stds-802-16: ballot pool for IEEE SCC14 ("Quantities, Units, and LetterSymbols")
>Dear IEEE Standards Sponsor Chair/Working Group Chair:
>
>We would like to bring to your attention the creation of a new entry
>on the IEEE ballot pool sign-up form: SCC14. The name of SCC14
>Standards Coordinating Committee 14/Quantities Units and Letter
>Symbols and its scope of activity is:
>
>Studies questions regarding quantities, units and systems of
>measurement; prepares recommendations and standards on these
>matters; and provides current information on quantities and units to
>all organizations preparing IEEE Standards.
>
>SCC14 maintains the American National Standard for Metric Practice,
>and advises all IEEE entities on questions regarding metric
>practices and the application of the International System of Units
>(SI).
>
>You can find the ballot pool sign-up form at
>http://standards.ieee.org/db/balloting/ballotform.html.
>
>SCC14, as one of the Standards Coordinating Committees of the IEEE,
>represents an activity of broad interest to multiple IEEE Societies.
>The availability of SCC14 on the ballot pool sign-up form further
>facilitates its efforts in the areas of IEEE standardization.
>
>Please note that SCC14 currently has one project that it is open for
>invitation. Due to the timing of this invitation, we attach it
>below. Please forward it to standards volunteers who might be
>interested in this ballot, and encourage them to sign up for future
>SCC14 ballots by using the sign-up form.
>
>Thank you for your assistance and participation in this activity,
>
>
>Invitation to Ballot
>====================
>
>The Standards Coordinating Committee 14 (SCC14) on Quantities, Units
>and Letter Symbols
>invite you to ballot on the following:
>
>Title: P260.1 Revision: Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI*
>Units, Customary Inch-Pound Units, and Certain Other Units)
>
>Scope: The standard covers letter symbols for units of measurement.
>The symbols given are intended for all applications, including use
>in text and equations, in graphs and diagrams, and on panels,
>labels, and nameplates.
>
>Purpose: The existing standard on unit symbols will be updated to
>conform to recent international recommendations, and the section on
>limited-character sets will be revised to include recommendations
>that are applicable for e-mail.
>
>If you are interested in participating in this electronic ballot,
>you must respond by 2003-02-06, 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
>
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>
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