IEEE SV-BC Technical Committee (System Verilog Design Modeling)

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Operating Guidelines Committee Mission A. Address 1364, P1800 SV-BC & Encryption Errata Goals/Objectives A. Resolve reported issues related to 1364, P1800 SV-BC & Encryption Process A. Review all appropriate errata for 1364, P1800 SV-BC & Encryption B. All work will be voted on as per the voting guidelines C. The SV-BC web site will be the primary repository or all work and communication Donation/Proposals Donations not accepted at this time. Errata All changes to the existing LRM to fix errors, refine concepts, or clarify descriptions will be handled as errata. All errata will be tracked via the SVDB. The committee will: A. review all submitted issues B. resolve them as appropriate C. generate change notices for all changes D. notify submitter of the resolution This will require each errata to include the following information: A. Problem description B. Example of problem C. Submitters name D. Submitters email E. Section(s) of LRM related to issue Voting Structure Voting is used to resolve issues in a number of areas; process, technical discussions, acceptance and approval of submissions, resolution of errata, approving the LRM and sending it to the board, etc. In general this can be divided into two categories. Company based votes: These votes are for issues where P1800 membership is required. The following are examples of company based votes: A. Committee procedural rules B. Acceptance and approval of submissions C. Errata that make either major or inconsistent changes to the an LRM These votes do not generally occur during SV-BC meetings Member-based votes: These votes are for issues that are primarily in technical in nature and do not require P1800 membership. The following are examples of member-based votes: A. Resolution of errata B. Technical decisions in the review and refinement of submissions Voting Rules Voting guidelines are as follows: A. Attendance a. Voting attendance is reset as of the first SV-BC Errata Resolution Meeting. b. Individuals that were eligible to vote at the end of the P1800 or the 1364 Ballot Issue resolution process will be eligible to vote at the beginning of P1800/1364 Errata Resolution process (with the assumption that they have 3 out of the last 4 meetings attended). c. Individuals must attend 3 out of the last 4 regularly scheduled meetings to be able to be eligible to vote or must have attended at least 75% of the meetings during the Errata resolution effort. B. Committee Vote a. All votes require majority of the eligible votes attending the meeting to pass. A  quorum of 50% of the eligible members must be present for member-based votes. b. The Chair of the committee is not eligible to vote on member-based votes unless there is a tie in which case the chairs vote is used to break the tie. Co-chair can vote as an individual except in the case where the co-chair is acting as the chair due to the chair not being present. C. Email vote a. A vote for email can be called by the chair/co-chair b. The period for response will be one week (can be adjusted by agreement before the vote to a different period within committee) c. Any negative vote will force the issue to be discussed and voted on at a committee meeting. A negative vote must be accompanied with a clear description of the reasoning behind it. d. If there are no negative votes and half of the eligible voters respond with an accept vote then the motion will be passed (the Chair of the committee is not eligible to vote on email votes) e. The purpose of this is to pass items that are non-controversial and to reduce the time required to handle them in meetings Milestones A. Ongoing continually resolve 1364 and P1800 Issues Deliverables Resolved issues in the SVDB