IEEE BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY

To: Members and Potential Members of IEEE G-2.1.6

From: Alan S. Godber, Interim Chairman of IEEE G-2.1.6.

The next meeting of the Subcommittee will be held on Monday, May 3rd, 1999, at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Boulder Laboratories at 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80303. The meeting will begin at approximately 10AM or later, at the termination of the G-2.1.4 meeting. The meeting is being held adjacent to the series of T1A1.5 meetings, which will take place from Tuesday, May 4th to Friday, May 7th, 1999.

The Draft Agenda for the G-2.1.6 meeting is attached. The Draft Minutes of the 11th meeting of the Subcommittee on January 4th, 1999 should be available on the IEEE Web site shortly, courtesy of our Secretary, Doug Lung.

Documents for G-2.1.6 can be found on the Web at www.ieee.org. Then select "Standards", "Working Group Areas", Broadcast Technology "Video Compression (Digital ) Measurement (P1486)". You are also invited to attend the IEEE G.2.1.4 meeting. Details are to be found on the IEEE Web site as above, but at (P205). Details of the T1A1.5 meetings are to be found on the T1A1 web site at www.t1.org

Looking forward to a good attendance at the meeting.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Broker Inn, 555 30^th Street, Boulder, CO 80303 at (303) 444-3330 or 1 (800) 338-5407. When making reservations mention the T1A1 meeting to obtain the special room price of $74 to $83. If you need further information, please contact, Kathy Mayeda, NTIA/ITS, (303) 497-5890 or Neal B. Seitz at (303) 497-3106.

Transportation options –

Directions: The nearest airport is Denver International, and commercial shuttle service can be arranged at a charge of approx. $18 one way from the airport to the Hotel.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Broadcast Technology Society, Audio Video Techniques Committee G-2.1

Video Compression Measurements Subcommittee G-2.1.6

Twelfth Meeting, Monday, May 3^th, 1999, Approx.10AM to 6PM,

U.S. Dep't of Commerce, Boulder Labs., 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303.

DRAFT AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introduction by Interim Chairman, of IEEE G-2.1.6

2. Approval of Draft Agenda.

3. Review and Approval of Minutes of the Previous Meeting #11, Jan. 4th, 1999.

4. Matters Arising from the Minutes.

5. Report of progress of ITU Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) in the planned tests - Arthur Webster, David Fibush, Al Morton, & other participants.

6. Report of Task Force on "Defining A Unit of Measure & a Means of Calibration for Video Impairment", Chair, Leon Stanger.

7. Report of Task Force on "Selecting Test Material and Test Labs for a Unit of Measure & a Means of Calibration for Video Impairment", Chair, John Libert.

8. Further Discussion of Compression Measurement Methodologies.

9. Any Other Business.

10. Date(s) of Future Meeting(s).