APPENDIX 1 of Q15-C-42

	This is an introductory message for the e-mail reflector
covering the work of the Joint Rapporteurs' Group on subjective
and objective audiovisual quality. This group is officially
authorized by the ITU-T Study Groups 9 and 12.  Experts from
ITU-R WP11E are encouraged to participate.  

Send mail to ituvidq@ntia.its.bldrdoc.gov and it will be sent to 
all members on the e-mail list.
If you wish to be added to or taken off the list please send
an e-mail to webster@its.bldrdoc.gov

This reflector will include discussions and work on the following:
	Q10/12 - Subjective methods for evaluating audiovisual quality
		in multimedia services
		Rapporteur: Laura Contin
	Q11/12 - Objective methods for evaluating audiovisual quality
		in multimedia services
		Rapporteur: Arthur Webster
	Q22/9  - Measurement and control of the Quality of Service of 
		digital television transmission on contribution and/or
		distribution networks
		Rapporteurs: Brian Flowers 
			     Alina Karwowska-Lamparska
	Q23/9  - Development of an assessment aid for MPEG2 codecs
		Rapporteur: Richard Prodan

The Co-Chairs of the Joint Rapporteurs' Group are:

	From ITU-T Study Group 12
	Arthur Webster
	U.S.Dept. of Commerce
	325 Broadway, Boulder CO, 80303, USA
	Tel: +1 303-497-3567   Fax: +1 303-497-5323

	From ITU-T Study Group 9
	Dr. Alina Karwowska-Lamparska
	Institute of Telecommunications
	04-894 Warsaw, Poland
	Tel: +48 22 128 419 or 48 22 129 232
	Fax: +48 22 128 180

An anonymous ftp site contains electronic documents such as draft
Recommendations, contributions, papers, and presentations.
Also the complete archive of email messages to this
reflector is in an ascii file: vidqarc

THE ADDRESS:  ftp://its.bldrdoc.gov
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TO DOWNLOAD FILES:
	go to the directory: dist/ituvidq
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	go to the directory: incoming
	put the file here and then 
	announce it on the reflector and/or 
	email webster@its.bldrdoc.gov that you have uploaded a file 
(for questions or problems with this site, email webster@its.bldrdoc.gov)

By the way, my group [Webster] in Boulder (NTIA/ITS.N3) now has a
web page.  It includes numerous documents in the area of objective 
assessment of video quality. Look for it at 
http://its.bldrdoc.gov/n3/video/index.htm