Re: [$ieee-1850] IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting - 12 April 05 - Minutes

From: Harry D. Foster <harrydfoster_at_.....>
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 09:44:39 PDT
Corrections:

	Presiding Officer:  Harry Foster, Chair
	Presiding Officer:  Yaron Wolfsthal, Co-Chair

On Apr 12, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Harry D.Foster wrote:

> IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting
> ==============================
> Location: Teleconference
> Date: 12 April 2005
>
> Presiding Officer:  Harry Foster, Chair
> Secretary:  Erich Marschner
>
> Website: http://www.eda.org/ieee-1850
>
> Members:
> ========
>   Accellera                 DR: Harry Foster              DRA: Victor  
> Berman
>   Cadence                 DR: Erich Marschner;      DRA: Steve Ward
>   IBM                           DR: Yaron Wolfsthal;       DRAs:  
> Avigail Orni, Cindy Eisner,
>                                                       Sitvanit Ruah,  
> Dana Fisman
>   Mentor Graphics    DR: Steve Bailey;             DRA: Tej Singh
>   Synopsys                DR: Surrendra Dudani;   DRA: Oz Levia
>   Nokia                       DR: Jari Kalinainen
>   Jasper                     DR: Johan Mårtenson;    DR: Johan  
> Alfredsson
>   Sun                          DR: Tom Thatcher
>   Intel                          DR: Alexander Levin
>
> Lapsed:
> =======
>   Infineon           DR: Klaus Winkelmann
>
>
> Attendance Record:
> ==================
>   Key:
>       v : member (= voting priveleges) during this meeting
>       + : present
>       | : present (but optional meeting)
>       _ : absent
>       - : absent (but optional meeting)
>
>      Leftmost char = most recent meeting
>       * : official meeting - counts towards membership
>       - : unofficial meeting - does not affect membership
>
>      (-******************)
>
>   Members:
> v    (++++++_++++_+++++_++)  Accellera (DR: Harry Foster)
> v    (++++++++++++++++++++)  Cadence (DR: Erich Marschner) (rep. by  
> DRA: Steve Ward)
> v    (++++++++++++++++++++)  IBM (DR: Yaron Wolfsthal)
> v    (++++_+++++++++++++++)  Mentor Graphics (DR: Steve Bailey) (rep.  
> by DRA: Tej Singh)
> v    (++++++++++++_+_+++++)  Synopsys (DR: Surrendra Dudani)
> v    (+++++++++++++_++++__)  Nokia (DR: Jari Kalinainen)
> v    (++++++++++++++++++++)  Jasper (DR: Johan Mårtenson)
> v    (++++++++_++_+_++++++)  Sun (DR: Tom Thatcher)
> v    (+++_++______________)  Intel (DR: Alex Levin)
>
>   Observers:
>      (++++_+++++_++++++++_)  Tej Singh (Mentor)
>      (_++_++++++____+_+___)  Cindy Eisner (IBM)
>      (+++___++__++++++++++)  Avigail Orni (IBM)
>      (+++_________________)  Sylvain Boucher (Philips)
>      (_+_+_______+++__++++)  Dana Fisman (IBM/Weizmann Institute)
>      (++___________+__+___)  Makarand Joshi (Cadence)
>      (__++_++____+_++_+++_)  Andrew Seawright (Mentor)
>      (__++_+_++_+_++_+++++)  Mohamed-Lyes Benalycherif (ST)
>      (__+__+______++__++++)  Bassam Tabbara (Novas)
>      (__+____________+_+__)  Steve Ward (Cadence)
>      (___++_+_____++_+++++)  Joseph Lu (NVidia)
>      (___+_+++__________+_)  Richard Wallace (Northrop Grumman)
>      (____+++++___++_+____)  Andrea Fedeli (ST)
>      (_____+++++++++++_+++)  Johan Alfredson (Jasper)
>      (______++____+_++_+__)  Adriana Maggiore (AltraVerifica)
>
>    Inactive:
>      (_______+__+__+++_+__)  Infineon (DR: Klaus Winkelmann)
>      (__________++++_+__++)  Sitvanit Ruah (IBM)
>      (_________________+__)  Limor Fix (Intel)
>      (__________________++)  Jin Hou (Synopsys)
>      (__________________++)  Peter Flake (Synopsys)
>      (__________________++)  Ben Cohen (consultant)
>      (___________________+)  J. Bhasker (eSilicon)
>
>
> Agenda:
> =======
>
>   Call to order
>     - Attendance Roll Call
>     - Patent Policy and Letters of Assurance
>     - Approve Agenda
>     - Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
>   Old Business
>   Subcommittee Reports
>   New Business
>     - Roll call vote to approval to move to IEEE ballot (this is a WG  
> voting process)
>   Next Meeting
>   Adjourn
>     - Attendance Roll Call
>
>
> Call to order:
> ==============
> The meeting was called to order at 8:05am PST.
>
> Attendance was recorded via roll call.
>
> The IEEE patent policy slides were presented.  The working group was  
> advised that the IEEE's Patent Policy is consistent with the ANSI  
> patent policy; that early disclosure of patents which may be essential  
> for the use of standards under development is encouraged; that such  
> disclosures may not be exhaustive; and that the IEEE, the working  
> group, and the working group chair cannot ensure the accuracy or  
> completeness of any disclosure.  An opportunity was provided for the  
> working group members to disclose patents that might be essential for  
> use of PSL.  No patents were disclosed.
>
> Old Action Items:
> =================
>
> none.
>
> New Action Items:
> =================
>
> none.
>
> Old Business:
> =============
>
> none.
>
> Subcommittee Reports:
> =====================
>
> none.
>
> New Business:
> =============
>
> A motion was made (and seconded) to "move the P1850 LRM to the Sponsor  
> Ballot process".   The chair declared a roll call vote to approve this  
> motion--results are as follows:
>
>   Members:
> 	Y  Cadence (DR: Erich Marschner) (rep. by DRA: Steve Ward)
> 	Y  IBM (DR: Yaron Wolfsthal)
> 	Y  Mentor Graphics (DR: Steve Bailey) (rep. by DRA: Tej Singh)
> 	Y Synopsys (DR: Surrendra Dudani)
> 	Y Nokia (DR: Jari Kalinainen)
> 	Y Jasper (DR: Johan Mårtenson)
> 	Y  Sun (DR: Tom Thatcher)
> 	Y Intel (DR: Alex Levin)
>
> The motion was approved unanimously.  The Balloting process will begin  
> on April 15, for 30 days.  We will not have another meeting until  
> mid-May (around the time that the Balloting has completed).
>
> A question was raised concerning balloting to approve the LRM (that  
> is, a positive vote) while also submitting comments.  That is, would  
> the comments be addressed?   The chair stated that "all submitted  
> comments through the balloting processed would be addressed".
>
> Noelle pointed out that generally working groups save up a list if  
> typo's and text-editing issues for the IEEE tech-editors to correct,  
> and the working group then focuses on fixing technical errors.   Note  
> that any edit/change to the LRM during the Balloting process would  
> require a recirculation to approve the edited change.
>
> Non-voting entities can formally submit comments to the IEEE balloting  
> process--and Noelle agreed to send out details on how this is done.
>
> Next Meeting:
> =============
>
> TBA -- sometime in Mid-May.
>
> Adjournment
> ===========
>
> The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:20am PDT.
>
>
> ======================================================================= 
> =====
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Harry
> ---
> Harry D. Foster
> Chief Methodologist           
> Jasper Design Automation
> http://www.jasper-da.com
> Tel: +1 650.966.0239     Cell: +1 650.804.5000
> 	
Received on Tue Apr 12 09:43:56 2005

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