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- 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.
-
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- 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
-
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- Volume-Number: Volume 22, Number 128
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-