[$ieee-1850] IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting - 7 March 06 - Minutes

IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting 
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Location: Teleconference 
Date: 7 March 2006 

Presiding Officer: Harry Foster, Chair 
Secretary: Erich Marschner 

Website: http://www.eda.org/ieee-1850 

Members: 
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  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;  DRA: Johan Alfredsson 
  Sun 			DR: Tom Thatcher 
  Intel 		DR: Alexander Levin 

Attendees:
   Erich, Cindy, Avigail, Sitvanit, Dana, Yaron, Johan M., Harry, 
   Dmitry K., Richard

Attendance Record: 
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Key: 
v : member (= voting priveleges) during this meeting 
+ : present 
_ : absent 
- : absent (but optional meeting) 

Leftmost char = most recent meeting 
| : approval of IEEE 1850 PSL (22 Sep 05) 
* : official meeting - counts towards membership 
- : unofficial meeting - does not affect membership 

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Members: 
v (+++|++++++_++++_+++++_++) Accellera (DR: Harry Foster) 
v (+++|++++++++++++++++++++) Cadence (DR: Erich Marschner) (DRA: Steve Ward) 
v (+++|++++++++++++++++++++) IBM (DR: Yaron Wolfsthal) 
  (___|++++_+++++++++++++++) Mentor Graphics (DR: Steve Bailey) (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) (rep. by DRA: Dmitry Korchemny)

Observers: 
  (+++|_++_++++++____+_+___) Cindy Eisner (IBM) 
  (+++|+++___++__++++++++++) Avigail Orni (IBM) 
  (+++|___+_+++__________+_) Richard Wallace (Northrop Grumman) 
  (+++|__________++++_+__++) Sitvanit Ruah (IBM) 
  (+++|____________________) Dmitry Korchemny (Intel)
  (+_+|_+_+_______+++__++++) Dana Fisman (IBM/Weizmann Institute) 
  (_++|___++_+_____++_+++++) Joseph Lu (Altera) 
  (_++|____________________) Dmitry Pidan (IBM)
  (_++|____________________) Elaine Leingang (SanDisk)
  (_+_|+++_________________) Sylvain Boucher (Philips) 
  (_+_|_______+__+__+++_+__) Klaus Winkelmann (OneSpin Solutions) 
  (__+|++___________+__+___) Makarand Joshi (Cadence) 
  (__+|____+++++___++_+____) Andrea Fedeli (ST) 
  (___|++++_+++++_++++++++_) Tej Singh (Mentor) 
  (___|__++_++____+_++_+++_) Andrew Seawright (Mentor) 
  (___|__++_+_++_+_++_+++++) Mohamed-Lyes Benalycherif (ST) 
  (___|__+__+______++__++++) Bassam Tabbara (Novas) 
  (___|__+____________+_+__) Steve Ward (Cadence) 

Inactive: 
  (___|_____+++++++++++_+++) Johan Alfredson (Jasper) 
  (___|______++____+_++_+__) Adriana Maggiore (OneSpin Solutions) 
  (___|_________________+__) Limor Fix (Intel) 
  (___|__________________++) Jin Hou (Synopsys) 
  (___|__________________++) Peter Flake (Synopsys) 
  (___|__________________++) Ben Cohen (consultant) 
  (___|___________________+) J. Bhasker (eSilicon) 


Agenda: 
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   Call to order
     - Attendance Roll Call
     - Patent Policy
     - Approve Agenda
     - Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
   Old Business
   Subcommittee Reports
   New Business
   Next Meeting
   Adjourn
     - Attendance Roll Call

Call to order: 
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The meeting was called to order at 8:05am PST. 

Erich noted that Mentor Graphics had not attended the past two meetings, 
and therefore is no longer considered a voting member, as of the beginning 
of this meeting.

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. 

The agenda was approved.  (Motion: Erich; second: Cindy; no objections)

The minutes of the last meeting (31 Jan) were approved.  
(Motion: Cindy, second: Erich; no objections)

Old Action Items: 
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none. 

New Action Items: 
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none. 

Old Business: 
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none.

Subcommittee Reports: 
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  Issues SC:
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  One SC meeting was held to discuss the process.  The Issues List 
  has been updated to reflect new additions.  The Issues SC will 
  continue today, after the working group meeting.

New Business: 
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none.

Next Meeting: 
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Tuesday 28 March, 8am PDT.  
This will be a working group meeting followed by an Issues SC meeting.

Adjournment:
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Cindy, Richard motioned for adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:13am PDT. 

Roll-call

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