Last week, Lee Farrell and I spent a day at the IEEE office and worked with them
on the Program Participation Agreement for the PWG to become a program of the
IEEE ISTO. I have posted this agreement as well as the IEEE ISTO By-laws on the
web site at:
http://www.pwg.org/chair/#pres
Please take some time between now and next Wednesday's plenary to review these
two documents. Also, now is the time for you to involve your legal council in
reviewing these documents. Peter and Andy from the ISTO office will be at the
Wednesday meeting to answer any questions that might be on your minds. The
intend at the plenary is for the group to:
1) Vote on continuing to move forward on this
2) If #1 is approved, then to designate/authorize someone to sign the agreement
on behalf of the PWG.
Should we continue, I expect each member company to sign a short letter of
agreement confirming these documents as well as the PWG process document (which
will need to be revised slightly) and to pay an annual membership dues in the
range of $1000 - $2000 to cover administrative, operating and other expenses.
Non-member participants, I expect, will be assessed a per meeting surcharge in
the range of $100 per person per day in lieu of the annual dues.
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* Don Wright don at lexmark.com *
* Director, Strategic & Technical Alliances *
* Chairman, PWG *
* Lexmark International *
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