Dear SG16 colleagues,

Since GCL is going to terminate its R&D activities on 31 March 1998 as set out at the time when it was established 5 years ago, we have to close the GCL ftp site that has been used for the Q.12-14/16 experts group.

In this situation, PictureTel has kindly offered to change its mirror site to the primary site. Mr. Bob Webber will continue to manage the operation of this ftp site and I will continue to manage the APC-numbered and other documents stored at this site.

Though the GCL ftp site will be working by the end of this month, please take the following actions right now:

1) For retrieval of the documents, please change the URL to

ftp://standard.pictel.com/avc-site/

or

http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/

from ftp://itu-t:sg15!avc@ftp.gctech.co.jp/

2) For uploading your contributions, please send it to

ftp://standard.pictel.com/avc-site/Incoming/

and send an e-mail to me when you have finished your uploading.

Best regards,

Sakae OKUBO (Mr.) ******************************************************************** Graphics Communication Laboratories Phone: +81 3 5351 0181 6F ANNEX TOSHIN BLDG. Fax: +81 3 5351 0184 4-36-19 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo e-mail: okubo@gctech.co.jp 151-0053 Japan ********************************************************************