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

George,

Membership in the IEEE-SA is not an automatic benefit
of the IEEE Computer Society.  You need to join and pay dues
for the IEEE-SA in addition to the IEEE Computer Society
dues.  Once you join, you can
go to

   standards.ieee.org

You can click on "eTools" to log on to myProject.  You then
click on "Manage Activity Profile to show interest.  For interval
arithmetic, you would expand "IEEE Computer Society" then
expand "Microprocessor Standards Committee", then expand
"working group for interval arithmetic" then check both
"Working Group for Interval Arithmetic" and
"Standard for Interval Arithmetic".

Best regards,

Baker

On 03/25/2014 01:17 PM, Corliss, George wrote:

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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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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