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, August 7^th, 2000, at Motorola Inc., Galvin Center, 1295 East Algonquin Road, Schaumberg, IL 60196. The meeting will begin at approximately 11AM, at the termination of the G-2.1.4 meeting. The meeting is being held adjacent to the T1A1.1 meetings, as we have several members in common. The meeting will run until about 6PM.

The Draft Agenda for the G-2.1.6 meeting is attached. The Draft Minutes of the 16th meeting of the Subcommittee on April 24th/25^th, 2000 should be available shortly on the IEEE Web site, courtesy of our Secretary, Doug Lung.

Documents for G-2.1.6 can be found on the Web at ieee.org. Then select "IEEE Organizations", "Standards", "Working Group Areas", "Broadcast Technology "Video Compression (Digital ) Measurement (P1486)". Alternatively you can select http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/videocomp/index.html.

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 T1A1.1 meetings, are to be found on the T1A1 web site at www.t1.org.

Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting.

The Motorola facility is in the North East section of Schaumberg. The hotels and inns recommended below are within approx. 2 to 3 miles of the Motorola facility except for La Quinta Inn, which is approx. 5 miles away.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS:

The recommended Hotel is as listed below. A room rate of $81-$89 is offered: AAA discount is available.

Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows/Schaumberg Area
3405 Algonquin Road, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Phone: (847) 259-5000, FAX (847) 259-0597.
http://www.basshotels.com/holiday-inn?_franchisee=CHIRM

The location of the Motor Inn is on SR62, just east of SR63, 0.3 miles north of I-90.

In case the Holiday Inn is full or you would prefer an alternative, the following are recommended:
Amerisuites Chicago/Schaumberg, 1851 McConnor Parkway, Schaumberg, IL 60173. Phone: (847) 330-1060 FAX (847) 330-1001. Approx. $89-140, single room, with AAA Discount available.
La Quinta Inn, 1730 East Higgins Road, Schaumberg, IL 60173-4702, Phone: (847) 517-8484 FAX (847) 517-4477. Approx. $85-105, single room. AAA discount available.
Wyndham Garden Hotel, 800 North National Parkway, Schaumberg, IL 60173, Phone: (847) 605-9222, FAX (847) 605-9240. Approx. $69-124, single room.

Transportation to/from Hotels:
Shuttle service is available between O'Hare International Airport and the Holiday Inn at Rolling Meadows. Reservations required at most other hotels/motor inns.

Directions by Car:
From Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, take I90 West to Route 53 (7 miles), Route 53 North to Route 62 (1 Mile), Route 62 West (right turn) to the Motorola visitor entrance (2 miles).

Schaumberg is approximately 25 miles NW of downtown Chicago.

Contacts at Motorola: Glenn Grotefeld (847) 576-5992, FAX (847) 538-7455 or Jodi Buchholz (847) 576-5222, FAX (847) 576-6758

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Broadcast Technology Society, Audio Video Techniques Committee G-2.1

Video Compression Measurements Subcommittee G-2.1.6

Seventeenth Meeting, Monday, August 8, 2000, Approx.11AM to 6PM,

Motorola, Inc., Galvin Center
1295 Algonquin Road, Schaumberg, IL 60196

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 #16, April 23rd, 2000.

4. Matters Arising from the Minutes.

5. Update Report of ITU Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) re ongoing testing plans - Arthur Webster, David Fibush, Phil Corriveau, Al Morton, & other participants.

6. Selecting Test Method, Test Material and Test Labs for a Unit of Measure (JND) & a Means of Calibration for Video Impairment", Chair, Leon Stanger.

7. Further Discussion of Compression Measurement Methodologies.

8. Any Other Business.

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