RE: [P1788]: Proceeding towards Sponsor Ballot -- what you can do
Standards Association is a separate IEEE society-type thing, members of IEEE and/or its societies are NOT automatically members -- you have to pay $51 extra to join Standards Association (I just did).
I do not know how to express my interest -- I asked a similar question to Baker
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From: stds-1788@xxxxxxxx [mailto:stds-1788@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corliss, George
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:18 PM
To: Ralph Baker Kearfott
Cc: Corliss, George; stds-1788
Subject: Re: [P1788]: Proceeding towards Sponsor Ballot -- what you can do
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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