[RPRWG] FW: [802SEC] IEEE SA position on unofficial 802 related activities

["Mike Takefman (tak)" <tak@xxxxxxxxx>]

RPRWGers,

an email from the 802 chair concerning indemnification and activities
outside of the formal 802 process.

cheers, 

mike

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Michael Takefman              tak@cisco.com
Distinguished Engineer,       Cisco Systems
Chair IEEE 802.17 Stds WG
3000 Innovation Dr, Ottawa, Canada, K2K 3E8
voice: 613-254-3399       cell:613-220-6991

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Nikolich [mailto:paul.nikolich@ATT.NET] 
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:03 AM
To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: [802SEC] IEEE SA position on unofficial 802 related activities

Dear EC Members,

As the Chair of 802 I have observed that it is not unusual for a group
of individuals to collaborate in consensus building activities outside
of the umbrella of the formal 802 process during the life of a standards
development project.  This unofficial 802 related activity can be
beneficial to the formal standards development process because under the
right conditions it may help build consensus across the 802 membership.
The purpose of this email is to make sure that all individuals working
in groups outside the 802 process clearly understand that although they
may be working on subject material relevant to an 802 project they are
not covered by IEEE indemnification policy while participating in the
unofficial 802 related activities.

For example, it has come to my attention that the IEEE 802.11 Task Group
N
(TGn) considered a motion at the July plenary session to grant TGn Sync,
WWiSE and Mitmot time to complete a merged Joint Proposal to replace the
three remaining TGn proposals.  The Joint Proposal activity is not
governed by the 802 process.  Regardless, as documented in the July 2005
TGn minutes, the group voted overwhelmingly to allow the extra time
requested by the three proponents to formulate a Joint Proposal as the
motion was approved on a vote of 195-2-3.  (This motion and result was
in accordance with the TGn selection procedures, which required approval
of 75% of the TGn members voting on the motion.)

As can be seen in this particular case the activity to develop a Joint
Proposal is not itself an activity of IEEE 802, hence like other
activities outside IEEE 802 process, this activity does not meet the
eligibility criteria for the IEEE indemnification policy.

I ask that each EC member that is chair of a TAG or WG circulate this
email to their entire group prior to the November plenary session so
that all our members better understand the limits of indeminfication
provided by IEEE.

Regards,

--Paul Nikolich 

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