JT/02-0490
IT/02-1050

JTC 1 TAG, Accredited US Technical Advisory Group to ANSI,
National Body Member of ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information Technology

JTC 1 TAG Administrator, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922
Email: jtc1tag@itic.org

Date: September 23, 2002
Ref. Docs.: JT/02-0291, JT/02-0298, JT/02-0324, JT/02-0461 (agenda item 7.4)
Reply to: Jennifer T. Garner
Phone: 202-626-5737
Email: jgarner@itic.org
cc: Mrs. Lisa Rajchel - JTC 1 Secretariat
Mr. Dave Thewlis - JTC 1 TAG Chairman
Mr. John Hill - JTC 1 TAG Vice Chairman
Ms. Karen Higginbottom - INCITS Chairman
Dr. Doris Bernardini, Chairman INCITS/V1, US TAG to SC 34

To: Mr. Steven Cornish, ANSI/International Committee (IC)
Subject: JTC 1 TAG Recommendation to the ANSI International Committee for the US National Body Relinquishment of the JTC 1/SC 34 Secretariat

Dear Mr. Cornish,

At the May 2002 meeting, the JTC 1 TAG reviewed the notification of the INCITS Executive Board's intent to relinquish financial support of the SC 34 Secretariat (JT/02-0291). The JTC 1 TAG Administrator was instructed to request that a 60-day call for candidates to serve as SC 34 Secretariat be posted in ANSI Standards Action (JT/02-0298). The call was posted in the June 7, 2002 issue of ANSI Standards Action (JT/02-0324) and closed without response on August 7, 2002.

At the August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the following motion was approved by unanimous consent:

In the event that an organization responds to the call for candidates to serve as the SC 34 Secretariat by the close of the call in ANSI Standards Action on August 7, 2002, the JTC 1 TAG Administrator will issue a JTC 1 TAG letter ballot to determine JTC 1 TAG approval of the offer. In the absence of the identification of a candidate to serve as the SC 34 Secretariat by the close of the call in ANSI Standards Action on August 7, 2002, the JTC 1 TAG recommends to the ANSI International Committee the US National Body relinquishment of the SC 34 Secretariat as adequate funding for the activity has not been identified within the US community.

ANSI has confirmed that there has been no response to the call for candidates to serve as SC 34 Secretariat.

Please consider this formal notification of the JTC 1 TAG's recommendation for the US National Body relinquishment of the SC 34 Secretariat as adequate funding for the activity has not been identified within the US community. The JTC 1 TAG requests that this recommendation be addressed by the ANSI International Committee at the earliest opportunity.