[$ieee-1850] IEEE 1850 Working Group August 3 - minutes

Location: Teleconference
Date: 3 August 2009

Presiding Officer:      Harry Foster, Chair
Co-Chair:               Sitvanit Ruah
Secretary:              N.S.Subramanian (NSS)
Website: http://www.eda.org/ieee-1850

IEEE SA Members:
===============
    Cadence               DR: N.S.Subramanian (NSS);  DRA: Steve Ward
    IBM                   DR: Sitvanit Ruah,;     DRAs: Cindy  Eisner,  
Avigail Orni, Dana Fisman,
    Mentor Graphics       DR: Harry Foster;     DRA: Tej Singh
    Synopsys              DR: Surrendra Dudani
    Nokia                 DR: Sami Maisnemi
    Accellera             DR: Harry Foster (acting)

Non-members:
============
    Jasper                        Johan Mårtenson
    ST Micro                      Mohamed-Lyes Benalycherif
    Northrop Grumman              Richard Wallace
    Altera                        Joseph Lu

Meeting Attendees:
===============
    Avigail, Surrendra, Dana, Sitvanit, Harry, Noelle.

Attendance Record:
==================
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

    (***********|*-******************)

IEEE SA Members:
v (_+++++++++++++++|+++++++++++++++++++++) Cadence (DR: N.S.Subramanian)
v (++++++++++++++++|+++++++++++++++++++++) IBM (DR: Sitvanit Ruah)
v (++++++++++++____|++++_+++++++++++++++-) Mentor Graphics (DRA: Harry  
Foster)
v (+++_++_++++++_++|++++++++++++_+_++++++) Synopsys (DR: Surrendra  
Dudani)

(Lapsed members are those that have missed 2 of the past 3 meetings.)

Following is a record of individual attendance, which is recorded
separately to cope with changes in affiliation and representation,
as well as to recognize the participation of individuals who are
"observers" rather than representatives of corporate members.

Representatives:
    (+++++++++++++++++|++++++_++++_+++++_+++) Harry Foster (Mentor  
Graphics)
    (_++++++__________|___________________++) N.S.Subramanian  (Cadence)
    (+++++++++++++++++|+++___++__+++++++++++) Sitvanit Ruah    (IBM)
    (+++_+++_++++++_++|++++++++++++_+_++++++) Surrendra Dudani  
(Synopsys)

Observers:
    (_+_++++__________|____________________) Sandeep Gupta (Cadence
    (______+++++++++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Erich Marschner (Cadence)
    (++_++++++++++++++|+++___++__++++++++++)) Avigail Orni (IBM)
    (+__+++_++_++__+_+|_+_+_______+++__++++) Dana Fisman (IBM)
    (__+++++__+++_+_++|____________________) Dmitry Pidan (IBM)
    (_++++++__+__+++++|_++_++++++____+_+___) Cindy Eisner (IBM)
    (____+____++_+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Johan Mårtenson (Jasper)
    (___++______+__+++|___+_+++__________+_) Richard Wallace (Northrop  
Grumman)
    (_+__+++__________|__++_+_++_+_++_+++++) Mohamed-Lyes Benalycherif  
(ST)
    (________+________|____________________) Sami Maisniemi (Nokia)
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Agenda:
    Call to order
      - Attendance Roll Call
      - Review Patent Policy
           http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
      - Approve Agenda
      - Approve July 7 meeting minutes
           http://www.eda-stds.org/ieee-1850/hm/0315.html
    Old Business:
      - Open discussion

    New Business:
      - Discussed status of the LRM with respect to comments received  
so far.
        Draft 4 can be accessed at:
             http://www.eda-stds.org/ieee-1850/docs/P1850-D4-2009.pdf
        All open issues should have been corrected in draft 4.
      - Discussed remaining schedule of the ballot process.
        Email vote to approve moving draft 4 to the sponsor ballot  
will be sent out later today (Aug 3).  The email vote will close on  
Aug 20.
      - Open discussion

     Next Meeting scheduled for September 15.
     Adjourn
       - Attendance Roll Call

-Harry


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