Action Items from the July 21-22, 1998 JTC 1 TAG Meeting


  1. JTPG will present proposed TD-1 text for Section 5.3.2, Guidance for Participation, for consideration at a future JTC 1 TAG meeting. (Agenda Item 4.1, March 1998 minutes)
  2. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify AIM USA representatives of the JTC 1 TAG's approval of the AIM USA request for waiver of the meeting attendance requirement to excuse their absence at the July 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify the AIM USA representatives that unless an AIM USA representative attends the October 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting, AIM USA's membership on the JTC 1 TAG will be terminated for failure to attend meetings. (Agenda Item 1.2.2, July 1998 minutes)
  3. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was directed to issue jeopardy letters to the following organizations for their failure to attend two out of three successive meetings: ICCP, Sony and Storage Technology. (Agenda Item 1.2.2, July 1998 minutes)
  4. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was directed to review the status of members in jeopardy for failure to return letter ballots on August 14, 1998 and to issue reminders to the members detailing their voting statistics to date for the 3rd Calendar Quarter 1998 (July 1 - October 1, 1998). (Agenda Item 1.2.3, July 1998 minutes)
  5. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue 1999 membership invoices for JTC 1 TAG Administrator service fees in the same amounts as charged for 1998 ($9,500 for IT Industry Sector and Federal Government Agencies, $5,000 for Organizations (User Groups and Professional Societies), and $2,500 for SDO and Observer members). (Agenda Item 3.1, July 1998 minutes)
  6. Mr. Jameson and the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will finalize the approved TD-1 revisions and post the revisions to the JTC 1 TAG website. (Agenda Item 4.1, July 1998 minutes)
  7. As the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Website Policy was reconstituted, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator was directed to issue a call for participants to the JTC 1 TAG membership. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute the policy points for JTC 1 TAG comment. The JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Website Policy will make a presentation on website policy for review and approval at the October 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting. (Agenda Item 5.1, July 1998 minutes)
  8. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was directed to issue a call to the JTC 1 TAG membership for participants to serve on the JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee. The Finance Committee will develop a financial plan by August 15, 1998 to be submitted for ANSI and ITI approval. (Agenda Item 5.2.2, July 1998 minutes)
  9. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to engage a meeting planner to investigate options for the US hosting of the Spring 2001 JTC 1 Plenary in Florida, southern California, or Hawaii. The preliminary work will be reviewed at the October 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting. JTC 1 TAG members are urged to contact the JTC 1 TAG Administrator with meeting planner contact information. (Agenda Item 6.2, July 1998 minutes)
  10. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was directed to contact the NCITS T4 Chairman regarding the status of the T4 request to host the 1999 SC 27 Plenary. (Agenda Item 6.3, July 1998 minutes)
  11. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify NCITS (the SC 32 TAG Administrator), the Data Interchange Standards Association, and ANSI of the assignment of SC 32/WG 1 TAG Administrator responsibilities to DISA. (Agenda Item 7.3, July 1998 minutes)
  12. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward to ANSI the JTC 1 TAG's recommendation that the US National Body acquire the SC 34 Secretariat. (Agenda Item 7.4.1.1, July 1998 minutes)
  13. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward to ANSI the US National Body's request for P membership on SC 34 - Document Description and Processing Languages. (Agenda Item 7.4.3, July 1998 minutes)
  14. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward IEEE 2000.1 - 1998 - Draft Standard for Year 2000 Terminology, for fast track submission to JTC 1. (Agenda Item 8.3, July 1998 minutes)
  15. Noting the lack of an SC 31 TAG response to the MH10/US TAG to ISO/TC 122 concerns regarding three SC 31 NPs, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator was directed to contact the SC 31 TAG Administrator requesting SC 31 TAG input on the matter. (Agenda Item 8.4, July 1998 minutes)
  16. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to prepare a cover letter requesting comments on JT/98-0277 - Proposed US Position on the ISO, IEC, UN-ECE MoU by August 14, 1998 from the USNC of the IEC, the X12 community, the ISO/TC 154 TAG, and the US representatives to the UN (care of DISA). The cover letter will indicate that the proposed US position, as detailed in JT/98-0277, represents the consensus of the JTC 1 TAG and representatives of X12. (Agenda Item 8.5, July 1998 minutes)
  17. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will request comments from the JTC 1 TAG community on the JTC 1 PAS process and issue a call for participants to serve on the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Publicly Available Specifications. Responses will be due to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator by August 21, 1998 for consideration at the September 1-2, 1998 meeting of the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on PAS in Boca Raton, Florida. The JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on PAS will develop the US contribution to the JTC 1 PAS Ad Hoc and select the US delegation (of no more than three US delegates) to the November 1998 meeting of the JTC 1 PAS Ad Hoc. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will set up a listserv for the JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on PAS. (Agenda Item 9.5, July 1998 minutes)
  18. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute the proposed 1999 JTC 1 TAG meeting schedule. JTC 1 TAG members are invited to contact the JTC 1 TAG Administrator with offers to host 1999 JTC 1 TAG meetings. (Agenda Item 10.2, July 1998 minutes)