Ballot groups and mailing lists

[John S. Quarterman]

Submitted-by: jsq at tic.com (John S. Quarterman)

Moderator!:  

>[[ Editor - please check the following address. I think Lisa's office is the
>correct one; if so, the address is correct. I know writing to NAPS directly
>is not the approved way of doing this. Help! ]]

I don't know what editor you're referring to.

The address you give resembles the one recommended at the end of the
Introduction to IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 for the IEEE/CS Standards Status Report,
which lists all current IEEE/CS standards projects:

	IEEE Computer Society
	1730 Massachusetts Avenue NW
	Washington DC  20036-1903
	Fax: +1 (202) 728-9614

That Introduction indicates that those interested in participating in TCOS
working groups should send their name, address, and telephone number to

	Secretary
	IEEE Standards Board
	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
	P.O. Box 1331
	445 Hoes Lane
	Piscataway, NJ  08855-1331

and should ask that their message be forwarded to the chair of the
specific group they're interested in.

You don't have to join a balloting group to get mailings, nor to
attend Working Group meetings.

Descriptions of every TCOS group, with chairs, may be found in:

	Smith, Susanne W., and Quarterman, John S.,
	``Open Systems Standards Resource Guide,''
	UNIX Technology Advisor, vol. 2, no. 8,
	pp. 12-15, MYOB, Hollis, NH, August 1990.

Similar information appears in the postings that the same two authors
sometimes make to USENET, and in a printed calendar.  Those postings
will probably reappear when we get sufficient time from working on
other (paying) projects.

The simple answer that I usually give is to contact the TCOS-SS chair,
Jim Isaak <isaak at decvax.dec.com>, and let him distribute to the appropriate
committee chair.  He hasn't complained yet.  :-)

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John S. Quarterman
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