June 2007 Mesh Ad Hoc Agenda

1. June 2007Mesh Ad Hoc Agenda Authors: Date: 2007-06-13 Steven Conner, Intel

2. IEEE 802.11: ESSMesh NetworkingTask Group Hillsboro, Oregon June 2007 Temporary Chair: W. Steven Conner, Intel Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd, Motorola Steven Conner, Intel

3. Wednesday, 13 June 200710:00 – ? • Call meeting to Order by W. Steven Conner, temporary chair as appointed by Stuart Kerry • Selection of Temporary Secretary for ad hoc meeting (TBD) • Manual Attendance Reminder • Miscellaneous Announcements • Review of IEEE 802 and 802.11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc. • Approval to allow pictures to be taken at this meeting? (This was previously approved by the 802.11 WG Chair.) • Approval of Agenda Steven Conner, Intel

4. Miscellaneous Announcements • Warning: Do not leave your laptops unattended! • The meeting is not responsible for your unwatched stuff. • Individual membership • In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization. • Photographs and Recordings • No sound recordings are permitted at 802.11 WG or TG meetings. • No photographs allowed without WG Chair permission. • Media – Press and Analyst briefings • Only the 802.11/.15/.18/.19/.22 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chairs are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of their respective IEEE working groups Steven Conner, Intel

5. Miscellaneous Announcements (cont.) • All visitors must be escorted by an Intel employee while inside the building • Guest wireless access is available: • SSID: Guest • Must click to accept the terms of use to gain access Steven Conner, Intel

6. Important Stuff • Note the links from the items in RED in the left column of all pages of the working group meeting agenda. • Affiliation Frequently Asked Questions: http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html • Anti-Trust: http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf • IEEE Ethics: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html • Letter of Assurance Form: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/loa.pdf • IEEE Patent Committee: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html • IEEE Patent Policy: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt • Patent FAQ: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/faq.pdf Steven Conner, Intel

7. Member Affiliation • It is defined in the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws, 5.2.1.5 as: “An individual is deemed “affiliated” with any individual or entity that has been, or will be, financially or materially supporting that individual’s participation in a particular IEEE standards activity. This includes, but is not limited to, his or her employer and any individual or entity that has or will have, either directly or indirectly, requested, paid for, or otherwise sponsored his or her participation. Steven Conner, Intel

8. Declaration of Affiliation • Revision: Feb 2006 Standards Board Bylaw 5.2.1.1 • 5.2.1.1 Openness • Openness is defined as the quality of being not restricted to a particular type or category of participants. All meetings involving standards development an all IEEE Sponsor ballots shall be open to all interested parties. Each individual participant in IEEE Standards activities shall disclose his or her affiliations when requested. A person who knows or reasonably should know, that a participant’s disclosure is materially incomplete or incorrect should report that fact to the Secretary of the IEEE-SA Standards Board and the appropriate Sponsors. Steven Conner, Intel

9. Affiliation Policy • Requirement to declare affiliation at all standards development meetings and recorded in the minutes • Affiliation not necessarily same as employer • Declaration requirement may be familiar to some 802 WGs, though WG declaration process may evolve • 11. What if I refuse to disclose my affiliation? • As outlined in IEEE-SA governance documents, you will lose certain rights. In a working group where voting rights are gained through attendance, no attendance credit will be granted if affiliation isn’t declared. Similarly, voting rights are to be removed if affiliation isn’t declared. • Affiliation declaration will be added to Sponsor ballot • http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Steven Conner, Intel

10. Social Event on Saturday, June 16 • Wine-tasting tour of Yamhill County, Oregon • The social event is to visit a few Yamhill County wineries, to sample (and optionally purchase) some of the Pinot Noirs for which Oregon is famous. We will leave Hillsboro about 10 AM and plan to return mid-afternoon, depending on weather, traffic, etc. • See Jesse Walker for detailed itinerary Steven Conner, Intel

11. Wednesday, 13 June 200710:00 - ? (cont.) • Status of TGs Draft D1.04 and Comment Resolution spread sheet 11-07/23r35 – Steven Conner • Comment resolution and Draft improvement • … • Lunch ~12:00-13:00 • Comment resolution and Draft improvement • … • Recess until Thursday morning Steven Conner, Intel

12. Thursday, 14 June 2007 ?-? • Patent policy and manual attendance reminder • Comment resolution and Draft improvement • … • Lunch ~12:00-13:00 • Comment resolution and Draft improvement • … • Recess until Friday morning Steven Conner, Intel

13. Friday, 15 June 2007 ?-16:00 • Patent policy and manual attendance reminder • Past teleconferences in current series • 23 May (no specific topic) • 30 May – Frame Formats • 6 June – Cancelled • Topics for upcoming teleconferences: • 20 June • 27 June • 4 July ?? (USA Holiday) • 11 July • (San Francisco 802.11 meeting 15-20 July) • 25 July (during IETF Chicago Meeting) • Comment resolution and Draft improvement • Straw polls • Adjourn Steven Conner, Intel