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Minutes of JT-6 Color CRT's Committee
January 28, 2002
Chaparral Suites, Scottsdale, AZ

1.0 Committee Organization and Membership


1.1 Agenda additions, changes and priorities
1.1.1 Item added to New Business; request for consideration of drop test for CRTs.

1.2 Membership Changes
1.2.1 Gregor Grosse is to replace Rob Taylor as the primary representative for Schott Glass. Rob Taylor will be retiring.
1.2.2 ECA to check on replacing the previous rep from Philips who has retired. Philips has no participation in the JT committees.
1.2.3 Mr. Mikoski stated that since the companies are the actual members to the committee, the next set of minutes will have an additional table identifying the presence of member companies to make it clearer when a quorum is present.

1.3 Approval of minutes
1.3.1 Task Group report from November 2001 meeting was accepted.
1.3.2 The minutes of the 20 September 2001 meeting in Corning, NY were unanimously approved with the following modifications:
· Item 1.3; change [0 June 2001] to [05 June 2001].
· Item 3.2; change [Report on voting on TEP-102-A] to [Report on voting on TEP-192-A].

1.4 Correspondence
1.4.1 There was no official correspondence to the committee since the last meeting.
1.4.2 Mr. Mikoski mentioned that if any of the members desire quick access to a set of minutes, they simply have to go to the ECA website at http://www.ec-central.org or go to the EIA website at http://www.eia.org and click on the ECA logo at the top of the page.

1.5 Committee Coordination
1.5.1 There was no interest by JT 31 to meet during this time frame in Scottsdale, AZ in conjunction with JT-6 and JT-32. JT-31 plans to meet May 2002 in Boston in conjunction with the SID show.

2.0 International Standards
2.1 The International standards dealing with x-radiation will be addressed in the JT-32 meeting on 29 JAN 2002.

3.0 Standards and Document review
3.1 Report on Voting on TEP-106C
3.1.1 The Chairman to determine resolution of comments of letter ballot 04 JUN 2001 (PN-2434). The committee unanimously voted to have the document proceed to publication subsequent to chairman addressing the editorial comments from the ballot.

3.2 Report on voting on TEP-192-A
3.2.1 The period for voting for should be closed. Chairman Swank will begin resolution of any comments. The committee unanimously voted to have the document proceed to publication subsequent to chairman addressing the editorial comments from the ballot.

3.3 WTDS Electronic Registry Proposal
3.3.1 Mr. Mikoski distributed a list of registrations received from the other participating organizations in the WTDS from 2001 to present. The group felt that this was very helpful, and it should be posted on the website as they are received. It was also agreed to keep the paper distribution of the registrations received from the other participating organizations. This distribution should go out to the JT-6 participants.
3.3.2 Mr. Mikoski reported on the JT-6 Special Task Group meeting on the WTDS registration system. The STG met on 14 November 2001 at EIA headquarters. A report is posted on the ECA website.
3.3.3 A draft layout of the proposed web page was distributed for discussion purposes. The following comments surfaced in the discussion:
3.3.3.1 There should be a gate to either Reservation or Registration . The reservation option should be secured so access is only from the originator and EIA staff. Registration should be open to everyone.
3.3.3.2 What items should be listed in any drop-down boxes will be decided at the next Special Task Group meeting.
3.3.3.3 Each drop-down box should also have an "other" option with a blank to fill out.
3.3.3.4 Items that might be minimum required should be marked with an asterisk.
3.3.3.5 A 6-month time limit should be set for the reservation option with a notice before expiration.
3.3.3.6 There should be the option to save the document in the partially completed state so it could be completed in several visits.
3.3.3.7 It would be preferable to be able to copy a previously completed family registration so that minor changes to create a new registration would not require the necessary completion of an entire form where most of the information already exists.

3.4 Update of EIA-552, "EIA Standards for Electron Tubes"
3.4.1 This document was distributed at this meeting to the committee members for their review and determination as to disposition; reaffirmation, revision, or withdrawal.
3.4.2 In 1995 the document was distributed as an effort to update the document. It was never finalized. The committee decided that since all of the pertinent information in EIA-552 is located in the WTDS registration system and TEP 106, there is no longer a need for 552.
3.4.3 The committee unanimously voted to withdraw EIA-552.

4.0 Task Force for Machine readable Glass Markings
4.1 No action has taken place since the last meeting. The subject of machine-readable glass markings such as laser etching is a subject of interest. Due to priorities, the activity has been dormant, but will remain on the agenda and activate sometime in late 2002. Brian McDaniel looked into obtaining the previous Task Group meeting minutes and reported at this meeting. An unofficial set of notes was obtained from the Task Force and a copy is attached.

5.0 Surface Compression of True Flat CRT's
5.1 How does one define surface compression? Schott will be presenting a paper on the subject at the upcoming SID show. Rob Taylor will make a presentation on this at the Fall meeting of JT-6.

6.0 New Business
6.1 A short discussion pursued on the request from an outside source. Is there interest in the group on developing and industry standard for a tube drop test without packaging? The group decided that at this time there is no desire to expend an effort in this area.
6.2 In addition to the WTDS registration system, there are known registration systems in the following countries: Russia, mainland China, and India.

7.0 Next Meeting
7.1 The Special Task Group on Electronic Registration plans to meet at EIA headquarters late March or early April 2002.

7.2 The next full committee meeting is tentatively scheduled in conjunction with JT-32. To be held at Corning in Corning, NY on 5-6 September 2002. Mikoski will work with Corning committee members to arrange for the hotel and report back to the chairman. Phil Goldman will also check for any possible major event conflicts during that time.

7.3 It was decided by the group that there was no interest in meeting at the upcoming SID show, and the group will move to meeting twice a year.

8.0 Adjournment
8.1 The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 PM

This meeting was conducted in accordance with the EIA Legal Guides and the Manual of Organization and Procedures.

Harry Swank, Chairperson
Signature on file

Edward F. Mikoski, Jr., Secretary
Signature on file

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