VSO Meeting - Holiday Inn
Select, Orlando, FL
Wednesday, March 14, and Thursday, March
15, 2007
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Subject |
Presenter |
Comments |
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Call VSO meeting to order Introductions, Agenda Review Announcements, Minutes Approval |
Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair |
Elwood called the meeting to order and asked
members to introduce themselves.
See attendance list. The
agenda was reviewed and accepted as presented. The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted. |
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VSO Elections |
John Rynearson, Tech Dir, VITA |
John announced that Elwood Parsons and Melissa
Heckman agreed to stand for chair and vice-chair of the VSO for the 2007
year. No other names were placed
in nomination. The VSO voted
unanimously in favor of electing Elwood and Melissa to the positions of chair
and vice-chair respectively. |
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Standards Report |
John Rynearson, Tech Dir, VITA |
See presentation. John noted that IEEE 1386, CMC, and
1386.1, PMC, had been administratively withdrawn by the IEEE. After discussion the group asked John
to find out how to reactivate these standards since they are still in wide
use. John noted that ANSI/VITA
30.1 is up for its 5 year review.
Standards may be withdrawn, reaffirmed, or revised. A motion was made to reaffirm
ANSI/VITA 30.1. After discussion
the VSO voted all-in-favor to reaffirm ANSI/VITA 30.1. John will begin the reaffirmation
process with ANSI. |
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Review of Ex Ante Procedures |
John Rynearson, Tech Dir, VITA |
See presentation
and FAQ. John read VITAÕs patent policy announcement and ask
for patent disclosures. No
disclosures were made. John announced a declaration for patented
technology in VITA 46 had been filed by Tyco. Members desiring a copy should request one via email to
John. John also reminded members
that Mercury Computer had one essential patent for VITA 48 and had announced
several non-essential patents.
Mercury indicated that the non-essential patents were not available
for licensing under VITAÕs patent policy. |
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Working Group Reports |
(15 Minutes Each) |
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VITA 17.2, 10 Gbit Serial FPDP Report |
Ralph Barrera, Curtiss-Wright |
See presentation. |
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VITA 41.6, VXS Control Plane |
Michael Bonato, DRS-SS |
See presentation. |
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VITA 41.7, Processor Mesh |
Michael Munroe, Elma Bustronic |
No report. |
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VITA 42 Status |
Andy Reddig, TEK Micro |
Report presented
by John Rynearson for Andy Reddig. |
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VITA 46, VPX Status Report |
Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright |
See presentation. |
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VITA 47r1 Status Report |
Dan Golden, Boeing |
See presentation. |
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VITA 48, REDI |
Mike Gust, Mercury Computer |
Rex Harvey gave the report for for Mike Gust. See presentation. |
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VITA 49, Digital IF |
Bob Normoyle, DRS-SS |
No report. |
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VITA 50, Cooling |
Rex Harvey, Parker Hannifin |
Rex noted the lack of progress. John Rynearson suggested that VITA 50
become a web presence that has hyperlinks to new cooling technology. Elwood Parsons suggested an Òice
cubeÓ icon. The web page would
use RexÕs hierarchy to organize links. |
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VITA 51, Reliability Prediction |
Elwood Parsons |
Elwood Parsons reported for Lori Bechtold on VITA
51. See presentation. |
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*** Lunch *** |
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VITA 53, Market Surveillance |
Stephen Cecil, CRANE |
See presentation. |
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VITA 55 Aurora on VME Report |
Andy Reddig, Tek Microsystems, Inc. |
No report given. |
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VITA 56, EMC |
David Slaton, GE |
David Pepper reported on VITA 56 for David
Slaton. See presentation. New working group time - 11 AM ET. |
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VITA 57 Status |
Malachy Devlin, Nallatech |
Elwood presented report for Malachy. See presentation. |
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VITA 58, Electronic Module Integration |
Michael Humphrey, AP Labs |
Gerard Drewek, General Dynamics, presented for Mike
Humphrey. See presentation. General discussion about how to proceed. Group will try to define effort in
more detail at tomorrowÕs working group meeting. |
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Adjourn VSO Meeting |
Elwood Parsons |
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Working Group Meetings |
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VITA 46/VITA 42 Working Group Meeting |
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See VITA website for working group minutes. |
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VITA 46 Working Group Meeting |
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VITA 47R1 Ballot Review |
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VITA 48 Working Group Meeting |
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Adjourn Meetings |
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Breakfast – 7:00 to 8:00 AM
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Subject |
Presenter |
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Call Meeting to Order Announcements, etc. |
Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair |
Elwood called the meeting to order at 8:05
AM. |
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Future Meeting Schedule |
John Rynearson, VITA |
See VITA website for VSO meeting schedule for
2007. |
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VSO Meeting Adjournment |
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VITA 58 Working Group Meeting |
Gerald Drewek, General Dynamics |
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