FW: IEEE 802 & IPF
Below is a note from Steve Oksala regarding IEEE 802 and the potential loss
to ANSI JTC1 of the IPF fee. I sent an early warning to ANSI so that they do
not make false assumptions on their budget for year 2000. I told Steve I
would forward this note to you-all.
No action is needed or requested by the SEC at this time (and we will have
plenty of time to discuss this at our November meeting) and draft the
carefully worded memo.
Jim Carlo(jcarlo@ti.com) Cellular:1-214-693-1776 Voice&Fax:1-214-853-5274
TI Fellow, Networking Standards at Texas Instruments
Chair, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Telecom and Info Exchange Between Systems
Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
-----Original Message-----
From: Oksala, Stephen P [mailto:stephen.oksala@unisys.com]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 2:07 PM
To: Carlo, Jim
Cc: Gorman, Judy; Garner, Jennifer; Pritchard, Robert; Jameson, Scott;
Rajchel, Lisa
Subject: FW: IEEE 802 & IPF
Importance: High
Jim:
I would urge you and 802 to not be hasty on this. First of all, I think
everyone is aware that secretariats get committed on a one year basis; so I
would hope that 802 would not take action that would leave the rest of the
community in the lurch. Second, I would like to think that the whole
situation would get evaluated - if 802 drops funding, presumably it is also
dropping the TAG responsibility. And with nobody else involved, that would
also mean dropping the secretariat for SC 6 and potentially even the P
membership. I don't know what the answers are, but I would like to see a
total plan and not just one that abandons a system that IEEE had previously
signed up for and which, under the rules of the road, IEEE is still
obligated to meet.
Regards,
Steve Oksala
Stephen P. Oksala
Director, Standards Management
Unisys
2076 Swedesford Road, MS B203H
Malvern, PA 19355
Phone: 610-648-2050
Fax: 610-695-4700
Email: stephen.oksala@unisys.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Garner, Jennifer [mailto:jgarner@itic.org]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 11:27 AM
To: Oksala, Steve
Cc: McMillan, Kate
Subject: FW: IEEE 802 & IPF
Importance: High
Steve -
I suppose this should get a document number for posting to the Finance
Committee agenda for December. This would have a significant impact on
income through IPF collection. I also assume it is time to start
discussions with regards to continuation of US administration of the SC 6
Secretariat
if a large body of its US community no longer intends to provide financial
support.
Please let me know your thoughts. If you want this posted to the agenda,
what do we want to title the agenda item?
Thanks in advance -
Jennifer
> >++++++
> >Lisa, while I am today uncertain of the possible outcome, IEEE 802 has a
> >meeting in two weeks. One of the items that is on the agenda every year
> is
> >to re-address continuing to pay the JTC1TAG International Program Fee. At
> >the current time, while we will have many more discussions, I believe it
> is
> >very doubtful that IEEE 802 will continue IPF fee collection in the year
> >2000. I wanted to give you an early warning of possible financial issues
> in
> >JTC1TAG for planning purposes.
> >
> >Jim Carlo(jcarlo@ti.com) Cellular:1-214-693-1776 Voice&Fax:1-214-853-5274
> >TI Fellow, Networking Standards at Texas Instruments
> >Chair, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Telecom and Info Exchange Between Systems
> >Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
>
>
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