Re: [vhdl-200x] 1076 & Entity balloting

> First, I ask everyone to pretend like they are the decision
> maker at a company like Nokia, ST, Rockwell Collins, Xilinx, etc.
> Would you be more likely or less likely to provide funding to
> either Accellera or IEEE if you have no vote (control/influence)
> on what that money is used to produce or if you do have a vote?

Steve,
I disagree with a couple of points here. If they particpate
they have a vote. Their vote is just diluted by the other people
who are donating time to the effort. If I count up my time,
I have donated between $15K to $30K in work. I think this is
worth a vote on both the initial and final product. Yet with
entity based voting, there is no provision for granting entity
membership in exchange for participation.

With the entity based voting, they are going to have to pay
additional fees of $1000 to IEEE SA to have the vote during
balloting. Furthermore they will have to pay some undisclosed
fee to DASC once it is determined. And if you choose the
Accellera route there is also a $$$$ fee to join Accellera.

For 200K, we can make use of donations in the range of
$1000 to $10K. However, with entity based voting, a
significant portion of this money goes to IEEE SA / Accellera
and not the working group.

I see the motion for entity based balloting stiring
up discontent within the group of people who have been
actively donating their time and I have not seen it
yet gain a second. We need to move on.

Cheers,
Jim

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