Action Items from the January 25-26, 2001 JTC 1 TAG Meeting

  1. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was directed to a issue jeopardy letters to the representatives of following organizations for failure to attend two out of three successive meetings: AIIM and Farance Incorporated.  (Agenda Item 1.2, January 2001 minutes)

  2. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will revise the draft minutes of the October 4, 2000 JTC 1 TAG meeting as approved at the January 2001 meeting.  (Agenda Item 1.4, January 2001 minutes)

  3. Upon receipt of reports from the remaining subsidiary TAG Administrators, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue an amended report which incorporates all of the subsidiary TAG reports.  (Agenda Item 3.2, January 2001 minutes)

  4. JT/01-0044 will be posted for consideration at the February 27-28, 2001 JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee meeting.  The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute logistical information and an invitation for the Chairman of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors to attend this meeting.  (Agenda Item 4.2.1, January 2001 minutes)

  5. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will add agenda item 4.3.1 - ANSI Conformity Assessment Strategy Group (R. Silletti) to the April 2001 JTC 1 TAG agenda.  (Agenda Item 4.3, January 2001 minutes)

  6. The JTC 1 TAG leadership will work with ANSI to get input on areas of TMB support to determine specific strengths of the US proposals on Strategic Planning.  (Agenda Item 5.1, January 2001 minutes)

  7. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a new call for volunteers to serve on the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning.  The call will clearly state that  the ad hoc membership and listserv will be updated based upon responses to this call (former participants will need to respond to this call to remain on the group and its listserv).   (Agenda Item 5.1, January 2001 minutes)

  8. The JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning will hold a meeting, review past US contributions/positions and possibly recast them in light of the ISO/TMB direction to JTC 1.  (Agenda Item 5.1, January 2001 minutes)

  9. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to make the changes agreed upon at this meeting to the JTC 1 TAG/TD-1, Organization and Procedures, before issuing the JTC 1 TAG letter ballot to determine approval of the revised TD-1.  (Agenda Item 5.2.2, January 2001 minutes)

  10. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman agreed to informally contact JTC 1 National Body HoDs to get an idea of the number of delegates they are likely to send to the November 2001 JTC 1 Plenary in Hawaii.  This information will be used in the planning process for hosting this meeting.  (Agenda Item 6.2, January 2001 minutes)

  11. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward notification of approval for the US National Body hosting of the May 2001 SC 28 Plenary.  (Agenda Item 6.3, January 2001 minutes)

  12. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward notification of approval for the US National Body hosting of the March 2001 SC 36 Plenary.  (Agenda Item 6.4, January 2001 minutes)

  13. Upon receipt of the required documentation for the US National Body hosting of the 2002 SC 36 Plenary, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the documentation to the JTC 1 TAG for approval.  (Agenda Item 6.5, January 2001 minutes)

  14. Upon receipt of the required documentation and notification of NCITS approval of the request to host the 2003 SC 32 Plenary, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the documentation to the JTC 1 TAG for approval.  (Agenda Item 6.6, January 2001 minutes)

  15. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US National Body vote on JTC 1 N 6346.  (Agenda Item 8.1, January 2001 minutes)

  16. Ms. Higginbottom volunteered to write a formal letter to Mr. Smoot, Chairman of the ANSI Board of Directors, reinforcing the JTC 1 TAG position in support of the Standards Availability trial approved by JTC 1.  A draft version of the letter will be circulated on JTC 1 TAG reflector for review prior to its submission to ANSI.  JTC 1 TAG members are invited to share the final letter with their organizations' ANSI Board members.  (Agenda Item 8.4, January 2001 minutes)

  17. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman will write to Mr. Smoot, Chairman of the ANSI Board of Directors, seeking to improve coordination activities between the JTC 1 TAG, other US interests and ANSI.  A draft version of the letter will be circulated on JTC 1 TAG reflector for review prior to its submission to ANSI.  (Agenda Item 8.4, January 2001 minutes)

  18. Mr. Winkler, with input from other members of the JTC 1 TAG community, will draft a document to be balloted as the US contribution detailing objections to JTC 1 N 6359.  The JTC 1 TAG ballot will close on March 12, 2001.  (Agenda Item 8.5, January 2001 minutes)

  19. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify the JTC 1 Secretariat that the US National Body will send a representative to the June 2001 JTC 1 Long-Term Business Planning Meeting/Conference.  The US representative will be formally named and endorsed at the April 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting. (Agenda Item 8.6, January 2001 minutes)

  20. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman will draft a US response expressing disapproval of  the extension of an invitation to participate to representatives from the external categories for several reasons.  This document will be circulated to the JTC 1 TAG for review prior to submission to JTC 1.  (Agenda Item 8.6, January 2001 minutes)

  21. The list of proposed JTC 1 TAG Administrator Services will be posted to the April 2001 agenda so that expectations can be used by ITI to develop the 2002  JTC 1 TAG budget.  (Agenda Item 8.7, January 2001 minutes)

  22. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman will contact Mr. Mondello and request documentation related to the Canadian appeal suitable for circulation to the JTC 1 TAG.  (Agenda Item 10.3, January 2001 minutes)

  23. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman will contact Mr. Kushnier at ANSI to discuss the process involved in having the US file an individual appeal or supporting the Canadian appeal to the ISO TMB.  (Agenda Item 10.3, January 2001 minutes)

  24. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute a pointer (URL) to the US position on DIS 17799-1 as contained in JTLBs 2371 and 2382 (reconsideration of JTLB 2371).  (Agenda Item 10.3, January 2001 minutes)

  25. Based upon receipt of information from Canada and guidance from ANSI, the JTC 1 TAG Chairman will draft a US document for consideration by JTC 1 TAG letter ballot.  (Agenda Item 10.3, January 2001 minutes)

  26. When available, the Template Patent Statement for Common Text with ITU-T will be expeditiously circulated with a JTC 1 TAG transmittal and document number,  indicating that the document is being reviewed by ANSI legal counsel to ensure it is consistent with ISO patent policies currently in place.  JTC 1 TAG members are invited to submit comments to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator.  (Agenda Item 10.8, January 2001 minutes)

  27. When the documents are distributed, the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Strategic Planning will address the recirculated documents related to stabilized/obsolescent standards.  (Agenda Item 10.15.4, January 2001 minutes)

  28. Upon receipt of the logistics for the April 23-24, 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting hosted by US DoD/DISA, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a meeting notice.  (Agenda Item 11.1, January 2001 minutes)

  29. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute the 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting schedule, as updated at the January 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting.  (Agenda Item 11.2, January 2001 minutes)