Purpose | Organization | Membership | Votes and Elections | Submissions
The purpose of 1076.1 Working Group (WG) is to maintain IEEE Std. 1076.1, IEEE Standard Definition of Analog and Mixed-Signal Extensions to VHDL. Maintenance includes resolving ambiguities and problems in the definition of the language, and enhancing the language to address new needs. The purpose of this document is to establish policies for the operation of the 1076.1 Working Group.
Under IEEE policies and procedures, each Working Group needs to elect an Executive Committee consisting of a chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary. The WG chair is elected by the members of DASC, the Design Automation Standards Committee. The WG is free to establish rules how to organize itself in any other respect, including how the other committee members are elected.
In order to facilitate holding WG meetings in various locations, and hence to reach a maximum of interested people, the 1076.1 Working Group intends that each WG position (with the exception of the WG secretary) be held by two people, either a chair and a vice-chair or two co-chairs. The two officials must have different countries of residence. All (except the WG chair, as described above) are elected by the voting members of the WG.
The WG forms subcommittees as it sees fit. The 1076.1 Issues Screening and Analysis Committee is a permanent subcommittee of the 1076.1 WG.
Membership and voting rights in the Working Group are based on IEEE policies and procedures (http://standards.ieee.org/resources/index.html) and DASC bylaws (http://www.eda.org/vi/dasc).
Membership in the 1076.1 Working Group is open to any interested individual or organization. Membership is free and does not impose any obligations.
For the purposes of communicating with its members the WG maintains a mailing list. Any other use of the mailing list requires approval by the Executive Committee.
The Working Group maintains a web site containing at least:
Material posted to the mailing list or available in the web site is owned by the WG. Use of such material for purposes not directly related to the WG requires approval by the Executive Committee.
Each DASC member on the 1076.1 mailing list, except the Working Group Chair, is a voting member of the Working Group. The Working Group Chair and each non-DASC member on the 1076.1 mailing list is a non-voting member of the Working Group.
Under IEEE policies and procedures, a WG needs a quorum to conduct business. A quorum is 50% of the voting membership. The Working Group votes on issues that are related to its process and the results it produces. Voting membership does not include participation in the IEEE balloting process.
The Executive Committee decides what specific issues have to be voted on by the WG members. Additionally, the Executive Committee will put to a vote any issue requested by 20% of the voting members.
The WG chair is elected for a two year term by the DASC membership. The vice-chair, the secretary and the subcommittee chairs and vice-chairs are elected by the voting members of the WG for a two year term. The election is by the "approval" method where a voter may vote for any number of candidates and the one with the most votes wins. Candidates will be nominated by the membership.
Issues to vote on are sent to the mailing list prior to a WG meeting. The issues are discussed at that meeting. The arguments of the discussion are then also sent to the mailing list, to educate the voting members who did not attend the meeting. This second mailing marks the beginning of the voting period. In the case of elections the voting period begins when the nominations for WG positions are sent to the mailing list.
The voting material sent to the mailing list includes a deadline for returning the votes, which must allow for a voting period of at least three weeks. Votes have to be returned to the WG Secretary either by email or by fax. The result is announced to the mailing list ASAP, and also at the next WG meeting.
In order to best achieve its goal, the 1076.1 Working Group depends on the active participation of as many people as possible. The WG therefore encourages its members to actively participate in its discussions, to provide feedback (like reviews) and to suggest improvements (e.g. new requirements, proposals for organizational or policy changes, etc.). Such input can be provided in any form, although the most likely methods will be presentations at Working Group meetings and memoranda.
Submissions to the 1076.1 Working Group are processed by the Executive Committee, who may delegate the issue to a subcommittee. The group having been assigned a submission prepares a response, possibly together with the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is responsible for presenting the response to the 1076.1 community ASAP, at the latest by the next Working Group meeting. Submissions made less than a calendar month prior to a Working Group meeting will be brought to the attention of the participants at the meeting, but are not due at that meeting. Any vote required to resolve an issue is subject to the rules described in section 4.