[$ieee-1850] IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting - 24 Oct 2006 - Minutes

IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting 
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Location: Teleconference 
Date: 24 October 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
* Nokia 		DR: Jari Kalinainen 
  Jasper	 	DR: Johan Mårtenson;  DRA: Johan Alfredsson 
  Sun 			DR: Tom Thatcher 
  Intel 		DR: Alexander Levin;  DRA: Dmitry Korchemny

* membership lapsed due to missing 2 or more consecutive meetings

Attendees:
  Erich, Sitvanit, Avigail, Yaron, Harry, Surrendra, Johan M., Cindy, 
  Sylvain, Dmitry K., Makarand

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)
v (+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) IBM (DR: Yaron Wolfsthal)
  (_____|++++_+++++++++++++++) Mentor Graphics (DR: Steve Bailey) 
v (++_++|++++++++++++_+_+++++) Synopsys (DR: Surrendra Dudani) 
  (___++|+++++++++++++_++++__) 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) 
  (+++++|__________++++_+__++) Sitvanit Ruah (IBM) 
  (+++++|____________________) Dmitry Korchemny (Intel)
  (++_+_|+++_________________) Sylvain Boucher (Philips) 
  (+___+|++___________+__+___) Makarand Joshi (Cadence) 
  (_+_++|____________________) Dmitry Pidan (IBM)
  (__+++|___+_+++__________+_) Richard Wallace (Northrop Grumman) 
  (__+_+|_+_+_______+++__++++) Dana Fisman (IBM/Weizmann Institute) 
  (___++|___++_+_____++_+++++) Joseph Lu (Altera) 
  (___++|____________________) Elaine Leingang (SanDisk)
  (___+_|_______+__+__+++_+__) Klaus Winkelmann (OneSpin Solutions) 
  (____+|____+++++___++_+____) Andrea Fedeli (ST) 

Inactive: 
  (_____|++++_+++++_++++++++_) Tej Singh (Mentor) 
  (_____|__++_++____+_++_+++_) Andrew Seawright (Mentor) 
  (_____|__++_+_++_+_++_+++++) Mohamed-Lyes Benalycherif (ST) 
  (_____|__+__+______++__++++) Bassam Tabbara (Novas) 
  (_____|__+____________+_+__) Steve Ward (Cadence) 
  (_____|_____+++++++++++_+++) 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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Agenda:
   Call to order
     - Attendance Roll Call
     - Patent Policy
     - Approve Agenda
     - Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
   New Business
     - Updating the Project Authorization Request (PAR) 
     - Election of Officers
   Old Business
   Subcommittee Reports
     - Issues Subcommittee
   Next Meeting
   Adjourn
     - Attendance Roll Call

Call to order: 
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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. 

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

The minutes of the last meeting (9 May) were approved.  
(Motion: Yaron, second: Sitvanit; no objections)

Old Action Items: 
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Officers: complete PAR update and post for discussion in next meeting.  (done)

New Action Items: 
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New Business: 
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1. Updating the PAR

A proposed updated PAR has been posted on the web and sent to working group members.
The proposed PAR was reviewed and discussed, with emphasis on the goals of the next
round of standardization, and the schedule.  The proposed, top-down schedule targets
a draft standard available by March 2008 for balloting.  

Four major extension areas were listed in the proposed draft.  After some discussion,
the working group agreed to eliminate item d (relating to transaction-level assertions) 
and replace it with a new item that would cover as yet unidentified extension areas.

Harry will update the proposed PAR as agreed and send it out for email approval.

2. Election of Officers

Harry reviewed the requirements for electing officers (which are described in the 
working group's Policies and Procedures, which is posted on the web site).  We also
reviewed how the election of officers was conducted two years ago, when the working 
group began.

Harry appointed Johan Mårtensson as "returning officer" to conduct the elections. 
Johan will send out an email requesting nominations.  Nominations will be open for
a period of 14 days.  Harry will provide Johan with the necessary text for this 
email message.


Old Business: 
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none.

Subcommittee Reports: 
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none.

Next Meeting: 
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Tuesday 31 October, 8am PDT.  
This will be a meeting of the Issues SC.

Adjournment:
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Yaron motioned for adjournment, seconded by both Johan and Avigail.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:40am PDT. 

Roll-call

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