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InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922;
Email: incits@itic.org

Date: March 3, 2003
Reply to: Jennifer Garner
Phone: (202) 626-5737
Email: jgarner@itic.org










Action Items from the February 12-13, 2003 Meeting of the INCITS Policy Board Meeting



Action Items Assigned at the February 2003 INCITS Standards Development Board Meeting
  1. The Standards Policy Board recommendation concerning the B10, T10 and T11 contributions contained in in030067 for consideration by the Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 3.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  2. The Secretariat will copy the B10, T10 and T11 Chairmen on the Standards Policy Board recommendation that the Executive Board remand their contributions contained in in030067 for consideration by the Procedures Board Committee.  (Agenda Item 3.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  3. Mr. Neumann, the SDB Liaison to B10 volunteered to contact the B10 Chairman to discuss the procedures with respect to voting requirements and membership retention.  (Agenda Item 3.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  4. The INCITS Secretariat will issue a call for contributions on the brainstorming topics for consideration at the April 2003 Standards Policy Board meeting. In addition, the following topics will be included in the call for contributions:   Chinese character set issue, MTPT results and speeding up the standards process.  (Agenda Item 3.2, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  5. The Standards Policy Board recommendation concerning the Transition Timeline for the new INCITS organization will be submitted for consideration by the INCITS Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 3.2, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  6. The Secretariat will request that any and all output of the December 2002 ITI-sponsored conference on The Nature and Future of ICT Standards (presentations, evaluation of the conference, participant survey, the report of the participant survey, book) be provided by ITI for distribution to the Standards Policy Board.  (Agenda Item 3.3, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  7. The INCITS Secretariat will issue a call for contributions on the establishment of additional Category A Liaisons between JTC 1 and other organizations for consideration at the April 2003 Standards Policy Board meeting.   (Agenda Item 4.1.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  8. The Secretariat will identify existing liaisons to INCITS TCs for consideration at the April 2003 meeting of the Standards Policy Board.   (Agenda Item 4.1.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  9.  Consideration of JTC 1 Sophia Antipolis Resolution 9 will be posted for consideration at the April 2003 meeting of the Standards Policy Board.  (Agenda Item 4.1.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  10. The Standards Policy Board recommendation on JTC 1 N 6966 will be submitted for consideration by the Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 4.1.2, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  11. INCITS Secretariat will issue a call for contributions on the following topics for consideration at the April 2003 Standards Policy Board meeting:  expansion of the JTC 1 web site to support external awareness of JTC 1, definition of the JTC 1 market and system integration.  (Agenda Item 4.1.3, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  12. INCITS Secretariat will pull together future trends information from TC annual reports over the past year.   The information will be submitted to Dr. Nelson for editing.  The final contribution prepared by Dr. Nelson will be formally distributed to the INCITS community and submitted as the US National Body contribution in response to JTC 1 N 6935.  (Agenda Item 4.1.4, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  13. The Standards Policy Board recommendation on the submission of an INCITS contribution on the JTC 1 e-Commerce Market Trial (in030227) will be submitted for consideration by the Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 4.2.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  14. The Standards Policy Board recommendation concerning a contribution to the ANSI ISO Council recommending ISO Council commendation of JTC 1 will be submitted for consideration by the INCITS Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 4.2.2, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  15. The INCITS Secretariat will issue a call for contributions on a strategic review of the US acquisition, retention and relinquishment of Secretariats.  Contributions will be reviewed at the April 2003 Standards Policy Board meeting.  (Agenda Item 7.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  16. The INCITS Secretariat will issue a call for contributions to the TC Chairmen and Standards Policy Board members on a the development of a strategy for cooperation/collaboration between INCITS TCs and external organizations. Contributions will be reviewed at the April 2003 Standards Policy Board meeting.  (Agenda Item 7.2, February 2003 SPB minutes)
  17. The INCITS Secretariat will prepare the Standards Policy Board recommendations for consideration by the Executive Board.  (Agenda Item 8, February 2003 SPB minutes)