TR-42.5 Infrastructure Terms – February 2021

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Organization:   TIA TR-42.5 Subcommittee on Telecommunications Infrastructure Terms and Symbols

Chair:                 Ron Tellas – Belden, (219) 218-5699

Vice Chair:        Diane Forbes – NIS, (503) 246-8585

Date:                   Friday, February 5, 2021, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Central Time)

Location:           Virtual GoToWebinar

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TIA is actively seeking participation in TR-42 standards projects from the user and general interest communities.

• Administration
  • Call to order
  • Attendance (introductions, electronic roster, quorum call

Meeting Code TBD

• Agenda review and approval
• Intellectual property rights (early disclosure policy)

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1.5       Distribution of documents and contributions

The following documents were distributed prior to the meeting on the TR-42.5 FTP site:

• Meeting report review and approval

TR425-2020-10-11

• Old business
• New business
  • Elections
• Next Subcommittee meeting.

The next Subcommittee meeting will be TBD

• Adjournment

AVAILABILITY OF MEETING DOCUMENTS TO NON-MEMBERS:

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AVAILABILITY OF MEETING DOCUMENTS:

TR-42.5 members/participants are instructed to download contributions and other meeting documents from TIA Connect (connect.tiaonline.org) before the meeting.

To access the meeting’s contributions, please follow the directions below:

• Go to tiaonline.org
• Enter your Username (your email address in the TIA database)
• Enter your Password
• Click “LOGIN”
• Click the “Communities” tab and then select “All My Communities”
• Scroll down the page and select “TR-42.5 Telecommunications Infrastructure Terms and Symbols”
• Click on “Documents” and then select the “2021-02 Virtual” folder

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