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INCITS
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

Draft Minutes 

INCITS Executive Board (EB)
Meeting Number 15
US Delegation Meeting in Preparation for the November 10-16, 2005 JTC 1 Plenary - Banff, Canada

Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone:  (202) 737-8888
Fax:              (202) 638-4922

1.1

Call to Order

Ms. Higginbottom, Chairman, called the fifteenth meeting of the INCITS EB to order at 10:00 AM on Monday, October 24, 2005. Ms. Garner of ITI acted as recording secretary.

1.2

Membership Report

Ms. Garner presented the EB membership report (Attachment A).  The EB voting membership total is 19 organizations; therefore, quorum is defined as 10 voting members.  Eleven (11) organizations with voting memberships were present at the meeting.

1.3

Approval of the Draft Agenda

The draft agenda was approved as revised at this meeting by unanimous consent (Deutsch/Michael).   The revision was as follows:

• add new agenda item 3.2 - Confirmation of US National Body Delegation to the November 2005 JTC 1 Plenary - Banff, Canada
  

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3.1

For Action - Review of the November 2005 JTC 1 Plenary Agenda for the Formulation of US Delegates' Instructions and US Positions

Ms. Higginbottom referred the EB to the last call plenary agenda (JTC 1 N 7985) and noted that it would be reviewed at this meeting for the preparation of US positions on plenary issues.  As is customary, the formulation of delegates' instructions is not captured in the minutes of INCITS Executive Board meetings. Executive Board members who would like to receive a copy of the final delegates' instructions for the November 2005 JTC 1 Plenary are asked to contact the INCITS Secretariat. 

The EB addressed the following motion:

(Neumann/Stanwyck)

The EB approves the submission of US National Body comments in response to JTC 1 N 7852, Revised Annex N.

Vote on the motion:  unanimous consent [10-0-0]

The motion passed (a05.211).

During the development of US positions to the November 2005 JTC 1 Plenary, the following items were identified for future consideration (a05.212):

• Prior to the 2006 JTC 1 Plenary, the US strategy with respect to IIT and ITSIG will be addressed at an EB meeting.
• The SPB will be asked to address the undermining of US positions and interests in JTC 1 (such as stabilized standards) by US persons holding international leadership positions.
• The issue of accessing international documents (Livelink and SharePoint) will be addressed.

Reference:

JTC 1 N 7985 (last call agenda)

3.2

For Action - Confirmation of US National Body Delegation to the November 2005 JTC 1 Plenary - Banff, Canada

No changes to the US delegation were identified at this meeting.

4.1

Next Meeting - January 24-26, 2006 - New York, NY - ANSI

The next meeting of the INCITS Executive Board will occur during the period of January 24-26, 2006 at ANSI in New York, New York.

4.2

2006 Meeting Schedule

The EB reviewed the 2006 meeting schedule.  

Mr. Hogan noted that NIST could potentially host the July 2006 symposium and INCITS meetings in Gaithersburg, Maryland (a05.213).

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The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 PM on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 by unanimous consent (Michael).

Key:

B	Business
NB	Non-Business
SI	Special Interest
AV	Advisory
PR	Prospective
XO	Ex Officio

Attachment B - Action Items (EB Meeting - October 24-25, 2005)