[J3] (SC22WG5.6265) Concerns for WG meetings in 2021

[Bill Long]

> On Aug 7, 2020, at 1:23 PM, Steve Lionel via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
> 
> This is just a heads-up - nothing we need to do quite yet...
> 
> At last week's INCITS PL22 meeting there was extensive discussion about the way ISO is specifying that WG and SC meetings should not be held physically due to the pandemic. What ISO does is restrict physical meetings for the next three months, and then each month extends the window another month. This means that WGs can't plan meetings in as far advance as they normally would, often involving commitments to venues and financial penalties.
> 
> PL22, the US National Body for SC22, wants to ask ISO to specify a longer window for "no physical meetings", but the deadline for adding agenda items for the upcoming SC22 meeting (August 31/September 1) has passed. However... If a WG noted in their report to SC22 that the pandemic poses a schedule risk due to virtual meetings, an NB is allowed to submit a "contribution" connected to such a WG concern - and I did this for WG5 (as did WG21).  So PL22 has tacked onto our annual reports a request that ISO broaden this window to at least March 2021,

Does that affect the J3 meeting in February, 2021?    It would be nice to get feedback from the October, 2020,  meeting before we commit to too many more virtual meetings. 

Cheers,
Bill



> allowing WGs to plan better.
> 
> I have my fingers crossed that by June 2021, when WG5 is scheduled to meet in the UK, we'll be able to do so. But given how the US has handled things so far, I am not making any bets.
> 
> Steve
> 

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