IEEESASB Meeting

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IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) 1Q04
Update IEEE Board of Directors
(Feb04) IEEE-SA Board of Governors (Feb04)
IEEE-SASB Meeting 25 March 2004 Jim Carlo
President of IEEE-SA
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IEEE Networking the World

• Foster technological innovation
• IEEE produces nearly 30 of the worlds
  literature on electrical engineering, electronics
  computing.
• Enable members careers
• Promote community worldwide
• Worlds largest technical professional society
• More than 375,000 members in 183 countries.
• IEEE members have advanced the profession, and
  develop technologies that benefit humanity.

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IEEE ORGANIZATION
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IEEE Board of Directors (Feb04)

• Policy changes affecting SA
• Items that cannot be discussed in stds meetings
• Removed section on Profiles for elections on BoG
• 2 BoG Members elected at Large for 2005
• 2 BoG Members elected by the BoG for 2005
• Approved charitable contributions for P1595
• OFAC (US Office of Foreign Assets Control)
• Continued issue on OFAC and IEEE Pubs
• See http//www.ieee.org/ofac

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Policy Change Approved by IEEE BoD

• 10.2 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS
• 10.2.11 - Compliance With Laws
• All Standards meetings shall be conducted in
  compliance with all applicable laws.
• In the course of IEEE standards development,
  communications that relate to the following shall
  be avoided
• The validity, terms, or cost of specific patent
  use
• Ongoing litigation
• Pricing or issues that would violate antitrust
  laws

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IEEE-SA Board of Governors

• Purpose
• Membership
• Meeting (Feb04) Highlights

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IEEE-SA Board of Governors

• The IEEE-SA shall be directed by a Board of
  Governors (BOG).
• The IEEE-SA BOG shall establish policy, provide
  for financial oversight, and conduct
  standards-related activities within the
  technological fields stated in the IEEE
  Constitution.
• The IEEE-SA BOG may establish and appoint boards,
  committees, and other organizational units as
  required to carry on the work of the IEEE-SA and
  promote its purposes.
• The IEEE-SA BoG is accountable to the IEEE BoD. 

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2004 BoG Voting Members

• Jim Carlo President
• Jerry Peterson Past President
• Don Heirman President Elect
• Don Wright SASB Chair
• Dick Holleman SASB Past Chair
• Jerry Lane
• George Arnold
• Nader Mehravari
• Dennis Bodson
• Laura Hitchcock
• Roy Alexander
• Harry Epstein
• Tom Prevost

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BoG Appointments - 2004

• Nominations and Appointments (NA) Committee
  Jerry Peterson (Don Wright, Don Heirman, Daleep
  Mohla, Laura Hitchcock)
• Appeals Vice Chair Roy Alexander
• IEEE-SA Treasurer Dan Benigni
• Awards Chair Ben Johnson (Tom Prevost, Roy
  Alexander, Ray Hapeman, Paul Nikolich)
• Strategic Planning Chair Jim Carlo
• Registration Authority Committee (RAC) Chair
  Tony Jeffree
• Corporate Advisory Group Chair Chuck Adams
• Bylaws Liaison Harry Epstein
• Globalization Liaison Ben Johnson

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BoG Membership in BoD -2004

• Technical Activities Board (TAB) Representative
  Don Heirman
• Publications (PUBs) Representative Don Heirman
• Finance Committee Dan Benigni
• Regional Activities Board (RAB) Representative
  Dan Benigni
• Educational Activities Board (EAB) Representative
  Jerry Peterson
• IEEE-USA Representative Jim Carlo
• Meetings and Services Committee Representative -
  TBD
• Transnational Committee Representatives -TBD
• IEEE Women in Engineering Committee TBD
• IT Strategic Committee (ITSC) Ben Johnson
• Ethics Committee Jerry Peterson
• Strategic Planning Committee Jim Carlo
• Industrial Relations ad-hoc Ben Johnson

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IEEE-SA BoG Feb04 Meeting Highlights

• International Opportunities
• JTC1 Liaison
• China
• IEC/IEEE Dual Logo
• Strategic Discussion
• Turf
• Lean on the side of Greater Openness
• Deal with specific cases as appropriate
• Entity versus Individual Standards
• IEEE Ethics and Corporation Pressure

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IEEE Code of Ethics

• We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of
  the importance of our technologies in affecting
  the quality of life throughout the world, and in
  accepting a personal obligation to our
  profession, its members and the communities we
  serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest
  ethical and professional conduct and agree
• to accept responsibility in making engineering
  decisions consistent with the safety, health, and
  welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly
  factors that might endanger the public or the
  environment
• to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest
  whenever possible, and to disclose them to
  affected parties when they do exist
• to be honest and realistic in stating claims or
  estimates based on available data
• to reject bribery in all its forms
• to improve the understanding of technology its
  appropriate application, and potential
  consequences
• to maintain and improve our technical competence
  and to undertake technological tasks for others
  only if qualified by training or experience, or
  after full disclosure of pertinent limitations
• to treat fairly all persons regardless of such
  factors as race, religion, gender disability,
  age, or national origin
• to seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of
  technical work, to acknowledge and correct
  errors, and to credit properly the contributions
  of others
• to avoid injuring others their property,
  reputation, or employment by false or malicious
  action
• to assist colleagues and co-workers in their
  professional development and to support them in
  following this code of ethics.