IEEESA Standards Board

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IEEE-SA Standards Board Chairmans Report to the
IEEE-SA Standards Board
08 June 2006 Piscataway, NJ
Chair Steve Mills steve.mills_at_hp.com Secretary
Judy Gorman j.gorman_at_ieee.org Administrator Rona
Gertz r.gertz_at_ieee.org
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2006 SASB Summary

• Last SASB meeting series was held on 28 30
  March, 2006
• Year to date
• RevCom recommended approval of
• 12 projects as new standards
• 17 revisions of standards
• 31 reaffirmations of existing standards
• NesCom recommended approval of
• 44 new PARs
• 26 modified PARs
• 30 revision PARs
• 21 PAR extensions. (Includes conditional
  approvals)
• 8 Withdrawals
• 2 Deferred
• PatCom is continuing to progress the work to
  change the procedures, bylaws, and LOA
• ProCom is addressing the work of incorporating
  the requirement for declaration of affiliation
  into the procedures and defining procedures for
  issues relating to dominance when identified

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802.11i/WAPI Status

• The ISO/IEC JTC1 fast track ballots for J1N7903
  (802.11i) and J1N7904 (WAPI) closed on 7 March
  2006
• J1N7903 (802.11i) passed
• J1N7904 (WAPI) failed
• A comment resolution meeting is being held this
  week, 7 - 9 June 2006
• SC6 will meet next week and an IEEE delegation
  will attend

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PatCom

• PatCom is progressing its work in updating the IP
  policy
• The SASB should expect that PatCom
  recommendations will be presented to the SASB
  during the September meeting
• The SASB should begin preparing now and be ready
  to consider these recommendations during the
  September meeting
• A subsequent 30-day letter ballot will be issued
  immediately following the September meeting

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PatCom Next Steps (2)

• If the recommendations are approved by the SASB,
  a request will be made to the DOJ or FTC for a
  Business Review Letter on the proposed policy
  changes.
• Upon receipt of the Business Review Letter, the
  policy recommendations will be taken to the BoG
  for their consideration and final approval.

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PatCom Email Reflector

• All SASB members are encouraged to join the
  pp-dialog email reflector.
• Information for joining this reflector may be
  found at
• http//grouper.ieee.org/groups/pp-dialog/sub-inst
  ruct.html

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PatCom Process

• As a part of the PatCom process the views of
  various stakeholders are being heard
• These views are being expressed by PatCom guests,
  who are appropriately advocating the interests of
  their companies
• Stakeholders interests are not always aligned
  with IEEE interests
• It is the responsibility of the SASB and BoG to
  be advocates of the IEEEs interests

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PatCom The Big Question

• What else do the members of the SASB need to
  prepare themselves for consideration of these
  changes?

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April SA Visit to China

• The SA held a seminar, and visited several
  companies and government standards
  organizations
• The CAG held their quarterly meeting while there
• The seminar was well attended and feedback was
  that the information presented helped the
  attendees to understand the IEEE and its
  standards program
• All meetings went well, the SA was well received
  and all parties indicated an interest in working
  with the IEEE

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Corporate Involvementin theIndividual Process

• The topic of corporate involvement in the
  individual process has been discussed with
  several companies
• A proposal to convene a small meeting of
  corporations to further explore this topic has
  been enthusiastically received
• Meeting scheduling is proving to be difficult and
  work continues to set a date

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Appeals

• An appeal of C95.1 was heard on Tuesday, 27 March
  2006
• The appeals panel found in favor of the appellee

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SASB Representative to the CAG

• The SASB has the authority to appoint one of its
  members to serve on the CAG
• If there is any interest in serving a term on the
  CAG, please contact me

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Men stumble over the truth from time to time,
but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if
nothing happened. Sir Winston Churchill
Thank You!