Action Items from the October 3-4, 2001 JTC 1 TAG Meeting

  1. 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 6.4, January 2001 minutes, Agenda Item 6.4, April 2001 minutes, Agenda Item 6.4, July 2001 minutes and Agenda Item 6.3, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  2. 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, Agenda item 6.5, April 2001 minutes,  Agenda Item 6.5, July 2001 minutes and Agenda Item 6.4, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  3. The approved policy concerning failure of an SDO to pay its entire assessment for funding the JTC 1 Secretariat has been referred to JTPG for a thorough review of JTC 1 TAG procedures and the MoA to identify procedural changes required to address the policy. (Agenda Item 4.2, July 2001 minutes)

  4. Upon confirmation of ANSI approval of the recommendation to terminate P-membership on SC 6, all US officers of SC 6 will be formally notified by the JTC 1 TAG Administrator that they are no longer eligible to participate on SC 6 activities. The relevant US procedures will be cited and the officers will be thanked for their service in SC 6 activities. (Agenda Item 7.2, July 2001 minutes)

  5. Mr. Mikoski (EIA) and Ms. Higginbottom (NCITS) agreed to work with Mr. Farance to discuss options for SC 25/WG 1. (Agenda Item 7.7, July 2001 minutes)

  6. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman and Vice Chairman will draft a letter encouraging continued DoD participation for review by the JTC 1 TAG. Members interested in being signatories are encouraged to notify the officers. To assist JTC 1 TAG members in drafting individual letters to DoD, the JTC 1 TAG Chairman and Vice Chairman will provide talking points and contact information for the appropriate DoD recipients. (Agenda Item 8.16, July 2001 minutes)

  7. Mr. Smith volunteered to provide a list of URLs for the documents he discussed at the July JTC 1 TAG meeting. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute a document containing links to the URLs to the JTC 1 TAG. (Agenda Item 9.2, July 2001 minutes)

  8. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will send a jeopardy letter to the representative of Bull HN for failure of the organization to attend meetings. (Agenda Item 1.2.2, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  9. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will revise the draft minutes of the July 12-13, 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting as agreed upon at the October 3-4, 2001 JTC 1 TAG meeting.  (Agenda Item 1.4, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  10. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a meeting notice and a call for significant and substantial contributions to determine an acceptable algorithm and/or approach for funding the JTC 1 Secretariat for consideration at the December 11-12, 2001 interim meeting of the JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee.  (Agenda Item 4.2, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  11. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to issue a call for participation on the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures.  The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will establish a reflector for the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures to initiate the work of the ad hoc.  (Agenda Item 4.2, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  12. JTPG has been asked to review ANSI procedures and the MoA and to augment the procedures to incorporate the requirement for one year notification of relinquishment of TAG assignments and 12 month financial commitment from the date of notification, as revised TD-1 text.  The proposed text will be subject to JTC 1 TAG review and approval.  (Agenda Item 4.2, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  13. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify IEEE that the JTC 1 TAG has approved the reduction of the 2002 IEEE assessment for funding the JTC 1 Secretariat from $46,837.50 to $40,837.50.  (Agenda Item 4.2, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  14. Mr. Silletti will forward the principles established at the September 24-25, 2001 workshop of the ANSI Conformity Assessment Group to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator for distribution to the JTC 1 TAG.  Mr. Silletti also agreed to submit the ANSI Conformity Assessment Strategy Group's documents for distribution to the JTC 1 TAG members for review and comment.  (Agenda Item 4.3.1, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  15. Upon receipt of the required documentation and notification of NCITS approval of the request to host the 2004 SC 24 Plenary, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the documentation to the JTC 1 TAG for approval.  (Agenda Item 6.5, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  16. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will repost an agenda item entitled "World Standards Cooperative" to the February 2002 JTC 1 TAG agenda for an update.  (Agenda Item 8.1, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  17. Ms. Higginbottom, in her capacity as the NCITS representative to the JTC 1 TAG and as the NCITS Chairman, volunteered to return the issue to CT22 for rapid resolution and development of a proposed US vote on DIS 20970 for consideration by means of an accelerated JTC 1 TAG letter ballot.  (Agenda Item 8.3, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  18. When distributed as a JTC 1 document, the SC 7 NP (SC 7 N 2523) will be issued by JTC 1 TAG Administrator for a 15 day comment period with a  JTC 1 TAG cover letter requesting  that JTC 1 TAG member, as well as SC TAG, comments be submitted for JTC 1 TAG consideration.  (Agenda Item 8.4, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  19. JTPG is instructed to provide clarifying text for section 5.3.2 of the TD-1 concerning participation and obligations of US delegates and the authorities of the US HoD.    (Agenda Item 9.1, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  20. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the revised list of US delegates to the October/November JTC 1 Plenary in Hawaii to the JTC 1 Secretariat.  (Agenda Item 9.1, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  21. Mr. Smith will submit documents in his capacity as the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to ISO/TC 154 TAG for distribution to the JTC 1 TAG.  (Agenda Item 10.2, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  22. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify the USNC Secretary of the JTC 1 TAG acceptance of the USNC offer and of the JTC 1 TAG appointment of Mr. Edward, Mikoski, Jr. as the JTC 1 TAG Liaison to the USNC.  (Agenda Item 10.3, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  23. With the assistance of JTC 1 TAG members, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to continue to pursue access to ITU TASG documents.  (Agenda Item 10.6, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)

  24. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute the revised 2002 meeting calendar to reflect the delegates' meeting on October 9-10, 2002.  The meeting schedule will be adjusted, as needed, upon confirmation of the 2002 JTC 1 Plenary date.  (Agenda Item 11.3, October 3-4, 2001 minutes)