IEEE Standards Association Standards Board Report from the IEEESA President

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IEEE Standards AssociationStandards
BoardReport from the IEEE-SA President

• George Arnold
• 22 March 2007

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Highlights from the IEEE Board Meetings in
February

• With great sadness and a moment of silence,
  remembered Daniel J. Senese, past IEEE Executive
  Director, who tragically passed away in January.

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Highlights from the IEEE Board Meetings in
February

• Nominated an SA volunteer to the Infrastructure
  Oversight Committee
• SA volunteer appointments
• Don Wright, FinCom
• Ben Johnson, SPC
• Steve Mills, EAB
• Don Heirman, PSPB Mktg/Sales Cmte, Conferences
  Cmte
• Jerry Peterson, RAB
• Alex Gelman, Transnational Cmte

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Highlights from the IEEE Board Meetings in
February

• Authorized a for-profit LLC subsidiary to
  facilitate establishment of an IEEE office in
  Beijing
• Authorized a special-purpose LLC to support
  compliance with EU on payment of VAT taxes for
  European-located conferences

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Highlights from the IEEE Board Meetings in
February

• 2 strategic sessions
• Envisioned Future
• Membership
• New funding model for indirect infrastructure
  costs

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And now from the Board of Governors

• Fiduciary Responsibility tutorial
• Representation to external bodies
• Discussion on how to manage
• Specific focus on TGDC representation
• Reconstitute SCC 38
• Ensure that SCC chair is not also TGDC rep
• Formulate generic requirements

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Board of Governors

• Oversight of ASCs
• Two ad hocs formed
• Business Development
• International
• SA 10-year anniversary
• GEOSS across the IEEE

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Board of Governors

• Thinking and behaving strategically
• Movement in this direction at the BOD level, too
• Supported by the IEEE Executive Director
• Working with strategic planning consultants to
  ensure SA approach is aligned with BOD

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Looking forward to working hand in hand with the
SASB

• Questions?
• Comments?