stds-802-mobility: 802.20 Working Group Policies and Procedures
All 802.20 Members,
A set of Policies and Procedures (operating rules) for the 802.20 Working Group is now established and posted on the web site in the working group permanent documents section (document # 802.20-PD-05). We will operate under this Version 1.0 at the Vancouver session.
In addition to covering the detailed policies and procedures of a working group, the establishment of these rules addresses one very urgent procedural requirement. Appendix B of the document covers the procedure for Affiliation Statements. This procedure is required for all future 802.20 sessions per a member’s request and as confirmed by the Chair of 802 and Standards Association’s counsel.
Additionally the group will hold officer elections at the March Plenary and a procedure is needed for the elections.
The overall policies and procedures are based upon the current version of 802.11’s Policies and Procedures. The Officer Elections procedure is based upon 802.16’s procedure and consistent with the procedure followed by our group in the March 2003 election. A draft version 0.1 from February 2003 has been left on the permanent document section of the web site for reference.
The Working Group members can make amendments and even large revisions by 2/3 majority vote at any Plenary. A procedure for changing Version 1.0 is covered in the document in clause 2.10. Again this is based upon 802.11 procedures. Additionally the 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures have precedent over Working Group rules. Therefore, this Version 1.0 is consistent with the current version of the 802 rules.
The Chair of a Working Group is tasked with deciding procedural issues. My goal is to minimize the number of those issues. Having an established and clearly understood set of policies and procedures for the working group should help accomplish that goal. My other goal is having the working group members focused on moving forward in the development of a successful 802.20 standard versus procedural questions and issues.
The 802 LMSC Policies and Procedures (Section 5.1.4.1) states;
“ To carry out the responsibilities cited in 5.1.4.3, the Working Group Chair has the authority to:
c) Establish Working Group rules beyond the Working Group rules set down by the Executive Committee. These rules must be written and all Working Group members must be aware of them.”
I had hoped to address this responsibility earlier by establishing and publishing the working group rules in December. However, I required some input for the appendices and a review of other Working Groups’ rules and operating approaches. I do apologize for not completing my assignment earlier.
Please email me any questions. I will see many of you in Vancouver.
Regards,
Jerry Upton
Chair, IEEE 802.20
jerry.upton@ieee.org