Participate

Working group participant guidelines

• Open to anyone
• Multi-disciplinary participation is desired (e.g. clinicians, engineers, technologists, sales, executives)
• No cost to join the Working Group
• IEEE Membership is encouraged, but not required
• Represent yourself and not your company
• Do not advertise vendor products
• Be open minded and respectful
• Use common terms when possible

Process to begin participation

1. Step 1: Join the Meetings and Document Library
   1. New participant e-mails [email protected] stating intentions to join.
   2. Working group secretary sends new participant:
      1. Recurring Virtual Meeting Invites held third Wednesday of each month @ 11am ET.
      2. Working Group internal documentation iMeet Central access.
   3. New participant sends acknowledge back to working group secretary.
2. Step 2: Join the Listserv
   1. Option 1: Use the IEEE Listserv web interface to subscribe or unsubscribe from P1847-LSH list.
   2. Option 2: E-mail [email protected] with the following to subsribe to the listserv:
      1. Subject: P1847-LSH
      2. Body: subscribe P1847-LSH YourFirstName YourLastName
3. Step 3: Participate in meetings
   1. Working Group Meeting types
      1. Recurring Virtual Meeting Invites held third Wednesday of each month @ 11am ET.
      2. Ad-hoc Sub Group Working sessions.
      3. Face-to-face several times throughout the year that are announced during Working Group meetings.
      4. Officers planning call is held monthly on the first Wednesday of each month @ 11am ET.
   2. Earn membership/voting rights governed by the group Policies and Procedures stored in iMeet Central:
      1. An individual gains voting membership by participation at two consecutive workgroup meetings.
      2. An individual loses voting membership by missing two consecutive workgroup meetings.

Core Orientation Documentation – stored in iMeet Central

• Policies and Procedures (P&P) – Defines working group organization, responsibilities, voting, quorum, conduct, meetings and minutes, etc.
• Project Authorization Request (PAR)
• Common Framework
• Meeting Agendas and Minutes