Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!jsq From: jason@cnd.hp.com (Jason Zions) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Ballot groups and mailing lists Message-ID: <17972@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 17 Feb 91 20:26:37 GMT Sender: jsq@cs.utexas.edu Organization: Hewlett Packard, Information Networks Group Lines: 58 Approved: jsq@cs.utexas.edu (Moderator, John S. Quarterman) X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net Submitted-by: jason@cnd.hp.com (Jason Zions) I've received several queries in the last few days as to how one might join a ballot group or get on a mailing list for an IEEE TCOS working group (POSIX et al). I think it's probably of sufficiently general interest that posting it to the mailing list as a whole is worthwhile. To join balloting groups for proposed IEEE TCOS standards (1003.*, 1201.*, 1224.*, 1238.*) you must become a member of the IEEE TCOS Standards Subcommittee. Joining the TCOS-SS will not itself place you in any ballot groups, but will cause Invitations to join forming ballot groups to be sent to you. You cannot join a ballot group which has already "closed". Ballot groups are generally "open" between 3 and 6 months. When writing, you should probably inquire as to which ballot groups are still forming (i.e. open). The sole prerequisite for membership is membership in either the IEEE itself or the IEEE Computer Society. To join TCOS-SS, please write to: Computer Society Secretariat IEEE Standards Office 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ 08855 Give your name/address/phone&fax/e-mail addr and IEEE or IEEE-CS membership number. Also, retain a copy of your application for your own records. You should receive confirmation from the IEEE within 2-3 weeks; if you do not, start looking into it. - - - Belonging to the ballot group will only cause you to receive formally- balloted drafts. To obtain information on joining working group mailing lists, which contain interim drafts and other working documents, please direct your inquiry to: [[ Editor - please check the following address. I think Lisa's office is the correct one; if so, the address is correct. I know writing to NAPS directly is not the approved way of doing this. Help! ]] Lisa Granoien IEEE Computer Society 1730 Massachusettes Avenue NW Washington DC 20036 Fax: +1 (202) 728-9614 Be aware that mailing list membership entails a charge based on the cost of reproduction and distribution of the materials subscribed to; monies are required up-front and costs are dedcuted from your balance as time goes on. Additional details are included in the mailing list application form. - - - Regards, Jason Zions Chair, IEEE P1003.8 POSIX Transparent File Access Volume-Number: Volume 22, Number 128