Some assumptions

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Some assumptions

• ITU / Forum want to interact
• Forum and ITU must agree to basic criteria to
  work together
• Equivalent to A.4 criteria ( A.5 if document ref)
• Open membership
• Anti-trust
• Compatible IPR policy

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Givens

• Forums will exist
• Forums will act independently
• Cannot be controlled
• Follows the will of the body

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Forum Assumptions

• Forums will exist
• Need public forum for specific and focused
  discussion among competitors dont expect to
  accomplish with-in ITU
• Ideal size of group conducive to productive
  discussion only interested parties involved.
• Different groups more open to diverse ideas
• Legacy thinking
• Naïve membership

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Forum assumptions

• Different needs combination of below
• Stds promotion to market
• Faciltate market uptake of standard
• Stds Aggregation
• Creates profiles (best practice of use of stds)
• Stds Development
• Want to develop stds
• Becomes SDO
• Writes defacto market standards
• Want to influence
• Define requirements and send to SDO
• Write implementation agreements and communicate
  to SDO

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Interaction Depends on Forum Goal

• Different needs promoting standard in market
• Facilitate market uptake of standard
• ITU position
• Timely technical support
• reactive to communication
• clarification

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Interaction Depends on Forum Goal

• Different needs Stds Aggregation
• Creates profiles (best practice of use of stds)
• ITU position
• Timely communication
• reactive to liaison

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Interaction Depends on Forum Goal

• Different needs Stds Development
• Want to develop stds
• Becomes SDO
• Writes defacto market standards
• Want to influence
• Define requirements and send to SDO
• Write implementation agreements and communicate
  to SDO
• ITU position
• For those wanting to develop stds
• ITU communicates its plan and anticipated overlap
• Where overlap, understands why differences and
  decides
• Accept other bodies direction as better
• Ignore other body
• Fight for commonality
• For wanting to influence
• ITU must listen responsibly and communicate
  reasons for different conclusions

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Key Issues

• Communication - Quality and Timeliness
• Timing Differences in ITU and Forums
• Must have method for timely communication
• Methods to truly understand others position
• Willingness to spend time to communicate position
• Willingness to take time to understand position
• Best practice Individuals must attend with
  Liaisons as representative of group
• Should in process documents be publicly
  available?
• Is this a Must?
• Openness of completed Documents
• Free distribution
• For fee distribution
• Can a Forum become a member of ITU?
• Selected members received TIES account
• Submit as sector member of ITU