Re: [P1788]: Proceeding towards Sponsor Ballot -- what you can do

["Corliss, George" <george.corliss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Baker,

How can I tell whether I am a member of the IEEE Standards Association?

How do I know that they know that I have expressed an interest in the P1788 Working Group?

I AM a member of the IEEE Computer Society, but I don’t understand how big the tent might be.

George Corliss


On Mar 25, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Ralph Baker Kearfott <rbk5287@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> P-1788 members:
> 
> We anticipate putting up the entire document for your approval,
> prior to the sponsor ballot, in a week or so. If we approve
> it according to our rules for standards text, the document
> should be ready to go to sponsor ballot in mid-May.  (I remind
> you that the sponsor ballot phase is like our vote on the
> entire document, except it is more formal and considered to
> be the official ratification of the standard.  The document
> must be approved in the sponsor ballot by something like
> 75% of votes, with 75% of members of the ballot committee voting.)
> 
> Members of the sponsor ballot group are chosen by invitation.
> TO GET AN INVITATION TO BE ON THE SPONSOR BALLOT GROUP, YOU
> MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION.  ALL MEMBERS
> OF THE IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION WHO HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST
> IN THE P-1788 WORKING GROUP WILL BE SENT AN INVITATION FOR THE
> SPONSOR BALLOT.  Officers may also send out additional invitations.
> 
> IF YOU WISH TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON ADOPTION OF AN INTERVAL ARITHMETIC
> STANDARD, PLEASE JOIN THE IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION SOON.
> (An alternative, I think, is to pay a per-ballot fee, but this
> could add up if the ballot fails on the first or subsequent votes.)
> 
> The next meeting of the sponsor (the IEEE Microprocessor Standardization
> Committee -- IEEE MSC) is July 8.
> However, since our Project Authorization
> ends in December, we do not have much time for a sponsor ballot,
> so a vote within the IEEE MSC may be conducted by email during
> May or early June.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Baker
> 
> P.S. IEEE officials may send out additional invitations to
>     achieve balance within the sponsor ballot group.  The
>     balance is with regard to Industry / Academia / Users
>     and with regard to geographical area (representation
>     of different countries).  However, that is not our
>     concern, and furthermore, if the members of the working
>     group participate in the ballot group, I doubt much
>     adjustment would be necessary.
> -- 
> 
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