have active projects under management. • Per the IEEE SASB directive, all 36 sponsors have been suspended pending submission of the required report. • No CS sponsors are affected • Working Group Report Status • As of 19 September 2007, 571 of 573 have submitted the 2006 report. This represents a 99.6% response rate. • Per the IEEE SASB directive, the two working groups have been suspended until submission of the report. They are the Single Phase Induction Motors Working Group and the G2 Oil Containment Working Group.

12. Activities at the September SASB Mtg • ProCom • Removed the IEEE membership requirement for Chairs although the entity they represent must still be an IEEE-SA member. • Work on Stabilized Standards continues and is expected to be finalized at the December SASB meeting • A P&P change should be finalized at the December SASB meeting that will mandate IEEE concentration banking as the only banking method for standards developers with bank accounts. • Work on the Affiliation FAQ continues.

13. Activities at the September SASB Mtg • AudCom • An ad hoc committee was formed to modify the baseline P&P document to include the SCC Type 2 model P&P. • The goal is to develop a single common sponsor and SCC P&P document. • The ad hoc will be chaired by Ron Petersen, with Howard Wolfman, Gary Robinson and Matt Ceglia. • Consideration of a baseline working group P&P continues.

14. Activities at the September SASB Mtg • PatCom • A change to the LOA form was made to add the definitions from the Bylaws to the LOA form to insure recipients of the LOA request know the IEEE’s definition of these special terms. • Clarifications to the Patent Policy FAQ continue based on input from participants. • Proposed changes to the P&P to be balloted by the SASB • PatCom Administrator’s role in accepting LOAs is ‘ministerial’ • No discretion regarding the content of LOA • LOA Form overrides any not-to-exceed rates, attached sample license or licensing terms • IEEE not responsible for determining if not-to-exceed rates, attached sample license or licensing terms are reasonable or non-discriminatory

15. Standards Requiring Maintenance Action • 5-Year Review • All CS standards are expected be reaffirmed, opened for revision or extended with the following exceptions (withdrawals): • C/LT -- 1484.12.1-2002 IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata • C/PA -- 2003.2-1996 (R2002) IEEE Standard for Information Technology -Test Methods for Measuring Conformance to POSIX - Part II: Shell and Utilities • C/S2E -- 1045-1992 (R2002) IEEE Standard for Software Productivity Metrics • C/S2E -- 1420.1-1995 (R2002) IEEE Standard for Information Technology - Software Reuse - Data Model for Reuse Library Interoperability: Basic Interoperability Data Model (BIDM) • [Also 1420.1a-1996 (R2002) and 1420.1b-1999 (R2002)] • C/TT -- 1149.1-2001 IEEE Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture • C/TT -- 1450.2-2002 IEEE Standard for Extensions to Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) (IEEE Std 1450-1999) for DC Level Specification • C/TT -- 1532-2002 IEEE Standard for In-System Configuration of Programmable Devices

16. 2007 IEEE-SA Board of Governors • George Arnold, President • Don Heirman, Past President • Steve Mills, SASB Chair • Don Wright, SASB Past Chair & Treasurer • Judith Gorman*, Secretary • Chuck Adams, CAG Chair • Mary Saunders • Carl Stevenson • Phil Wennblom • Bruce McClung • Dennis Brophy • Lanny Floyd • Bilel Jamoussi • Fran O’Brien NO CHANGES * Non-voting

17. IEEE-SA Board of Governors • Last face-to-face meeting was held in June in Piscataway. • The BoG began discussions on a number of strategic issues focused on the long term success of the SA. • Strategic Question: “What should the SA strategy be in implementing business opportunities around the full lifecycle of standards?” • Discussion on a survey of BoG members asking such questions as: • What demographic, social and consumer values will have a significant impact on our profession and our members in the next 5-10 years? • What scientific and technological advances will have a significant impact on our profession and our members in the next 5-10 years? • What do you think is the most important outcome for the IEEE Standards Association to accomplish in the next 10 years if there were no obstacles to success? What conditions will exist when we've accomplished this goal? What will be different and for whom as a result of our work? • What are the key questions that the IEEE Standards Association will need to ask and answer in order to achieve these long-range outcomes? What barriers to achieving our vision - both internal and external to the organization - will need to be addressed? • A joint strategic discussion session with the CAG will be held during the December meeting series.

18. IEEE-SA Board of Governors • The two BoG ad hoc committees have continued to meet in conjunction with the BoG as well as between BoG meetings: • International Committee • Business Development Committee • Next BoG meeting is Nov 30 and Dec 1 in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

19. IEEE-SA Board of Governors • Nominations and Appointments Committee • Nominations for the BoG and the CAG are complete. • May still be possible to add a highly qualified nominee for the Standards Board to the slate. • Advise Don Wright if you or someone you know might be interested in serving.

20. Thanks!! If you have any questions, please send them to me at f.wright@ieee.org