802.1 Plenary - 11/2011 Opening Agenda Opening Agenda G General - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

802.1 Plenary - 11/2011 Opening Agenda Opening Agenda

G General information... l i f i � See: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/minutes /802-1-general-info-v3 pdf /802 1 general info v3.pdf

Decorum � Press (i.e., anyone reporting publicly on this meeting) are to announce P (i ti bli l thi ti ) t � their presence (2008 SASB Op Manual 5.3.3.5) Photography or recording by permission only (2008 SASB Op Manual � 5 3 3 4) 5.3.3.4) Cell phone ringers off please �

S Security issues i i � Please wear your badge when in the meeting areas of the hotel ti f th h t l � This will help the hotel security staff to p y improve the general security of the meeting rooms g � PCs HAVE BEEN STOLEN at previous meetings – DO NOT assume that meetings DO NOT assume that meeting areas are secure

Hotel guest room network access Hotel guest room network access � Attendees staying at the Hyatt at the Attendees sta ing at the H att at the group rate can access the hotel network at no charge: � Username: IEEE802 � Username: IEEE802 � Password: Atlanta

802 1 ffi 802.1 officers etc � Officers � Officers – Chair: Tony Jeffree – Vice Chair: Paul Congdon – Recording Secretary: Eric Gray – Security TG Chair: Mick Seaman – Interworking TG Chair: Steve Haddock Interworking TG Chair: Steve Haddock – AV Bridging TG Chair: Michael Johas Teener – Data Center Bridging TG Chair: Pat Thaler – Maintenance of website: John Messenger M i t f b it J h M – Maintenance of Email exploder: Hal Keen � Website � Website – http://www.ieee802.org/1/ – Username: p8021 Password: go_wildcats

The following are 802.1 voters: Alon Zehavit Alon, Zehavit Gravel Mark Gravel, Mark Olsen David Olsen, David An, Yafan Gray, Eric Pannell, Donald Ao, Ting GU, Yingjie Parsons, Glenn Ashwood-Smith, Peter Ashwood Smith Peter Gunther, Craig Gunther Craig Pearson, Mark Pearson Mark Boiger, Christian Haddock, Stephen Pelissier, Joseph Bottorff, Paul Hayakawa, Hitoshi Raeber, Rene Brandner, Rudolf d d lf Jeffree, Anthony ff A h Randall, Karen d ll Carlson, Craig Keen, Hal Roese, Josef Congdon, Paul Keesara, Srikanth Romascanu, Dan Cummings, Rodney Kim, Yongbum Rouyer, Jessy Desanti, Claudio Klein, Philippe Sajassi, Ali Ding, Zhemin g, Kleineberg, Oliver g, Saltsidis, Panagiotis , g Eastlake, 3rd, Donald Krause, Michael Seaman, Michael Farkas, Janos li, lin Sharma, Rakesh Fedyk, Donald Fedyk Donald Lynch Jeff Lynch, Jeff Stanton Kevin Stanton, Kevin Finn, Norman Mack-Crane, Ben Sultan, Robert Ganga, Ilango Martin, David Teener, Michael Garner Geoffrey Garner, Geoffrey Messenger John Messenger, John Thaler Patricia Thaler, Patricia Ghanwani, Anoop Morris, John Tumuluri, Chait Multanen, Eric Vissers, Maarten

The following will become voting members when/if they show up here this week: this week: Chang Xin Chang, Xin Cheng, Weiying Gale, Benjamin Jones, Girault Kamath, Daya K Kumar, Vinod Vi d Li, Yizhou Shimizu Takeshi Shimizu, Takeshi

The following could become voting members if they email me indicating their intention to do so and if they show up here this week: do so and if they show up here this week: Agarwal, Puneet Kim, Taeeun Allan, David Lapuh, Roger Bickford, Charles Lemon, John Bond, David B d D id Moldovansky, Anatoly M ld k A t l Bragg, Nigel Nakagawa, Yukihiro Connor Don Connor, Don Seto Koichiro Seto, Koichiro Dabagh, Alireza Shao, Hong Goetz, Franz Tanaka, Jun Kariya, Kazutoshi Unbehagen, Paul Kelsen, Michael Wei, Yuehua

Ch i / i Chair/Vice-Chair elections Ch i l i These elections will take place during the closing 802.1 Plenary in � March 2012 Nominations are invited at any time from now until the start of the Nominations are invited at any time from now until the start of the � closing 802.1 Plenary in March 2012 The existing Chair intends to stand for re-election; however, this does � not preclude other nominations p If there are multiple nominees for a post, then an election will take � place in which only 802.1 voters participate and in which each voter casts a single vote for their preferred candidate. To win the election, a majority of voters present in the room is required If a majority is not majority of voters present in the room is required. If a majority is not achieved, then the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the vote re-taken. A motion to approve the winning candidate (in the case of an election) � or the single nominee (in the event that there is only one candidate for th i l i (i th t th t th i l did t f the post) will then be made and voted upon by 802.1 voting members.

Ch i / i Chair/Vice-Chair elections Ch i l i � From 802 Operations Manual clause 3.2.1: � “An individual who has served as Chair or � An individual who has served as Chair or Vice Chair of a given WG for a total of five terms or part-terms in that office may not run p y for election to that office again, unless the WG has passed a motion, one plenary in advance of the election permitting that advance of the election, permitting that individual to stand for re-election. � For this motion to pass 75% or greater � For this motion to pass, 75% or greater approval of the voting membership present in the meeting is needed.”

MOTION O O � 802.1 gives permission to Tony Jeffree to run for a seventh term as 802.1 WG Chair in the March 2012 Plenary. y � Proposed: � Seconded: S d d � For For____Against____Abstain____ Against Abstain

Instructions for the WG Chair The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee: designee: – Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation – Advise the WG attendees that: • The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 p p y p p y of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws ; • Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged; • There may be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE the WG nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development. – Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting: • That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0 if That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown; • That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard that standard • Any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom. – The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance. – It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual 6.3.5 and in FAQs 12 and 12a on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference. Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. (Optional to be shown)

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: – “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents • • “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the Personal awareness means that the participant is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims – “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) represents) – The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group y g p Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2 � Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged � No duty to perform a patent search Slide #1