I NTERNATIONAL T ELECOMMUNICATION U NION
Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau
Geneva, 28 February 2000
Ref:
TSB Circular 252
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of the Telecommunication Standardization
Advisory Group (TSAG);
- To the Director of the Telecommunication
Development Bureau;
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Bureau
Subject:
Meeting of the Telecommunication Standardization
Advisory Group (TSAG) with a view to approving one
draft revised ITU-T Recommendation A.5 and one draft
new ITU-T Recommendation A.Focus in accordance
with the provisions of Resolution 1, Section 8, of the
WTSC (Geneva, 1996)
Geneva, 14 June 2000
Dear Sir/Madam,
1
At the request of the Chairperson of the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory
Group, Mr. G. Fishman, (USA), I have the honour to inform you that this Group, which will meet
from 7 to 14 June 2000, intends to apply the procedure described in Resolution 1, Section 8, of the
WTSC (Geneva, 1996) for the approval of draft revised Recommendation A.5 (Generic procedures
for including references to documents of other organizations in ITU-T Recommendations) and of
draft new Recommendation A.Focus (Focus Groups: Working methods and procedures).
2
The summaries and locations of the draft revised ITU-T Recommendation A.5 and draft
new ITU-T Recommendation A.Focus proposed for approval will be found in Annex 1.
3
Any ITU Member or Sector Member aware of a patent held by itself or others which may
fully or partly cover elements of the draft Recommendations proposed for approval is requested to
disclose such information to the TSB, in accordance with TSB patent policy (see Annex 1 of
Circular 245 of 2 February 2000).
Available patent information can be accessed on-line via the ITU-T Website.
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Having regard to the provisions of Resolution 1, Section 8, I should be grateful if you
would inform me by 2400 hours UTC on 26 May 2000 whether your Administration assigns
authority to the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group that these draft revised or new
Recommendations should be considered for approval at the Telecommunication Standardization
Advisory Group meeting.
Should any Member States be of the opinion that consideration for approval should not
proceed, they should advise their reasons for disapproving and indicate the possible changes that
would facilitate further consideration and approval of the draft revised or new Recommendations.
5
If 70% or more of the replies from Member States support consideration for approval of
these draft revised or new Recommendations at the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory
Group meeting, one Plenary session will be devoted on 14 June 2000 to apply the approval
procedure.
I accordingly invite your Administration to send a representative to the meeting. The
Administrations of Member States of the Union are invited to supply the name of the Head of
their delegation. If your Administration wishes to be represented at the meeting by a recognized
operating agency, a scientific or industrial organization or another entity dealing with
telecommunication matters, the Director should be duly informed, in accordance with Article 19,
No. 239, of the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as
amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998).
6
The agenda, registration form and all relevant information concerning the
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group meeting will be available from Collectiveletter 6/TSAG.
7
Information on the meeting room will be displayed on the screens at the entrances to the
ITU headquarters building.
8
After the meeting, the Director of TSB will notify, in a circular, the decision taken on these
Recommendations. This information will also be published in the ITU Notification.
Yours faithfully,
H. Zhao
Director of the Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau
Annex: 1
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ANNEX
(to TSB Circular 252)
Summaries and locations of the ITU-T Recommendations for approval at the meeting of
the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (Geneva, 14 June 2000)
1.
Draft revised ITU-T Recommendation A.5 – Generic procedures for including references
to documents of other organizations in ITU-T Recommendations (published in Contribution
TSAG-13)
This Recommendation provides generic procedures for referencing the documents of other
organizations in ITU-T Recommendations. Annexes provide information specific to some
organizations. Also included is the format for documenting a Study Group decision with
respect to making the reference.
2.
Draft new ITU-T Recommendation A.Focus – Focus Groups: Working methods and
procedures (published in Contribution TSAG-12)
Focus Groups may be established to help advance the work of ITU-T Study Groups in a
timely manner. This Recommendation provides procedures for the establishment of
Focus Groups, and working methods to facilitate the completion of work on a well defined
topic in a short time period, typically 9-12 months.
Annex A of this Recommendation provides a checklist of criteria to be used as a guide by
the parent Study Group when determining whether or not to form a Focus Group.
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