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Thanks, Vladik, I just did, too. http://standards.ieee.org/membership/ George Corliss On Mar 25, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Kreinovich, Vladik <vladik@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > 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. >> -- >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Ralph 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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