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DOC: M1/02-0277
Date: December 2, 2002
Reply to: Stephen J. Elliott
Phone: (765) 532-5108
email: sjelliott@tech.purdue.eduÊÊ

Draft Minutes for the Fourth Meeting of INCITS Technical Committee M1, Biometrics
Meeting Number 4
December 2 - 3, 2002 
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Venue
Embassy Suites Hotel
121 Centennial Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08854
USA
REF: M1/02-0214


1. Administrative

1.1 Call to Order (Mr.Podio)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Mr. Podio, the M1 Chairman, called the meeting to order at 09:00am, Monday, December 2, 2002 and welcomed the members and guests in attendance.

1.2 Membership and Attendance

Dr. Soutar introduced the requirements for membership and introduced the new members, former members, and current voting members. He outlined the voting members present (25), quorum required 13. Outlined meeting attendance jeopardy (M1/02-0268).

Described the letter ballot jeopardy and the requirements for voting, including the affirmative, negative and abstention. For negative vote, reasons are required for taking the negative issue, and if possible, specific modifications that would change vote to affirmative vote. For abstention, there should be a reason for taking the abstention position. If no reasons are included with the vote, then these votes will be counted as no-votes. Mr. Podio outlined the requirements for attending the ad-hoc groups. Question on submitting project proposals. Mr. Hogan outlined the requirements for submitting the project proposal.

The meeting participants were introduced. The attendance list is available in Attachment 1. New members are listed below:

 

Former members are listed below:

 

Voting membership stands at 38 organizations. Quorum is 13.

Voting Member

Present

2-3 Dec. 2002

3M/AiT

X

AAMVA

 

APPLE COMPUTER INC

Amended to Advisory

Assa Abloy ITG

X

Authenti-Corp

X

Bioscrypt, Inc.

X

Business Solutions

X

DataCard Group

 

Fall Hill Associates, LLC

 

FARANCE INC

X

Identix

X

ID Technology Partners, Inc.

 

INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES

 

International Biometric Group

X

IBIA

X

Iridian Technologies

X

LASERCARD SYSTEMS CORP

X

Lockheed Martin Information Systems

X

Mississippi Valley State University

X

MITRETEK SYSTEMS

 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

 

NIST

X

Niteo Partners, NEC Solutions

X

OSS NOKALVA

X

Purdue University

 

Q.E.D. Systems

X

SAFLINK Corp.

X

SAGEM MORPHO INC

X

Security Industry Association

X

SONY ELECTRONICS INC

X

Symbol Technologies, Inc.

 

Transaction Security, Inc.

X

Unisys Corp

X

United States Dept. of Defense / DISA

X

United States Dept. of Justice

 

United States Dept. of State

 

United States Dept. of Transportation

X

WVHTC Foundation

 

Number of voting members present

25

 

1.2.1 Introduction of Attendees and New Members (Mr. Podio)

1.2.2 Status of Members in Jeopardy for Failure to Return Letter Ballots (Dr. Soutar)

 

Four letter ballot jeopardy letters have been sent:

Three members resolved the jeopardy by responding to last ballot

á         Lasercard

á         Niteo Systems

á         US Dept of State

Voting Rights Removed:

á        Motorola

1.2.3 Status of Members in Jeopardy for Failure to Attend M1 Meetings (Dr. ElliotSoutar)

Five attendance jeopardy letters have been sent:

á     Apple ö responded by requesting advisory membership

Three are expected to attend todayâs meeting:

á     Farance Inc

á     IBIA

á        Sony

Voting Rights Removed:

á        Motorola

1.2.4 Membership Report (Dr. Elliot)

Dr. Soutar provided the membership report.

1.3 Document Distribution

1.4 Approval of the Draft Minutes for M1 Meeting #3

    REF: M1/02-0174

The draft minutes of the August 22-23, 2002 M1 Meeting (M1/02-0174) were approved as revised at this meeting by unanimous consent.

Revisions to the draft minutes of the August 22nd-23rd, 2002 meeting of M1 were to spell TWICS consistently.Ê Question on membership of the BMO from Valorie Valencia ö if there is a new representative from BMO, was the membership lost?Ê Question was forwarded to Monica Vago.

Action Item: The M1 Secretary will revise the August 22nd-23rd, 2002 minutes of the M1 meeting as approved at the December 2002 meeting.

Motion:  Approve the draft minutes M1/02-0174 (Visbal/Harmon).
Discussion: None
Vote on the Motion:  Unanimous consent.

The motion passes.

1.5 Approval of the Draft Agenda

    REF: M1/02-0264

Items 1-6 are domestic, item 7 is international and 8 ff. are domestic again.

Chair proposes that we begin international items this afternoon (beginning with item 7).Ê Specific request to address agenda item #4.9 on Tuesday AM.Ê The second revised draft agenda (M1/02-0264) was approved as revised at this meeting by unanimous consent.


2. Chairman's Remarks (Mr. Podio)

On behalf of the INCITS M1 Biometrics Committee, Mr Podio thanked OSS Nokalva for hosting this meeting. Mr. Podio introduced the meeting, and made comments on the progress of the group as a whole, including the draft project proposals. Mr. Podio outlined the status of the work.

3. M1 Application Profiles Ad-Hoc Group (Mr. Podio)

Mr. Podio outlined the progress of the M1 Application Profiles Ad-Hoc Group.

3.1 October 31 Meeting Report (Mr. Podio)

The AHGAP chair was unable to attend due to illnessÊ - Mr. Soutar chaired the October 31 meeting; he summarized the information discussed in that meeting.Ê The AHGAP chair report is M1 document number M1/02-0269.

The chair recommends that additional comments be added as a foreword to all profile draft documents to clarify their intent, scope and position.

3.2 INCITS Project 1566-D - Application Profile - Interoperability and Data Interchange - Biometrics-Based Verification and Identification of Transportation Workers (Mr. Neumann)

    REF: M1/02-0256  

Mr. Neumann outlined the progress of the Application Profile, Interoperability and Data Interchange ö Biometrics-Based Verification and Identification of Transportation Workers at the October 31, 2002 meeting.Ê

The contribution to JTC1 SC 37 was approved as revised at the meeting; the revised document is M1/02-256.

3.3 INCITS Project 1567 - D - Application Profile for Interoperability, Data Interchange and Data Integrity of Biometric Based Personal Identification for Border Crossing (Mr. Herr)

    REF: M1/02-0257

Mr. Herr outlined the progress of the Application Profile for Interoperability, Data Interchange, and Data Integrity of Biometric Based Personal Identification for Border Crossing at the October 31, 2002 meeting.Ê The technical contribution to JTC1 SC 37 ö document M1/02-0226 ö wasÊ unanimously approved.Ê The group expressed a consensus to remove the normative reference to X9.84 - OSS Nokalva objected.Ê AHGAP recommends a liaison with ICAO be established to harmonize AP work.Ê Barry Kefauver will forward names of possible liaisons to the AHGAP chair.

3.4 INCITS Project 1575 - D - Application Profile - Interoperability and Data Interchange - Point-of-Sale Biometric Identification (Mr.Eul)

    REF:  M1/02-0258

Mr. Eul outlined the progress of the Application Profile - Interoperability and Data Interchange - Point-of-Sale Biometric Identification at the October 31, 2002 meeting.Ê The technical contribution to JTC1 SC 37 was unanimously approved.Ê The group identified Cindy Fuller of X9 as a contactÊ regarding establishment of a liaison with X9.

Action Item: AHGAP chair to contact Cindy Fuller in this regard.

Motion: M1 reconstitutes its Ad Hoc Group on Application Profiles (AHGAP) with the following terms of reference:

 

1) AHGAP Chair - Fernando Podio.Ê

2) Duration - The AHGAP will work between M1 Meeting # 4 (December 2-3, 2002) and M1 Meeting # 5 (TBD in winter/spring 2003).

3) Tasks -

3a) The AHGAP will continue to develop the drafts for projects 1566-D, 1567-D, and 1575-D.

3b) The AHGAP will forward to M1 any drafts that are considered ready for M1 letter ballot on submittal of dpANS to INCITS.

3c) The AHGAP will make a recommendation to M1 on the need for a standing M1 Task Group in the area of application profiles.

3d) Time permitting, the AHGAP will also review and make recommendations to M1 on additional project proposals in the area of application profiles.

Motion by Hogan; seconded by Valencia.Ê Q: should this specifically say ãbased on the initial SC37 meetingä?Ê No, donât bound the work of the Ad Hoc.Ê Q: Why not do task groups right now?Ê A: wait and see what SC37 does in the way of organization; being too different from the international bodies makes problems.

No objection; passed as unanimous.

4. M1 Biometric Data Interchange Formats Ad-Hoc Group (Mr. Jones)

4.1 October 30 Meeting Report (Mr.Jones)

Mr. Jones outlined the progress of the M1 Biometric Data Interchange Formats Ad-Hoc Group at the October 30 meetings contained in document M1/02-0270. The Ad-Hoc Group addressed the information contained in the meeting agenda as modified in the meeting: M1/02-0235.

4.2. Contribution from LaserCard Systems (Mr. Price-Francis)

    REF: M1/02-0240

Mr. Price-Francis outlined the contribution from LaserCard Systems as described in M1/02-0240.Ê The M1 attendees made a number of comments in response to this presentation.Ê LaserCard systems will incorporate the comments received today and revise the Project Proposal.Ê Future efforts will take place through the AHGBDIF

4.2.1 For Action - Approval of Draft Project Proposal, Storage and Use of Full Biometric Images in Support of Biometric Data Interchange Formats and Application Profiles (Mr. Price-Francis).

    REF: M1/02-0265

This motion was withdrawn in anticipation of future revision and work through the Ad-Hoc Group on Biometric Data Interchange Formats.

4.3 Contribution from Authentec, Inc. on Template Standards (TBD)

    REF: M1/02-0254

Mr. Setlak outlined the contribution (M1/02-0254) from Authentec, Inc. on Template Standards.Ê How best can we implement the ideas presented in document M1/02-0254?Ê This might evolve into a standard reference architecture, over all of the data formats.Ê This issue will be on the agenda of the next AHGBDIF meeting.

4.4 INCITS Project: 1563 - D - Finger Pattern Based Interchange Format (Dr. Soutar)

    REF: M1/02-0250

Dr. Soutar outlined the progress of INCITS Project 1563 ö D Finger Pattern Based Interchange Format (M1/02-0250). The draft is not a finished document, but a work in progress.Ê The current draft is based only on contributions from BioScrypt and Authentec.Ê Sony and Precise Biometrics were also included in discussions, but no contributions yet from them.Ê

The contribution of the working draft of this project to JTC1 SC 37 was approved at the ADGBDIF meeting October 30, as revised at the meeting; the revised document is M1/02-0250

4.5 INCITS Project: 1564 - D - Finger Minutiae Format for Data Interchange (Mr. Jones).

    REF: M1/02-0252

Mr. Jones outlined the progress of INCITS Project 1564 ö D ö Finger Minutiae Format for Data Interchange (M1/02-0252). The latest revision was in two areas: inclusion of an ASN.1 expression of the format, and modification of some field names to harmonize with CBEFF.Ê There is still a need to harmonize scope statement and definitions.ÊÊ Internationally we need to refer to a stand-alone vocabulary that is internationalized ö in the reference section.Ê We must make sure to observe ISO 704 (terminology) and ISO 5984 (6484?) (multi-lingual).Ê SC37 has received a technical contribution from DIN in Germany on a minutiae format for on-card matching.Ê Some comments from this document have been incorporated into the current draft.

The contribution of the working draft of this project to JTC1 SC 37 was approved at the ADGBDIF meeting October 30, as revised at the meeting; the revised document is M1/02-0252

4.6 INCITS Project: 1565 - D- Face Recognition Format for Data Interchange (Mr. Griffin)

    REF: M1/02-0251

Dr. Griffin outlined the progress of INCITS Project 1565 ö D ö Face Recognition Format for Data Interchange (M1/02-0251).Ê The draft has three parts ö photographic (imaging setup) quality, digitized images quality and data format for the canonical image.Ê Incorporated material from Dutch and German data on image quality, as well as an Australian contribution.Ê Image scale is now 60 pixels from eye to eye; image is now 320H by 240W.Ê A public implementation of the affine transformation is available and will be re-shaped into a contribution standard.

The contribution of the working draft of this project to JTC1 SC 37 was approved at the ADGBDIF meeting October 30, as revised at the meeting; the revised document is M1/02-0251

4.7 INCITS Project: 1576 - D - Iris Recognition Interchange Format - (Mr. Cambier)

    REF: M1/02-0249

Iris formatÊ - Jim Cambier reviewed the current state of the Iris image format project. The document references a future ASN.1 format, to be included when available.Ê A technical contribution from IriTech (Korea) has been received ö will be posted and logged.

The contribution of the working draft of this project to JTC1 SC 37 was approved at the ADGBDIF meeting October 30, as revised at the meeting; the revised document is M1/02-0249

4.8 INCITS Project: 1577 - D - Finger Image Based Interchange Format (Mr. McCabe)

    REF:

Mr. McCabe presented on the current state of the finger image project.Ê A draft document will be generated prior to the next AHGBDIF meeting.

Motion: M1 reconstitutes its Ad Hoc Group on Biometric Data Interchange Formats (AHGBDIF) with the following terms of reference:

 

1) AHGBDIF Chair ö Creed Jones.

2) Duration ö The AHGBDIF will work between M1 Meeting #4 (December 2-3, 2002) and M1 Meeting #5 (TBD in winter/spring 2003).

3) Tasks ö

3a) The AHGBDIF will continue to develop the drafts for projects 1563-D, 1564-D, 1565-D, 1576-D, and 1577-D.

3b) The AHGBDIF will forward to M1 any drafts that are considered ready for M1 letter ballot on submittal of dpANS to INCITS.

3c) The AHGBDIF will make a recommendation to M1 on the need for a standing M1 Task Group in the area of biometric data interchange formats.

3d) Time permitting, the AHGBDIF will also review and make recommendations to M1 on additional project proposals in the area of biometric data interchange formats.

Motion by Hogan; second by Visbal.Ê No objection to unanimous approval.

5. M1 Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Ad-Hoc Group (Mr. Sutton)

5.1 October 29 Meeting Report (Mr. Sutton)

Mr. Sutton reported on the progress of the M1 Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Ad-Hoc Group from the October 29, 2002 meeting.

The meeting centered on vocabulary and scope of the group.Ê Defined biometric system.Ê New project proposal to JTC 1 SC37.Ê V. Valencia: This proposal was originally a technology test, but is now a scenario test.Ê Should there be both?Ê Rick L: There should be both; do we want a separate proposal?Ê The group saw the need to establish standards for biometric data acquisition devices, but it would be a separate project.Ê Colin: within this Ad-Hoc, there should be a program to look at acquisition devices, quality and so on.Ê Need someone to step forward to lead it.Ê John Campbell: Sensor quality ö this would be a large project, but 3M/AiT would be glad to participate.Ê Craig Harmon: have the vendors come forward with their requirements for sensing quality.

5.2. Results of Letter Ballot on Project Proposal - Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting and Review and Resolution of Comments Accompanying the Ballot Responses (Dr.Soutar).

    REF: M1/02-0248, M1/02-0245, M1/02-0243

Dr. Soutar outlined the results of the letter ballot on on Project Proposal - Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting and Review and Resolution of Comments Accompanying the Ballot Responses. ÊThe results of letter ballot on project proposal (M1/02-0248) are: 29 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain, 8 not voting.

Comment 1 (LMCO) ö standard should cover components as well as systems: has been discussed.

Comment 2 (Rod Beatson) ö does not know if the definitions are compatible with those in the vocabularies; if so, he would vote yes.Ê This emphasis on the importance of vocabulary has been raised several times.

Comments are resolved.

 

Motion: M1 reconstitutes its Ad Hoc Group on Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting (AHGBPTR) with the following terms of reference:

 

1) AHGAP Chair - Ron Sutton

2) Duration - The AHGBPTR will work between M1 Meeting # 4 (December 2-3, 2002) and M1 Meeting # 5 (TBD in winter/spring 2003).

3) Tasks -

3a) The AHGBPTR will develop the draft standard for project 15xx-D (M1/02-0243).

3b) The AHGBPTR will forward to M1 the draft if it is considered ready for M1 letter ballot on submittal of dpANS to INCITS.

3c) The AHGBPTR will make a recommendation to M1 on the need for a standing M1 Task Group in the area of performance testing and reporting.

3d) Time permitting, the AHGBPTR will also review and make recommendations to M1 on additional project proposals in the area of performance testing and reporting.

 

Motion by Jones; second by McCabe.Ê No objection to unanimous approval.

 

6. M1 Biometric Interoperability in Support of the GSC Framework Ad-Hoc Group (Mrs. Tilton)

Mrs. Tilton reported the progress of Biometric Interoperability in Support of the GSC Framework Ad Hoc Group.Ê Call for participation was issued(M1/02-0198); only a few responses.Ê The meeting announcement has been posted (M1/02-0266), only 5 registrations have been received so far.Ê NIST and PAIWG are being invited.Ê The initial meeting is 9 January 2003, at ITI.

7. JTC 1 SC 37 TAG Activities (Mrs. Tilton)

7.1 Status of JTC 1 SC 37 (Mr. Podio)

The agenda is posted.Ê Many contributions have been made; liaison inquiries from ITU, ICAO, IBIA, MasterCard and others.Ê Many P-members already; 2 O-members.Ê Chair of SC37, SC27 and SC17 will meet with the chair of JTC1 and the secretariats on coordinating the work, January 21-22, 2003 at APACS in London.Ê JTC 1 SC27, SC17 and SC31 and other JTC 1 SCs are expected to be liaisons to JTC 1 SC37.Ê

7.2. First Meeting of JTC 1 SC 37, 11 -13 December, 2002, Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa, Orlando, FL, USA (Mrs. Tilton)

7.2.1 INCITS Approval of M1 Hosting the First JTC 1 SC 37 Meeting (Mrs. Tilton)

INCITS and JTC1 have approved M1 hosting the SC37 meeting.

7.2.2 US Hosting of the First Meeting of JTC 1 SC37 - Planned Meeting Logistics, Meeting Budget and Funding (Mr. Collier)

 

Paul Collier discussed theÊ budget for the first meeting of JTC 1 SC 37 hosted by the US.Ê

The (ed. final) list of sponsors is given below:

á        3M/AiT

á        Authenti-Corp

á        Bioscrypt

á        DOD/Biometric Management Office

á        International Biometric Group

á        Identix

á        Iridian

á        NEC

á        National Institute of Standards and Technology

á        OSS Nokalva

á        Saflink

á        Sagem Morpho

á        Security Industry Association

 

7.2.3 Review of National Bodies and Prospective Liaison Contributions and Development of the US National Body Positions for each of the agenda items of the JTC 1 SC 37 Agenda (JTC 1 SC 37 N47) - (Mrs. Tilton)

    REF: JTC 1 SC 37 N47
(Agenda for the JTC 1 SC 37 Plenary Meeting on 11-13, December 2002), 

NOTE:
By including this reference, all JTC 1 SC 37 documents referred to in JTC 1 SC 37 N47 (posted in the JTC 1 SC 37 web site) are part of this agenda (M1/02-0264)

The U.S. National Body positions were discussed and developed

Ms. Tilton moved as follows:

ãM1 approves the US positions presented and amended at the 2-3 December 2002 meeting to go forward to the SC37 plenary.äÊÊ Ms. Valencia seconded; the motion was approved by unanimous vote.Ê

7.2.4 Development of Other US Positions (Mrs. Tilton)

7.2.4.1 Results of Letter Ballot on Draft U.S. Contribution to JTC1 SC 37 on a NP for an Harmonized Vocabulary, Review and Resolution of Comments Accompanying the Ballot Responses (Mr.Soutar) and Development of the US Position (Mrs.Tilton).

    REF: M1/02-0193 , M1/02-0238

This NP was not submitted; it has been overtaken by events.Ê It is anticipated that there will be a JTC 1 SC37 Special Group on this topic (as suggested by Canadian contribution to M1), and M1 will respond to the call for experts.

7.2.4.2 Contribution from LaserCard Systems Corp. Development of the US Position (Mrs.Tilton).

    REF: M1/02-0223

At the end of agenda item 4.2, LaserCard withdrew the US project proposal and agreed to revise the proposal for further submission through the M1 Ad-Hoc Group on Biometric Data Interchange Formats.Ê In light of this, the contribution to SC37 will be tabled at this time.

7.2.4.3 Results of Letter Ballot on U.S. Contribution to JTC1 SC 37 on Biometric Application Programming Interface (API) for Java(TM) Card (Mr Soutar) and Development of the US Position (Mrs.Tilton).

    REF: M1/02-0247, M1/02-0222, M1/02-0221R 

The comments have been reviewed and the US position developed in Agenda item 7.2.3.Ê

7.2.4.4 Results of Letter Ballot on U.S. Contribution to JTC1 SC 37 on Template Protection and Usage Version 1.3 (Dr. Soutar) and Development of the US Position (Mrs.Tilton).

    REF: M1/02-0246, M1/02-0220, M1/02-0219 

The comments have been reviewed and the US position developed in Agenda item 7.2.3.Ê

7.2.4.5 Identification of Possible Liaison Organizations to JTC 1 SC37 (Mr. Hogan) and US Position (Mrs.Tilton).

Liaison recommendations have been covered in Agenda item 7.2.3.Ê IATA (International Air Transportation Association) should also be contacted regarding SC37 liaison; their Simplified Passenger Travel interest group is beginning involvement in standards.

4.9 (deferred to day 2, in accordance with advance request):Ê

For Action - Approval of Revised Draft Project Proposal Signature/Sign Image-Based Interchange Format (Mr. Beatson)

    REF: M1/02-0253

Motion:  Approve M1/02-0253 as amended by M1 at this meeting (December 2-3, 2002) to be the new authorizing project proposal for Project XXXX.Ê Motion by Mike Hogan; second by Creed Jones.
Discussion: No comments have been received since this project proposal was presented at the October 30, 2002 AHGBDIF meeting.Ê Minor typographical errors have been corrected since the original posting.
Vote on the Motion:  Unanimous consent.

The motion passes.

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Document M1/02-0253 as revised and approved now REF: M1/02- 0276.

8. Status of M1 Prospective Liaisons

The chair has an administrative action item to review and confirm the M1 liaison assignments.

8.1 NIST/BC Biometric Working Group Report (Mr. Dunn and Mr. King)

Mr. Podio noted that the NIST/BCBiometric WG has delivered to M1 three specifications that will be published as NISTIR documents, soliciting comments.

8.2 INCITS B10 (Mr. Neumann)

No report at this time.

8.3 IBIA (Mr. Norton)
No report at this time.

8.4 TBF (Mr. Collier)
No report at this time.

8.5 Identification of Other Prospective Liaisons to M1 (Mr. Hogan)

Draft Motion for INCITS M1, Moved by Mike Hogan

 

ãThe increased demands for security associated with international travel in a post 9-11 world are driving the urgent need for advanced biometric systems that are reliable, efficient, and interoperable.Ê This will require the prompt development of harmonized international technical standards in support of ICAO by INCITS Technical Committees B10, M1, and T4.Ê Therefore, INCITS M1 hereby commits to make every effort to coordinate its technical biometric standards development with INCITS B10 and T4, as well as ICAO.Ê To this end, INCITS M1 will seek to establish active, effective liaisons with ICAO, and INCITS B10 and T4.äÊ Seconded by Mark Visbal.Ê Comment that some additional liaisons may be proposed in the future.Ê Adopted by unanimous consent.Ê

9. Other Business

None.

10. Future M1 Meetings

10.1 2003 M1 Meeting Schedule and Hosts

M1 Bio Interop Ad-Hoc, January 9, 2003 (DC)
M1 subgroups ö February 4-7, 2003 (loc TBD)
M1 subgroups & plenary #5 ö March 10-14, 2003 (loc TBD)
M1 subgroups ö week of April 22-26 (TBD) - optional
JTC 1
SC37 SG ö week of April 28-May 2 (TBD)

ÊEd. Note that at the JTC 1 SC 37 meeting the week for the JTC 1 SC 37 SG meetings IN April 2003Ê was changed to the week of April 7 ö 11, to be held in Ottawa, Canadaä
M1 subgroups & M1 plenary #6 ö June 9-13 (loc TBD ö Purdue?)
M1 subgroups & M1 plenary #7 ö August 11-15 or 18-22 (TBD)
JTC 1 SC37 SGs & SC37 PlenaryÊ - Sept. 8-13, 2003 (TBD)
Documents for JTC1 consideration at their Nov 17-21 meeting must be posted by October 6.
M1 subgroups & M1 ö December 1-5 or January 2004 (TBD)

REF: 

11. Review of Action Items

Action Item - AHGAP chair to contact Cindy Fuller re liaison with X9.

Action Item (Administrative) ö M1 chair to review and confirm the M1 liaison assignments.

12. Adjournment at 5 PM.