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Meeting Minutes
6 October 2015
PARTICIPANTS: 8 voting members present, 6 needed for a quorum. All members of SAC, both elected and
appointed, are voting members. Quorum is a majority of the voting members. Quorum is required for conducting
business.
Key: P (Present); A (Absent); * = eVoted, ** = sent regrets; *** = eVoted & sent regrets
At Large Members Status Ex-OfficioMember Status
Abbott, Jeff – Chair P CC Vice-Chair (TBD)
Igarza, Jean-Louis A***
Marrou, Lance A*** Appointed Members Status
McLean, Thom P Bailey, Grant P
Oates, William P McGlynn, Lana P
Stevens, John P Stutzman, Marcy P
Youngblood, Simone P Guests
2016 Vacancy (1 year) Crash Konwin, ACQM&S PDG P
2016 Vacancy (1 year) Peggy Gravitz, ACQM&S PDG P
2017 Vacancy (2 years) Paul Gustavson, ACQM&S PDG P
Chris McGroarty A**
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Peggy Gravitz announced her resignation from SAC. We thank her for her service on SAC and wish her good
luck!
• On 7/25/15 SISO began using Listserv and discontinued using WebBoard. Listserv does not support message
threading in the same way as WebBoard. No longer are there distinct URLs for a message thread. Continuity is
achieved by selecting "reply" to a message resulting in the same subject. Message subjects are now included in
actions.
• TAD Quarterly Reports - reports covering Jul-Sep 2015 due end of month. Please use discussion topics
established for each group by replying to the last message posted.
• Informational messages are posted on SISO-SAC (public) to meet requirements in SISO-ADM-002:
- SAC Agenda: https://discussions.sisostds.org/index.htm?A2=ind1507&L=SISO-
SAC&F=P&S=&X=6B205CC48A1CF6037F&P=735
- SAC Meeting Minutes: https://discussions.sisostds.org/index.htm?A2=ind1507&L=SISO-
SAC&F=P&S=&X=6B205CC48A1CF6037F&P=73
- SAC uses SISO-SAC-PVT (private) to conduct business with results being published in minutes.
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CC REPORT TO SAC
• CC Vice-Chair report to SAC regarding CC actions. Use this discussion topic:
http://discussions.sisostds.org/threadview.aspx?fid=16&threadid=55908
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Action POC Pri Status
• [04/29/15] Lisa Weisser provided information reference questions asked.
• [04/28/15] Follow up msgs sent on 4/24 and 4/28 to IEEE SA [Lisa Weisser and
Michael Kipness] requesting answers to questions discussed on 4/10.
• [04/13/15] EXCOM vote delayed until response from IEEE SA received and
draft updated/revised.
• [04/10/15] SAC officers addressed comments with IEEE SA.
• [04/09/15] Comments received from one EXCOM member.
• [03/17/15] SAC Chair recommended EXCOM approves. The next EXCOM
meeting will be on 4/13/15.
• [03/17/15] SAC voted unanimously to approve (including 6 eVotes)
• [03/01/15] Please initiate review of draft 2015 IEEE-SA Sponsor Baseline
Policies and Procedures for Standards Development. Be prepared to vote to
approve at 3/17 mtg.
http://discussions.sisostds.org/threadview.aspx?fid=16&threadid=56085
Content Updates Grant 3 • [10/07/15] Grant initiated discussion on SISO-GROUPS-LEADS-OFFICERS-
Bailey PVT.
• [10/06/15] Grant reminded members to comment on 3 options proposed. Marcy
suggested Grant use SISO-GROUPS-LEADS-OFFICERS-PVT to open the
discussions with PDG/PSG officers on combining groups into product lines and
consolidating group/product information on single webpages.
• [09/30/15] Grant summarized progress, provided 3 options, and requested
members’ inputs.
• [09/21/15] SISO EXDIR provided confirmation regarding limited funding
available for webpage updates.
• [09/18/15] SAC officers provided confirmation regarding limited funding
available for webpage updates.
• [09/15/15] Kicked off the discussion. Please contribute ideas using:
Subject: SISO Web Site Content for Groups
• [09/10/15] Initiate discussion for making recommendations for content updates
to group’s pages and for other needed changes both specific and in general.
SISO-STD-015- Jeff 3 • [10/09/15] Be prepared to approve composition of ballot group at 10/20 mtg.
DRAFT Abbott Balloting forecasted for 20 Oct-4 Dec 2015.
Standard for • [10/09/15] SAC balanced ballot group.
Distributed Marcy • [10/06/15] Work continues to balance the ballot group.
Debrief Control Stutzman • [09/18/15] Rcvd ballot registrations from IST, completed TAD Ballot Analysis
Architecture Spreadsheet, working with PDG to balance the ballot group.
• [09/15/15] Requested IST provide the registered ballot pool members.
• [09/14/15] Extension ended on 9/14 without SISO EXDIR publishing the
extended invitation to SISO-ADMIN.
• [09/08/15] Still waiting on SISO EXDIR to publish extended invitation.
• [09/02/15] SAC extended the invitation to ballot for two weeks (ends 9/14/15].
SAC published as LATEST NEWS. SISO EXDIR requested to distribute, as
soon as possible, the extended invitation message via SISO-ADMIN, LATEST
NEWS, SISO LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
CSPI PSG Marcy 3 • [10/08/15] Marcy posted msg asking members to contribute ideas.
Stutzman • [10/06/15] Marcy will post a final message asking members to contribute. This
action will close following the 10/20 mtg. A new action will be opened after
Jeff SAC officers create options for reaching consensus on the road ahead.
Abbott • [09/15/15] Members were asked to contribute to the discussion so consensus can
be reached on a recommended path forward.
Grant • [08/18/15] Members contributing to the discussion online thus far include Jean-
Bailey Louis, Thom, Jeff, and Marcy. Please use the subject “CSPI PSG & SISO-STD-
006-2010” or reply to a message with that subject. First need to determine how
Jean- to solve current problem: there are no CSPI PSG members and thus no PSG to
Louis support SISO-STD-006-2010. Also then need to make recommendations for
Igarza specific changes to SISO-ADM-003-2011 for when the revision gets underway
again after SISO-ADM-002-DRAFT is published.
• [08/11/15] Initiate discussion about what to do with CSPI PSG if at least 5 SISO
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Action POC Pri Status
members do not join and about moving SISO-STD-006-2010 to inactive status if
there is no PSG to support it. Although focused on CSPI PSG, the procedure
established will affect any PSG and any orphaned SISO Standard in the future.
Subject: CSPI PSG & SISO-STD-006-2010
• [08/10/15] SAC Chair emailed all 77 known previous individuals who expressed
interest in SISO-STD-006-2010, CSPI PDG, and/or CSPI PSG; and posted same
msg on SAC-PSG-CSPI. Requested positive replies by 14 Aug. Rcvd 29 email
address failures. Rcvd one reply from Simon Taylor who is no longer a SISO
member nor able to participate in SIWs. He wrote, “However, the main problem
is that most of the people interested in supporting and using the standard don’t
really see themselves within SISO’s remit (or are prepared to pay to be a
member of SISO). The standard is playing a good role in guiding civil
application development however. I continue to find it almost impossible to
attend SIWs as our conference funding continues to be reduced. We are almost
restricted to ACM/IEEE conferences with peer-reviewed proceedings. It’s a
shame but most Universities are in this situation.”
• [08/04/15] Grant reported via email that neither Simon Taylor nor Navonil
Mustafee responded.
• [07/21/15] Grant was not available to report on status of contacting the
individuals previously interested in SISO-STD-006-2010. Jean-Louis reported
Grant emailed Simon Taylor but had not received a reply yet.
• [07/09/15] Grant emailed Simon Taylor and Navonil Mustafee asking the status
of the CSPI PSG.
• [07/07/15: Discussion initiated, documents with proponents (SG TOR, PN)
provided to Grant and Jean-Louis to follow up to determine their status.
• [07/07/15] Email discussion had not yet been initiated. Briefly brought Grant
Bailey up to date.
• [06/16/15] Briefly discussed issue with CSPI PSG (only member is SAC TAD).
Will start email discussion between Jeff, Marcy, Jean-Louis, and Grant to decide
how to move forward. Will update SAC as progress is made.
Heads Up Marcy 3 • [10/05/15] Reviews initiated for SISO-PN-015-DRAFT PN, SISO-REF-061-
Stutzman DRAFT, SISO-REF-052-01-DRAFT. Edited drafts returned to authors for
concurrence: SISO-REF-054-01-DRAFT, SISO-REF-062-00-DRAFT; Edited
drafts requiring additional work by author: SISO-REF-060-DRAFT. This action
is closed. Each individual document under review will be a separate action.
• [09/26/15] Received additional draft product:
SISO-REF-063-00-DRAFT, C2SIM PSG Annual Report
• [09/15/15] Requested TADs that have not seen an annual report from supported
PSG to remind the PSG of the requirement. Received two additional drafts
following the meeting:
SISO-REF-054-01-DRAFT HLA Evolved PSG Annual Report
SISO-REF-062-00-DRAFT DSEEP/DMAO PSG Annual Report
• [0913/15] Received additional draft product:
SISO-REF-052-01-DRAFT CMSD PSG Annual Report
• [09/01/15] Received three draft products on 9/1. Will review to ensure they are
ready for SAC review. Watch for announcements for:
SISO-REF-061-DRAFT Human Performance Markup Language SG Final
Report
SISO-PN-015-DRAFT Human Performance Markup Language
SISO-REF-060-DRAFT PDMS SSG Annual Report
Fill 2nd 2017 at Jeff 1 • [09/17/15] SAC Chair recommends EXCOM approves the at its 10/13 mtg.
large position Abbott • [09/15/15] SAC voted unanimously (including 4 eVotes) to approve Christopher
McGroarty. SAC Chair will recommend EXCOM approves on 10/13.
• [09/10/15] Be prepared to vote to approve SAC Chair recommendation to fill a
vacant 2017 at large position by appointing Christopher McGroarty, Chief
Engineer for Advanced Simulation and Deputy Technology Program Manager
of the Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research and Experimentation
(MATREX),at the Army Research Laboratory, Human Research and
Engineering Directorate, Simulation and Training Technology Center (ARL
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HRED STTC) (see https://www.csiac.org/author/christopher-mcgroarty)
Dissolve SCM Marcy 1 • [09/17/15] SAC Chair recommends EXCOM approves the at its 10/13 mtg.
PDG Stutzman • [09/15/15] SAC approved unanimously (including 4 eVotes). SAC Chair will
recommend EXCOM approves on 10/13.
• [09/10/15] Please be prepared to vote to dissolve the Simulation Conceptual
Modeling PDG. IAW SISO-ADM-003-2011, 4.1.9 Dissolution of a PDG, the
PDG determined it was unable to complete the proposed products and voted
unanimously to dissolve on 9/13/15 during its F2F meeting at 2015 Fall SIW.
SAC Vice-Chair Jeff 1 • [09/17/15] SAC Chair recommends EXCOM approves the at its 10/13 mtg.
& Secretary Abbott • [09/15/15] SAC voted unanimously to approve Marcy Stutzman to serve as
Vice-Chair/Secretary. SAC Chair will recommend EXCOM approves on 10/13.
• [09/10/15] Please be prepared to elect a Vice-Chair and Secretary at the 9/15
mtg. All SAC members are eligible. The Chair and Vice Chair must be different
individuals, and one also may serve as Secretary if SAC approves. Self-
nominations are opened.
SISO-GUIDE- Marcy 0 • [09/14/15] SISO EXDIR published invitation to join two ballot groups.
003-00-DRAFT Stutzman Registration ends 10/14/15. This action is closed.
& • [09/08/15] Still waiting on SISO EXDIR to publish invitation
SISO-STD-016- Grant • [09/02/15] SISO EXDIR requested to distribute as soon as possible via SISO-
00-DRAFT Bailey ADMIN, LATEST NEWS, SISO LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter.
• [08/21/15] Revised SISO-GUIDE-003-00-DRAFT provided to IST.
Approval to enter • [08/20/15] Guidance from SAC provided to PDG, PDG responded and will
ballot product provide revised SISO-GUIDE-003-00-DRAFT.
phase • [08/18/15] SISO-GUIDE-003-00-DRAFT discussion: Comments raised
included the “TBD” in 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7. SAC to provide PDG with some
suggestions for resolving the comments. SAC also to ensure the PDG
understands that each time a SISO-STD or SISO-GUIDE product is revised,
e.g., to add information, a new version is created and must be balloted.
• [08/18/15] SAC voted to approve SISO-GUIDE-003-00-DRAFT entering the
ballot product phase pending resolution of SAC comments: 1 abstain, all other
approved (including 5 eVotes).
• [08/18/15] SAC voted unanimously (including 5 eVotes) to approve SISO-STD-
003-00-DRAFT entering the ballot product phase.
• [08/07/15] SISO-GUIDE product “family” updated to add “member”.
• [08/04/15] Initiate review of SISO-STD-016-00-DRAFT circulation package.
Be prepared to vote to approve entering the ballot phase at 8/18 mtg.
• Subject: SISO-STD-016-00-DRAFT Circulation Package
• [07/29/15] Initiate review of SISO-GUIDE-003-DRAFT circulation package. Be
prepared to vote to approve entering the ballot phase at 8/18 mtg
• Subject: SISO-GUIDE-003-DRAFT Circulation Package
• [07/09/15] UCATT PDG submitted circulation package materials and requested
approval to enter ballot product phase. Watch for a message with the checklist.
Tentatively, the vote to approve entering ballot product phase will occur on 8/4.
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SSG Annual Marcy • [10/04/15] Please review suggested updates/revisions to the SSG Annual Report template.
Report Stutzman Please provide specific comments for needed changes.
Template
• Next Meeting: Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM BST / 5:00 PM CEST
• Adjourn: 11:59 AM EST
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Date Approved CY
# Product Number Product Title (mm/dd/yy) Quarter
1. SISO-REF-057-2015 Final Report for the Layered Simulation Architecture Study 01/12/15 1Q
Group
2. SISO-REF-058-2015 Final Report for the Architecture Neutral Data Exchange Model 02/09/15 1Q
Study Group
3. SISO-REF-010-2015 Reference for Enumerations for Simulation Interoperability, 04/13/15 2Q
Version 21
4. SISO-REF-010.1-2015 Operations Manual for the Enumerations Working Group, 04/13/15 2Q
Version 3
5. SISO-PN-008-2015 Product Nomination for Standardization of Urban Combat 04/13/15 2Q
Advanced Training Technologies (UCATT) Architecture
External Interfaces for Live Simulation Instrumented Training
Interoperability
6. SISO-STD-007-2008 Standard for Military Scenario Definition Language, 05/11/15 2Q
Reaffirmed
7. SISO-PN-014-2015 Product Nomination for Space Reference Federation Object 05/11/15 2Q
Model Version 1.0
8. SISO-STD-001-2015 Standard for Guidance, Rationale, and Interoperability 08/10/15 3Q
Modalities for the Real-time Platform Reference Federation
Object Model, Version 2.0
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Date Approved CY
# Product Number Product Title (mm/dd/yy) Quarter
9. SISO-STD-001.1-2015 Standard for Real-time Platform Reference Federation Object 08/10/15 3Q
Model, Version 2.0
10. SISO-REF-059-00- Reference for UCATT Ammunition Table 09/01/15 4Q
2015
11. IEEE Std 1278.2-2015 Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) - 09/03/15 4Q
Communication Services and Profiles
SAC tracks accomplishments per Calendar Year Quarter to enable quarterly reporting to Sponsors.
Accomplishments are defined as all SISO Products processed through SAC and approved by EXCOM.
1Q – Jan-Feb-Mar | 2Q – Apr-May-Jun | 3Q – Jul-Aug-Sep | 4Q – Oct Nov Dec