1. January Opening Report
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Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm
Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

2. January 2010
Working Group
At the November 2009 Plenary the Executive Committee approved the PAR and changed from a TAG to a Working Group
In December the Standards Board approved the PAR
January is the first meeting of the Working Group
Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

3. January 2010
Voting Membership
As presented to the Executive Committee the voting membership is the Union of two groups [1]
Current voting members
All those people who attend at least 75% of the January session
After January a person needs to attend at least 75% of two Plenary sessions or a Plenary and an Interim session within a window of four Plenary sessions to gain voting rights [2]
We will defer critical votes until March so that new people can gain voting rights
[1] M. Cummings, A. Ahtiainen, M. Kasslin and S. Shellhammer, “PAR Presentation, IEEE /89r0, November 2009
[2] IEEE 802 Policies and Procedures, November 2009
Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

4. Working Group Organization
January 2010
Working Group Organization WG
WG Chair
WG Vice Chair
WG Secretary
Coexistence Assurance Standing Committee
SC Chair
Task Group 1
TVWS Coexistence
TG Chair
TG Vice Chair
TG Secretary
Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

5. January 2010
Officer Elections
The current WG officers will continue in their positions
All WGs have WG officer election in March 2010
WG Chair will be acting TG1 chair for the January session
Will hold TG1 and SC elections in March 2010
We will open nominations later this week for TG1 and SC officers
Nomination will be closed in March
Elections will be in March
Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

6. Objectives for the Week
January 2010
Objectives for the Week
Develop a process document laying out the stages of standard development
Requirements
Evaluation criteria
Steps for contributions, evaluations, voting, etc.
General technical discussions on possible architectures
Start a document on Terminology
Joint meeting with and
Develop a call for submissions to be sent out after the session in preparation for future sessions
Nomination for TG1 and SC officers
Schedule Conference Calls
Plan for March session
Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm

7. January 2010
Steve Shellhammer, Qualcomm