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ACTION REQUESTED
 

Date:	November 18, 2005
Enclosure:	Template for Comments
Reply to:	Deborah J. Spittle
Phone:	202-626-5746
Email:	dspittle@itic.org

The subject DIS is enclosed for action and information as indicated. This document is distributed for ISO/IEC JTC 1 final letter ballot under the PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SPECIFICATION PROCEDURE. The U.S. TAG is required to recommend a vote for the National Body.

ACTION #1 - Recommendation for INCITS Study Group on Linux

The committee is to coordinate and develop the U.S. recommended position to INCITS EB for approval for submission to ISO/IEC JTC 1. The position must be submitted in a format consistent with the guidelines specified by the JTC 1 Secretariat in JTC 1 N 5348.

The position options are: approve; approve with general, technical and/or editorial comments; disapprove for reasons which are to be explained in an attached paper with recommended wording which, if accepted, would change the U.S. vote to one of approval, or abstain.

Any comments developed in support of the U.S. position should be presented in the enclosed ISO Comments Template document.

IMPORTANT

The committee should return the U.S. recommendation to the INCITS Secretariat for approval by a 30-day letter ballot no later than March 15, 2005 so that, if necessary, a 10-day reconsideration ballot may be conducted and the U.S. vote forwarded to ANSI by to the JTC 1 closing date of May 10, 2005.

ACTION #2 - Notification to INCITS Study Group on Linux

The studygroup should notify the INCITS Secretariat if this standard is unsuitable for adoption as an American National Standard. A vote of majority approval accompanied by comments specifying the reasons for non-adoption is required. The recommendation for non-adoption should be sent simultaneously with the recommendation to INCITS EB. The INCITS Secretariat will adopt the ISO/IEC Standard unless notified, see INCITS Adoption Policy. The initiation for adoption will begin upon publication of the resulting standard.

Secretariat Note:  Once this publicly available specification becomes an international standard, it will be made freely available.

ACTION REQUIRED BY INCITS

INCITS EB members are required to begin reviewing the document in preparation for expeditiously determining their vote when the U.S. TAG recommendation is submitted for approval. Members are urged to forward their comments (if any) as soon as possible via email to the Chairman (see address above).

INCITS EB members should review the DIS document at this time and anticipate the INCITS Letter Ballot on this subject posted to the Online Balloting System .