From owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk Wed Dec 3 17:22:22 2003 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) id hB3GMM5D006891 for sc22docs-domo; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:22:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from email1.ansi.org ([12.15.192.5]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) with ESMTP id hB3GMEEt006886 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:22:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mdeane@ansi.org) Received: by rpb2.nycrnybb.ispnetinc.net with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:06:27 -0500 Message-ID: From: Matthew Deane To: "'SC 22 Distribution List'" Subject: SC 22 N 3686 - Summary of Voting on SC 22 N 3619, Free Standards Group Request for Category A Liaison with JTC 1/SC 22 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:06:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3686 TITLE: Summary of Voting on SC 22 N 3619 - Free Standards Group Request for Category A Liaison with JTC 1/SC 22 DATE ASSIGNED: 2003-12-03 SOURCE: SC 22 Secretariat BACKWARD POINTER: DOCUMENT TYPE: Summary of Voting PROJECT NUMBER: N/A STATUS: Category A liaison status has been approved by JTC 1/SC 22 members. This request will be sent to JTC 1 for approval. ACTION IDENTIFIER: ACT DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: SC 22 N3619 DISTRIBUTION FORM: Def Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat Matt Deane ANSI 25 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 642-4992 Fax: (212) 840-2298 Email: mdeane@ansi.org ____end of cover page, beginning of summary of voting___________ SUMMARY OF VOTING ON Letter Ballot Reference No: SC22 N3619 Circulated by: JTC 1/SC22 Circulation Date: 2003-08-19 Closing Date: 2003-11-19 SUBJECT: Summary of Voting on SC 22 N 3619, Free Standards Group Request for Category A Liaison with JTC 1/SC 22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The following responses have been received on the subject of approval: "P" Members supporting sending the Category A liaison request to JTC 1 for approval 10 (Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Ukraine, USA) "P" Members supporting sending the Category A liaison request to JTC 1 for approval, with comments - "P" Members not supporting sending the Category A liaison request to JTC 1 for approval 2 (Canada, United Kingdom) "P" Members abstaining 1 (Switzerland) "P" Members not voting 12 (Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Italy, DPR of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia) ___________ end of summary, beginning on NB comments _____________ Canada Canada votes no on the issue of a category A liaison between the Free Standards Group (FSG) and SC22 at this point in time.We would change our vote to yes if the liaison is a category C liaison. We understand that FSG is working with POSIX, C, C++ and internationalization, but at this point in time none of the convenors of the respective WG's have had any standardization contact with FSG, and none of our national body members have any contact with FSG relating with the standardization of these languages and OS's. It therefore does not appear that FSG is doing significant standards work in any of these topic areas. We therefore find that it is inappropriate to initiate contact between FSG and SC22/WG14, WG21, WG20 or WG15 through such a category A liaison. Should FSG and some of these WG's begin working together and feel that multiple Category C liaisons would be needed we would be willing to consider a category A liaison instead. United Kingdom Whilst the UK is voting No on this ballot as it believes a Category A liaison is inappropriate, the UK recognizes that there are significant benefits in a liaison between JTC1 and the Free Standards Group and recommends that the Free Standards Group submit a Category C liaison request.