Final Agenda for the 20000110 Meeting

Meeting Minutes
Microprocessor Standards Committee
10 April 2000
Los Altos, CA

Chair:          Don Wright
Vice Chair:  Bob Davis
Secretary:    Larry Stein
Treasurer:    Dick Karpinski

Minutes:

  1. Call to Order at 6:00 P.M. by the chair, Don Wright.  The meeting was held at the Mandarin Classic Restaurant
  2. Introductions and attendance
  3. Approval of Agenda
            Additions to New Business
            Agenda approved
  4. Approval of Minutes
            Previous minutes approved without objection
  5. Dinner Speaker

    6. Bob Davis started an interesting discussion about the SMPTE standard for electronic feature motion picture distribution. It was requested that he make a full presentation at the next meeting.
  6. Officers Reports
    1. Chair Report
      1. The BASC was dissolved effective 31 March 2000. This was done with 100% approval of the SAB.
      2. There were 3 PARs open in BASC:
    • P1355.1
    • P1386
    • P1364
      These were all moved to the MSC
      1. Since the last MSC Meeting, the follow Standards Board actions occurred:
        • 1363 Crypto was approved
        • 1394a was disapproved for recirculation
          This was later approved at the March 29th meeting
        • 1284.4 was disapproved for recirculation
          This was later recirculated.
      2. The following standards & projects were withdrawn:
        695, 1154, 1194, 1196, 896.9, 1014.1, 1275, 1275.1, 1275.2, 1496, P896, P1151, P1275a, P1596.7
      3. The following PARs were approved:
        P1394.3
        P1394a PAR revision approved
      4. New IEEE forms are available on the standards.ieee.org web site
    1. Vice-chair Report
      Nothing to report
    2. Treasurer Report

      3. There were some bank charges on the account that were in error. Dick was able to get the bank to reverse these.

    3. Secretary Report
      Nothing to report
  7. Recess and Payment Collection
  8. New Project Proposals

    9. Mike Colleta made a presentation on the Advanced Microcomputer Power Distribution study group. Upon the recommendation of the study group Bob Davis made a motion that we approve the PAR for the APD. This motion was approved. Target completion for APD is 12/2002.
  9. Liaison Reports
    1. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC26/SC26 TAG
      Nothing to report
    2. IEEE Standards Board
      See Chair Report
    3. IEEE Registration Authority (RAC)
      Nothing to report
  10. Old Business
    1. A long list of MSC Standards being considered for Administrative withdrawal based upon the 5 year life rule. The chair will contact appropriate people involved in those standards to determine which should be reaffirmed or revised.
    2. A number of MSC PARs are being considered for Administrative Withdrawal as they have exceeded theire completion date. The chair will contact the WG chairs and recommend a course of action.
    3. Awards: There are forms on the IEEE site that can be used to nominate individuals for IEEE awards. If you feel that there is someone deserving of recognition please go to the site and fill out a form.
  11. New Business
    1. Creation of a MSC Mission Statement
      Don suggested that we should work on defining our purpose and mission. This will be discussed at the next meeting.
    2. P1394.3
      The PAR for 1394.3 was approved. Greg LeClair made a request to form the Ballot Body. Dave James recommended coordination with RAC. Both requests were approved.
    3. 1394.4 Study Group
      Bob Ferguson made a motion to form a study group to work on "A Media Independent Protocol for Routers for IEEE 1394-1995." This motion was seconded by Greg LeClair. Motion passed. Dave James was appointed chair of the study group.
  12. Working Group Status Reports
    1. P1284.3 – Larry Stein
      This draft was sent out for recirculation. It will be on the September 2000 Standards Board agenda.
    2. P1284.4 – Larry Stein
      This was not approved at the January Standards Board meeting. This has since be sent out for recirculation and will be on the September 2000 Standards Board agenda.
    3. 1285 – Martin Freeman
      The BRC met for this. There were 3 people present. Dave James will be editing the draft and preparing it for recirculation.
  13. Study Groups
    Nothing to report.
  14. For the Good of the Society
    Dick recommends Jef Raskin’s book, "The Humane Interface".
  15. Next Meeting
    July10, 2000, 6:00PM, at the Mandarin Classic Restaurant in Los Altos

     

    Respectfully submitted,

    Larry Stein