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Dear DASC Members,

 

There have been a number of issues raised by DASC members in the past
few months questioning actions taken with regard to DASC business.  I
would like to update you with some of the actions taken in this regard.


 

Esterel and Rosetta Study Groups

 

PARs for these groups have been withdrawn pending reports from the study
groups that were initiated at the July 2006 DASC-SC meeting.  

 

CPF Study Group

 

The CPF study group has been dissolved.  The work which was planned for
this group has been transferred to the Low Power Coalition at Si2.  This
group will decide at some date in the future whether to pursue a path to
IEEE standardization. 

 

Officer Elections

 

Elections for secretary and treasurer of the DASC-SC were held and
completed in October.  As previously announced the new officers are
Stephen Bailey from Mentor Graphics (secretary) and Karen Bartleson from
Synopsys (treasurer).  

 

Dominance Issues 

 

Questions on dominance of the DASC-SC, DASC, and P1647 were raised.
These issues are currently subject to an investigation by the IEEE-SA
Standards Board under the direction of its chair, Steve Mills.  A
discussion of the findings on this issue will be held at the Standards
Board meeting on December 6, 2006. 

 

Policies and Procedures

 

Because of an update to the P&Ps of the Computer Society in 2005 which
is the parent body of the DASC, the DASC P&Ps need to be updated to
follow the guidelines of this new document which supersedes the
currently approved DASC P&Ps.  I have enclosed a marked up copy of the
P&Ps received from the Computer Society.  These documents will be
reviewed at the next DASC-SC meeting.   Please read them now and send
any comments.

 

Regards, 

  Victor Berman 

   DASC Chair