standards activity board (sab) vitality john walz cancun, mx 7-nov-07
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Standards Activity Board (SAB) Vitality
John WalzCancun, MX
7-Nov-07
Renewed focus on Vitality
• Jack Cole, Vitality Chair– Minimum set of criteria,
• Policies and Procedures compliance and Sponsor Web presence, etc
• Support our current membership,
– Areas of excellence • Connections with other CS
Boards, such as C&T, CAB, EPSB, PUBS, and PPC
• Reach out to new members – diversifying both technically and geographically
• John Harauz – continue to focus on SAB
membership and the expansion of our business base
– Computer magazine Standards column
– CS BoG Practitioner ad hoc committee
• David Schultz – continue to focus on involving
people in Standards work through CAB & EAB
Sponsor Annual Reports
• IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws, 5.2.2.2 "Make annual activity reports to the IEEE-SA Standards Board"
• DASC – Fall06• FIPA – Fall06• IASC - ?• LTSC – Fall06• LMSC – Fall06• MSC - ?• PASC – Fall06• SISO-SAC – Fall06• S2ESC – Feb07• SSSC - ? • TTSC – Fall06• SAB – Fall06
Minimum criteria
Vitality Focus Areas
• SAB & Sponsors plan to – Offer more opportunities for our CS members to
participate in • Study Groups• Standards work groups and • Balloting groups
– Through channels of Technical Committees (TC) & Forums (TF), Conferences, consortiums, & users
– For both current and emerging technologies – Engage in other CS activities for synergy– Work both the minimum set of criteria and well as
formulate the areas of excellence which includes connections with other CS Boards
Vitality dimensions1. Sponsor “production”2. Volunteers
• Engagement• Recruitment• Recognition & Advancement• Leadership development & succession
3. Expansion and growth of Standards business• Emerging Technologies
4. Collaboration with• Other CS Boards for premium services• Other Societies & Sponsors• International SDO for recognition of our standards
5. Others?
SA & SAB “Production” 2006IEEE CS Attributes
471 100 Total standards projects under development78 20 New standards projects approved41 25 Modified Project Authorization Requests (PARs) approved45 8 Number of projects approved that will revise existing standards
164 53 Total standards projects approved31 6 Total standards projects withdrawn
115 28 Number of ballot invitation requests submitted:37,870 11,659 Number of persons sent ballot invitations:
1,536 642 Total number of persons who voted on a ballot74 16 New and revised standards approved34 12 New40 4 Revised56 16 Reaffirmation of existing standards approved
130 32 Total submittals approved23 17 Standards withdrawn
100% 100% Percentage of standards published less than six months after approval11,399 4,542 Total number of pages produced*
IEEE-SA Membership (year ending 31 December 2006)7,984 826 Individual
70 NA Corporate? 5000 Volunteers in working groups? 700 Total Standards for sale
Sponsor “Production” 2006
SPONSOR New Std Revision Reaffirm WithdrawalDA 1 3IA 1
LM 6 3 1LT
MM 1 8 10PA 1
S2E 1 3 2 1SAB 1
SISS 5TT 111 11 3 22 13
RevcomSPONSOR New PAR Modified Extension Withdrawal
DA 1 1IA 2
LM 12 5 2 2LT 1
MM 3 2 6 2PA 1
S2E 6 3 1SAB
SI 1SS 1 2TT 111 26 10 14 5
NesCom
IEEE 1680 Success
• IEEE 1680 Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products, including Notebook, Personal Computers, Desktop Personal Computers and Personal Computer Monitors (EPEAT)– PAR approved in 2005– Standard approved & published by IEEE in 2006– Standard approved by ANSI in July 2007– Sponsor in November 2007– Restructure for a family of PAR, December 2007
• EPEAT has already been referenced by the public and private sectors in IT contracts totaling more than $31 billion -ANSI Reporter
• $31B is a very good measure of a conformance based standard that meets the public and government need
Vitality: Volunteer Recognition & Advancement
• CS service awards: CoA & OCA• CS Board Liaisons & Officers• CS awards: Hans Karlsson Award • SA Standards Board appointments• SA awards
• Distinguished Service, • Standards Medallion • International
• IEEE memberships: Senior and Fellow• IEEE award: Charles Proteus Steinmetz Vic Hayes
Don Wright
Kathy Land
Jim Moore
Working with other Sponsors & Societies
• IASC– Working with SSSC and S2ESC Sponsors
• S2ESC – working with IEEE Reliability Society – IEEE Systems Engineering Council – FIPA on JTC1/SC7 on intelligent agents
• LAN/MSC – working with Communications Society on publications
• Communications Society magazine issue on Standards
• ? – Working with Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society on P11073
CS Standards Volunteers Advancement for 2008
• CS President-elect – S. Kathy Land
• CS VP for Standards – John Walz
• CS Board of Governors – none
• IEEE-SA President, – ?
• IEEE-SA Standards Board appointments
• Others?
IEEE Membership Survey
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Used/read IEEE Standards
IEEE Membership Survey - Standards
Marc Beebe, Manager of Strategic Research and Planning
IEEE membership to include membership in:
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Standards Association Women in Engineering GOLD
IEEE Membership Survey - Ideal IEEE membership includes:
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Books Journal articles Standards Conferenceproceedings
IEEE Membership Survey - Members want discounts on
Recognition of Standards Leaders
• 3773 CS Senior Members
• 296 SA/CS Senior Members• 162 WG Chairs, Past & Present
http://standards.computer.org/sabminutes/WG_Chairs.htm
• 20 WG Chairs are Senior Member & SA
• 142 WG Chairs, Past & Present, not IEEE Senior member or SA
Professional Opportunities
• IEEE Computer Society Press– Publications – ReadyNotes– PodCasts
• IEEE Computer Society Press / J. Wiley & Sons– Books
• IEEE Standards Information Network http://standards.ieee.org/standardspress/index.html
– peer-reviewed handbooks, guides, tutorials, and other products that are directly relevant to standards
• IEEE Expert Now!– Webinars
IEEE Resources for Standards
• IEEE Membership is a source of volunteers– Technical Interest Profile (TIP): Standards
• IEEE Member upgrades to Senior & Fellow• IEEE Publicity Guide • IEEE Technical Experts Guide • IEEE-USA public policy
– Jack Cole
• IEEE New Initiative & Seed Grant Process – Dennis Brophy, Standards Association, DASC
http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/resources/index.html
IEEE Publicity for StandardsSA SAB Publicity Y News Releases Y Photographs Y Distributing the News Release Y Media Inquiries and Interviews Media Alerts
Y Backgrounders Press Kit Media Pitch Letter
Y Meetings and Special Events Y Newsletter as a Public Relations Tool Letters to the Editor Op-Ed Page Articles Y Speakers’ Bureau Television Radio
Y Y World Wide Web
http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/newsinfo/IEEE_Publicity_Guide.html
IEEE.tv
• Categories:– Careers & Technology– IEEE Products– IEEE.tv Specials– Meet the Authors
• Standards shows– IEEE Standard 1680: An Incentive to Design Greener
Computers – WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16 Standard for
Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks – Diab and Frazier - "Ethernet in the First Mile" – VuSpec Series
IEEE Technical Experts Guide
• Resource for journalists and other media professionals that provides multi-disciplinary scientific and engineering sources on more than 500 technical topics
• Covers 802, but misses Computer Society
http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/newsinfo/teg.html
IEEE Expert Now!
• Professional continuing education on topics in the latest technologies
• Courses developed by leading experts recognized in their fields
• One-hour courses keep you and your colleagues up to speed on emerging technologies and trends
• Accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week• Interactive content via easy-to-use player-viewer, audio
and video files, diagrams, animations, and automatic place marking
• Earn CEUs and PDHs – .3 CEUs/3PDHs issued for successful completion of module
Standards Speakers Bureau (the “Clearinghouse”)
• SAB roster of qualified Standards speakers who are available to address chapters
• CS Chapters can explore interest in Standards speakers and their topics