Action Items from the October 20 and 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 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)
  3. 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)
  4. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify AIM USA of the JTC 1 TAG's denial of the continuation of their waiver request. Since the request for continuation was denied and AIM USA lost voting rights on the JTC 1 TAG, AIM USA's membership has been adjusted to Observer status effective immediately. (Agenda Item 1.2.2, October 1998 minutes)
  5. 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: ASC T1, Boeing, Motorola, National Communications System (NCS), NIST, Sybase, US Department of Energy and Xerox. (Agenda Item 1.2.2, October 1998 minutes)
  6. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will recommence the tracking of JTC 1 TAG member voting patterns in the 1st Calendar Quarter 1999 (January 1 - April 1, 1999). (Agenda Item 1.2.3.1, October 1998 minutes)
  7. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to look back at the past three months to determine the source of each accelerated JTC 1 TAG letter ballot (i.e., identify the responsible SC TAG or management issue). The results of the JTC 1 TAG Administrator's survey will be reported to the JTC 1 TAG. (Agenda Item 1.2.3.1, October 1998 minutes)
  8. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will post the revised minutes of the July 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting on the committee's website. (Agenda Item 1.4, October 1998 minutes)
  9. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a 60-day call for volunteers to serve as the JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman followed by a 30-day letter ballot to determine appointment of a candidate. At the same time as the Vice Chair call is issued, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a 100-day call for volunteers to serve as JTPG Chair. The closing date of the JTPG Chair's call will permit time for closure of the JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman appointment process in order to permit candidates to be eligible for both positions. (Agenda Item 2.1, October 1998 minutes)
  10. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a voluntary assessment of $1K per JTC 1 TAG member organization for the 1999 billing cycle, noting that future assessments may be necessary. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will poll the committee to determine each member organization's preference for billing (assessment as a separate line item of membership invoice or as a separate invoice). If an organization does not respond to the poll, the voluntary assessment will be issued as part of the membership invoice. (Agenda Item 4.2, October 1998 minutes)
  11. JTC 1 TAG members interested in serving as the JTC 1 TAG Registration Authority Rapporteur were instructed to contact the JTC 1 TAG Administrator, and their appointment can be addressed at a future JTC 1 TAG meeting. (Agenda item 4.4, October 1998 minutes)
  12. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will update the JTC 1 TAG website based upon the approved website policy points. (Agenda Item 5.1.1, October 1998 minutes)
  13. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will contact the T4 Chairman to finalize the hosting arrangements for the 1999 SC 27 Plenary and WG meetings. (Agenda Item 6.3, October 1998 minutes)
  14. Upon receipt of the remaining documentation and notification of NCITS approval of the request to host the SC 32 Plenary and WG meetings in 2000, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the complete documentation to the JTC 1 TAG for approval. (Agenda Item 6.4, October 1998 minutes)
  15. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to secure the required hosting documentation prior to the November 1998 SC 34 Plenary. (Agenda Item 6.5, October 1998 minutes)
  16. If the JTC 1 TAG's action is upheld following the appeal, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI that the US has no candidate for SC 24 Chairman position. (Agenda item 7.1, October 1998 minutes)
  17. The results of the meeting between the officers of the JTC 1 TAG, the US SC 31 TAG and MH10/US TAG to ISO/TC 122 will be reported to the JTC 1 TAG at a later date. (Agenda Item 8.3, October 1998 minutes)
  18. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit the US National Body votes on ISO/IEC 9834-2: 1993, ISO/IEC 9834-6: 1993, ISO/IEC 10170-1: 1993 and ISO/IEC 10729-1: 1993. (Agenda Item 8.4, October 1998 minutes)
  19. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will add Mr. Berwanger, the US TAG to ISO/TC 154's liaison to the JTC 1 TAG, to the JTC 1 TAG mailing and email distribution lists. (Agenda Item 8.6.1, October 1998 minutes)
  20. The JTC 1 TAG Chairman and TAG Administrator will contact Mr. Smith following this meeting to determine if he will serve as the JTC 1 TAG liaison to the US TAG to ISO/TC 154. (Agenda Item 8.6.1, October 1998 minutes)
  21. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will encourage having X12 join the JTC 1 TAG as a member rather than establishing liaison between the two groups, noting that it is customary for Standards Developing Organization (SDOs) to join the JTC 1 TAG as members, whereas SC and WG TAGs establish liaisons. (Agenda Item 8.6.2, October 1998 minutes)
  22. JTC 1 TAG members interested in serving as the JTC 1 TAG liaison to the IEC/TC 100 TAG were asked to contact the JTC 1 TAG Administrator. (Agenda Item 8.6.4, October 1998 minutes)
  23. The JTC 1 TAG will review the on-line status of the JTC 1 Directives at the December 1998 delegates' meeting. (Agenda Item 8.7, October 1998 minutes)
  24. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will forward the US delegation to the January 1999 JTC 1 Plenary to the JTC 1 Secretariat. US delegates are reminded to return the registration form to the meeting host no later than December 10, 1998. (Agenda Item 9.1, October 1998 minutes)
  25. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will distribute the list of action items from the October 20 and 22, 1998 JTC 1 TAG meeting via email. (Agenda Item 11, October 1998 minutes)