Wimax Forum

“The organization has corporate members as set forth in the restated articles of incorporation and bylaws.”

“The five charter members of the organization each have the right to appoint one member of the board of directors. The board of directors, in its discretion, may admit other board members, subject to the limits established in the bylaws.”

“Without the approval of the board level principal members, the board may not adopt, amend or repeal any bylaws that would; (a) increase or extend the terms of directors; (b) increase the quorum for members' meetings; (c) repeal, restrict, create, expand, or otherwise change proxy rights; (d) authorize cumulative voting; or (e) amend the purpose statement of the corporation or the requirements for principal membership. New bylaws may be adopted or theses bylaws may be amended or repealed by approval of three-quarters of the board level principal members.”

“The president and chief finance officer review the return in detail.”

“The wimax forum closely monitors compensation and benefits paid to key employees. The wimax forum uses regional survey data to make salary and benefit recommendations to the president. The board then approves the compensation as part of the overall budget approval process.”

“The wimax forum closely monitors compensation and benefits paid to key employees. The wimax forum uses regional survey data to make salary and benefit recommendations to the president. The board then approves the compensation as part of the overall budget approval process.”

“Most governing documents are available on the organization's website. Financial statements are available upon request.”

“The wimax forum is the worldwide consortium chartered to deliver certification that achieves global interoperability, develop technical specifications based on open standards, pursue a favorable regulatory environment and promote the vision.”

“Interoperable solutions enable economies of scale that in turn drive price and performance levels unachievable by proprietary approaches, making wimax forum certified products the most competitive at delivering broadband services on a wide scale.”

“Certification working group - the certification working group manages the wimax forum certification program through the selection and oversight of certification test labs, the evaluation of testing options and the integration of key technical working group system profiles, pics, and tss & tp deliverables to ensure that products are certified under the highest ethical and technical standards. Global roaming working group - assure availability of global roaming service for wimax networks in a timely manner as demanded by the marketplace. Network working group - create end-to-end networking specifications for fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile wimax systems, beyond what is defined in the scope of ieee 802.16 the specifications shall be based on harmonized requirements from the service provider working group. Service provider working group (spwg) - it provides coordinated input from service providers to other working groups and the wimax forum board. Participation is open to all wimax forum members. The spwg is the single source for coordinated recommendations and requirements that drive the network and air interface specifications for wimax networks and products. Technical working group (twg) - the twg's charter is to develop technical specifications for the wimax forum certification program which enable interoperability and conformance testing of products based on the ieee 802.16 ofdma mac/phy as driven by wimax forum spwg requirements. Smart grid working group (sgwg) - the sgwg acts as a focal point for utility interest in wimax as a technology for smart grid applications, and will promote wimax as the premiere technology for smart grid applications on a global basis. The group's focus is to define utility requirements and technology profiles that drive the network and air interface specifications and certification for wimax networks and products to ensure the development of a healthy ecosystem of interoperable smart grid centric product solutions. This provides a formal method for the utility industry to communicate with the marketing working group, technical working groups and wimax forum board of directors.”