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Entity Balloting in the IEEE Standards Association
Judy Gorman, Managing Director,IEEE Standards Association
IEEE 802 Plenary
15 November 2004San Antonio, TX
Contents
Overview of the IEEE-SA Corporate Program
“Entity” is the term on the books Definitions of participant types
IEEE and INCITS comparison Entity Balloting: Pros and Cons Issues Straining the Individual Method Proposed Next Steps Q & A
110+ Years of Stability and Evolution
1890 Established the Henry - a practical unit of inductance 1898 First dedicated effort toward standardization of
electrotechnology in US 1912 Institute of Radio Engineers formed its first standards
committee 1958 Joint Standards Committee of AIEE and IRE 1963 Merger of AIEE and the IRE 1973 Establishment of the IEEE Standards Board 1998 IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
Individual and corporate membership 1999 IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization
(IEEE-ISTO) Established an affiliated 501(c)(6) organization
2004 IEEE-SA Corporate Program
Overview of the IEEE-SA Corporate Program
IEEE Standards Association
P u blicationA ctiv ities
IE E E -U S A E d uca tio n alA c tiv ities
R eg io n alA c tiv ities
S tand ardsA sso c iation
T ech nicalA c tiv ities
Board ofDirectors
ExecutiveCommittee
Exec Director& Staff
M EM BERS
IEEE-SA Board of GovernorsLegal & fiduciary, policy, finance, N&A,
Registration Authority, appeals, awards, etc
Standards Board (SASB)
Directs Standards Process /Sponsor
Corporate Advisory Group (CAG)
Corporate Program Strategy/Sponsor
SponsorsSocieties, Standards
Coordinating Committees, CAG, Standards Board, etc.
Members
IEEE-SA Corporate Program A membership category in IEEE-SA for
Corporations Government agencies Academia Consultants Industry groups Organizations
Gives organizations A defined voice within the IEEE-SA A corporate-driven standards development process
Corporate membership since 1998 Program inception 2000 Organizationally active 2004
IEEE-SA Corporate Program Membership
50 corporate members in 10 countries Sectors/categories
Electronic design automation Battery and PC manufacturers Networking solution providers Power suppliers Industry applications Telecommunications Trade associations Research laboratory
IEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPIEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP
Maryland Procurement
Office
ROTANIROTANI
IEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPIEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP
Corporate Advisory GroupMembers*
Chuck Adams, Chair IBM Steve Mills, Vice Chair Hewlett-Packard George Arnold Lucent
Technologies Chuck Powers Motorola Robert Fish Panasonic Peter Linnert Siemens Phil Wennblom Intel James Williamson Sony Electronics
*Maximum 10
IEEE-SA 2004 Corporate Member Fee Structure
Member Corporate
Less than $1M Revenue $1000 Less than $1B Revenue $3000 Greater than $1B Revenue $5000
Government Agency $5000 Other (Trade Assoc, SDO, Academic) $1000
Non-Member per ballot fee 20% premium to membership fee
Prognosis for Corporate Program
Overall - excellent Partnership built between corporate members and IEEE Program strategy under development Exceeded 04 goal of acquiring one new project 8X
In the case of 802, some Are willing to propose changes to their P & P See some instances in which the individual method isn’t
working / is broken / etc. Recognize the value corporate method offers for
bringing in new work
Definitions of Participant Types
as per
IEEE-SASB Operations Manual& RD 2 of INCITS*
*Rules Document 2 / InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
“Individual”
SOURCE: dictionary.reference.com
NounA single human considered apart from a society or community….A human regarded as a unique personality….A person distinguished from others by a special quality.Usage Problem. A person.
Source: ANSINothing
Source: IEEE-SADefines everything that is not an individual, e.g., partnership,
corporation, government agency, etc.
Corporation/Large & Small Businesses
IEEEAn entity that has a
controlling body, such as a Board of Directors, that does not report to another controlling body.
INCITSThere shall be only
one voting membership for each separate business entity. A separate entity is defined as having a controlling body, such as a Board of Directors, that does not report to another controlling body.
Government Agency or Subdivision/Government
IEEE An entity that reports to
its parent or executive, legislative, or judicial branch of a government
INCITSThere shall be only one
voting membership for separate government subdivision or agency. Separate government subdivision or agency is defined as an entity that reports to its parent executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government
Partnership or Association
IEEE An entity comprised
of two or more principal members. In order to be a voting member in a particular Sponsor ballot, each partnership or association shall declare that it does not represent the interests of another member of the IEEE-SA of any type participating in that Sponsor ballot
INCITS No comparable
category/term/ definition
Consultant(s)IEEEAn entity whose principal
source of revenue is derived from providing consulting services for other institutions. In order to be a voting member in a particular Sponsor ballot, each consultant shall declare that it does not represent the interests of another person of any type participating in that Sponsor ballot.
INCITS A consultant organization is defined
as an organization whose principal source of revenue is derived from providing services for other organizations. There shall be only one voting membership for each separate consultant organization. In order to be in the voting member category, consultant organizations shall have to declare that their participation is not being funded by any organization already having voting membership or an organization that is not eligible for membership.
Academic Institution/Academia
IEEE An educational entity
that has a controlling body, such as a Board of Regents or a Board of Governors
INCITS There shall be only one
voting membership for each separate education institution. A separate educational institution is defined as an entity that has a controlling body, such as a Board of Regents.
Consortia, Vendor-Specific User Groups, Professional Societies, & Other SDOs / User Groups & Consortia
IEEEThe principal and
alternate representative for these types of entities may be employed by other entities that have voting membership in the balloting group
INCITSThere shall be only one
voting membership for each separate SDO, User Group and Consortium. For these entities, their principal and alternate representatives may be employed by other organizations who have voting memberships
Other
IEEEOther institutional
persons as approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board
INCITSNo comparable
category/term/
definition
Entity Balloting: Pros and Cons
PROS Better business investment
for companies Equalizing effect on the
playing field Increases transparency Eliminates many questions
about affiliation Continues to allow
consortia to leverage strength
Consultant perspective: equal vote to large company
Reduces not-for-profit tax status liability for IEEE
Increase value to industry of IEEE 802 work program
CONS Doesn’t necessarily solve
the problem of logjams Doesn’t allow large
companies to leverage strength
Continues to allow consortia to leverage strength
Large company perspective: consultant has equal vote
Challenges the existing culture of IEEE 802
Issues Straining the Individual Method Pressure and Evolving Need to Declare Affiliation
Consultants Cannot always declare Don’t always have a specific client Feel discriminated against
Others Business relationships exist behind the scenes that
influence voting patterns Weighted Voting
Individual method is best bet Real system very cumbersome
ETSI system Other IEEE groups have considered/rejected idea
Protecting the IEEE Brand IEEE and IEEE 802 both have much to gain and lose
Proposed Next Steps September 04 - IEEE 802 Task Force
David Law and Brad Booth to work with IEEE-SA staff on proposed P&P changes that incorporate “Entity” method
Newly approved model entity procedures sent to DL and BB in October
802 Executive Committee to Approve Who’s going to be first?
Thank you!
Don Wright, Moderator
Panelists:
Judy Gorman
Karen Kenney
Steve Mills
Paul Nikolich