stds-802-16: new policy on Confidentiality Statements in Communications
The note below details recent changes to the IEEE-SA bylaws and
procedures. There is one I'd like to call to your attention:
"The IEEE-SA Standards Board and its committees operate in an open
manner. To that end, no material submitted to the IEEE-SA Standards
Board or its committees will be accepted or considered if it contains
any statement that places any burden on the recipient(s) with respect
to confidentiality or copyright. Any communication, including
electronic mail, containing language with such restrictive wording
will not be accepted or considered."
Accordingly, do not include such confidentiality statements on
communications with 802.16 or its sub-groups. Note that the policy
applies to confidentiality statements in email signatures.
Roger
>Please note that nine changes to the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws and
>IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual were approved by the IEEE-SA
>Standards Board in December 2002.
>
>Information on these changes is located at
>http://standards.ieee.org/board/pro/dec2002-app-changes.pdf
>
>
>HIGHLIGHTS:
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>Change 4 (Bylaws): Expands definition of Sponsor.
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>Change 5 (Operations Manual): Mandates usage of the IEEE Standards
>Balloting Center for all Sponsor ballots by June 2003. Mandates
>usage of electronic balloting for all Sponsor ballots by January
>2005.
>
>Change 6 (Operations Manual): Defines role of AudCom. States that
>Sponsor P&P must be reviewed and accepted by AudCom before NesCom
>will accept any new PARs.
>
>Change 7 (Operations Manual): Removes 'negative without comment'
>votes from the approval rate calculation.
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>Change 8 (Operations Manual): Clarifies language related to NesCom
>and PAR extension requests.
>
>Change 10 (Operations Manual): States that Sponsors are not
>obligated to perform interpretations on withdrawn standards.
>
>Change 11 (Operations Manual): States that correspondence with the
>Standards Board and its committees cannot contain restrictions
>counter to openness (such as restrictive disclaimers on emails).
>
>Change 12 (Operations Manual): Changes the submittal deadline for
>the December NesCom and RevCom meetings to allow more time for
>committee review of submittals.
>
>Change 13 (Operations Manual): Re-defines terminology related to appeals.