To all members of the BSI IST/5/-/15 (Posix) Panel:

	I am  writing  to remind you  of the  next meeting of the Panel,
	which is scheduled to start at 10:00 am on the 8-September-1995
	at:
			X/Open Company Ltd
			Apex Plaza
			Forbury Road
			Reading  RG1 1AX
			Berks.

	Apex Plaza adjoins the British Rail station in Reading.

	This will be a half day meeting.


	An agenda is  given below;  I look forward to seeing  you on the
	8th!

	Dave Cannon
	Convenor, BSI IST/5/-/15 (Posix) Panel
	Phone:	(01392) 263998
	Fax:	(01392) 211630
	Email:	D.Cannon@exeter.ac.uk

	IST/5/-/15's home page can be found on the 'Web at:
		http://www.ex.ac.uk/~DCannon/IST-5-15home.html









							      8-September-1995

	Dear BSI IST/5/-/15 Member


	Enclosed please find the following:

	P286	WG15 N576: CCTA letter - POSIX What is the Future?	CCTA
	P287	IST/5/-/15 Agenda, 8-September-1995
	P288	IST/5/-/15 Minutes, 19-May-1995
	P289	UK Report to ISO WG15, Orlando, 23-27-October
	P290	JTC1 N3599: NP: Guide for POSIX National Profiles and Locales
	P291	IST/5/-/15 (Posix) Panel Report to IST/5		DC


	Schedule of future meetings, 1995:

		23-27 October	ISO JTC-1/SC22/WG15	Florida, USA
		24 November	IST/5/-/15		<No venue fixed>


									P287
    IST/5/-/15 (Posix Panel) Agenda,  8-September-1995
	0. Apologies

	1. Adoption of Agenda:				P287

	2. Approval of Minutes: 			P288

	3. Matters Arising, including Action items:	P286

	4. Progress of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15:		P290
	  . Consideration of ISO ballots:

	    JTC1 N3599:  NP: The guide for POSIX National Profiles and
	    National Locales			       [P290]
	    Letter ballot closes 15-Nov-1995

	    JTC1 N3617: DTR 14252 - Guide to the POSIX OSE (=P1003.0 D18)
	    DTR Ballot.
	    Letter ballot closes 20-Nov-1995

	    SC22 N1896: POSIX-2 (Shell & Utilities) Amd 2 (=P1003.2b D11)
	    PDAM registration and Ballot.
	    Letter ballots close 17-Nov-1995

	    SC22 N1897: POSIX System Administration - Part 2: Software Admin
	    (=P1387.2 D14a)  CD registration and Ballot.
	    Letter ballots close 17-Nov-1995


	  . Actions:
	    SC22 N1843: POSIX - Part 1 System API (C Language) Amd
	    WD for review and comment.

	    SC22 N1898: POSIX Guidelines for Test Methods for Conformance to
	    PASC standards: Revision of 13210 (=P2003 D6.0)
	    WD for review and comment.

	    SC22 N1923: POSIX Test Methods for Shell & Utilities (9945-2:1993)
	    WD for review and comment.
	    [NB: 1500+ pages:  This draft has yet to be received from the SC22
	    secretariat - the first 88 pages are available now].


	  . Status Report of SC22/WG15: 		P289
	    . Actions:
	    . Resolutions:

	5. Progress of IEEE PASC Posix WGs
	  . Consideration of IEEE ballots:
	  . Status Report of IEEE PASC:
	    . Security aspects: 	      (DF)

	6. Rapporteur Groups:
	  . Report of Conformance RG	      (  )
	  . Report of Internationalisation RG (GL)
	  . Report of Profile Coordination RG (PO)

	7. Liaison with other Standards Committees and Panels:
	  . IST/5 Report:		      (DC)	P291
	  . IST/5/-/14 Liaison: 	      (DJ)

	8. Any Other Business