Final Agenda for the 20010709 Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Microprocessor Standards Committee
9 July 2001
Los Altos, CA
The Microprocessor Standards Committee meeting was held on 9 July 2001 at the Mandarin
Classic Restaurant in Los Altos California. Present at the
meeting were:
The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Don Wright at 6:15PM. The agenda was approved with modifications.
The minutes of the April 2001 MSC meeting were reviewed but could not be approved because a quorum was not present at the time. (The addition later of Mr. Gustavson and Mr. Singer by phone created the necessary quorum to vote on other items.)
Chair's report:
The Chair had no report but will be reporting on the status of expiring standards and PARs later in the agenda as well as on the results of the last Standards Board meeting.
Vice Chair's report:
The Vice Chair reported on his continuing work to bring several efforts on high speed buses into the IEEE MSC. He also reported on his continuing work as a liaison between the MSC and the SMPTE.
Treasurer's report:
Bob Davis, acting as Treasurer reported a balance on $2249.58. Approximately $590 of which is IPF funds which will be forwarded to the IEEE office in the near future.
Secretary's report:
The secretary was not present and no report was given.
New Project Proposals:
A revised PAR for 1363a was presented by Ari Singer. It was unanimously approved. (5-0)
Liaison Reports:
Standard's Board liaison was provided by the Chair. The following standards were approved at the June Standards Board Meeting
There was no RAC liaison report as none of the MSC RAC delegates were present.
Old Business:
Upcoming MSC Elections: The Chair again reminded the committee that the election of officers and RAC representatives will take place at the October MSC meeting. Nominations are now open. Additionally the Chair restated that he will not run for re-election due to other responsibilities.
New Business:
1363a: A copy of the current draft of 1363a was presented to the group and was approved unanimously for ballot. (5-0)
1394: The following motion was submitted to the MSC via e-mail by Peter Johansson and seconded by Bob Davis. "The MSC will forward High Performance Serial Bus, a draft based upon IEEE 1394, to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 for further processing as an international standard. The proposed project editor is Peter Johansson." Motion passed unanimously. (5-0)
Expiring PARs: The following PARs are expiring at year end. Therefore action must be taken if they need to be extended. The following actions were recommended to the Chair by those in attendance:
Expiring Standards: The following standards are expiring. Action must be taken by the end of the year. The following actions were recommended to the Chair by those in attendance:
Working Group Reports:
Verbal reports from P1275, P1575, P754R and P1579 were made. Submitted reports are available here.
For the Good of the Society:
Nothing of significance was discussed.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:40PM.