IEEE Software Engineering Standards Committee (SESC)

Executive Committee

Minutes of Meeting # 99

9 July 2003

Teleconference

 

Participants

 

Paul Croll, Chair

David Schultz

Ted Byrne

Norm Schneidewind

Scott Duncan

Carl Singer

Peter Voldner

Joe Jarzombek

Allen Nikora

Dennis Lawrence

Catherine Berger

 

Agenda Items

 

Status Reports

 

-Management Board [ Schultz ]

 

Management Board status report is attached. 

 

SESC Guide for Working Groups:  All negative ballots have been successfully resolved.  The text supplied by Norm and Catherine has been incorporated.  The document will be re-circulated because it has changed significantly from the earlier balloted draft. 

 

SESC Procedure #24, "SESC Archives":  The balloting on this procedure has been completed.  We received only one negative ballot (from Mark Henley); Dennis and David expect to be able to reach closure on that very soon.

 

Indemnification: David sketched out the background, and described a few of the difficulties the MB has run into in trying to gather the data into the required Excel format.  Carl, Norm, Dennis, Ted, and perhaps one or two others reported on their experiences.  It was noted that WG chairs, WG members, and MB members are all volunteers, and that perhaps the paid IEEE-SA staff could shoulder some of the clerical burden.  It was also suggested that we devise some boilerplate text for a caveat warning, along the lines of "If you don't send in your contact information, you may be at serious legal risk because IEEE will not be able to indemnify you."  Paul will place this item on the agenda for Ft.

Lauderdale.  In the meantime, he'll try to download copies of the relevant IEEE-SA policies and procedures, so that we can have them in front of us when we take this matter up in Ft. Lauderdale.

 

Conferences [Schneidewind]

International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2003)

Denver, Colorado Nov 17-20, 2003

 

Research Track: Norman F. Schneidewind, "Fault Correction Profiles"

 

Industry Practices Track: Norman F. Schneidewind, "Application of IEEE Standard Dictionary of Measures of the Software Aspects of Dependability"

 

Workshop on Software Assessment, held in conjunction with ISSRE, Norm Schneidewind, General Chair; Allen Nikora, Program Co-Chair: as part of the workshop, the IEEE P1633\AIAA R-013A Working Group on the Recommended Practice on Software Reliability will meet to discuss progress to date and to obtain recommendations for future work. Other attendees are invited.

 

Summer Meeting Planning [All]

August 11-13th in Ft. Lauderdale, Management Board meeting the afternoon of the 11th, the rates/arrangements have been finalized.  There will likely be a $75 meeting fee; for those not staying at the hotel the hotel can bill this directly and provide meeting receipts.  Need to ask for IEEE group rate when making the reservation.  Paul will forward the contact information for the hotel.

 

Please email requests for agenda items to Paul Croll.

 

Action Item Status  [Croll/Land]

 

Review the action item list and email updates to Kathy Land prior to the next teleconference.

 

Next Meeting: August 11-13th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.