Analysis: IEEE MEC feedback punchlist is a coordination tracking issue

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Summary

This PR documents the analysis of issue regarding the IEEE MEC (Member and Entity Committee) feedback punchlist. After thorough investigation, this is not a code issue but rather a project coordination tracking checklist for the IEEE standardization process.

Analysis

The issue contains a checklist of tasks for IEEE standard development, which fall into three categories:

1. Administrative/Coordination Tasks (External Communication)

These tasks require human coordination and cannot be automated:

• Resolving reference order questions with IEEE contacts
• Obtaining W3C legal permissions
• Populating the IEEE Ballot Group with specific individuals
• Coordinating open source posting with IEEE GitLab

2. Content Tasks (Assigned to Team Members)

These are assigned to specific people (Labra, Jonathan) who will provide the necessary content:

• Standard designation header
• Copyright footer
• Table of contents

3. Completed Tasks

• Permission letters for borrowed content (resolved via IEEE SA IPR team review)

Technical Context

The repository already has IEEE support infrastructure in place:

• IEEE configuration in index.html with all required variables (varDesignation, varCommittee, varSociety, etc.)
• IEEE respec script (respec-ieee.js) present in the repository
• IEEE styling (ieee.css) with IEEE-specific formatting rules
• IEEE logo (ieee_logo.gif) available for use

The IEEE view can be enabled by uncommenting the IEEE respec script reference as documented in BUILDING.md.

Conclusion

No code changes are required at this time. This is a tracking issue for project management purposes. All tasks either:

• Require external human coordination
• Are assigned to specific team members for content creation
• Are already supported by existing technical infrastructure

If specific code changes become necessary to support the documentation tasks, those should be specified in separate issues with clear requirements from the assignees.

Related Files

• index.html - Contains IEEE configuration variables
• ieee.css - IEEE-specific styling
• BUILDING.md - Documents IEEE workflow
• respec-ieee.js - IEEE respec profile script

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>IEEE MEC feedback punchlist</issue_title>
<issue_description>- [ ] resolve reference order questions
ericP to ask Daniella Martinez martinez.d@ieee.org who is:
Content Editor
Content Production and Management

• resolve (lack of) need for permission letters for borrowed content
  Kat- Kat emailed Jonathan 8/21/2025
  8/22/2025 Jonathan will ask IEEE SA IPR team for review of W3C license and let us know
  8/25/2025 According to the IEEE SA copyright team's review of the W3C document license page, IEEE will need permission from the definitions' authors.
• ericP will email W3C legal person for permission
• standard designation header
  Labra
• copyright footer
  Labra
• open source coordination
  post spec draft without front matter to replace: https://opensource.ieee.org/shex/spec/-/blob/main/Shape%20Expressions%20Language%202.next.mono.pdf
  ericP with Josh
• table of contents
  Labra, maybe Johnathan
• populate Ballot Group
  ericP to pester/implore Tom, Jennifer, Andra, Dani Fernandez, John Samuel, Samuel Klein (SJ)
  Info on how to join ballot group: https://standards-support.ieee.org/hc/en-us/articles/4405153859988-Join-SA-Ballot-Group-Individual-and-Entity-Balloting
  Info on how to pay to join single ballot: https://standards-support.ieee.org/hc/en-us/articles/4413187340692-Pay-to-Join-a-Single-Ballot-Individual-and-Entity-Balloting</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

Fixes #68

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