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Conference Call Minutes: May 19, 2005
Participants:
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Tom Parker (TF Chair), BART |
Sean Ricketson, FTA |
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Greg Garback (SI Liaison), WMATA |
Dave Phelps, APTA |
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Carol Wise (Ops Comm Chair), COTA |
Martin Schroeder, APTA |
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Mary Beth Cobleigh-Beal (Ops Vice-Chair) CTA |
Leisa Moniz, Volpe |
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Rick Barrett (Fin Mgmt Vice-Chair), Quattran |
Tim Weisenberger, Volpe |
Roll Call and Meeting Minutes Approval
Tim took the roll. There were no objections to the 4/28 meeting minutes. Tim will submit to APTA for posting on the UTFS web site.
Goals and Objectives:
The goals for the call were to get an update on the UTFS budget and By-laws/IP Policy, hear Committee reports, discuss approaches to WP4+ and magnetic Spec work, and cover the upcoming Rail Standards Policy and Planning Committee meeting and Rail Conference in June.
Budget- Martin Schroeder
Martin reported that the program will have approximately $6K available at the end of FY05. The future budget will be between $207K and $251K for FY06. This range depends on the various travel options APTA is considering and the final SDOC budget to be determined at the June 5 SDOC meeting at the APTA Rail Conference. Discussion of the budget included the note that this would not cover the cost of development of the Magnetic Specification. Martin also stated that given the completion of the deliverables in early 2006, a key use of funding will be industry outreach.
Action- Martin will distribute the final FY06 UTFS budget when available.
Bylaws/IP Policy Update- Martin Schroeder
Martin reported that the Task Force review on 4/7 will end on June 3 and a teleconference will be held at 11AM Eastern Time to discuss and vote on the By-laws and IP Policy. The comments received on the IP Policy have been non-substantive in nature. The only change to the existing By-laws was the inclusion of a reference to the scope document also in review. One comment from PATH is that they don’t want the scope to preclude magnetic specification work. Martin expects to achieve a quorum on the teleconference.
After approval, the By-laws, IP Policy, and scope can be presented to the Rail Standards Policy and Planning Committee and then implementation will begin.
Magnetic Stripe Specification Update- Tom Parker
Tom reported that he had developed a scope document for this effort and sent it to Tim, but has not decided to date to have Tim distribute it. After discussion, the group decided to review the document as a first step.
Action- Tim will distribute the Magnetic Spec scope document to the leadership.
Committee Updates
Fare Media Committee- Tim Weisenberger
No Update. Committee has completed Magnetic Guideline and Procurement Guideline and they are awaiting Task Force review/ballot.
Financial Management Committee- Chung-Chung Tam, Rick Barrett
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WP1- Comment resolution is proceeding. A sub-group is eliminating Limited Use from the spec (placeholder only) and clarifying that security references are guidelines only. These topics must be addressed in the future. WP3- Security Guideline will be final in June for Task Force review/ballot. WP4- Will hold a 2-day face-to-face mtg in Burlington, MA to work on WP4 spec, discuss WP4+ scope and TCIP coordination. ACTION: Martin to present a UTFS-TCIP coordination update at the next leadership call. |
Rick Reported: WP1- Group is meeting to resolve comments. Expect completion by end of calendar year. Gary Yamamura is leading a security and Limited Use "clean up" sub-group. This group will create a LU placeholder and identify all security references as guideline only. The two issues must be addressed in the future. WP3- Security Guideline will be final in June for Task Force review/ballot. WP4- Will hold a 2-day face-to-face mtg from Tue afternoon 5/24-Thu afternoon 5/26 in Burlington, MA. The meeting will focus on WP4 spec work, but the group will also set aside time to examine UTFS-TCIP coordination as well as examine scoping the WP4+ effort. ACTION: Martin was directed to present a UTFS-TCIP coordination update at the next leadership call. |
Operations Committee- Carol Wise
Carol reported:
The Operations Steering Committee will hold a teleconference on May 20 to review the final draft documents.
Special Industry Liaisons- Greg Garback
Greg reported:
Noted that a Wall Street Journal article covering the JP Morgan Chase and AMEX rollouts of millions of contactless smart cards. Greg noted that the financial industry has arrived at a standard for a card reader that will read MasterCard, Visa and AMEX contactless cards.
APTA Rail Conference- All
Tom stated that the Rail Standards Policy and Planning Committee will meet Sunday, June 5 at the conference. Martin pointed out that he has a placeholder for a UTFS meeting at 3:30PM that day as well if the group wants to use it. The group didn’t think there was a need, but Tom decided to keep it on the schedule and will hold discussions if people show up for the meeting.
There will be a standards panel discussion Monday from 1:00-3:30PM. Tim noted that the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council Steering Committee will hold a teleconference Monday, June 6 at 3 PM.
The next TF Leadership call is scheduled for Thursday, June 9 at Noon Eastern Time.
Action Items
- Martin S.- Martin will distribute the final FY06 UTFS budget when available.
- Tim W..- Distribute the magnetic specification scope document to the leadership for review.
- Martin S.- Present a UTFS-TCIP coordination update at the next leadership call.
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