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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.
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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.
- Develop
and clarify founder's goals for the program
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Create an interim entity within the IEEE-ISTO for founders and
supporters to execute and plan the formation
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Identify and develop membership benefits (including dues and
structure)
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In conjunction with legal counsel:
- Develop
bylaws and/or operating procedures
- Formulate
agreements between the IEEE-ISTO and the group to formally
establish the group as an entity, or program of the IEEE-ISTO.
Groups enjoy the legal protections of operating within a
legally incorporated, non-profit, 501(c)(6) organization,
including insurance and other protections.
- Implement
anti-trust guidelines
- Secure
trademark and other property rights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The IEEE-ISTO
is able to provide a full spectrum of electronic communications
support for quick and effective marketing and communication among
participants and other interested parties, including, but not
limited to:
- Establish
and/or maintain each group's unique web presence
- Web site
creation, maintenance and continued development utilizing the
latest technologies, as appropriate (e.g., CGI scripts, and
back-end databases)
- Domain
name support - groups are able to maintain their unique identity
by registering a domain name
- Private,
password protected web areas for posting "members only" information
including draft standards, unapproved working documents, minutes,
etc.
- E-mail
list management and maintenance (Majordomo and web-based archives)
- Optional
log-in accounts for groups who wish to administer their own
web sites
- Administrative
tools include: HTML validators, link checkers, "web hit" analysis)
- FTP site
management and maintenance
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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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