SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS
Instruction for those wishing to participate in SMPTE Technology Committee 23B Broadband
If you are already a member of the SMPTE Standards Community you may join TC-23B immediately; go to https://www.smpte.org/apps/org/workgroup/23b/ (login required) and select "Join Group"
Guests are welcome at SMPTE meetings, subject to space availability and subject to agreement on the part of the guest to the conditions as attached below.
Attendance at any SMPTE Engineering meeting is permitted ONLY if you accept these conditions; your presence constitutes acceptance of these conditions.
All other business of the Technology Committee will be conducted by email and web services, accessible only to members of the SMPTE Standards Community. To join the Standards Community and the Technology Committee:
1) If you are a member of SMPTE, but have not yet joined the Standards Community, go to https://www.smpte.org/apps/org/workgroup/stds_comm/ (login required, using your usual SMPTE username and password), select "Join Group" and read the Statement of Participation. If you can agree to this, check the box and continue. You are now a member of the Standards Community. You can find the 23B Broadband Technology Committee in the subgroups section (bottom right) and click on the name, or go directly to https://www.smpte.org/apps/org/workgroup/23b/ and "Join Group"
2) If you are NOT a member of SMPTE, to access the web services, documents, email, etc. you must either join SMPTE as a member ($135/year) or become a paid Non-Member Committee Participant ($125/year). In either case go to https://www.smpte.org/membership/individual/ , select "Join" and review the options. When you have signed up, and selected your username and password, go to https://www.smpte.org/apps/org/workgroup/stds_comm/ (login required, using the username and password you just selected), select "Join Group" and read the Statement of Participation. If you can agree to this, check the box and continue. You are now a member of the Standards Community. You can find the Technology Committees in the subgroups section (bottom right) and click on TC-23B Broadband, or go directly to https://www.smpte.org/apps/org/workgroup/23b/ and "Join Group"
3) Sign up your company as a Sustaining Member. Industry support is vital to the organization, and this is an excellent way to assist the work of SMPTE. A variety of contribution and benefit levels are available, all with one or more complimentary individual memberships. See http://www.smpte.org/membership/sustaining/
CONDITIONS FOR GUESTS ATTENDING SMPTE ENGINEERING COMMITTEES
I understand that my attendance any SMPTE Engineering Committee meeting constitutes agreement to the following conditions:
- That, subject to my agreement to the provisions of this Agreement, I will be permitted to attend meetings of the above-mention committee;
- That this Agreement does not entitle me to participate in other groups, or provide access to documents, email lists, etc. of the committee;
- That full participation is available to SMPTE members, and to non-members who pay an annual participation fee
I acknowledge and agree:
- To be governed by the constitution and bylaws of the Society
- That I will adhere to the Administrative Practices applicable to SMPTE Engineering Committees (available at http://www.smpte.org/SECTION_XIII_2007-Approved_Jan_25_2007.pdf), the Intellectual Property Policy included therein and, following notification of any change, such rules and policies as the Board of Directors and/or the SMPTE Standards Committee may from time to time adopt.
- That ongoing participation in Committee activities constitutes an agreement to be bound by any amendment(s) in rules and/or policies that are made from time to time. Such amendments and changes in policies will be communicated to me by email to the address I provide for committee communications at least 30 days before the effective date of the change
- That I may be participating in issues relating to the ongoing appraisal of technologies, and in decisions that are interim by nature and may undergo substantial revisions. I recognize that SMPTE encourages me to discuss such issues privately with others considered to be knowledgeable in the field. However, since premature public disclosure may be a disservice to the industry I agree to refrain from either directly or indirectly making any public disclosure of the business transacted by the committee without the express consent of the Committee Chair and the Engineering Vice-President.
- That recording of meetings (except by the Secretary as permitted by the Administrative Practices) is prohibited, and if, when available, I choose to attend meetings by electronic means this same prohibition applies
I have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the above terms and conditions, including the Administrative Practices and Intellectual Property Policy.
