Final Agenda for the 20000710 Meeting

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

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

Minutes:

1.0 Call to Order at 6:10 P.M. by the chair, Don Wright

The meeting was held at the Mandarin Classic Restaurant

2.0 Introductions and attendance

• Don Wright
• Brian Batchelder
• Martin Freeman
• Dave James
• Bob Davis
• Greg LeClair
• Dick Karpinski
• Bob Ferguson
  Peter Johansson
• Dave Gustavson

3.0 Approval of Agenda

Additions to New Business (RAC and PAR number assignment)
Agenda approved

4.0 Approval of Minutes

Previous minutes approved after 3 typographical corrections.

5.0 Dinner Speaker

6. Officers Reports
1. Chair Report
1. Don attended the Standards Board Meeting and reported on several items affecting the MSC
2. Don updated the group on the status of the efforts to deal with the expiring standards and PARs. The group agreed with that direction with the exception that the 754 work is a "revision" not a "reaffirmation."
2. Vice-chair Report
   Nothing to report
   
3. Treasurer Report
   Current balance: $1455.56
   
4. Secretary Report
   Absent
   
7. Recess and Payment Collection

8.0 New Project Proposals

1. A PAR for 1355 revision was approved with modifications to the Scope and Purpose without objection
2. A PAR for "Spacewire" (which is related to 1355) was approved 8-1

9.0 Liaison Reports

• See Chair report

• Nothing to report

• A new staff person has been employed.
• Tutorials on EUI48 and EUI64 are being developed and will soon be available.

10.0 Old Business

1. Withdrawal of Standard and PARs
• See Chair report
2. Extension of P1394.1
• Approved unanimously
3. MSC Mission Statement
• Dave James will create a proposal and distribute on the mailing list.

11.0 New Business

1. RAC Representation

• There was a lively discussion concerning the RAC and how it operated. Currently, Dave James and Dave Gustavson are the MSC members serving on the RAC. Peter Johansson volunteered to be a third member as he felt there were some unique issues especially related to 1394 that need a champion on the RAC. Other issues identified and discussed were:

1. What are the membership rules?
2. How is RAC policy set?
3. Is the make-up of the RAC representative?
4. Does the RAC fully operate in the "light of day" or are there proceedings and activities that are not open?
5. Who approves the "tutorials" which describe the process used by someone needing numbers?

• The chair agreed to approach the RAC chair with these issues.

2. PAR Number Assignments

• There was a concern raised that the methodology used to assign project number to PARs was open to "political" or "marketing" maneuvering to gain certain advantages by getting "hot" project numbers. After some discussion, consensus was reached that there was not a better methodology that eliminated the maneuvering.

12.0 Working Group Status Reports

• Only published reports

13.0 Study Groups

• Nothing to report.
• The chair informed Dick Karpinski that the hermaphroditic connector study group’s charter expires at the next MSC meeting.
  

14.0 For the Good of the Society

• Peter Johansson asked if the MSC used e-mail or electronic voting in between regular meetings. As of now, it does not. The Chair volunteered to look into adding this to the MSC P&P.
  

15.0 Next Meeting

• October 9, 2000, 6:00PM, at the Mandarin Classic Restaurant in Los Altos
• Motion to adjourn by Bob Davis was seconded. Meeting adjourned at approximately 10 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Don Wright, chair and acting secretary