1. IEEE-SA Liaison Report
SAB Meeting
March 2005
Don Wright
Director of Standards, Lexmark International
Past Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board

2. 2004 SASB Summary
Last SASB meeting series was held on December 6 – 8, 2004
RevCom recommended approval of
45 projects as new standards
36 revisions of standards
42 reaffirmations of existing standards.
NesCom recommended approval of
84 new PARs
23 modified PARs
31 revision PARs
67 PAR extensions. (Includes conditional approvals)
PatCom is routinely handling LOAs and other patent issues. It addressed a request from 802 to more clearly state the policy on disclosure of licensing terms in working groups.
ProCom has considered, debated and acted upon a number of updates to the SASB Bylaws and Ops Manual. It served as the sponsor of the activity to the develop the model procedures for Working Groups.
AudCom has continued to work through the issues with Sponsor P&P. They exited 2004 having made progress in bring closure to the few sponsors who have not yet submitted their procedures for review.

3. 2005 SASB Leadership 2005 Leadership: 2005 Meeting Schedule:
Chair Steve Mills (CS)
Vice Chair TBD
NesCom Ron Petersen
RevCom Malcolm Thaden
PatCom Don Wright (CS)
ProCom Lowell Johnson (CS)
AudCom Ray Hapeman
SCC Liaison Richard Hulett
2005 Meeting Schedule:
March Atlanta
June Piscataway
Sept Piscataway
December Florida

4. Don Wright, Past Chair (CS)
2005 SASB Membership
Steve Mills, Chair (CS)
Mark Bowman
Dennis Brophy (CS)
Joe Bruder
Bob Davis (CS)
Joanna Guenin (CS)
Mark Halpin
Ray Hapeman
Bill Hopf
Rich Hulett
Lowell Johnson (CS)
Hermann Koch
David Law (CS)
Daleep Mohla
Paul Nikolich (CS)
Ted Olsen
Glenn Parsons (CS)
Ron Petersen
Gary Robinson (CS)
Frank Stone
Malcolm Thaden
Rick Townsend (CS)
Joe Watson
Howard Wolfman
Don Wright, Past Chair (CS)
Richard V. Cox (TAB)
11 of 26 are CS
Red are new members Green rotate off after 2005

5. 2005 SASB Chair’s Priorities
A year of enlightenment.
IP, business
Impact on process and policy
Continue work on the organization and oversight of SCCs
Continue the “Educating the Volunteers” program
Strengthen our relationship with our standards sponsors

6. Upcoming March SASB Meeting
PatCom is consider mandating the use of the LOA form and rejecting free form letters.
AudCom continuing to make progress on accepting Sponsor P&Ps including the many CS Sponsors.
ProCom will consider changes to the Ops Manual and By-Laws relating to:
Mandatory RAC Coordination
Making the SCC Coordinator an official position
Loosening rules on new PARs in relation to Sponsor P&P status.
WG voting rules (I-300.4(4) vs special)

7. IEEE Bylaws
I-300.4(4)
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Constitution, these Bylaws, or the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of the State of New York, any action required or permitted to be taken by any board or committee of any organizational unit of the IEEE (other than the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Major Boards, the Standing Committees and any other board or committee reporting directly to the Board of Directors) may be taken without a meeting. Unless a more restrictive voting requirement is specified in the governing documents of the board or committee, an affirmative vote of a majority of all the voting members of the board or committee shall be required to approve the action. The results of the vote shall be confirmed promptly in writing or by electronic transmission. The writings and/or electronic transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board or committee. “Electronic transmission” means any form of electronic communication, such as , not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient.

8. IEEE-SA Board of Governors
Held its first meeting of 2005 last week. Don Heirman is the SA President.
Major strategic issue being worked is the funding model. SA receives NO FUNDING from the greater IEEE and selling standards has a limited life as the major funding model of the SA.

9. IEEE-SA Board of Governors
The SA BoG created a standing Fellows Committee:
5.8 Fellows Committee
This committee is responsible for seeking and encouraging nominations for the membership grade of IEEE Fellow from the IEEE standards development community.
This committee shall consist of at least three but not more than five members, including the chair, all of whom shall be of Fellow grade of the IEEE and members of the IEEE Standards Association. The IEEE-SA President shall appoint the chair of the Fellows Committee for a two-year term, renewable once at the discretion of the IEEE-SA President. The other members of the committee shall be appointed by the IEEE-SA President for a term of one-year, renewable at the discretion of the IEEE-SA President.

10. IEEE-SA Board of Governors
The BoG N&A Committee, of which I am a member, is actively searching for Members-at-Large for the BoG as well as members of the CAG and the SASB.
The election for 2006 IEEE-SA President Elect is this fall. Candidates are:
George Arnold (Comm. Society)
Ray Hapeman (Comm. Society)
Don Wright (CS)
Running this fall for IEEE-SA BoG Members-at-Large include:
Paul Nikolich (CS) vs Carl Stevenson (CS)
Bruce McClung vs. Ted Olsen

11. SAB Actions Needed
The SASB term limits of three CS leaders (Davis, Nikolich & Robinson) are reached at the end of We need to identify other CS leaders to be considered for the SASB.
Are there others who should be considered for the BoG, the CAG, or the SASB?