[J3] [EXTERNAL] All face to face INCITS or US-hosted ISO meetings cancelled for the rest of 2020

[Bill Long]

> On May 21, 2020, at 2:15 AM, Van Snyder via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2020-05-20 at 22:55 -0700, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach aka wash via J3 wrote:
>> Hello Fortran folks,
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>> INCITS has cancelled all face to face meetings of INCITS committees and US hosted ISO meetings for the rest of the year. Just wanted to give y'all a heads up as I didn't see a post to your mailing lists about this yet.
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> Is INCITS going to extend our membership? We've canceled two meetings so far this year. I'll be retired, and my membership expired before the next meeting. It would be nice to be able to go to two meetings next year in place of two this year that INCITS canceled.

A reasonable point.  However, in your case, Van, you certainly qualify for emeritus membership as an individual (which is free) and I’m sre the committee wold support that..  It allows you to attend meetings and participate. Technically you can’t vote, but that rarely matters in practice anyway.  

But, the issue is relevant for other members, who would normally be getting membership bills in December.  It would be “fair” for INCITS to wave the membership fees for 2021 for those who have paid for 2020.   However, INCITS likes their (our) money, so I wold not expect that is a given. OTOH, airlines, who also like our money, seem to be extending frequent-flyer statuses for a year. 

Cheers,
Bill

 
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>> P.S. I suspect it would be prudent to ensure that any US meeting plans for early 2021 to consider contingencies; for example, deferring non-refundable expenses for as long as possible.
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>> Bryce Adelstein Lelbach aka wash
>> US Programming Language Standards (PL22) Chair
>> ISO C++ Library Evolution Chair
>> CppCon and C++Now Program Chair
>> CUDA Core C++ Libraries (Thrust, CUB, libcu++) Lead @ NVIDIA
>> --
>> 
>> From: Lynn Barra <lbarra at itic.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 10:17
>> To: 'incits-officers at standards.incits.org'
>> Subject: [incits-officers] UPDATED: Notice Regarding INCITS Meetings - Now Virtual through December 31, 2020
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>> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments 
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>> To INCITS Officers –
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>> This notice is a follow up to previous correspondence of April 27th sent to INCITS officers regarding meetings for INCITS Technical Committees, Task Groups and Ad Hocs.
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>> At their May 18, 2020 meeting, the INCITS Executive Board discussed the current requirement for all INCITS meetings to be held virtually through July 31, 2020. It was noted that there are currently several TCs that have in-person or mixed-mode meetings on the calendar for later this year. 
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>> For the safety and health of all, and to allow adequate time for planning and rescheduling, the Executive Board has extended the requirement that all INCITS related meetings shall be virtual through to December 31, 2020.
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>> Chairman are asked to ensure that their committee calendar details are up-to-date to reflect this information.
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>> As a reminder, the frequency of the virtual meetings should be such as to allow committees to be productive and conduct business sufficient to meet the workload. Please keep in mind the requirements for posting meeting notices and agendas, as excerpted below from the INCITS Organization, Polices and Procedures:
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>> 5.1.2        Meeting Notice and Draft Agenda
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>> Meeting notices for all IOEs, except Ad Hocs, shall be distributed no later than four weeks prior to face-to-face meetings and no later than two weeks prior to electronic meetings. All meeting notices shall be posted and distributed using the committee calendar in ICMS. The draft agenda for all IOEs, except Ad Hocs, shall be distributed no later than two weeks prior to the meeting.
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>> Zoom Accounts –
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>> If your TC or TG has not been assigned a Zoom account so you can offer dial-in meeting access, and you would like one, please contact the INCITS Secretariat. Note: After May 30, only Zoom clients on version 5.0 or higher, including Zoom Rooms, will be able to join Zoom Meetings. Those attempting to  join a meeting with non-upgraded Zoom software will be required to carry out the upgrade before joining meetings.
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>> If you have any questions, please contact the INCITS Secretariat.
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>> Regards-
>> 
>> Lynn
>> 

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