VSO Meeting

Chaparral Suites

Scottsdale, AZ

Wednesday, May 16,

and Thursday, May 17, 2007

	Subject	Presenter	Comments
	Call VSO meeting to order Introductions, Agenda Review Announcements, Minutes Approval	Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair	Elwood called the meeting to order at 8:05 AM and asked members to introduce themselves. After introductions the agenda was reviewed. John noted that David Brumbaugh, Boeing, was not able to attend the meeting. His presentation will be postponed to a future meeting. Jerry Gipper was added to the agenda to report on current VITA marketing efforts. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved as written.
	VSO Presentations, VITA Patent Policy, ITAR Issues, and other stuff	John Rynearson, VITA	John Rynearson discussed a number of issues governing the conduct of the meeting. See presentation.
	Executive Report	Ray Alderman, VITA	Ray discussed the status of VITA’s ex-ante policy in ANSI and VITA’s review of ITAR and other export issues.
	Standards Report	John Rynearson, Tech Dir, VITA	See presentation.
	VITA Marketing	Jerry Gipper, VITA	Jerry discussed VITA’s marketing efforts, recent press releases, and the status of the new product directory.
	Card & Line Replaceable Module EMC Requirements	David Brumbaugh, Boeing	Unfortunately, David had to cancel his travel plans at the last moment and could not attend the meeting. David’s presentation will be schedule for a future meeting.
	VSO/PICMG Areas of Mutual Interest	Dick Somes, PICMG	Dick discussed various areas of mutual interest between PICMG and the VSO including PICMG’s interest in developing a channel specification standard. See presentation. Ray voiced his concern regarding IP issues related to information sharing. Legal counsell will be consulted to determine if a way of sharing data without IP concerns is available.
	*** BREAK ***
	Working Group Reports	(10 Minutes Each)
	VITA 17.2, 10 Gbit Serial FPDP Report	Ralph Barrera, Curtiss-Wright	See presentation.
	VITA 41.6, VXS Control Plane	Michael Bonato, DRS-SS	See presentation.
	VITA 41.7, Processor Mesh	Michael Munroe, Elma Bustronic	Melissa Heckman presented for Mike Munroe. See presentation.
	Proposal for VITA 41.8, "VXS 10 Gigabit Ethernet Protocol Layer Standard"	Andy Reddig, TEK Micro	See presentation.
	VITA 42 Status	Andy Reddig, TEK Micro	See presentation.
	VITA 46, VPX Status Report	Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright	See presentation. Stewart announced that he has accepted a job outside of the embedded computer industry and proposed that Jing Kwok take over as chair of the VITA 46 working group. Working group members thanked Stewart for his efforts on behalf of VITA 46 and wished him success in his new position.
	VITA 47r1 Status Report	Dan Golden, Boeing	John Rynearson reported for Dan Golden. Ballot solicitation is complete and ANSI balloting for VITA 47r1 will begin shortly.
	VITA 48, REDI	Mike Gust, Mercury Computer	See presentation.
	*** LUNCH ***
	VITA 49, Digital IF	Bob Normoyle, DRS-SS	See presentation.
	VITA 50, Cooling	Rex Harvey, Parker Hannifin	No report.
	VITA 51, Reliability Prediction	Lori Bechtold, Boeing	See presentation.
	VITA 53, Market Surveillance	Stephen Cecil, CRANE	See presentation.
	VITA 55 Aurora on VME Report	Andy Reddig, Tek Microsystems, Inc.	No report.
	VITA 56, EMC	David Slaton, GE	Chris Eckert presented for David Slaton. See presentation. GE has decided to remove their sponsorship of VITA 56. VITA 56 will revert to a study group status.
	VITA 57 Status	Malachy Devlin, Nallatech	No report.
	VITA 58, Electronic Module Integration	Michael Humphrey, AP Labs	See presentation.
	Adjourn VSO Meeting	Elwood Parsons
Working Group Meetings
	VITA 46/42 Working Group Meeting		This meeting was canceled.
	VITA 46 Working Group Meeting		See working group minutes.
	VITA 48 Working Group Meeting		See working group minutes.
	Adjourn Meetings

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Breakfast – 7:00 to 8:00 AM

Subject	Presenter
Call Meeting to Order Announcements, etc.	Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair	Elwood called the meeting to order at 8:15 AM. The agenda was reviewed.
Future Meeting Schedule	John Rynearson, VITA	John discussed future meetings and asked members to think about venues for 2008.
VSO Meeting Adjournment		The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 AM.
Breakout Meeting Room	Main Meeting Room
VITA 51, Reliability Prediction	VITA 58, Electronic Modules
(See working group minutes.)	(See working group minutes.)