doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 1 LMSC Policy and Procedures Update Date: July 18 th, 2005 Author: Matthew Sherman 1 st Vice Chair, IEEE 802 BAE Systems - CINR
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 2 What are the LMSC P&P? P&P is short hand for Policies and Procedures LMSC P&P are the rules that govern the IEEE 802 LMSC LMSC P&P can be found at – Working groups also have P&P Other Governance documents from –IEEE Standards Association –IEEE Computer Society
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 3 Status on P&P Restructuring
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 4 Rationale for Restructuring P&P Current P&P has been patched for 20 years –Inconsistencies have crept in P&P viewed as Broken by many Executive Committee (EC) members –Identified as single most critical issue during 802 restructuring discussions Unable to keep up with number of revisions required –Was doing 3+ revisions per plenary cycle Did not keep up with revisions required SA Rules have changed over time –Need through review to check compliance CS SAB recently completed complete rewrite of their rules –Requirements impact our rules AUDCOM has model Sponsor P&P and now reviews our P&P –Complying with AUDCOM model should ease approval our our P&P Restructuring of Rules required to accommodate these issues
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 5 Restructuring Process Reformat to match Sponsor Model (1 Cycle) –Editorial in Nature Modify for conformance (1 Cycle) –Identify where requirements of SA and CS SAB not met –Introduce changes to bring into conformance Streamline (12 Cycles) –Implement Less is More –Fix any deficiencies specific to 802 –Reduce backlog of P&P revisions Entire process to take roughly 16 months –Extend 4 months for streamlining YOU ARE HERE IN 2 ND CYCLE
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 6 Current LMSC P&P Revision Ballots P&P are updated via EC letter ballots and votes –Process defined in the LMSC P&P –Can be monitored via EC Archieve In Process streamlining ballots (Vote for balloting Friday) –WG Membership & Meetings (Matthew Sherman) –LMSC Procedures & Process (Matthew Sherman) –LMSC Organization (Matthew Sherman) –Miscellaneous (Matthew Sherman) Other Ballots –Procedure for PARs (Tony Jeffree)
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 7 All P&P Revs Must be Approved by Vote of EC Current Revisions will all be voted at Closing EC meeting Friday 7/22/05 Open to IEEE 802 Attendees
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 8 Next Steps Continued restructuring at a slower pace –WG Model P&P Improvements –Task Group membership? Ability to opt out of ballots not of direct interest Others? –As brought forward by EC members or WG
doc.: VC1_ _LMSC_P&P_Update-opening_r0.ppt Submission July, 2005 Slide 9 Questions? Contact Matthew Sherman