Re: [802SEC] Electronic Participation in Interim Meetings

[TSG <tglassey@EARTHLINK.NET>]

Bob Heile wrote:
> Mat
>
> I am strongly against this.  Face to face meetings are the most 
> conducive to an effective exchange and debate of ideas. Frequent 
> telecons between meetings lets everyone participate but the meeting 
> itself should not be compromised.  Beyond that it sets a dangerous 
> precedent for extending that to Task and Working group meetings.
Bob - this is ONLY true if you have a specific financial interest in the 
creation of Standards - and apparently you do, meaning that you are a 
professional standards 'monger' for lack of a better term.

The problem you face is that what you and your sponsors are facing is 
responsibility for your commentary here. I suggest that you check with 
BAE Systems General Counsel's office on this as to whether you can 
legally speak for them or not.

Todd Glassey
> Bob
>
>
> At 12:54 PM 1/10/2009 -0500, Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA) wrote:
>
> > EC Members,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have received requests from TV Whitespace ECSG members to allow
> > electronic participation (teleconference / Webex) for the ECSG meetings
> > at the upcoming Wireless Interim in LA.  I have discussed this with the
> > IEEE 802.11 Chair (Bruce) who has no objection, and made sure that
> > appropriate facilities are available.  I checked with the IEEE 802 chair
> > (Paul) who said he would permit electronic participation for the ECSG at
> > the interim if it was conducted as an 'Experiment' (with hypothesis and
> > metrics) to see if it adds clear value to the standards process.
> > Accordingly we have formulated a hypothesis and metrics and plan to
> > conduct three two hour meetings at the wireless interim that include
> > electronic participation, and will conduct straw polls at the end of the
> > session to see if the metrics support our hypothesis.   We will make the
> > results of this experiment available to the EC at the March session,
> > along with other planned outputs from the ECSG.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Matthew Sherman
> > Chair, IEEE802 Whitespace ECSG
> > BAE Systems -  Network Systems (NS)
> > Office: +1 973.633.6344
> > Cell: +1 973.229.9520
> > email:  matthew.sherman@baesystems.com
> > <mailto:matthew.sherman@baesystems.com>
> >
> >
> >
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