inutes of the sv-sc sub-committee meeting, August 19, 2008

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--[---------------a]   Arturo Salz          - Synopsys
vv[aaaaaaa-aaaa-aa-]   Abigail Morehouse    - Mentor
--[---------------a]   Bassam Tabbara       - Synopsys
--[---------------a]   Brad Pierce          - Synopsys
--[-----------a-aaa]   Cliff Cummings       - Sunburst Design
-v[-a-aaa--a--aaaaa]   Dave Rich            - Mentor Graphics
vv[--a-aaaaaaaaa-aa]   Dmitry Korchemny     - Intel
--[-----------a-aa-]   Don Mills            -
--[-----------aaaaa]   Eduard Cerny         - Synopsys
tt[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]   Erik Seligman        - Intel (chair)
vv[aaaaa-a-aaaaaaaa]   Francoise Martinolle - Cadence
vv[a--aaaaaaaaaaaaa]   Gordon Vreugdenhil   - Mentor Graphics
v-[a--aaaaaa-aaaaa-]   Jin Yang             - Intel
--[----------aaaaaa]   John Havlicek        - Freescale
--[---------------a]   Jonathan Bromley     - Doulas
--[----------a--a-a]   Karen Pieper         - Accellera
vv[aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaa]   Lisa Piper           - Cadence
vv[aa-aaaaa-aaaaaaa]   Manisha Kulshrestha  - Mentor Graphics
vv[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]   Mark Hartoog         - Synopsys
--[----------aaaaaa]   Mehdi Mohtashemi     - Synopsys
vv[aaaaaaaaaaaaa...]   Michael Burns        - Freescale
v-[aa--aaa---aaaaaa]   Mirek Forczek        - Aldec
vv[aaa-aaaa--aaaaaa]   Neil Korpusik        - Sun Microsystems
--[--------------a-]   Ray Ryan             - Mentor
--[--------------aa]   Shalom Bresticker    - Intel
vv[-aaaaaa-aaaaaaaa]   Steven Sharp         - Cadence
--[-------------aaa]   Stu Sutherland       - Sutherland HDL
--[--------------aa]   Surrendra Dudani     - Synopsys
vv[aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaa]   Tom Thatcher         - Sun Microsystems (co-chair)
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====================Agenda==============================

Agenda:

   1.  Review the patent policy
   ref:  http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
   2.  Approve the minutes from the last meeting, available at
       http://www.eda.org/twiki/bin/view.cgi/P1800/SvScMeetingMinutes20080812
   3.  Review of Mantis item updates from Champions, voice votes on new changes
          * 2398: Procedural Concurrent Assertions 
     * 1900: Checkers
   4.  Opens? 
 

====================Summary==============================
1.  Voice voted to approve changes to the following Mantis items:
   2398:  Procedural Concurrent Assertions
   1900:  Checkers
====================Notes==============================

1 Patent policy
   ref:  http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

   Move:  Gord :  Accept patent policy as reviewed
   Second: Mike
   Unanimously approved.


2.  Approve Minutes
        http://www.eda.org/twiki/bin/view.cgi/P1800/SvScMeetingMinutes20080812
   Move:   Mike :  Approve minutes from last meeting
   Second: Lisa
   approved  8y/0n/1a
   Gord abstains since he was not at meeting

3.  Review of Mantis item updates from Champions, voice votes on new changes

    2.  2398  Procedural Concurrent Assertsion
       Erik:   Small change:  Added "end" to 
   Move:   Neil:  Approve the proposal
   Second   Gord
   Unanimously approved.



    2.  1900:  Checkers
   Brad's comment:  Strange formulation
   Tom:   Suggested rewording:  add "with the following exceptions"

   Brad's comment:  Redundant sentences
   Mike:   Removed redundant sentences and moved to a different location
      where they made sense.
   Neil:   Were Shalom's "trivial changes" made?
   Mike:   Yes
   Neil:   Covergroup?
   MIke:   Yes, change was made.

   Move:   Tom:  Approve changes contingent upon implementing change as
      specified in Tom's e-mail
   Second:  Mike
   unanimously approved.

   
4.  Opens
    1.  Draft 7 Review
   Neil:  There will be time for technical committees to review draft 7.
      Sep 10, moving out to Sep 25
   Erik:   Will call a meeting to review Draft 7.
    2.  Chart of any backward incompatibilities?
   Gord:   Would be an unapproved, individual effort.
   Erik:   Plans to do it himself.
   


Next meeting Will be called when Draft 7 is available for review.

-- ErikSeligman - 22 Aug 2008