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[STDS-802-16] Fwd: IEEE-SA - P&P Changes for 2007 - Important - Please Read



Please see the note below from Dave Ringle of IEEE-SA staff.

Sorry I didn't forward it earlier. It arrived on New Year's Day and  
got lost in my in-box.

Roger


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Dave Ringle <d.ringle@ieee.org>
> Date: January 1, 2007 10:01:01 AM MST
> To: STDS-WG-CHAIRS@listserv.ieee.org
> Subject: [WGCS:] IEEE-SA - P&P Changes for 2007 - Important -  
> Please Read
> Reply-To: d.ringle@ieee.org
>
> 1 January 2007
>
> All,
>
> The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws is  
> available at:
> http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/index.html (HTML version)
> http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws.pdf (PDF version)
>
> The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations  
> Manual is
> available at:
> http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/index.html (HTML version)
> http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sb-om.pdf (PDF version)
>
> The text of the changes made to these documents (approved July -  
> December
> 2006) can be found at:
> http://standards.ieee.org/board/pro/2006changes.pdf
>
> Please read through these changes so that you are familiar with the  
> current
> P&P.
>
> Change 1 - Notes that the web-based PAR Form now contains instructions
> within the web process. Thus, the separate Working Guide is no longer
> necessary.
>
> Change 2 - Codifies the L50-S annual financial reporting  
> requirement for
> Sponsors.
>
> Change 3 - Updates requirements for balloting of amendments/ 
> corrigenda.
> Balloters must be given access to the base standard and all approved
> amendments/corrigenda for complete information.
>
> Change 4 - Codifies the existing policy regarding the power of the  
> NesCom
> Administrator as the sole authority in assigning project numbers.
>
> Change 5 - States that AudCom shall develop baseline P&P and that  
> such will
> be used when it conducts its audits. In addition, it states that a  
> Sponsor
> must have accepted P&P or P&P that are visibly under development  
> before
> that Sponsor will be authorized to conduct ANY standards work.
>
> Change 6 - See Change 2. States that failure to submit the annual  
> financial
> report will result in action from the Standards Board. {Also some  
> clean-up
> based on direction from IEEE Operations Audit and Accounting.}
>
> Change 7 - see Change 5. States that the accepted Sponsor P&P  
> posted to the
> AudCom web site is the only official version of that Sponsor's P&P.
>
> Change 8 - Disclosure of Affiliation {Operations Manual sections}.
>
> Change 9 - Adds Sponsor responsibility to monitor its committees  
> for signs
> of dominance.
>
> Change 10 - Dominance and Disclosure of Affiliation {Bylaws sections}.
>
> Change 11 - States that the Scope and Purpose of the draft document
> submitted to RevCom (i.e., the last balloted draft) shall match the  
> Scope
> and Purpose stated in the PAR.
>
> Change 12 - See Changes 5 and 7. Clarifies that 'visibly under  
> development'
> is determined by AudCom.
>
> Change 13 - Changes related to Compliance with Laws; Prohibited  
> Discussion
> Topics; Discussion of Relative Costs. This change has not yet been  
> included
> in the online versions of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations  
> Manual.
> This change is due to be implemented, along with Changes 14-15, in  
> May 2007
> to allow time for guideline documents to be created.
>
> Change 14 - Re-write of the patent policy {Bylaws sections}. Please  
> note
> that this change does not contain mark-ups. It is basically a total
> re-write. This change has not yet been included in the online  
> versions of
> the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws. This change is due to be  
> implemented,
> along with Changes 13 and 15, in May 2007 to allow time for guideline
> documents to be created. [Note: The IEEE-SA is also awaiting a  
> response
> from the DOJ to a Business Review Letter sent in late November.] The
> current version of the patent policy {Bylaws} is located at
> http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6
>
> Change 15 - Re-write of the patent policy {Operations Manual  
> sections}.
> Please note that this change does not contain mark-ups. It is  
> basically a
> total re-write. This change has not yet been included in the online
> versions of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual. This  
> change is
> due to be implemented, along with Changes 13 and 14, in May 2007 to  
> allow
> time for guideline documents to be created.  [Note: The IEEE-SA is  
> also
> awaiting a response from the DOJ to a Business Review Letter sent  
> in late
> November.] The current version of the patent policy {Operations  
> Manual} is
> located at http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3
>
> If you have any questions, please contact me. [Please do NOT reply  
> to all.
> Thank you.]
>
> Regards,
> ****************************************************************
> David L. Ringle
> Program Manager - Governance, Policy & Procedures
> IEEE Standards Activities Department
> 445 Hoes Lane
> Piscataway, NJ  08854
> TEL: +1 732 562 3806
> FAX: +1 732 875 0524
> d.ringle@ieee.org
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