Additional information [IEEE P1788] A note on registering for the working group
P1788 mailing list members:
I just got a call from Malia Zaman at IEEE. She explained
to me that the lower level of the selection process,
"Standard for Interval Arithmetic," is indeed for the
ballot group, which is the IEEE process that ratifies
our standard after the working group finishes it. You
should check that box too (that is, you should check
BOTH boxes), if you want to vote "yes" or "no" on the
final standard that we hand to the Sponsor. However,
I only see the roster for "Working Group for Interval
Arithmetic," while the Sponsor sees the "Standard for
Interval Arithmetic" list. When it is eventually time to do the
sponsor ballot, the Sponsor will select the Ballot Group
from the list on "Standard for Interval Arithmetic."
(Presently, the Sponsor is the MSC, chaired by Bob Davis.)
Bob has indicated that the Ballot Group will have considerable
overlap with the Working Group, although the actual
selection is at the discretion of the MSC, and there
are considerations of balance of interest (e.g. we wouldn't
want more than half of the people to be, say, from a
single corporation. Our working group seems to presently
have a good geographical balance and balance of interests.).
Best regards,
Baker
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P1788 mailing list members:
Some persons have had a bit of trouble registering through the
IEEE site to be officially able to vote on working group
business. Several whom I have helped have had the same
problem, as follows: When you get to the list of working
groups (step 10 in the instructions between the "===" below),
it is possible to expand "Working Group for Interval Arithmetic"
by clicking on the "+". If you do that, you will find
a single item below it, entitled "Standard for Interval Arithmetic".
The box beside the "Standard for Interval Arithmetic" is
irrelevant at present. Instead, you should check the
box "Working Group for Interval Arithmetic" (at the
higher level in the hierarchy) and press "continue."
Sincerely,
Baker
P.S. I'm guessing the "standard for interval arithmetic" will
be used for the official "Sponsor Ballot," a stage that
occurs after we have finished crafting the standard
according to our policies and procedures.
P.P.S. Don't worry if it says that you can only be added
as an interested observer. I check the list periodically
and when our "official vote tabulator" asks me to do
so. At those times, I change new registrants' status to
"voting member."
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The process is as follows. (Skip steps 1 to 3 if you already
have an IEEE web account.)
1. Go to IEEE.org
2. In the "What do you want to do" column on the right, click on
"set up IEEE web account"
3. Click on "Create an IEEE Web Account" and follow the instructions.
4. Once you have an IEEE user name and password, go to
standards.ieee.org and click on the "Standards Development" tab.
5. Click on "Log-in to MyProject."
6. You are presented with the login page. Put in your user name
and password and thus login.
7. On the next screen, click on "Manage Activity Profile."
8. You will be presented with a set of overall IEEE organizations,
whose activities can be expanded by clicking on the "+" to the
left of the names. Click on the "+" by "IEEE Computer Society."
9. In the resulting list under IEEE Computer Society, click on
the "+" by "Microprocessor Standards Committee."
10.In the list under "Microprocessor Standards Committee," check
the box "Working Group for Interval Arithmetic".
11. Click on the "Continue" button at the bottom of the page.
12. It will then ask you questions, such as "Affiliation." (It
won't ask you private information.) Fill in the information.
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R. Baker Kearfott, rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (337) 482-5346 (fax)
(337) 482-5270 (work) (337) 993-1827 (home)
URL: http://interval.louisiana.edu/kearfott.html
Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
(Room 217 Maxim D. Doucet Hall, 1403 Johnston Street)
Box 4-1010, Lafayette, LA 70504-1010, USA
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