Entity Balloting in the IEEE Standards Association

Judy Gorman, Managing Director,IEEE Standards Association

IEEE 802 Plenary

15 November 2004San Antonio, TX

Contents

Overview of the IEEE-SA Corporate Program

“Entity” is the term on the books Definitions of participant types

IEEE and INCITS comparison Entity Balloting: Pros and Cons Issues Straining the Individual Method Proposed Next Steps Q & A

110+ Years of Stability and Evolution

1890 Established the Henry - a practical unit of inductance 1898 First dedicated effort toward standardization of

electrotechnology in US 1912 Institute of Radio Engineers formed its first standards

committee 1958 Joint Standards Committee of AIEE and IRE 1963 Merger of AIEE and the IRE 1973 Establishment of the IEEE Standards Board 1998 IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)

Individual and corporate membership 1999 IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization

(IEEE-ISTO) Established an affiliated 501(c)(6) organization

2004 IEEE-SA Corporate Program

Overview of the IEEE-SA Corporate Program

IEEE Standards Association

P u blicationA ctiv ities

IE E E -U S A E d uca tio n alA c tiv ities

R eg io n alA c tiv ities

S tand ardsA sso c iation

T ech nicalA c tiv ities

Board ofDirectors

ExecutiveCommittee

Exec Director& Staff

M EM BERS

IEEE-SA Board of GovernorsLegal & fiduciary, policy, finance, N&A,

Registration Authority, appeals, awards, etc

Standards Board (SASB)

Directs Standards Process /Sponsor

Corporate Advisory Group (CAG)

Corporate Program Strategy/Sponsor

SponsorsSocieties, Standards

Coordinating Committees, CAG, Standards Board, etc.

Members

IEEE-SA Corporate Program A membership category in IEEE-SA for

Corporations Government agencies Academia Consultants Industry groups Organizations

Gives organizations A defined voice within the IEEE-SA A corporate-driven standards development process

Corporate membership since 1998 Program inception 2000 Organizationally active 2004

IEEE-SA Corporate Program Membership

50 corporate members in 10 countries Sectors/categories

Electronic design automation Battery and PC manufacturers Networking solution providers Power suppliers Industry applications Telecommunications Trade associations Research laboratory

IEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPIEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP

Maryland Procurement

Office

ROTANIROTANI

IEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPIEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP

Corporate Advisory GroupMembers*

Chuck Adams, Chair IBM Steve Mills, Vice Chair Hewlett-Packard George Arnold Lucent

Technologies Chuck Powers Motorola Robert Fish Panasonic Peter Linnert Siemens Phil Wennblom Intel James Williamson Sony Electronics

*Maximum 10

IEEE-SA 2004 Corporate Member Fee Structure

Member Corporate

Less than $1M Revenue $1000 Less than $1B Revenue $3000 Greater than $1B Revenue $5000

Government Agency $5000 Other (Trade Assoc, SDO, Academic) $1000

Non-Member per ballot fee 20% premium to membership fee

Prognosis for Corporate Program

Overall - excellent Partnership built between corporate members and IEEE Program strategy under development Exceeded 04 goal of acquiring one new project 8X

In the case of 802, some Are willing to propose changes to their P & P See some instances in which the individual method isn’t

working / is broken / etc. Recognize the value corporate method offers for

bringing in new work

Definitions of Participant Types

as per

IEEE-SASB Operations Manual& RD 2 of INCITS*

*Rules Document 2 / InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards

“Individual”

SOURCE: dictionary.reference.com

NounA single human considered apart from a society or community….A human regarded as a unique personality….A person distinguished from others by a special quality.Usage Problem. A person.

Source: ANSINothing

Source: IEEE-SADefines everything that is not an individual, e.g., partnership,

corporation, government agency, etc.

Corporation/Large & Small Businesses

IEEEAn entity that has a

controlling body, such as a Board of Directors, that does not report to another controlling body.

INCITSThere shall be only

one voting membership for each separate business entity. A separate entity is defined as having a controlling body, such as a Board of Directors, that does not report to another controlling body.

Government Agency or Subdivision/Government

IEEE An entity that reports to

its parent or executive, legislative, or judicial branch of a government

INCITSThere shall be only one

voting membership for separate government subdivision or agency. Separate government subdivision or agency is defined as an entity that reports to its parent executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government

Partnership or Association

IEEE An entity comprised

of two or more principal members. In order to be a voting member in a particular Sponsor ballot, each partnership or association shall declare that it does not represent the interests of another member of the IEEE-SA of any type participating in that Sponsor ballot

INCITS No comparable

category/term/ definition

Consultant(s)IEEEAn entity whose principal

source of revenue is derived from providing consulting services for other institutions. In order to be a voting member in a particular Sponsor ballot, each consultant shall declare that it does not represent the interests of another person of any type participating in that Sponsor ballot.

INCITS A consultant organization is defined

as an organization whose principal source of revenue is derived from providing services for other organizations. There shall be only one voting membership for each separate consultant organization. In order to be in the voting member category, consultant organizations shall have to declare that their participation is not being funded by any organization already having voting membership or an organization that is not eligible for membership.

Academic Institution/Academia

IEEE An educational entity

that has a controlling body, such as a Board of Regents or a Board of Governors

INCITS There shall be only one

voting membership for each separate education institution. A separate educational institution is defined as an entity that has a controlling body, such as a Board of Regents.

Consortia, Vendor-Specific User Groups, Professional Societies, & Other SDOs / User Groups & Consortia

IEEEThe principal and

alternate representative for these types of entities may be employed by other entities that have voting membership in the balloting group

INCITSThere shall be only one

voting membership for each separate SDO, User Group and Consortium. For these entities, their principal and alternate representatives may be employed by other organizations who have voting memberships

Other

IEEEOther institutional

persons as approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board

INCITSNo comparable

category/term/

definition

Entity Balloting: Pros and Cons

PROS Better business investment

for companies Equalizing effect on the

playing field Increases transparency Eliminates many questions

about affiliation Continues to allow

consortia to leverage strength

Consultant perspective: equal vote to large company

Reduces not-for-profit tax status liability for IEEE

Increase value to industry of IEEE 802 work program

CONS Doesn’t necessarily solve

the problem of logjams Doesn’t allow large

companies to leverage strength

Continues to allow consortia to leverage strength

Large company perspective: consultant has equal vote

Challenges the existing culture of IEEE 802

Issues Straining the Individual Method Pressure and Evolving Need to Declare Affiliation

Consultants Cannot always declare Don’t always have a specific client Feel discriminated against

Others Business relationships exist behind the scenes that

influence voting patterns Weighted Voting

Individual method is best bet Real system very cumbersome

ETSI system Other IEEE groups have considered/rejected idea

Protecting the IEEE Brand IEEE and IEEE 802 both have much to gain and lose

Proposed Next Steps September 04 - IEEE 802 Task Force

David Law and Brad Booth to work with IEEE-SA staff on proposed P&P changes that incorporate “Entity” method

Newly approved model entity procedures sent to DL and BB in October

802 Executive Committee to Approve Who’s going to be first?

Thank you!

Don Wright, Moderator

Panelists:

Judy Gorman

Karen Kenney

Steve Mills

Paul Nikolich