October 28, 2006

Dear Potential Balloter,

The IEEE Information Assurance Standards Committee (IASC) has a number of active standards projects that will be balloted beginning as soon as two months from now and as late as two years from now. The online list of IASC projects includes links to the project authorizations (PARs) that contain the scopes and purposes for each. Also indicated is the status and identity of the working group chair for each project.

If you are interested in becoming a balloter of one of these or for many other non-IASC draft standards,
YOU NEED TO TAKE STEPS EARLY ON

• to receive timely notice of impending balloting

• to be invited to ballot (invitation windows are of limited duration)

• and to actually ballot draft standards

Note that balloters are listed in the published standard. You will be (more) famous!

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

1. Establish a Free Online IEEE “Web Account”

2. Indicate which projects are of interest

3. Become an IEEE Standards Association (SA) member in time to ballot (not free).

• Steps #1 and #2 should be done SOONEST, cost nothing and carry no obligation.
  Else you'll miss opportunities to ballot draft standards important to you.

• Step #3 costs $37 for IEEE members or $198 for non-members and only needs to be done in time to ballot.
  There are additional benefits to joining.

STEP #1 – Establish a Free Online IEEE “Web Account”
You need this to receive notices about impending balloting and to be invited to ballot.
No obligation or cost to you so far.

• Register for a free instant IEEE WEB ACCOUNT here (Scroll down page for link)

STEP #2 – Indicate which projects are of interest

• Log into myProject™ (opens new window) using your IEEE Web Account username and password.

• Click on "Select Activity Profile" to indicate your interests

  • Expand
    IEEE Computer Society /
    Information Assurance /

  • Mark a checkbox in each of the projects, draft standards of interest to you.

Now you will receive notices of impending balloting and you will receive invitations to ballot projects of interest.
So far you have no commitment, and you may decline invitations you receive by simply ignoring them.
But once you accept an invitation, you have an obligation to carry through and ballot.

STEP #3 – Become an IEEE Standards Association (SA) member (not free) in time to ballot.

• No one may ballot a draft standard unless that person is an IEEE SA member.

• If you accept an invitation to ballot you must be or become an IEEE SA member.

• On the other hand, you do not need to be an SA member until there is something to ballot.

• As an individual you can join the SA to ballot for $198/year for 2007.

• Or you can join IEEE for $161/yr and as an IEEE member join the SA for an additional $37/yr (again, for 2007)

• You will be a member throughout 2007, be able to ballot any draft standards, lead groups, and other gain other benefits.

• Join here.

CONTACT BELOW

Very Respectfully,
Jack Cole, IEEE IASC Chair
jack.cole@ieee.org
http://msstc.org/cole