IEEE Standards Association

1. IEEE Standards Association IEEE Membership Development Retreat Judy Gorman Managing Director 29 April 2005

2. An international membership organization serving today’s industries and society with a complete portfolio of standards programs

3. IEEE-SA Mission The IEEE-SA provides a standards program that serves the global needs of industry, government, and the public. It also works to assure the effectiveness and high visibility of its standards programs both within the IEEE and throughout the community.

4. 115 Years of Stability and Evolution • 1890 Established the Henry - a practical unit of inductance • 1898 First dedicated effort toward standardization of electrotechnology in US • 1912 Institute of Radio Engineers formed its first standards committee • 1958 Joint Standards Committee of AIEE and IRE • 1963 Merger of AIEE and the IRE • 1973 Establishment of IEEE Standards Board • 1998 IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) • Individual and Corporate membership • 1999 IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO) • An affiliated 501(c)(6) organization • 2004 IEEE-SA Corporate Program

5. Contents • Governance • Process • On the Radar Screen • Staff

6. Governance

7. Industry Standards & Technology Organization (ISTO) IEEE Organizational View

8. Individual & Corporate Members IEEE-SA Board of Governors Legal & fiduciary, policy, finance, N&A, Registration Authority, appeals, awards, etc. Standards Board (SASB) Directs Standards Process & Sponsors Work Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) Corporate Program Strategy & Sponsorship Sponsors Societies, Standards Coordinating Committees, CAG, etc.

9. IEEE-SAOrganization

10. IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization • IEEE-SA • Focused on Openness and Due Process • ANSI Process • IEEE-ISTO • Focused on Implementation & Market Penetration • Customized Process IEEE-SA + IEEE-ISTO = Full Portfolio of Standards Products & Services

11. Process

12. Overview

13. The Process Infrastructure

14. On the Radar Screen

15. China’s WAPI standard/ IEEE 802.11 / ISO • Nanotechnology partnership with 4 SDOs • MyBallot™ • Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL) • 68 Corporate Members

17. 2005 Goals • Maintain a financially viable standards program • Ensure legal protection of the IEEE • Maximize international strategic alliances • Progress support services for standards development • Grow Corporate Program • Develop volunteer and staff resources

18. Top Three for 2005 • Grow corporate standards program • Leading-edge work gravitating toward IEEE • Continue to strengthen International Niche • Financial viability • Greater upfront investment vs sales of standards

19. Staff

20. Professional Organization • Information Technology • Standards-specific applications • 24/7 web tool linked to DBs • Experimental lab • Works in cooperation with IEEE IT • Strategic Programs • Corporate Program / Corporate Advisory Group • Balloting • Matrix Operation • Technical Program Development • Committee Support • Funded Program Management • Document Development & Publication • Business Administration • Financial Management • HR • Business Development • Marketing Communications • Membership • Governance • Standards Board and Committee Support • Board of Governors and Committee Support • Interface with Board of Directors and Executive Committee • International Programs

21. It’s all about building on our strengths with reality checking “The tiger that is IEEE…!”