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IEEE-ISTO Secretariat Resources The IEEE-ISTO provides a complete menu of comprehensive management and operational support, from formation to ongoing facilitation, administration and management of an industry group's daily activities. The resources required and provided can be scaled and tailored to meet the needs and objectives of each group, on an as needed basis. The IEEE-ISTO can provide all of the ongoing support functions which allow the members and leadership to focus their efforts on the goals at hand. Groups can mobilize quickly and maintain their unique identity without the need to develop their own "do-it-yourself " organization where technical staff, including the leadership, perform administrative and management functions on a daily basis. The IEEE-ISTO provides the legal infrastructure and support under which industry-specific programs and related technology development activities (e.g., Marketing, Certification, Standard Development, Interoperability Demonstrations, Branding, Conformity Assessment, Cooperative Research) can be organized. The IEEE-ISTO is structured to facilitate cost-effective, stable programs in support of any new or emerging technology that requires rapid development of standards and specifications to meet product schedules, and to attain market acceptance. The staff of the IEEE-ISTO is committed to providing this support, with a high standard of integrity and confidentiality, and can be as flexible and creative as necessary to realize the goals for the program. Our experience in association management and governance has proven that industry groups require such support as allows the organization to create, manage, and distribute its benefits to its membership and supporters. This core support involves a mix of traditional association management support, plus the full spectrum of electronic communications support. The IEEE-ISTO's role in the following areas could include, but is not limited to: Formation Assistance; Financial Management; Intellectual Property (IP) Management; Record Keeping Membership Support; Planning, Meeting Management and Forum Activities; Headquarters Office Support and Identity; Publication and Documentation Management; On-line Support and Communications; and General Promotion, Marketing, and Press Relations. The IEEE-ISTO works with representatives of companies seeking to form an industry group to assist them in the formation of an entity that meets their common goals and objectives. We work with groups to create the organizational structure and business operations plan. The IEEE-ISTO can also implement the steps necessary to bring the group to the point where it is ready to publicly solicit membership and supporters.
The IEEE-ISTO can establish and coordinate management of accounts and contracts, and create an efficient accounts payable / receivable process, and regular reporting for all financial activities of the organization. . Patent and Intellectual Property Licensing Administration The IEEE-ISTO is able to coordinate and manage the administration of each organization's unique rules and procedures regarding intellectual property and the disposition and licensing of technology and patents. Unique IP procedures can be adopted and negotiated as agreed upon by the IEEE-ISTO and each industry group. Additionally, the IEEE-ISTO has the unique capabilities to provide a neutral administrative forum to initiate, and provide oversight of, programs to facilitate the joint licensing of patents essential for implementation of a particular standard. The IEEE-ISTO can maintain and coordinate all records of the organization, including membership records, mailing lists, accounting records, meeting minutes, and all other information deemed appropriate to maintain. At the request of an industry group, the IEEE-ISTO could develop and execute a plan for membership recruitment, retention or support. The IEEE-ISTO is organized to effectively coordinate each organization's unique membership support needs. Planning, Meeting
Management The IEEE-ISTO can plan, organize and coordinate all of the logistics, as appropriate or required, for an organization's meetings. The IEEE-ISTO can engage the full resources of the IEEE's Meeting Planning Support to coordinate events, both large and small. Support could include: site selection and contracting, pre-registration (via web or e-mail), on-site registration, on-site logistics, room blocking, and audio/visual service contracting. Additionally, the IEEE-ISTO could coordinate your group's presence at trade shows worldwide. Headquarters Office Support and Identity The IEEE-ISTO is able to provide groups with a physical location, a staff resource, if necessary, and a dedicated fax and voice mail system which provides a point of contact for members, the press, and other interested parties. Publication and Documentation Management The IEEE-ISTO can coordinate the production, distribution, archiving, and maintenance of a group's publications and documents, in any format, or manage outside contractors performing these activities. Output from participant groups may include technical papers, standards, specifications, promotional materials, etc. As described above, groups organized within the IEEE-ISTO are able to develop, publish, and distribute their outputs on their own or through the IEEE-ISTO. Each program shall establish their own unique rules and procedures for developing technologies. The publications of the programs of the IEEE-ISTO shall be identified and titled in accordance with what they are (e.g., standard, specification, recommendation, guide, compliance test). The IEEE-ISTO has a designation and title systems, and a registry of publications and related outputs by its industry programs. IEEE-ISTO 5001-1999, The Nexus 5001(TM) Forum Standard for a Global Embedded Processor Debug Interface provides a good example of the designation and titling of an industry program's output published through the IEEE-ISTO. Documents and technologies developed may be distributed as freely as the individual industry groups require and fund. The resulting outputs, if desired could serve as the basis for an IEEE Project Authorization Request (PAR) to be submitted in accordance with the IEEE-SA's voluntary consensus process for approval as an IEEE Standard by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. Additionally, the resulting industry group standard can be submitted, as appropriate, to other standards bodies for approval or adoption. On-line Support and Communications The IEEE-ISTO is able to provide a full spectrum of electronic communications ssupport for quick and effective marketing and communication among participants and other interested parties, including, but not limited to:
General Promotion, Marketing, and Press Relations Self-promotion of a group's efforts, and marketing the acceptance of a standard, is often one of the key driving factors toward forming an initiative. The IEEE-ISTO can coordinate each group's activities to promote new technologies and to recruit membership. The IEEE-ISTO is experienced in working with committees to provide support for writing, editing, and facilitating member comments and quotes for press releases; distribution via appropriate medium (e.g., Business Wire, PRNewswire, e-mail, web site); and to serve as the single point of contact for all press and other inquiries generated. |
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