Notes from the CIP4 General Meeting at the Copenhagen Interop, March 27 2019
Attendance
Four members were present via GoTo Meeting:
Arturo Becerra
Gilbert Leong
Javier Morales
Pete Dyson Duplo
All others who were at the Interop attended the general meeting in person.
CEO Report
Anselm Scherl gave a summary of the issues surrounding CIP4 membership (122 members overall, broken down into various groups), citing possible reasons for member attrition. Additionally, tax status regarding the adjustment of taxes for the organization and the requirement of an additional VAT was also mentioned.
Technical Report
Rainer Prosi gave the Technical Report, with a brief summary of active work items, primarily focused on ICSs. Additionally, the following topics were mentioned:
PrintTalk
automated print procurement ICS
standard job submission for web to print
ICS quality control
color and general quality control
MIS
TSC reorganization, w/ Michel and Dennis being volunteers to read the specification
work with ISO TC130 w/ focus on PDF Metadata-ISO 21812-1
Web To Print and XJDF as potential mid-term ISO standards
Ghent WG
Alignment of Job Ticket related work
Ensure that GWG does not create a parallel Job Ticket
XJDF
Input from ICS Work
Quality Control
JDF 1.6
Print Talk, IP review 3 in progress
There was also mention of uploading any examples to Confluence, stressing that all technical discussions be carried out transparently.
Regarding Interops, it was mentioned that attendance is relatively stable at European meetings, and that a host is still being sought for the Interop to be held in the spring of 2020 (Pre Drupa).
Rainer encouraged participants to register early, as it would encourage others to sign up. Graham Mann suggested including a checkbox for the „maybe“ option on the registration form for Interops, as many who will eventually attend may not be certain about attending early on.
Rainer mentioned the Interop Matrix, and reminded participants to let Windsor Tanner know about any connectivity entries that were new or which needed to be changed.
Anselm spoke about CIP4 having set up a new, small membership class (for companies with fewer than 10 employees) , set to become active in July 2019. He then spoke about operational work DRUPA Fair in Düsseldorf from June 16-26, 2020.
Rainer mentioned a reduced fee for small companies and asked if anyone would be interested in getting a reduced fee for DRUPA.
Anselm spoke briefly about Operational Work (a D&O Policy with CHUBB has been signed and a financial audit completed), and then fielded questions.
Rainer asked if there were any more formal issues to be discussed and debated whether or not time was being wasted with the current schedule/cycle for the general meeting (once a year, at the spring Interops), or whether a phone-in option would be preferable. The decision was made to keep the current cycle for the general meetings.
Interop #37 in Namur
Rainer discussed dates for the next Interop (#37) in Namur. Koen mentioned the possibility of holidays coinciding with the dates for Namur which could complicate the arrangements for the meetings. There were no objections to the dates, and it was agreed that the Interop #37 in Namur will take place from October 21-25, in Namur.
Michel Hartmann suggested everyone click the „I will attend“ button immediately,
Rainer thanked everyone for attending, and then discussed briefly the details of the boat tour for the social event.