Agenda

Wednesday Morning – July 20, 2005 Room: Granville

Subject			Presenter		Comments
Call VSO meeting to order Introductions, Agenda Review Announcements, Minutes Approval			Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair		Elwood called the meeting together and asked members to introduce themselves. After introductions no announcements were made. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved as written.
IP Issues - Patent Policy Review - Call for Patent Disclosures			Elwood Parson, Chair		Elwood reviewed the VITA and ANSI patent policy and asked for patent disclosures. None were made.
Collaborative Tools		John Rynearson, VITA		John expressed Ray’s regrets that he could not attend the meeting. Ray looks forward to seeing members at the September meeting. VITA is working with Motorola to come up with a way for certain VITA 41 patents to be made available under RAND terms. Some members have received a letter from Scanner re: certain ball grid array patents. Members should consult with their legal counsel. One approach might be to seek indemnification from their BGA manufacturer and refer Scanner to the manufacturer.
Fiber Optics Presentation		Andy Spence, Amphenol		See presentation. Review of fiber optic connectors being proposed for VITA 46.
VITA 17.2, 10 Gbit Serial FPDP Report		Ron Taulton, Curtiss-Wright		Ron Taulton reported that the VITA 17.2 activity was being reorganized.
VITA 41, VXS Report		Mac Rush, Motorola		See presentation. Mac Rush reported for Bob Tufford. He reviewed the status of the VITA 41 proposed standards. VITA 41.0 is almost ready for ANSI, VITA 41.3 comments have been addressed and new rev sent for review, 41.11 was balloted with all approvals. This draft will be reviewed again in 6 months before proceeding to ANSI.
VITA 41.5/42.5 Aurora on VXS and XMC Report		Andy Reddig, Tek Microsystems, Inc.		See presentation. Aurora provides a broad data pipe from point to point. It is light weight and has minimum FPGA requirements. It is not a switched fabric. Andy is putting together the initial proposal. Andy discussed whether it made sense to break Aurora out into a standalone standard with individual pin assignment standards for 41, 42, and 46.
VITA 42, XMC Update		Andy Reddig, Tek Microsystems, Inc.		See presentation. Andy Reddig reported for Greg Novak. He gave a review of connector issues and discussed the justification for making VITA 42.0 a trial use standard. Connector issues are encapsulated in the base standard so trial use wouldn’t affect dot standards. Andy made a motion which was seconded. John Rynearson provided some background on trial use standards. The vote was to move VITA 42.0 to trial use status – 30 FOR, 0 AGAINST, 4 ABSTAIN.
VITA 46, VPX Status Report	Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright			See presentation. Review of VITA 46. Review of agenda items for afternoon working group meeting.
*** BREAK ***
VITA 48, ERDI	Randy Banton, Mercury Computer			See presentation. Randy noted that VITA 48.0, .1, and .2 have finished working group ballots.
VITA 49, Digital IF, Project Review	Stephen Pereira, Mercury Computer			See presentation. Review of VITA 49 efforts.
VITA 50, Cooling	Rex Harvey, Parker Hannifin			Rex is working to get the initial draft in place.
VITA 51, Reliability Prediction	Charles Falardeau, Curtiss-Wright			See presentation. Review of VITA 51.
VITA 52, Lead Free	Lori Bechtold, Boeing			See presentation. Lori presented the report for Rodger Bird.
*** LUNCH ***
VITA 53, Market Surveillance	Steven Cecil, CRANE			See presentation. Steve is planning either an all day or half day meeting for September.
VITA 54, EPMA	Ken Boyette, Critia			See presentation. Ken talked about goals and the scope of the effort.
VITA 46 Working Group Meeting	Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright			See VITA 46 minutes.
VITA 48 Working Group Meeting				See VITA 48 minutes.
VITA 50 Working Group Meeting				Meeting canceled.
Adjourn Meetings

Breakfast – 7:00 to 8:00 AM

Thursday, July 21, 2005 Room: Granville

Subject	Presenter
Call Meeting to Order Announcements, etc.	Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair	Elwood called the meeting to order at 8:15 AM.
Other Business	John Rynearson, VITA	John reviewed future meetings for 2005, collaborative software, and scheduled meetings VITA 42, VITA 51, and the VMG.
VITA 46 Update	Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright	Stewart gave a brief update of the results of the Wednesday working group meeting. See presentation.
Adjourn VSO Meeting	Elwood Parsons	There being no more business the meeting was adjourned.