Entity Balloting in the IEEE Standards Association

1. Entity Balloting in the IEEE Standards Association IEEE 802 Plenary Judy Gorman, Managing Director, IEEE Standards Association 15 November 2004 San Antonio, TX

2. 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

3. 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

4. Overview of the IEEE-SA Corporate Program

5. IEEE Standards Association

6. Members IEEE-SA Board of Governors Legal & 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 Sponsors Societies, Standards Coordinating Committees, CAG, Standards Board, etc.

7. 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

8. 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

9. IEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP Maryland Procurement Office

10. ROTANI IEEE-SA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Definitions of Participant Typesas perIEEE-SASB Operations Manual& RD 2 of INCITS**Rules Document 2 / InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards

15. “Individual” SOURCE: dictionary.reference.com Noun A 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: ANSI Nothing Source: IEEE-SA Defines everything that is not an individual, e.g., partnership, corporation, government agency, etc.

16. IEEE An entity that has a controllingbody, such as a Board of Directors, that does not report to another controlling body. INCITS There 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. Corporation/Large & Small Businesses

17. IEEE An entity that reports to its parent or executive, legislative, or judicial branch of a government INCITS There 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 ofgovernment Government Agency or Subdivision/Government

18. 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 Partnership or Association

19. IEEE An entity whose principal source of revenue is derived from providing consulting servicesfor 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 providingservicesforother 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. Consultant(s)

20. IEEE An educational entity that has acontrolling 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 entitythat has acontrolling body, such as a Board of Regents. Academic Institution/Academia

21. IEEE The principal and alternate representative for these types of entities may be employed by other entities that have voting membership in the balloting group INCITS There 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 Consortia, Vendor-Specific User Groups, Professional Societies, & Other SDOs / User Groups & Consortia

22. IEEE Other institutional persons as approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board INCITS No comparable category/term/ definition Other

23. 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 Entity Balloting: Pros and Cons

24. 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

26. 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? IEEE 802.______

27. Q & A Thank you! Don Wright, Moderator Panelists: Judy Gorman Karen Kenney Steve Mills Paul Nikolich