1. Publicity Committee 802.11/.15 Brian Mathews, PC Chair 802.11
Glyn Roberts, PC Chair

2. Agenda

3. Publicity Committee
Chartered as a joint ad-hoc group under the chairs of and to generate a common theme and joint publicity documents, press announcements, recommendations to the WG, IEEE etcof the technical accomplishments, and issues resulting from the interim and plenary sessions as well as address external issues which are directly related to the development of and standards.
This information is posted on the /.15 websites
Used by the WG chairs and vice-chairs for communication to media, press and media analysts, IEEE staff and affiliated industry bodies
Everyone can vote and participate in straw polls, motions, debates and discussions
Approximately 28 people in attendance at the Kauai PC meeting

4. Meeting Objectives
Report from IEEE (incl discussion of preparation of posters/displays for the Singapore event)
Report from WECA
WiMEDIA Update
Review input for November IEEE802 on-line newsletter
Discussion of general communication issues
- Reviewed and completed

5. WiFi Alliance Update (presented by Bill Carney – TI)
Excellent comprehensive review of recent WiFi Alliance activities
Presentation to be posted to server as separate document

6. WiMEDIA Update
Prepared and presented by John Barr (Motorola), Wimedia Alliance Vice President
Presentation slides available in document IEEE /460r0
Included an overview of device/product characteristics
Showed where WiMEDIA fits in the applications space

7. 802News Bulletin Preview
The group took a look at the IEEE802 News Bulletin input for November
Group was satisfied with the format and content
.15 input was in bullet form, will probably change to headline/prose form.

8. Meeting Objectives for January
Review content for poster displays for Singapore
Reports from WiFi Alliance & WiMedia
Review update text for 802News web site

9. Summary of Activities November 2002
IEEE /.15 Publicity Standing Committee
November 12, 2002  Kauai
Summary of Activities and Future Plans
The Publicity Committee (PC) held one meeting for the week of November 9, chaired by Brian Mathews PC Chair and Glyn Roberts PC Chair for Jerry Walker of the IEEE presented an update of publicity activities at the IEEE. John Barr presented a WiMEDIA update. Bill Carney provided an update on new developments at the WiFi Alliance. The communications processes for and were reviewed (emphasis on web site information).
At the IEEE 802 Wireless interim session in January the PC will receive reports from WiFi Alliance and WiMEDIA, review input for the 802News website, and review plans for the May 2003 Singapore meeting.