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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Local Services Ordering & Provisioning (LSOP) Co-Leader Christine Cole
of Verizon opened the meeting by welcoming attendees to OBF 78. Ms
Cole introduced DSC Co-Leaders Sharon Neighbors of SBC-Ameritech
and Andrew (Andy) Fitzsimmons of AT&T.
Ms. Cole requested that the LSOP Committee and Directory Services
Subcommittee (DSC) participants perform self-introductions, and that all
members in attendance sign the attendee list located in attachment
jt78an1.pdf.
Ms. Cole advised that there were 205 pre-registered attendees for OBF 78
and welcomed all participants to Westminster, Colorado. Ms. Cole
encouraged all participants to attend the off-hotel-site reception hosted
by Intrada on Tuesday evening, May 7, 2002 from 7:00-9:00 PM.
Ms. Cole led participants through a high-level review of the very
aggressive agenda for this OBF General Session.
CO-LEADER ELECTION
Moderator Martha Huizenga and Toni Gilbert of ATIS joined participants
for the LSOP Co-Leader election. Ms. Cole advised that there has been a
vacant Co-Leader position for the past two OBFs. Ms. Cole also
reminded participants that this was scheduled to be her last OBF as CoLeader.
Ms. Cole called for volunteers from the floor. Jim Mahler of Verizon
volunteered to serve a two-year period in this position.
Agreement: Participants unanimously elected Mr. Mahler as the new
LSOP Co-Leader.
There were no other volunteers at this General Session. Ms. Cole
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Leader position when she stepped down and encouraged participants to
continue to solicit support from their home companies and volunteer at
OBF 79 to fulfill the LSOP Co-Leader role.
Jim Whinn of Verizon asked if Ms. Cole was able to extend her tenure for
another OBF would there be a committee objection to having two Verizon
leaders for that interim period.
There were no objections from the participants to Ms. Cole providing CoLeader support through OBF 79 if there was an opportunity for her to
continue to serve.
However, Ms. Huizenga noted that the OBF
Guidelines state that “Committee Co-Leaders must be from different
corporate affiliations and should be from different interest groups.”
REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTIC CONCERNS
Ms. Cole led participants through a review of the LSOP Meeting
Guidelines found in attachment lcmtguide.doc.
Ms. Cole also led
participants through a review of the OBF Meeting Covenant found in
lccovenant.doc.
COMMITTEE MENTORS
Ms. Cole introduced LSOP Committee Administrator Donna Martin as
the DSC and LSOP Committee Mentor.
LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS MEETING
Ms. Cole provided highlights from the Leaders and Administrators
Meeting conducted Monday morning from 7:30 – 8:30 AM. The meeting
notes and presentation slides used in that Leaders and Administrators
Meeting may be downloaded from the following URL:
http://www.atis.org/pub/clc/obf/la/la78slides.ppt.
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PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TEAM READOUTS
LSOP PIT representative Jim Mahler of Verizon led participants through
a review of the OBF PIT presentation slides. A copy of this presentation
can be downloaded from the following URL:
http://www.atis.org/pub/clc/obf/pit/pit78slides.ppt.
USE OF MS PROJECT
For the PIT suggestion to use MS Project when scheduling OBF activities
and document releases, the Joint DSC and LSOP Committee participants
provided the feedback that use of MS Project would not be of benefit the
committee due to the learning curve that this product required.
CO-LEADER REVIEW OF PROPOSED NEW ISSUES BEFORE SUBMISSION
There had been a suggestion made that all new issues should be
submitted to Co-Leaders prior to posting.
Joint DSC and LSOP
participants provided the feedback that Ms. Frohse, the LSOG Committee
SME, would perform that function on behalf of DSC and LSOP.
LSOP PIT TASK FORCE READ OUT
Mr. Mahler led participants through a review of LSOP-specific PIT
activities detailed in attachment jt78nta1.ppt.
LSOG Working Document Enhancements
While reviewing the proposed new process for indicating which LSOG
Working Document version an issue is posted with, Ellie Pribula of AT&T
requested that the summary list of issues in the front of the Synopsis of
Change (SOC) be expanded to include the practices impacted by that
issue.
After further discussion, participants determined that this information is
contained in multiple other sources. However, it was determined that
the information could be part of the issue form updates with Initial
Closure.
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Agreement: Participants agreed that the “Impact on Other Issues or
Procedures” section of the OBF Issue Form would now be updated to
show the practices being impacted by the issue resolution at Initial
Closure.
LSOG Usage Strip Removal
Participants discussed the PIT suggestion to remove the usage strips
from all LSOG practices. Participants identified that this was not a
global process, and would require page-by-page review for business rule
validation as each strip was deleted.
Agreement: Participants reached consensus to remove the usage strips
from the LSOG.
Agreement: Participants agreed that removal of the usage strips would
be worked as a new issue.
Action Item: Elizabeth Frohse agreed to submit a walk-in issue at this
OBF for removal of the usage strips (see walk-in New Issue 12).
LSOP PIT TASK FORCE LEADER ELECTION
Ms. Cole recognized that with Mr. Mahler assuming the role of LSOP CoLeader, there was a need to elect a new LSOP PIT Task Force Leader and
LSOP OBF PIT representative. Ms. Cole called for volunteers from the
floor.
Elizabeth Frohse of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young volunteered to assume
both of these roles. There were no other volunteers. There were no
objections to Ms. Frohse assuming the role of LSOP PIT Task Force
Leader and LSOP OBF PIT representative.
Agreement: Participants agreed that Ms. Frohse would assume the roles
of LSOP PIT Task Force Leader and LSOP OBF PIT Representative.
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COMPRESSION OF LSOG RELEASE LIFE CYCLES
Ms. Cole led participants through a discussion of the need to reduce the
intervals associated with each LSOG release.
Carol Zimmerman of Qwest reminded participants that the current time
line established with Issue 1581 had been created to (1) synchronize EDI
and LSOG Issues and (2) encourage the industry to be on similar
releases at all times.
Steve Moore of Sprint advised that there is a critical need to reduce the
time line. Mr. Moore pointed out that a period of 18 months from an
issue’s closure to LSOG implementation of that issue’s resolution was
unacceptable. Mr. Moore stated that this should be addressed in full
committee, not as a Task Force effort, and further encouraged the
committee to consider closing LSOG 7 at this OBF.
Ellie Pribula of AT&T shared that there are limited internal dollars to
support multiple releases for all CLECs, and advised that she was not
sure that her company could support expedited release scheduling.
Cora Jackson of SBC agreed with Mr. Moore that the LSOP Committee,
at an OBF General Session, should determine how this time frame could
be compressed. She agreed with Mr. Moore that a separate Task Force
should not address this industry-impacting topic.
Manual Lozano of Nightfire advised that the SAG would be sharing
recommendations on Monday evening from 5:30 – 7:30 PM regarding
process and time line improvements for LSOG implementations.
Participants felt strongly that the Joint DSC and LSOP Committees, not
the SAG, should develop the resolution to this concern.
Mary Fay of Verizon and Cora Jackson of SBC both expressed concern
regarding Mr. Moore’s proposed change of the LSOG 7 published dates.
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Mr. Moore agreed that a revision to LSOG 7 may not be feasible, but that
shortening of future LSOG time frames is still a requirement.
Ms. Pribula advised that from a customer perspective, AT&T was faced
with the challenge of synching up with each provider’s specific LSOG
updates. Ms. Pribula advised that without a national OSS, she was
concerned that an expedited schedule would be a significant impact to
her company. She expressed further concern regarding the need to
participate in additional negotiations for increased implementations and
multiple individual interfaces.
Mr. Moore agreed with Ms. Pribula, however, pointed out that if the LSOP
Committee does not shorten the LSOG time frames, this problem would
continue to escalate.
Moira Higgins of Technology Staffing Resources (TSR) expressed concern
that the committee seemed to be moving in the direction of determining
that there was no solution for this problem. Ms. Higgins encouraged
participants to continue to work toward identification of a solution that
would expedite LSOG releases, one that might be similar to the ASOG
twice a year release schedule.
Cora Jackson of SBC pointed out that LSOG change management issues
are often driven by local regulatory influences, and could therefore not be
expected to operate in the same release environment as the ASOG, which
is more FCC driven.
PROPOSED LSOG 8 TIME LINE
As a contribution to this discussion, Jim Whinn of Verizon provided a
proposed schedule for LSOG 8 (attachment jt78nta2.doc), which could
reduce the next LSOG release time frame.
Ms. Zimmerman agreed that the LSOG 8 proposed time frames could be
socialized within her company, but that she was not sure that this
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proposal would support her current internal change management
schedule.
Ms. Zimmerman also expressed a concern that many CLECs participate
in local change management meetings, but do not attend the OBF.
These local change management forums are driving many company’s
release schedules, and she was concerned that the influencing CLECs at
those change management meetings are often more concerned over local
and/or regional issues versus national issues addressed in the OBF.
Sherry Porter of BellSouth agreed with Ms. Zimmerman and shared that
her company has identified that many CLECs by-pass the OBF because
they can get their concerns addressed more expeditiously in the local
change management forums.
LSOG 8 Proposed Time Line Action Item
Participants identified that the following action item needs to be
addressed before there can be further discussion for this topic.
ACTION ITEM #1
Date Established:
Date Due:
Responsible Party(s):
Action Item:
STATUS: OPEN
05/06/02
OBF 79 Agenda Cut Off Date – July 24, 2002
ALL
Review proposed Verizon dates for LSOG 8 implementation.
Provide agreement and/or alternative suggestions for
shortening the dates.
Action Item Resolution:
Agreement: Participants agreed to continue discussion on this topic at
OBF 79.
This topic has been added to the LSOP Agenda for OBF 79 for continued
discussion.
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LSOG RELEASE MANAGEMENT
On Friday morning, May 10, 2002, the joint committees re-convened to
discuss OBF 78 meeting highlights and effectiveness and to prepare the
agendas for OBF 79. During this meeting, the topic of LSOG release
management was once again raised. There was a concern raised by
many participants that the number of issues (45) and the volume of
changes now scheduled for LSOG 7 was a burden for all implementing
companies.
There was a proposal made by Steve Moore of Sprint to identify issues
that were documentation updates only versus those that were
mechanization impacting.
Mr. Moore suggested that those nonmechanization-impacting issues be in a paper release that could be
implemented prior to LSOG 7.
Ms. Zimmerman also encouraged participants to think of issues that
would be candidates for smaller independent releases, such as Issues
2118, 2233, or 2234.
Agreement: Participants agreed that it was too late in the LSOG 7
scheduling process to adjust the targeted issues for this release.
Agreement: Participants did agree that it would be desirable to establish
a procedure for planning future release schedules so that the number of
issues impacting each release could be better managed.
Jim Whinn of Verizon reminded participants that any effort to reduce
release size would also impact any existing or new proposals to reduce
the LSOG time lines.
Ms. Pribula once again shared her concern that without a national OSS,
an expedited schedule would be a significant impact to her company.
She expressed further concern regarding the need to participate in
additional negotiations for increased implementations and multiple
individual interfaces.
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Jim Mahler of Verizon advised that while he understood Ms. Pribula’s
misgivings, each provider had multiple releases a year now, many of
which were specific to that company. Mr. Mahler stressed that few of
these releases were in support of an LSOG-specific release. Mr. Mahler
shared that while there could be significant development time impacts
with multiple LSOG releases, he did not see that this would unduly
increase the number of CLEC negotiation meetings that Ms. Pribula’s
company would be experiencing today.
After further discussion, participants identified that these concerns were
significant enough to warrant a Task Force effort to investigate possible
alternatives.
Agreement: Participants agreed to form a Joint DSC and LSOP Task
Force to address all issues related to LSOG Release Management.
LSOG RELEASE MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE INTERIM ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS
On Friday, May 10, 2002, the following two interim activities were
scheduled for the LSOG Release Management Task Force:
June 12, 2002 Conference Call
Established at:
OBF 78
Host:
Steve Moore of Sprint
Activity Type:
Task Force Conference Call
Dates/Times:
June 12, 2002 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT
Admin Support: Not Required
Objective:
LSOG Release Management discussions for future
LSOG scheduling – initial strategy meeting.
July 11, 2002 Conference Call
Established at:
OBF 78
Host:
Steve Moore of Sprint
Activity Type:
Task Force Conference Call
Dates/Times:
July 11, 2002 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT
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Admin Support:
Objective:
Required
LSOG Release Management discussions for future
LSOG scheduling – review action items and continue
strategy planning.
Note: The Agendas along with the Meeting/Conference Call Information
for the above, will be posted to the ATIS Web Site:
http://www.atis.org/atis/clc/obf/obfcal.htm.
LSOG SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT (SME) READ OUT
Ms. Cole introduced the Local Services Ordering Guidelines (LSOG)
Subject Matter Expert (SME) Elizabeth Frohse of Cap Gemini Ernst &
Young.
Ms Cole requested that Ms. Frohse provide a high level overview of her
roles and responsibilities to remind participants of the services she could
offer.
Ms. Frohse advised that as LSOG SME she was responsible for:
 Reviewing all new LSOG impacting issues for completeness and
accuracy,
 Assisting
participants in the development of new issue
contributions,
 Tracking issue impacts to all data elements,
 Updating individual Issue Tracking Aids (ITAs) during all full
committee meeting activities,
 Incorporating Initial Closures into the LSOG Working Documents,
 Creating the Summary of Changes (SOC) for each LSOG Working
Document Version,
 Hosting LSOG Working Document review Virtual Interim Meetings
after each version is posted to the ATIS OBF website,
 Creating the Draft for each LSOG Issue release, including updates
to Alphanumeric Glossaries and Forms, if applicable,
 Hosting LSOG Draft final review and approval meeting, and
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Posting the final LSOG Issue release to the ATIS OBF Documents
website on or before the committee’s established Issue Date.
Ms. Frohse encouraged participants to contact her when preparing new
issues so she might share pending changes from other issues that could
impact any data elements involved and/or help in preparing the
contributions.
Ms. Frohse advised that her new email address has been simplified and
that she can now be reached at elizabeth.frohse@cgey.com.
LSOG 7 WORKING DOCUMENT VERSION 5 (L7WDV5)
Ms. Frohse confirmed that all Initial Closures from interim activities
since OBF 77 as well as any Initial Closure issues from OBF 78 would be
incorporated into the LSOG 7 Working Document Version 5 (l7wdv5).
Ms. Frohse advised that l7wdv5 would be uploaded to the LSOP Working
Documents page on the ATIS website on or before June 7, 2002.
Ms. Frohse reminded participants that there had been an agreement
made at OBF 76 to continue post-OBF reviews of Initial Closures posted
to the LSOG Working Documents no earlier than fourteen days after each
version of the document was available for download from the ATIS
website.
Ms. Frohse advised that this activity could be scheduled for the original
time frame, which would be the week of June 24th or later. Ms. Frohse
also advised that she would be willing to conduct that review during the
proposed Interim Meeting tentatively for June 10-14, 2002 if the
committee wanted to waive the 14-day review time frame.
Agreement: Participants agreed to discuss the review meeting schedule
at the end of this OBF.
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LSOG 7 WDv5 Review Interim Activity
On Friday, May 10, 2002, the following interim activity was scheduled for
the LSOG 7 Working Document Version 5 (l7wdv5) review:
Established at:
Host:
Activity Type:
Dates/Times:
Admin Support:
Objective:
OBF 78
Mary T. Fay of Verizon
Joint DSC and LSOP Committee Virtual Interim
Meeting
June 27, 2002 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
Required
Review and approve l7wdv5.
Note: The Agendas along with the Meeting/Conference Call Information
for the above, will be posted to the ATIS Web Site:
http://www.atis.org/atis/clc/obf/obfcal.htm.
JOINT DSC AND LSOP MEETING NOTES APPROVAL
Participants reviewed and approved the following Joint DSC and LSOP
OBF 77 Meeting Notes with no changes required:


February 11, 2002 - OBF 77 Joint DSC and LSOP General Session
February 11, 2002 - OBF 77 Joint DSC, LSOP and Wireless
Working Group General Session. Ms. Cole agreed to refer the OBF
77 Joint DSC, LSOP and Wireless Working Group General Session
Meeting Notes to the Wireless Working Group for approval
concurrence. These notes were subsequently returned from the
Wireless Working Group on Tuesday, May 7, 2002, approved as
written with no changes required.
Participants reviewed and approved the following Joint DSC and LSOP
OBF 77 Meeting Notes with no changes required:

January 8, 2002 - Joint DSC and LSOP Issue 2225 Task force
Virtual Meeting - Approved
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NEW ISSUES ACCEPTANCE
Participants reviewed the following new issue contributions for
acceptance and committee assignments. A summary of the acceptance
status and committee assignment(s) for of each of these new issues is
located in the LSOP New Issue Scorecard (lc78scorecard.doc).
ISSUE 2394 - LSOG: DEFINE REQUIREMENTS FOR RELATING THE STYLE CODE
(STYC) WITH THE RECORD TYPE (RTY) AND LISTING TEXT TYPE (LTXTY)
(NEW ISSUE 1)
Issue Champion Andy Fitzsimmons of AT&T led participants through a
review of the proposed LSOP New Issue 1, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues
attachment lc78new1.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with minor changes to the
issue title. The DSC was designated as an associated committee, and the
issue was officially referred to the DSC to be worked. The issue was
subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2394. Issue 2394 was placed
on the Joint DSC and LSOP Agenda for prioritization and status review
at OBF 79.
ISSUE 2395 - LSOG: ALLOW RETURN OF DISTURBER QUANTITY ON LOOP QUAL
RESPONSES (NEW ISSUE 2)
Issue Champion Jim Mahler of Verizon led participants through a review
of the proposed LSOP New Issue 2, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues attachment
lc78new2.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with minor changes to the
issue title. The issue was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number
2395. Issue 2395 was placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at
OBF 78.
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ISSUE 2396 - LSOG: ALLOW RETURN OF REPEATER INFORMATION ON LOOP
QUAL RESPONSES (NEW ISSUE 3)
Issue Champion Jim Mahler of Verizon led participants through a review
of the proposed LSOP New Issue 3, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues attachment
lc78new3.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with minor changes to the
issue title. The issue was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number
2396. Issue 2396 was placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at
OBF 78.
ISSUE 2397 - LSOG: HOST CIRCUIT INFORMATION FOR FRAME RELAY (NEW
ISSUE 4)
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the proposed LSOP New Issue 4, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues
attachment lc78new4.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with minor modifications to
the title. The issue was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2397.
Issue 2397 was placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at OBF 78.
ISSUE 2398 - LSOG: INSIDE WIRE TYPE (NEW ISSUE 5)
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the proposed LSOP New Issue 5, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues
attachment lc78new5.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with minor changes to the
issue title. The issue was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number
2398. Issue 2398 was placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at
OBF 78.
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ISSUE 2399 - VSOG: VERTICAL SERVICES PROVIDER NOTIFICATION PROCESS
(NEW ISSUE 6)
Issue Champion Steve Moore of Sprint led participants through a review
of the proposed LSOP New Issue 6, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues attachment
lc78new6.doc.
Issue Status
There was some discussion regarding the VSOG issue impacts to the
LSOG. To address that concern, Mr. Moore submitted a walk-in new
issue, New Issue 10, to address the LSOG impacts. Participants agreed to
accept this new issue with the LSOG impacts removed. This issue was
subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2399. Issue 2399 was placed
on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at OBF 78.
ISSUE 2400 - LSOG: FPI CONSISTENCY (NEW ISSUE 7)
Issue Champion Sarah Blanks of MetaSolv led participants through a
review of the proposed LSOP New Issue 7, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues
attachment lc78new7.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with no changes. The issue
was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2400. Issue 2400 was
placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at OBF 78.
ISSUE 2401 - LSOG: DIRECTORY CHANGE REQUEST PRACTICE (NEW ISSUE 8)
Issue Champions Sharon Neighbors of SBC-Ameritech led participants
through a review of the proposed LSOP New Issue 8, LSOP OBF 78 New
Issues attachment lc78new8.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with minor modifications to
the issue statement and desired results. The DSC was designated as an
associated committee, and the issue was officially referred to the DSC to
be worked. The issue was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number
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2401. Issue 2401 was placed on the Joint DSC and LSOP Agenda for
prioritization and status review at OBF 79.
ISSUE 2402 - LSOG: CLARIFY END USER AND CUSTOMER REFERENCES (NEW
ISSUE 9)
This issue was submitted after the Joint DSC and LSOP Agenda had
been posted to the ATIS OBF Website, but had met the 14-day prior to
the start of OBF 78 new issue posting deadline. Issue Champion Sarah
Blanks of MetaSolv led participants through a review of the proposed
LSOP New Issue 9, LSOP OBF 78 New Issues attachment lc78new9.doc.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with no changes. The issue
was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2402. DSC was assigned
as an associated committee. Issue 2402 was placed on the LSOP Agenda
for prioritization at OBF 78.
WALK-IN NEW ISSUES
The following walk-in issues were reviewed for acceptance and committee
assignment.
ISSUE 2403 - LSOG: PROVIDER NOTIFICATION (NEW ISSUE 10)
Issue Champion Steve Moore of Sprint led participants through a review
of the proposed LSOP walk-in New Issue 10. Mr. Moore provided all
participants with diskette copies of this proposed new issue.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with no changes. The issue
was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2403. Issue 2403 was
placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at OBF 78.
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ISSUE 2404 - LSOG: ABILITY TO MIGRATE TN(S) TO AN EXISTING ACCOUNT
(ATN/AN) AND ESTABLISH A NEW ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR THE MERGED ACCOUNT.
(NEW ISSUE 11)
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the proposed LSOP walk-in New Issue 11. Ms. Porter provided
all participants with diskette copies of this proposed new issue.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with no changes. The issue
was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2404. Issue 2404 was
placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at OBF 78.
ISSUE 2405 - LSOG: REMOVE USAGE STRIPS FROM ALL APPLICABLE PRACTICES
OF THE LSOG. (NEW ISSUE 12)
Issue Champions Elizabeth Frohse of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and
Christine Cole of Verizon led participants through a review of the
proposed walk-in New Issue 12. Ms. Frohse provided diskette copies of
this proposed new issue, and explained that this contribution was a
result of the action item identified earlier in this meeting for the agreed
upon removal of all LSOG Usage Strips.
Issue Status
Participants agreed to accept this new issue with no changes. The issue
was subsequently assigned OBF Issue Number 2405. Issue 2405 was
placed on the LSOP Agenda for prioritization at OBF 78.
INITIAL CLOSURE ISSUE REVIEW FOR FINAL CLOSURE
Participants discussed the following Initial Closure issues scheduled for
Final Closure at this General Session.
2088/LSOP - COMPANY CODE LSP CLARIFICATION (WITHDRAWN)
Issue Champion Katherine Joslin of Time Warner was not present at this
OBF so LSOP Co-Leader Jim Mahler led participants through a review of
the Issue 2088 withdrawn resolution statement. Mr. Mahler asked if
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there were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There
were no objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2088 to Final ClosureWithdrawn status effective May 10, 2002.
2157/LSOP - LSOG: MAIN TELEPHONE NUMBER, MAIN LISTING
CLARIFICATION
Issue Champion Andy Fitzsimmons of AT&T led participants through a
review of the Issue 2157 resolution statement. Mr. Fitzsimmons asked if
there were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There
were no objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2157 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2188/LSOP – LSOP: UPDATE PROCESS FLOWS (WITHDRAWN)
Issue Champions Sarah Blanks of MetaSolv and Andy Fitzsimmons of
AT&T led participants through a review of the Issue 2188 withdrawn
resolution statement. Ms. Blanks and Mr. Fitzsimmons asked if there
were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2188 to Final ClosureWithdrawn status effective May 10, 2002.
2225/LSOP - INCORPORATE WIRELESS REQUIREMENTS INTO THE EXISTING
DSR/DL DOCUMENTED PROCESS
Issue Champion Jim Grasser of Cingular Wireless led participants
through a review of the Issue 2225 resolution statement. Mr. Grasser
asked if there were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure.
There were no objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2225 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
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2287/LSOP - LSOG: ORDERING OF ADSL CAPABLE UNBUNDLED LOOPS
SERVED BY OPTICAL CONCENTRATION DEVICE AND NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL
LOOP CARRIER
Issue Champion Cora Jackson of SBC led participants through a review
of the Issue 2287 resolution statement. Ms. Jackson asked if there were
any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2287 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2296/LSOP – LSOG: CLEC TO CLEC UNE LOOP CONVERSIONS
Issue Champions Sherry Porter of BellSouth and Steve Moore of Sprint
led participants through a review of the Issue 2296 resolution statement.
Ms. Porter and Mr. Moore asked if there were any objections to moving
this issue to Final Closure. There were no objections to moving the Issue
to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2296 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2319/LSOP – LSOG: ADD
NEW FIELD TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL LOOP
TESTING
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the Issue 2319 resolution statement. Ms. Porter asked if there
were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2319 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2320/LSOP – DATA ELEMENT CLEAN UP FOR NON-DIRECTORY SERVICES LSR
PRACTICES
Issue 2320 was moved to Initial Closure during a Virtual Interim Meeting
conducted on March 26, 2002 and had not yet been posted to the ATIS
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OBF website for the required 42-day review period. Issue Champion
Elizabeth Frohse of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young agreed that the issue
would need to be held for Final Closure review at a subsequent meeting.
Agreement: Participants agreed to review Issue 2320 for Final Closure
approval at OBF 79.
Issue Status
Participants agreed that Issue 2320 should be held in Initial Closure
pending the 42-day Initial Closure review period expiration. This issue
has been added to the Joint DSC and LSOP General Session Agenda for
OBF 79 for Final Closure review and approval.
2321/LSOP – LSOG: ADD FEATURE LOOK-UP AS AN OPTION TO THE PREORDER PROCESS TRANSACTION GUIDE (120)
Issue Champion Monet Topps of SBC led participants through a review of
the Issue 2321 resolution statement. Ms. Topps asked if there were any
objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no objections
to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2321 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2322/LSOP – IDENTIFY DEGREE OF INDENT ON CSI/CSR (LSR-122)
Issue Champion Andy Fitzsimmons of AT&T led participants through a
review of the Issue 2322 resolution statement. Mr. Fitzsimmons asked if
there were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There
were no objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2322 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
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2324/LSOP – DATA ELEMENT CLEAN UP FOR DIRECTORY SERVICES LSR
PRACTICES
Issue 2324 was moved to Initial Closure during a Virtual Interim Meeting
conducted on March 26, 2002 and had not yet been posted to the ATIS
OBF website for the required 42-day review period. Issue Champion
Elizabeth Frohse of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young agreed that the issue
would need to be held for Final Closure review at a subsequent meeting.
Agreement: Participants agreed to review Issue 2324 for Final Closure
approval at OBF 79.
Issue Status
Participants agreed that Issue 2324 should be held in Initial Closure
pending the 42-day Initial Closure review period expiration. This issue
has been added to the Joint DSC and LSOP General Session Agenda for
OBF 79 for Final Closure review and approval.
2350/LSOP – LSOG- RCC RELATED COMPANY CODE
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the Issue 2350 resolution statement. Ms. Porter asked if there
were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2350 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2357/LSOP – LSOG: MODIFICATION TO FIELD NOTYP IN THE 082 PRACTICE
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the Issue 2357 resolution statement. Ms. Porter asked if there
were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2357 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
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2358/LSOP – LSOG: MODIFICATIONS
OF ATN FIELD TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
VALID ENTRIES AND EXAMPLES ACROSS PRACTICES.
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the Issue 2358 resolution statement. Ms. Porter asked if there
were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2358 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2359/LSOP – LSOG: ADD VALID VALUES TO RT FIELD IN 099 PRACTICE
Issue Champion Jim Whinn of Verizon led participants through a review
of the Issue 2359 resolution statement. Mr. Whinn asked if there were
any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2359 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2361/LSOP – LSOG – ADD FEATURE UNIT RATE FIELD TO PRACTICE 122
(CSI)
Issue Champion Jim Mahler of Verizon led participants through a review
of the Issue 2361 resolution statement. Mr. Mahler asked if there were
any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2361 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2363/LSOP – LSOG: ADD
A PROJECT IDENTIFIER FIELD TO THE
071
PRACTICE
Issue Champion Jim Whinn of Verizon led participants through a review
of the Issue 2363 resolution statement. Mr. Whinn asked if there were
any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
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Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2363 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2364/LSOP – LSOG: JACK FIELDS
Issue Champion Sherry Porter of BellSouth led participants through a
review of the Issue 2364 resolution statement. Ms. Porter asked if there
were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2364 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2365/LSOP – LSOG – DEFINITION MODIFICATIONS
Issue 2365 was moved to Initial Closure during a Virtual Interim Meeting
conducted on April 2, 2002 and had not yet been posted to the ATIS OBF
website for the required 42-day review period. Issue Champion Jim
Mahler of Verizon agreed that the issue would need to be held for Final
Closure review at a subsequent meeting.
Agreement: Participants agreed to review Issue 2365 for Final Closure
approval at OBF 79.
Issue Status
Participants agreed that Issue 2365 should be held in Initial Closure
pending the 42-day Initial Closure review period expiration. This issue
has been added to the Joint DSC and LSOP General Session Agenda for
OBF 79 for Final Closure review and approval.
2366/LSOP – LSOG: CLARIFY
USE OF THE
VER
FIELD AND USE OF
“BLANK”
THROUGHOUT
Issue 2365 Initial Closure was returned to open status and the
resolution was revised during a Virtual Interim Meeting conducted on
April 3, 2002. The revised resolution had not yet been posted to the ATIS
OBF website for the required 42-day review period. Issue Champion Jim
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Whinn of Verizon agreed that the issue would need to be held for Final
Closure review at a subsequent meeting.
Agreement: Participants agreed to review Issue 2366 for Final Closure
approval at OBF 79.
Issue Status
Participants agreed that Issue 2366 should be held in Initial Closure
pending the 42-day Initial Closure review period expiration. This issue
has been added to the Joint DSC and LSOP General Session Agenda for
OBF 79 for Final Closure review and approval.
2369/LSOP – LSOG: IDENTIFY NUMBER OF DL FORMS CONTAINED WITHIN AN
ORDER IN THE LSR-071 PRACTICE
Issue Champion Andy Fitzsimmons of AT&T led participants through a
review of the Issue 2369 resolution statement. Mr. Fitzsimmons asked if
there were any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There
were no objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2369 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2370/LSOP – LSOG: 073 & 075 PRACTICES CFA DEFINITION NOTES
Issue Champion Jim Whinn of Verizon led participants through a review
of the Issue 2370 resolution statement. Mr. Whinn asked if there were
any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2370 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2371/LSOP – VSOG: REQUISITION FIELD FOR VSOG
Issue 2371 had been held on the original LSOP OBF 78 Agenda, but was
moved to Final Closure on April 24, 2002 via a Joint DSC and LSOP
Virtual Interim Meeting. This issue resolution will implement VSOG
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Issue 2. The draft of VSOG 2 will be posted to the ATIS OBF website on
or before May 20, 2002.
Agreement: Participants agreed to add VSOG 2 draft review to the Joint
DSC and LSOP Interim Meeting scheduled for the week of June 10, 2002.
VSOG 2 Draft Review and Approval Virtual Interim Meeting
On Friday, May 10, 2002, in lieu of the cancelled June 10th Interim
Meeting, the following interim activity was scheduled to finalize the
VSOG 2 Draft.
Established at:
Host:
Activity Type:
Dates/Times:
Admin Support:
Objective:
OBF 78
Steve Moore of Sprint
LSOP Committee Virtual Interim Meeting
July 10, 2002 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT
Required
Review and Approve VSOG 2 for Publication.
Note: The Agendas along with the Meeting/Conference Call Information
for the above, will be posted to the ATIS Web Site:
http://www.atis.org/atis/clc/obf/obfcal.htm.
2374/LSOP – LSOG: ADD LIDB TO 077 PRACTICE GENERAL SECTION
Issue Champion Jim Whinn of Verizon led participants through a review
of the Issue 2374 resolution statement. Mr. Whinn asked if there were
any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2374 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
2375/LSOP – LSOG: DOCUMENTATION MODIFICATIONS IN 073, 079, 082,
099, 120, AND 122 PRACTICES.
Issue Champion Jim Mahler of Verizon led participants through a review
of the Issue 2375 resolution statement. Mr. Mahler asked if there were
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any objections to moving this issue to Final Closure. There were no
objections to moving the Issue to Final Closure.
Agreement: Participants agreed to move Issue 2375 to Final Closure
status effective May 10, 2002.
PRIORITIZATION OF DSC OPEN AND NEW ISSUES
DSC Co-Leader Sharon Neighbors of SBC-Ameritech led participants
through the prioritization of the 8 LSOP Open Issues referred to the DSC.
SUMMARY OF OBF 78 PROD AGREEMENTS
During this General Session, the following updates were identified for the
DSC and LSOP Committee maintained Procedural Rules on
Documentation (PROD).
Agreement: Participants agreed to rescind a prior agreement to always
show the proposed impacted LSOG practices in the issue title.
Participants further agreed that all issue titles that were modified during
issue acceptance at OBF 78 to add this practice information would be
returned to their original title.
Agreement: Participants agreed that the “Impact on Other Issues or
Procedures” section of the OBF Issue Form would now be updated to
show the practices being impacted by the issue resolution at Initial
Closure.
JOINT INTERIM MEETING JUNE 10-14, 2002
Participants discussed the Joint DSC and LSOP face-to-face Interim
Meeting that had been tentatively scheduled for June 10-14, 2002.
Ms. Cole advised that there had been a recommendation to move that
meeting from St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS to accommodate the
technological needs for simultaneous Virtual Meeting/Conference Call
ports for those who could not attend on-site, but who still wished to
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participate. Participants discussed the pros and cons of this suggestion.
There were no objections to relocating the meeting.
Agreement: Participants agreed that if this tentative meeting was
subsequently scheduled at this OBF, the meeting location would be
changed from St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS.
MEETING CANCELLATION
On Friday, May 10, 2002, participants determined that there was no
longer a need for a face-to-face Joint DSC and LSOP Interim Meeting
before OBF 79.
Agreement: Participants agreed to cancel the tentative Joint DSC and
LSOP Interim Meeting scheduled for June 10-14, 2002.
SUMMARY OF JOINT DSC AND LSOP INTERIM ACTIVITIES
The following joint DSC and LSOP Interim Activities were agreed upon
and scheduled at OBF 78.
Dates
Host
Activity
Admin
Support
Required
1. June 12, 2002
11:00 AM –
5:00 PM EDT
Steve Moore
of Sprint
LSOG Release Management Task
Force
NO
2. June 27, 2002
1:00 AM – 5:00
PM EDT
Mary Fay of
Verizon
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future LSOG scheduling – initial
strategy setting and action item
identification meeting.
LSOG 7 Working Document Version 5
Review and Approval
Virtual Meeting for review and
approval of l7wdv5.
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Dates
Host
Activity
Admin
Support
Required
3. July 11, 2002
11:00 AM –
1:00 PM EDT
Steve Moore
of Sprint
LSOG Release Management Task
Force
YES
4. July 23, 2002
11:00 AM –
5:00 PM EDT
Mary Fay of
Verizon
Conference Call to review action items
and continues the strategy planning
for future LSOG scheduling.
Issue 2405 Task Force
YES
Virtual Meeting to solve any conflicts
from review of contributions and to
prepare for moving Issue 2405 to
Initial Closure at OBF 79. Determine
release type (paper only or
mechanization impacting) and
schedule Issue Date for immediately
following the LSOG 7 Issue Date.
ADJOURNMENT
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned.
JOINT DSC & LSOP MEETING NOTES DISTRIBUTION
These meeting notes are submitted by Donna Martin, Cap Gemini Ernst
& Young, Local Services Ordering & Provisioning Committee (LSOP)
Administrator, and have been reviewed and approved for distribution by:
Christine Cole
Verizon
Co-Leader, LSOP Committee
Andrew (Andy) Fitzsimmons
AT&T
Co-Leader, DSC Committee
Jim Mahler
Verizon
Co-Leader, LSOP Committee
Sharon Neighbors
SBC-Ameritech
Co-Leader, DSC Committee
Elizabeth Frohse
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
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LSOG Subject Matter Expert,
LSOP Committee
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