With regard to IEEE Mailing lists, what is IEEE business?
A. IEEE sponsored or co-sponsored activities are IEEE business, including all meetings, conferences, workshops, etc. Each electronic mailing list has some identified community of interest, which should be within IEEE’s sphere of activities. In this context, communications relevant to that activity would be appropriate for the list. (Back) Q2. Are SAMIEEE extracts done by Organizational Units (OUs) (or staff on behalf of OUs) for meeting notices or newsletters or even conference announcements/call for papers considered lists created for a “specific purpose”? A. IEEE operates to provide information, typically technical information, to individuals. While we should give individuals means to indicate the types of technical information they receive (TIP codes for example, but joining a society or attending a conference is another form of this), we can assume that they have opted-in for information relevant to these uses (but still provide a way to opt-out.
