802.20 Opening March 2006 Plenary Session #19 Jerry Upton- Chair jerry.upton@ieee.org Gang Wu – Procedural Vice Chair Eshwar Pittampalli – Liaison Vice Chair Rajat Prakash – Recording Secretary Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards 6. Patents IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period. Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002 Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 Copyright • Under the current US copyright law — the author of information is deemed to own the copyright from the moment of creation • The IEEE Bylaws require copyright of all material to be held by the IEEE – Must consult with IEEE for re-use of copyright material • The IEEE Standards accomplishes transfer of copyright ownership through the Project Authorization Request (PAR) process Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings • Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions • Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share • Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation • Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002 Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 Logistics • No Electronic sign-in - - Manual Sign In Books • 802.20 has 6 planned session slots you need to participate in 5 meeting slots to get 75% participation credit. However, the number slots is subject to the agenda and time required for the agenda items. Participation credit is 75% of actual session slots for the working group. One Tutorial time slot extra credit will also be granted if attended. • Attendees shall state their Affiliation in the manual sign in book per Appendix B of the 802.0 Version 1.0 Policies & Procedures (802.20 PD-05).This is a requirement for obtaining a voting token. • 802.20 and 802.21 Grant Reciprocal Maintenance Attendance Credit in addition to .18 & .19, please state your home group when signing in • Meeting Room - - Centennial E Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 802.20 Attendance Sign In and Affiliation Statement IEEE 802.20 Affiliation and Attendance Sign In Name: AM 1 Badge #: Email: Monday Optional Tuesday Wednesday XXXXXX Thursday XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX PM 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX PM 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX AM 2 Organization: XXXXXX Affiliation or same as Organization: Signature: Please Initial the Time Slot you are Attending Date: You must complete all information requested, sign and date. You only need to complete form once and then initial time slots. Individuals found signing in and leaving or otherwise attempting to falsify their attendance will lose all attendance credit for the session. Each Book has page #’s. Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 APPENDIX B IEEE 802.20 WG Policies and Procedures V1.0 Affiliation Statements Per ANSI essential requirements, if there is a requested from an interested party for identification of affiliation it shall be granted. The ANSI rules apply since IEEE 802 does not have any exception speaking to this issue. Per the Chair of IEEE 802 and the Standards Association Board counsel, this procedure will be followed unless there is no request from an interested party. Procedure: 1. All attendees shall state their affiliation using a manual sign in book provided at each Plenary and Interim Session. If the automated/electronic attendance system is updated for the appropriate record field and instructions, the attendees shall use that system. 2. If an attendee is unable to comply with this procedure, the attendee shall notify the WG Chair. 3. Each attendee shall refer to the below ANSI Essential Requirements statement and use the below for guidance in complying with this procedure. Affiliation and ANSI Essential Requirements On the Web at: http://public.ansi.org/ansionline/Documents/Standards Activities/American National Standards/Procedures, Guides, and Forms/ER2003.doc “2.1 Openness Timely and adequate notice of any action to create, revise, reaffirm, or withdraw a standard, and the establishment of a new consensus body shall be provided to all known directly and materially affected interests. Notice should include a clear and meaningful description of the proposed activity and shall identify a readily available source of information. In addition, the name, affiliation [2] and interest category of each member of the consensus body shall be made available to interested parties upon request.” “[2] “Affiliation” refers to the entity that the consensus body member represents (which may or may not be that person’s employer). If the consensus body member is serving in an individual capacity, then the name of the individual, that person’s employer, sponsor and interest category should be available. Contact information is not required.” Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 Objectives for the Session 1. Officer Elections 2. PAR Extension Approval by EC 3. Other WG and TAG activities 4. Pre-Close Status of Letter Ballot 1, Ballot closes Wed. March 8 at 23:59EST 5. Next Meeting Planning Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 Objectives for the Session 1. Officer Elections 2. PAR Extension Approval by EC 3. Other WG and TAG activities 4. Pre-Close Status of Letter Ballot 1, Ballot closes Wed. March 8 at 23:59EST 5. Next Meeting Planning Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20 Proposed Detail Agenda – March 2006 Plenary, Session #19 Hyatt Regency, Denver, Colorado – Room Centennial E Agenda items are for time allocation and adjourn maybe earlier if all agenda items are completed . Monday, Mar. 6, 2006 11:00AM – 12:30PM IEEE 802 Opening Plenary Monday, Mar. 6, 2006 12:30PM - 1:30PM Lunch Monday, Mar. 6, 2006 1:30PM – 5:00PM Hyatt (Break 3:30 – 4:00PM) - 1:30-5:00pm Opening Session of 802.20 - IEEE Patent Policy and Meeting Conduct - Logistics for the session - Review of Proposed 802.20 Agenda - Approval of Agenda including modifications - Review and approve Jan. Minutes - Officers Election Process - Current Status of Letter Ballot 1 - Review EC/TAGs/ WGs Activities Monday, Mar. 6, 2006 7:00PM - 9:00PM 802.20 Officer Elections Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2006 8:00AM - 12:00PM Hyatt (Break 10:00 – 10:30AM) Contributions: 802.20 Letter Ballot Comment Resolution (Anne Tee) C802.20-06/13 8:00-9:00am 9:00-10:00am Further Questions on MBTDD/MFTDD Proposals (A. Tee) C802.20-06/14 Responses to AppendixC2: Q&A from Jan. Minutes (A. Tee) 10:30-11:30am C802.20-06/15 Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2005 1:00PM – 6:00PM Hyatt (Break 3:30 – 4:00PM) 1:00pm- 2:00pm 2:00pm- 3:30pm 4:00pm -5:00pm New Business Next Meeting Planning Close and Adjourn Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2005 7:30PM - 9:00PM 802 Tutorials Mar. 6, 2006 Chair, IEEE 802.20