Meeting called to order 8:30 June 14th, 2004
Administrative:
Meetings occur every fourth Monday beginning June 14th.
Web site is http://www.verilog.com/IEEEVerilog.html
Standing agenda is at http://www.verilog.com/IEEEVerilog-Agenda.html
Patent Policy is at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
Attendance:
Today DASC member (D yes, - no)
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A aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa D Michael McNamara
A aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aa D Steven Sharp
A aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aa D Karen Pieper
A aaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaa- D Shalom Bresticker
A aaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaa-a- D Charles Dawson
A aaaaaaaaaaaa D Francoise Martinolle
A aaaaaaa-aaa-aaaa------- D Kurt Baty
A aaaaa-a-aa D Keith Gover
A aaaaa--aaaa------a--aa- D Tom Fitzpatrick
A aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa----aa D Brad Pierce
A aaaa-a D Ronald Goodstein
A aaaa--aaaaa D Alec Stanculescu
A aaa-aaaaa-aa-aaaaaaaaaa D James A. Markevitch
A aaa--aaa-----aa-a---aaa D Clifford E. Cummings
A aa-aa-aa-aaa D Dennis Brophy
A aa-a-aa----a D Steven Dovich
A aa--aaaaa-aa----------- D Drew Lynch
A a-aaaaaaa-a---aaaaa-aa- D Stuart Sutherland
a-a-aaaa D Richard Ho <0-in>
A a--aaaaa--aa-a-aaaaaaa- D Stefen Boyd
-a-aa-aaaa D Ennis Hawk
---a------------------ - Yogesh Goel
A ----a---a--a D Karen Bartleson
-----aaaa-----a------- D Mehdi Mohtashemi
-----a---a--a--------- D Krishna Garlapati
-------a--aa-aaaaaaaaaa - Anders Nordstrom
-------a D Atsushi Kasuya
A --------aa D Don Mills
---------aaa D Jay Lawrence
---------a-aaaaaaaaa-aa - Gordon Vreugdenhil
---------a D David Smith
---------a - Chong Guan Tan
-------------aaaaaaaaaa D Dennis Marsa
---------------------aa - Erich Marchner
----------------------a D Peter Flake
A -R-------a - Dave Rich
A - Mark Hartoog
1) Karen Pieper read the IEEE patent policy presentation, and refers all
to http://www.verilog.com/IEEEVerilog.html where a link to the IEEE
policy is prominent.
2) Minutes of the previous meeting:
Shalom proposed to amend the minutes as follows:
Change Shalom's affiliation from Motorola to Freescale
Motion was approved unanimously.
Kurt Baty moved and Michael McNamara seconds approving the minutes as
amended; None opposed; None abstain. Minutes approved.
3) Report of Kurt Baty, Returns Officer, on the Election: all eligible
members but one voted in the elections. The results:
Chair (elect): Michael McNamara
Vice Chair (elect): Tom Fitzpatrick
Secretary: Keith Gover
Still waiting on the DASC for certification of election results.
4) Report of Shalom Bresticker, Editor: nothing new to report.
5) Reports on DAC and other events during the week of 6/7/2004: Michael
McNamara reported that SystemVerilog 3.1a was passed to the IEEE. The
DASC to sponsor P1800 and organize new committees.
Birds of a feather meeting occurred at DAC on 6/9/2004. Created "circle"
of chairs for an informal meeting with discussion centered around the
future of the 1364 working group. This was followed with a dinner at the
Spaghetti Factory.
Dennis Brophy reported Accellera's position in the donation of
SystemVerilog to IEEE and the DASC SC vote to sponsor the new standard as
1800. Karen Bartleson agreed with what Dennis reported but pointed out
that not all Accellera Board members were present at the DASC SC meeting.
Alec Stanculescu provided a report on the Implementation working group
meeting.
6) Karen Pieper reports on ETF: No meeting due to the Memorial Day Holiday.
Still working on revisions to the generate proposal even though the
original proposal was passed by the ETF.
Issue 541: Moved by Karen Pieper, Seconded by Steven Sharp
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 551: Moved by Karen Pieper, Seconded by Steven Sharp
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 563: Moved by Karen Pieper, Seconded by Steven Sharp
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 564: Moved by Karen Pieper, Seconded by Charles Dawson
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 575: Moved by Karen Pieper, Seconded by Steven Sharp
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 113: This is the generate proposal. Much discussion whether or
not to bring this issue to vote in the VSG. Shalom Bresticker outlines
the current status of the issue in the ETF, most recent revision of the
generate proposal is May 6, 2004. Vote to accept the proposal as a
change to the standard and then amend the original issue 113 to reflect
this even though later revisions are still needed and can be made under
a new issue number:
Moved by Brad Pierce, Seconded by Steven Sharp
+---- Vote cast
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Y D Steven Sharp
Y D Karen Pieper
Y D Shalom Bresticker
Y D Charles Dawson
Y D Francoise Martinolle
Y D Kurt Baty
Y D Keith Gover
Y D Tom Fitzpatrick
Y D Brad Pierce
Y D Ronald Goodstein
A D Alec Stanculescu
A D James A. Markevitch
Y D Clifford E. Cummings
A D Dennis Brophy
Y D Steven Dovich
Y D Drew Lynch
Y D Stuart Sutherland
A D Stefen Boyd
Y - Mark Hartoog
Y D Don Mills
Y D Karen Bartleson
Y - Dave Rich
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A D Michael McNamara Chair abstains as vote carried in any case
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Mark Hartoog, Don Mills, Karen Bartleson, nor Dave Rich met the
attendance requirements for their vote to be counted, although it is
still recorded.
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Motion passes
7) Charles Dawson reports on PTF:
Issue 286: Moved by Stuart Sutherland, Seconded by Steven Dovich
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 341: Moved by Charles Dawson, Seconded by Stuart Sutherland
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 366: Moved by Stuart Sutherland, Seconded by Steven Dovich
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 398: Moved by Charles Dawson, Seconded by Steven Dovich
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 512: Moved by Charles Dawson, Seconded by Stuart Sutherland
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
Issue 516: Moved by Charles Dawson, Seconded by Stuart Sutherland
Opposed: none
Abstain: none
Motion passes unanimously
8) Steven Sharp reports on the BTF: no issues to bring to the VSG for vote.
Data types and encryption still ongoing.
9) Michael McNamara reads portions of the DASC SC minutes from 6/11/2004.
Discussion follows:
Kurt Baty comments on the cost of membership to be a voting entity.
Shalom Bresticker asks how someone joins the P1800 study group. Dennis
Brophy explains that since Accellera promoted the standard into IEEE,
there was no study group formed ahead of the par. Michael McNamara takes
an action item to continue the research he had already begun on
participation in 1800 and report back to the group at the next meeting.
Kurt Baty asks whether or not the 1364 Chair needs any approvals from the
membership as negotiations move forward for the futures of 1800 and 1364.
No actions were taken.
Michael McNamara takes an action item to send out a list to the reflector
with email addresses of persons to contact within IEEE if people have
concerns or questions about the standardization process.
The possibility to mixed individual and entity voting was brought up with
several opinions of members given.
10) Kurt Baty proposes looking at soliciting a donation from Bluespec, but
no motions were made at this time or any action items established.
11) Clifford E. Cummings moves to adjourn meeting at 10:30.
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