RE: [$ieee-1850] IEEE P1850 PSL WG - Next Meeting Announcement

Steve,

| We need to consider funding of the work to be performed as
| well. We may not know the details yet, but we should at
| least consider where the funds would come from and how they
| will be used (generally if not in detail yet).

I agree, but I would suggest that we scope the work involved before we discuss how much it will cost, and how to fund it - and whether 'funding' will come through donated time and services, or otherwise.

In Accellera, we created PSL with minimal direct funding (only enough to pay for creating a very rough first draft of the PSL v1.0 LRM). The remaining work was all done through volunteer effort.

Since we started with the IEEE standard template when we began the Accellera effort, the PSL v1.1 LRM is already quite close to compliance with IEEE editorial guidelines, and relatively little additional work will be required to bring it into full compliance. I believe we can continue to do this as before, with volunteer effort, at least during the development of the initial version of the PSL standard, in which we are likely to make only minor changes to the language.

Another possible requirement for funding would be to pay for meeting facilities. However, the current plan is to conduct all business by teleconference, as we did in Accellera. Cadence is hosting the teleconferences, so that cost is covered.

A third possible requirement for funding would be to pay for IEEE support services, including consulting on how to run a standards project and adminstrative support for the balloting process. (Editorial support is also available, but as I noted, I don't expect that we will need it.) Given the lengthy involvement with IEEE standards development that some of us on this committee have had, it is not clear that we will really need much consulting regarding the process, beyond the level of support already available at no cost from IEEE staff (i.e., answers to specific questions). Perhaps we might benefit from administrative support during the balloting process, but even there I don't expect the work load to be huge, given the small number of voting members involved in this project.

Nonetheless, as you point out, we need to make a formal decision about the need for funding, and if needed, about funding methods. I will add to the agenda for next week a discussion about the possible need for funding.

Regards,

Erich

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Bailey, Stephen [mailto:SBailey@model.com]
| Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:33 AM
| To: Erich Marschner; ieee-1850@eda.org
| Cc: vfv@eda.org
| Subject: RE: [$ieee-1850] IEEE P1850 PSL WG - Next Meeting
| Announcement
|
| Erich, all,
|
| We need to consider funding of the work to be performed as
| well. We may not know the details yet, but we should at
| least consider where the funds would come from and how they
| will be used (generally if not in detail yet).
|
| -Steve Bailey
|
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: owner-ieee-1850@eda.org
| > [mailto:owner-ieee-1850@eda.org] On Behalf Of Erich Marschner
| > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:05 PM
| > To: ieee-1850@eda.org
| > Cc: vfv@eda.org
| > Subject: [$ieee-1850] IEEE P1850 PSL WG - Next Meeting Announcement
| >
| >
| > Next IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting
| >
| > Date: 5 Oct 2004
| > Time: 8:00am PDT - 10:00am PDT
| >
| > Teleconference Information:
| >
| > CALL DATE: OCT-05-2004 (Tuesday)
| > CALL TIME: 8:00 AM PACIFIC TIME
| > DURATION: 2 hr
| > LEADER: MR ERICH MARSCHNER
| >
| > USA Toll Free Number: 888-928-9527
| > USA Toll Number: +1-712-421-1828
| >
| > PASSCODE: 28842
| >
| > For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name will be
| > required to join the call.
| > Note that these phone numbers are not the same as those for the
| > previous meeting.
| >
| > Agenda:
| > Call to order
| > - Attendance Roll Call
| > - Approve Agenda
| > - Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
| > - Patent Policy
| > Old Business
| > - Review P&Ps Changes
| > - Approve P&Ps and PAR
| > - Letters of Assurance
| > New Business
| > - Working Group Schedule
| > - PSL v1.1 Issues List
| > - Subcommittee creation
| > Next Meeting
| > Adjourn
| > - Attendance Roll Call
| >
| > Minutes for the IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group meeting of 28 Sep
| > 2004 will be posted shortly to the ieee-1850 reflector.
| > Anyone interested in reviewing the meeting minutes will be able to
| > find them in the ieee-1850 mail archive at
| > http://www.eda.org/ieee-1850/hm/.
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Erich Marschner
| > Secretary, IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group
| >
| > -------------------------------------------
| > Erich Marschner, Cadence Design Systems Senior Architect, Advanced
| > Verification
| > Phone: +1 410 750 6995 Email: erichm@cadence.com
| > Cell: +1 410 294 2599 Email: erichm@comcast.net
| >
| >
|
|
Received on Wed Sep 29 05:43:08 2004