doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 1 1 st Vice Chair Report Jan 2014 Date: Authors:

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 2 Abstract This slide contains requested reports and status from the st Vice-Chair: Current Patent Slides Current P&P and OM for IEEE-SA, IEEE 802, and IEEE Reminder on Posting Documents Joining 802 All List Server Update on New Rules under consideration this week 802 EC Rule changes OM rule changes

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission MONDAY– OPENING PLENARY First Vice Chair Report March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 3

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 4 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. –Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents –“Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) –The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group –Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged –No duty to perform a patent search

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 5 Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 6 Call for Potentially Essential Patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: –Either speak up now or –Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or –Cause an LOA to be submitted

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 7 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings l All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. l Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. l Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. l Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. l Technical considerations remain primary focus l Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. l Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. l Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission 802 Ground rules  Respect … give it, get it  NO product pitches  NO corporate pitches  NO prices  NO restrictive notices – presentations must be openly available  Silence your cell phone ringers  Silence your electronic devices March 2014 Slide 8Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission Current IEEE-SA Rules The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws is available at: (HTML version) (PDF version) The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual is available at: (HTML version) (PDF version) March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 9

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 10 Current IEEE 802 Procedures IEEE 802 Policies & Procedures –(link to AudCom, approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board Dec 2012) – IEEE 802 Operations Manual (v12, effective 19 July, 2013)IEEE 802 Operations Manual – IEEE 802 Working Group P&Procedures (v13, effective 22 March 2013IEEE 802 Working Group P&Procedures – IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines: v15, effective 19 July 2013IEEE 802 LMSC Chair's Guidelines – IEEE WG OM : (Approved January 2013)IEEE WG OM – Policies and Procedures hierarchy –

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission Reminder for Posting Documents From OM – –All submissions presented to and all minutes shall be posted to the document server. –Please check to ensure all documents are posted If you have a “pending” document that is in error, let Adrian or Jon know. –Secretaries should put “Minutes” in the lower left corner for “minutes” of meetings. March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 11

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission IEEE 802-ALL List Server IEEE 802 only provide ed session announcements. To join this list and stay informed about upcoming plenary sessions, send to with no subject and with the following 2 lines appearing first in the body of the subscribe stds-802-all end March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 12

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission IEEE 802 EC Rules Meeting Report Presentation to make changes to LMSC P&P, LMSC OM, WG P&P, Chairs Guidelines. Changes listed/discussed in the following Document: EC-14/11r1 – Rule Changes for March 2014 – changes-for-march-2014.pdfhttps://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/14/ec EC-rule- changes-for-march-2014.pdf Expectation is that we will review this week and EC vote will take place on Friday. March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 13

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission IEEE 802 EC Rule Change Summary LMSC P&P –Clarify which EC members get voting rights; –Define how a Member Emeritus is created –Define how to remove non-voting members of the EC –Address election of EC chair by potentially conflicted members WG P&P –Remove Term Limit and “November Permission ballot” –Reciprocal Credit – Change name to Maintaining Credit and include what conditions it is granted –WG Granting Session Credit –Ex-officio members March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 14

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission IEEE 802 EC Rule Change Summary IEEE 802 Chairs Guidelines Topics to adjust: 802 Electronic Media Production Agreement Relax commercialization requirements for sponsors Industry connections information. Ballot announcements: Copy WG ballot information to EC reflector March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 15

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission IEEE OM Change Summary Added “Former-Voter” categorization and allowed to join reflectors and upload documents. Modified membership rules so that previous attendances contribute towards regaining Voter status after loss of Voter status due to non-attendance. March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 16

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission WEDNESDAY – MID-WEEK PLENARY First Vice Chair Report March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 17

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission FRIDAY – CLOSING PLENARY First Vice Chair Report March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 18

doc.: IEEE /0318r0 Submission Local Venue Information Next Plenary: San Diego, CA – July 2014 Next Interim: Waikoloa, HI – May 2014 Please suggest Restaurants, methods of getting from Airport to Hotel, local attractions… March 2014 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)Slide 19