Stabilized Standards Ad Hoc Report IEEE Standards Board

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Stabilized Standards Ad Hoc ReportIEEE
Standards Board

• Bob Davis/Ad Hoc
• 7 June 2007

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Current Ad Hoc Working Group Membership and Staff

• Matt Ceglia
• Bob Davis Chair
• Rona Gertz
• Bob Grow
• Yvette HoSang
• Rich Hulett

• David Law
• Daleep Mohla
• Ron Petersen
• David Ringle
• Gary Robinson
• Claire Topp

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Ad Hoc Meetings

• No meetings were held this quarter
• Basic requirements established last quarter
• Critical goals and definitions agreed upon
• Established Definition for Stabilized Standards
• Established Stabilized Ballot decision criteria
• Produced OpsMan and ByLaw change requests
• Working on Interpretation ANSI Compliance Issues
• Next topics
• Working with ProCom on proposed changes
• IEEE SA Standards Board ByLaws Changes
• IEEE SA Standards Board Operations Manual Changes

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Definition of a Stabilized Standard

• An approved standard that is not a health or
  safety standard
• Standards that address mature technologies or
  practices
• Standards that are required for use in connection
  with existing implementations or for reference
  purposes
• Standards that contain no identified significant
  erroneous information
• Standards that are not likely to require revision

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How is a Stabilized Standard Replaced/Retired

• Replaced by an SASB approved Revision,
  Corrigenda, Amendment
• Is no longer eligible or fails the balloting
  considerations.
• Fails or is not recommended to a Stabilization
  ballot.

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When is a Standard Eligible for Stabilization?

• At least 10 years after last SASB action other
  than Reaffirmation.
• The standard must have been reaffirmed at least
  once.
• There are no current activities related to this
  standard.

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Who Ballots the Stabilization of a Standard

• A Sponsor created Balloting body that is also
  open to the participation by materially affected
  individuals.

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Considerations for Stabilization

• Is equipment, code, or practice embodied in this
  standard still in use by any entity serving the
  public?
• Does this standard provide needed information for
  the maintenance of that equipment, code or
  practice, implementing this standard?
• Will this standard continue to be referenced by
  other standards or by government authority or
  regulation?
• Does the retention of the standard as a
  Stabilized Standard serve the good of the public,
  or industry and is it still useful?
• Does this standard meet the requirements of
  Clause 1.2 of the SASB OpsMan?

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Next Steps to Stabilized Standards

• Obtain approval from SASB and BOG as appropriate.
• Target full implementation by December 2007
• Prepare Initial Stabilized candidates from
  Sponsors
• Push the Initial Candidates through process to
• IEEE Stabilized Standard/ANSI Stabilized ANS