Filiz,
you're asking a mouthful.
Where does this vote take place?
>>Voting is by letter ballot.
How does one get to input their concerns to this group?
>>The draft is published for international comment under WTO rules and
foreign organizations have 60 days to comment. I believe that in the US,
ANSI is the point of inquiry. In Canada it is the SCC.
Is it possible to know their agenda concerning the ratification of TBR21?
>>I have seen that somewhere and don't believe it is a secret.
Are interested parties welcome?(non-members)
>>I have been invited to ETSI lower level meetings as a liaison between
TIA and ETSI on PABX standards. Couldn't vote. Worked very well
and resulted in a document issued by both TIA and ETSI that outlines
the differences in requirements for Europe and North America. You can't
walk in of the street and such liaison must be sanctioned by higher
level policy groups.
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Can anyone supply me with a name (the commitee chairperson)?
>>My information is outdated, but you can probably get it on the ETSI
WEB site.
For the benefit of those who do not work for Lucent, here is a bit of the
torturous
road from "the gleam in the eye" state, to a CTR.
(1) The EC /EFTA decide (with the advice of ACTE) to prepare a CTR
(2) EC/EFTA does provide a Draft Scope for such a technical regulation
(3) ETSI accepts the task of writing a TBR (Technical Basis for
Regulation)
(4) The appropriate ETSI technical committee prepares and approves a draft
TBR
(5) The document now goes in two directions:
(a) An ETSI public inquiry (4 months)
(b) To TRAC, to add regulatory text, if deemed necessary
(c) From TRAC, publication by CEC under GATT procedures (60 days)
(6a) Technical Committee reviews technical comments
(6b) TRAC reviews regulatory comments
(7) ETSI adopts the TBR
(8) TRAC adds regulatory text
(9) ACTE votes on draft
(10) EC and EFTA adopt the TBR as a CTR
Trust that everybody is now confused at a higher level.
Ciao,
Vic Boersma
