Subject: Re: VASG WG Roster for IEEE
From: jwillis@ftlsys.com
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 07:31:16 PDT
John Willis
FTL Systems
1.507.288.3154
1.507.289.1108
jwilis@ftlsys.com
Stephen Bailey wrote:
>
> To all:
>
> It looks like the IEEE is now concerned about the legal liability of WG
> members. They have asked for a roster of all active WGs. As the VASG has
> always been, more or less, self-identifying in its membership, I am
> forwarding this information to everyone on the VASG email reflector.
> Besides, I don't want to be responsible for inadvertently leaving someone
> off the roster.
>
> Action: If you want to be identified as a VASG WG member for the IEEE
> individual indemnification purposes, then do the following:
>
> 1. Reply to me with the following information by 26 June 2000:
> 2. Name
> 3. Company
> 4. Phone number
> 5. Fax number
> 6. Email address
>
> I will take the responsibility of collecting all member information and
> submitting the spreadsheet as requested by the IEEE. Thank you.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Stephen Bailey
> Staff Corporate Applications Engineer
> Synopsys Inc.
> sbailey@synopsys.com
> 303-588-2001 (voice/mobile)
> 650-584-4893 (voice)
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> To: Sponsors, Liaison Reps, WG Chairs
>
> IEEE needs to specify all those volunteers actively engaged in standards
> development activities, on a duly authorized IEEE project, for the purpose
> of their individual indemnification. On 30 January 2000, the IEEE-SA
> Standards Board approved the following addition to the IEEE-SA Operations
> Manual, Clause 5.1.2f under Duties of the Sponsor which states:
>
> "Submit annually to the IEEE Standards Department an electronic roster
> of individuals participating on standards projects"
>
> We ask that you submit a roster of your standards participants to the New
> Standards Committee (NesCom) Administrator, Jodi Haasz, j.haasz@ieee.org by
> 1 September 2000. Participant rosters may include:
>
> working group members
> balloting group members
> ballot resolution group members
> officers of the sponsor
> sponsor membership lists
>
> Indemnification will be extended to those individuals who may no longer be
> involved in current revisions of projects, but who were involved at some
> point during the development of a standards project.
>
> As stated in the Implementation Plan below, rosters should include name,
> company, phone, fax and email information at the least, but may contain
> additional information, such as specific working group affiliation. In
> addition, updates may be submitted as often as necessary to keep the
> rosters current. An excel spreadsheet is attached for your use in
> returning this information.
>
> Implementation Plan for Roster Requirement for all Active IEEE Projects
>
> 1. The Sponsor shall submit an electronic roster of participants in IEEE
> standardization activities to the NesCom Administrator by 1 September 2000.
> This list shall comprise, at a minimum, name, company, phone, fax, and
> email. The Sponsor may delegate this responsibility to its WG Chairs if it
> so indicates to the IEEE Standards Department.
> 2. The information will be entered into the IEEE-SA database.
> 3. The Sponsor is encouraged to submit any updates to the roster as often
> as possible, but is required to submit an updated roster at least annually,
> by 1 September of each year, as long as the project is active. Only those
> individuals listed on the rosters will be indemnified under IEEE rules.
> 4. Rosters may be used to disseminate standards development information
> or standards participation related information. These rosters will not be
> sold or used for any other purpose. If a Sponsor submits a roster
> designating specific names that should not receive IEEE-related
> information, those names will be used for indemnification purposes only,
> and will not receive any additional information.
> 5. This procedure will go into effect immediately.
>
> __________________________________
> Jodi Haasz
> Administrator, Standards Board
> Standards Activities
> 445 Hoes Lane
> PO Box 1331
> Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, USA
> Phone +1 732 562 6367
> FAX +1 732 562 1571
> Email: j.haasz@ieee.org
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