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1 USNC/TMC December 2010 US NATIONAL COMMITTEE/IEC TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (TMC) Minutes UL Office, Research Triangle Park, NC Wednesday, 8 September 2010 (9:00am 4:00pm (EDT) (Meeting # 31) Members Present Bob Williams (Chairman) USNC, VP TMC UL John Abbott Member, USNC TMC Philips Healthcare David Aho Member Cooper Power Systems Sonya Bird Member UL Wynn Bowman Member (ECCB) Star Associates Int l Al Brazauski Member UL Terry de Courcelle Member IEEE William Fiske Member Intertek John Freudenberg Member Hypertherm Inc. (NEMA) John D Green Member Cooper Lighting (NEMA) Megan A Hayes Member CEA Don Heirman Member (US EMC Stds) Don HEIRMAN Consultants Tuong M. Nguyen Member Therm-O-Disc (NEMA) Florence Otieno Member TIA Ron Reimer Member Rockwell Automation Charley Robinson Member ISA Steve Swanson Member Corning Charlie Zegers USNC General Secretary ANSI Tony Zertuche USNC Deputy General Sec. ANSI 1

2 Guests Participating Jean Baronas* SG #1 Alternate Sony Electronics Ken Caird* USNC Rep. SG3 GE Energy Steven Cornish* ISO TMB Rep. ANSI Gene Eckart* COPANT TC 151 & 152 NEMA Lois M Ferson Retired ISA Former TMC Member, HLM Gerald J Fitzpatrick Council Member NIST George A Gulla* VP, Publications ANSI Paul Hamilton* SG #1 Representative Schneider Electric Luis I Hernandez ANCE Mexican National Committee Susan Hoyler Council Member QUALCOMM, Inc. F K Kitzantides IEC VP Chmn. SMB NEMA Joseph Koepfinger* USNC Rep. SB 1 Koepfinger Consulting Gary Kushnier VP, International Policy ANSI J E Matthews USNC President Corning Incorporated Alec McMillan USNC VP Finance Rockwell Automation Brian Meincke * Sr. Director, Membership ANSI Ed Mikoski Council Member ECA/EIA Josip Novkovic TAG Sec, IEC/TC 105 CSA Standards Rich Pescatore Council Member Hewlett-Packard Phil Piquera Council Member GE Stanley H Salot Council Member ECCB Alvin Scolnik Council Member NEMA Gary Schrempp Council Member Dell, Inc Lori L Tennant Council Member Schneider Electric NA/Square D David Vasko Secretary, IEC/SC 65B Rockwell Automation Jack Wells Council Member Pass & Seymour/Legrand John W Young Council Member Siemens Industry * = Via Teleconference = Part Time 2

3 Members Not Participating Ken Gettman Member NEMA William F Hanrahan Member Consultant (EIA) Bernie Liebler Member AdvaMed James C. Powell Member Agilent Section 1 Organizational Matters 1.1 Welcome, Opening Remarks and Introductions (R A Williams) Bob Williams called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) and welcomed everyone to UL and to RTP, North Carolina. He specifically welcomed Luis Ivan Hernandez Becerril of ANCE, the SMB candidate from the Mexican National Committee, who would be giving a presentation later on in the agenda. Mr. Williams then called out the names of the US recipients of the IEC 1906 Award who would be awarded at the Council meeting the next day. Before moving onto the Approval of Consent Agenda, Mr. Williams announced that Charlie Zegers had received an award from the Standards Engineering Society (SES) which was presented to him by Sonya Bird. Mr. Zegers was made an Honorary Life Member of SES for his outstanding contributions to US Standardization. 1.2 Approval of Agenda (USNC/TMC 655) Approval of Consent Agenda The Chairman called attention to the Consent Agenda (USNC/TMC 655) and asked if any items should be removed for detailed discussion. None were suggested. VOTED #1 To approve the Consent Agenda (USNC/TMC 655) (This motion was approved unanimously.) Approval of Balance of the Agenda (USNC/TMC 655) Mr. Williams invited any additions or changes to the balance of the agenda and none were suggested. It was moved, seconded and VOTED #2 To approve the Balance of the Agenda (USNC/TMC 655) (This motion was approved unanimously.) Section 2 - Status of Outstanding Action Items (T Zertuche) 2.1 Action Item #1 T Zertuche Bob Williams requested that the TMC submit any ideas or current organizational policies regarding travel safety to Tony Zertuche by mid-july and asked that a group be formed to address the issue. Sonya Bird, Bill Fiske and Jim Matthews volunteered to join and help in the task. Status: Completed - See Section 3.2 3

4 2.2 Action Item #2 T Zertuche Bob Williams announced that the recommendation that the USNC/ANSI should develop a policy regarding the Wassenaar Agreement should be passed on to Patricia Griffin, ANSI Legal Counsel for review. Status: Completed - See Section Action Item #3 T Zertuche It was decided that the issue of a possible USNC policy on the Wassenaar Agreement should be addressed by the USNC Officers at their next meeting after Ms. Griffin has had a chance to review and comment on how or if ANSI and/or the USNC should proceed with the development of such a policy. Status: Completed See Section 5.5 Section 3 Presentations 3.1 Presentation by Luis Ivan Hernandez Becerril, ANCE, Mexican National Committee (L. Hernandez) Luis Ivan Hernandez gave a presentation (ATTACHMENT A) on behalf of the Mexican National Committee to the TMC. Mr. Hernandez s presentation focused on the MNC s history, structure (including the current status of the MNC Officers), committees and participation in IEC. The report also included the organization s relationship with the Mexican federal government and with the various standardization bodies. Finally, Mr. Hernandez outlined the different ways in which the USNC and MNC can successfully collaborate in the future. Afterwards, he fielded questions having to do with Mexican participation in the different technical areas of household appliances, medical devices and fiber optics. Mr. Hernandez explained that, regarding participation, the MNC s current goal is to convince the various Mexican manufacturers that engaging in IEC activities does not have to mean added expenses. 3.2 Presentation by Sonya Bird, UL, TMC Task Force on Possible Development of a Travel Advisory to Dangerous Places Sonya Bird provided a brief report on the Task Force s collection of information and resulting preliminary proposal on whether or not scheduled meetings of IEC/TCs & SCs should be cancelled, postponed or moved during times of natural or civil unrest. Ms. Bird reported that while a good number of policies from the various member organizations were submitted to the Task Force, there were not very many suggestions for an official proposal. Task Force member Jim Matthews suggested that this was probably not a case where a one-size-fits-all solution would be found. Many of the members felt that perhaps the status quo of organizations deciding what s best for their workers would be the best of the choices submitted. Ultimately, it was decided that the TMC would continue to submit organizational policies and suggestions for a travel advisory proposal for the IEC to the Task Force for the period of one month. (ACTION ITEM #1). 4

5 Section 4 - Standardization Management Board (SMB) Reports SMB Strategic Group #1 - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resources (J. Baronas) Jean.Baronas reported that the latest recommendations from SG #1 pertaining to SMB Decision 137/8, specifically the re-revised Recommendations 15, 18 and 20, had not been acted upon by the SMB and that all three recommendations would most likely be abandoned completely. The SMB approved SG 1 Recommendations: 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 and noted that the SMB/SG 3 is addressing Recommendation 29 on Smart Meters. Ms. Baronas also outlined that the status and future mission of SG #1 itself would be decided upon at the upcoming IEC General Meeting in Seattle. Questions arose regarding the idea of retooling or re-chartering the mission of SG #1 to address the very real need that this kind of group (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) continue into the future. Should the SMB establish a more permanent group? Or are the concerns of energy efficiency being handled adequately by the TC/SCs themselves? Mr. Zegers pointed out that any proposal, if supported by the TMC, should be put forward by the USNC and not Jean as a member of SG #1. Jean Baronas was asked to prompt a discussion on this subject at the SG #1 Meeting in Seattle. Ms. Baronas along Charlie Zegers were also asked to formulate the specific proposal, preferably using Alec McMillan s comments, to present to SG #1 at their next meeting in Seattle (ACTION ITEM #2) SMB Strategic Group #3 Smart Grid (K. Caird) An informative summary was given about the current activities dealing with Smart Grid within SMB SG #3. Ken Caird announced that the Smart Grid Roadmap had been released mid-june and was sent to the IEC and is available for download. He then reported that a very successful meeting was held in Paris at the end of June with representatives from 17 TC/SCs participating. At the meeting the Smart Grid Reference Architecture Task Force was set up (USA, Germany, Sweden & Switzerland) was created to develop the database of Smart Grid requirements, use cases, the IEC Smart Grid Roadmap, etc. He then announced that a Smart Grid demonstration would be given in Seattle on how TC/SCs can use the database/mapping tool to understand the interoperability and data flow requirements. Mr. Caird mentioned that he was asked by Dr. George Arnold of NIST if the database could also be used with the US Smart Grid standards to which he replied that it could but that at the moment, they were only going to deal with IEC Standards. The question was asked about the status of any possible new Smart Grid TCs, specifically the one from China. Mr. Caird replied that the Chinese proposal was the only one currently on the table and that they were asked to resubmit it at the next SG #3 meeting. The general overview is that there is a great deal of good work being done with full participation and more meetings being scheduled. 4.3 IEC/ISO TC 22 MOU (F K Kitzantides) Frank Kitzantides announced that a newly released document, SMB/4311/DC, which updates the old MOU between ISO TC 22, Road Vehicles and IEC which reports of a joint meeting from May between the interested IEC TCs and ISO TC 22. Unfortunately, ISO TC 22 made several 5

6 comments on the document, the most significant of which deals with the existing modes of cooperation (Mode 2 vs. Mode 5). An agreement was reached that both the ISO TMB and IEC SMB would look over the new draft and, hopefully, approve it at their next meetings. Mr. Kitzantides then reported that a conference call was held to discuss topics related to E- Mobility, in particular Quick-Charging Systems (AC & DC), between the newly formed E8 Group - which consists of various utility systems from around the world - and the leaders of the relevant committees, IEC TC 69 and SC 23H. What came out of this meeting was the possible formation of a new group that would deal with these quick-charging systems that would have terms of reference, objectives and a limited scope which could expand in the future. He announced that the E8 Group would meet at the IEC GM in Seattle to discuss this and other issues. A definite positive of these meetings is that contact is finally being made to the various electrical utilities around the globe. 4.4 IEC Strategic Group #2 - UHV Tony Zertuche reported to the TMC that Dr. Albert Keri of American Electric Power in his last correspondence to the USNC indicated that his employment was in transition. Since that time, there has been no further communication with Dr. Keri as he has not responded to the repeated attempts to contact him. Mr. Zertuche then announced that it may be time to locate another representative to SMB/SG #2. Charlie Zegers suggested that the establishment of a new group was being considered, a kind of V- TAG, to cover US interests in SG #2 - UHV. He then indicated that it might be a good idea to inquire with Joe Koepfinger who is an active participant in the area. Mr. Koepfinger requested that the USNC Office submit an to him requesting he begin a formal search for a replacement for Dr. Albert Keri as USNC Representative to IEC/SMB SG #2 UHV (ACTION ITEM #3). 4.5 IEC Sector Board 1 - Electricity Transmission and Distribution Mr. Joseph Koepfinger gave and extensive presentation on the current activities of Sector Board 1 (ATTACHMENT B). He began with the recent meeting held in Okinawa where the participants were taken to Miyako-jima, an island off the coast of Okinawa that uses an island smart grid which is completely integrated with renewable energy. Mr. Koepfinger reported that the SMB had rejected two recommendations from SB1 (0909/2 and 0909/3) relating to HVDC audible noise. He then identified new areas of interest for SB 1 which deal with e-vehicles, LVDC (as a distribution voltage) and Smart Grid as a generator for future technology. Mr. Koepfinger went on to outline the various topics, proposals, relationships and concerns for SB 1. One of the main concerns facing SB 1, as with many other IEC groups, is the ongoing need for more experts participating in MTs, WGs, and PTs. While there are experts interested in the work, especially from China, there seems to be a greater need for experts with relevant experience. A question was asked regarding the existence of any kind of relationship or communication with SG #1 and/or SG #4. There is a good deal of informal linkage going on between the groups but nothing substantial as of yet. Another question inquired whether or not Mr. Koepfinger felt that the island smart grid pilot program in Japan was successful to which the response was yes, however, fossil energy was still needed. 6

7 4.6 TC 23 Electric Accessories Plugs and Sockets (J. Wells) Jack Wells began the report on TC 23 and what transpired at the second meeting of the ad hoc group held in Frankfurt on 9 July The USNC represented by Jack Wells, Dennis Oddsen and Charlie Zegers. The group did successfully revise the SBP for TC 23; however, this came with mixed results for the US. The revised plan now covers all SCs within TC 23 but it now also includes the statement, at the direction of the SMB, must comply with IEC basic safety standards. The US wanted to add in a statement that the plan must take into consideration the application of the product in the existing installations and related regulations. It is unknown whether or not this revised document will be approved at the next TC 23 meeting in Seattle. In conclusion, Mr. Wells stated that we (the US) accomplished more than was expected, though not as much as in the original SBP; and the indications from many of the European participants was that this revision would be supported. 4.7 Revised Market Relevance Task Force (MRTF) Recommendations (S. Cornish) Steve Cornish after working with the MRTF, supplemented by the SMB members from The Netherlands and Germany, revised the original MRTF recommendations for approval by the ISO TMB and IEC SMB. Mr. Cornish gave a brief breakdown of the process which was based on the comments received, the results of pilot testing and June SMB decisions. He then outlined all the revisions to the document including where they were located and why they were changed. There were comments, regarding Section 1 especially, that expressed strong concerns that this recommendation if approved will mandate burdensome requirements by potential proposers on all NWIPs. In Section 3, there was another issue highlighted dealing with the proposed requirement that justification comments accompany both negative and affirmative votes or they will not be counted. The general consensus among those concerned was confusion over what exactly needed to be fixed. Some members felt that the MRTF recommendations were noble intentions that had little real value in the current standardization climate and in fact only added unnecessary work to the standards writers. Ultimately, it was suggested that a vote be called to decide whether or not to approve the Revised MRTF Recommendations. It was then suggested and agreed upon by the TMC that comments be drafted by Jim Matthews, Ron Reimer and Tony Zertuche and officially submitted to the SMB via the IEC Technical Server on the related document, SMB/4310/DC, by the due date (ACTION ITEM #4). 4.8 Consideration of USNC Positions for SMB Meeting on 10 October 2010, Seattle, WA (T. Zertuche) Tony Zertuche quickly went over some of the outstanding action items. He announced that there was no USNC Positions document because there were SMB documents that still not been received from IEC Central Office. Mr. Zertuche noted that the SMB linked agenda was up on the ANSI Sharepoint site. 7

8 Section 5 Technical and/or Policy Issues for Consideration 5.1 IEC Leadership Elections (R. Williams) Before Bob Williams began, Jim Matthews again expressed his gratitude to the committee for all the support he received in pursuing the IEC Vice-Presidency. Mr. Williams reminded the TMC that the CAB position is not an automatically appointed membership but instead an elected position that the US would have to run for against other National Committee candidates such as those from Canada, Mexico, Australia and Denmark. Regarding the contested elections, the TMC recommended that the USNC should support three National Committees for membership on the SMB: 1. Denmark, 2. The Netherlands and 3. Mexico 5.2 Electronic Harmonics Standard - IEC (D Heirman) Don Heirman provided a brief report on electronic harmonic limits and the IEC standard. Mr. Heirman gave a short history on this standard with particular attention paid to CSA Canada and the Canadian intention to adopt it. However, he noted that CSA made a commitment to not move forward until after the results were known from their work being done in conjunction with IEEE to develop a North American version of the IEC standard. The outcome of this issue would greatly impact the design of a number of American products and it is important for all TMC members to be aware of the situation, support the North American version of the IEC standard and monitor all upcoming decisions. 5.3 Partnering and Twinning Possible Chinese NC and USNC Proposal to IEC (J. Matthews) As in past meetings, some still feel that this issue seems more like a move for the Chinese National Committee to acquire more Secretariats as opposed to any kind of real partnering or twinning arrangement. Mr. Matthews further noted that if any National Committee wants to move into IEC leadership positions then they should become more active in the technical work of the IEC. He indicated that the comments collected from the TMC and developed into USNC Council 426 by Charlie Zegers were in the best interests of both the USNC and IEC and should be supported by the TMC. John Abbott, who recently travelled to both China and India, indicated that in the committees he s active in, the Chinese due not take leadership roles at the technical levels. He acknowledged that this could be attributed to language barriers and/or cultural differences but, nonetheless, his feelings matched those of Mr. Matthews. Dr. Abbott added that consideration should also be given to encouraging India to become more active as well. The discussion ended with the conclusion that if the US was going to lose Secretariats to developing nations, which seems like an eventual inevitability, we should make sure the exchange is beneficial to both countries. 5.4 Possible Mentoring Program Developing Countries in the Americas (T Zertuche) Tony Zertuche reminded the TMC of the goal of the six FINCA members to help six countries of the Americas to take a more active role in IEC through some kind of mentorship program. This issue was briefly discussed by the TMC and Council at the May 2010 meetings. Comments were 8

9 invited by 28 July 2010 and a compilation was provided as USNC/Council 427. Mr. Zertuche announced that a decision on whether or not the USNC would participate in this program as well as whom the US would mentor would be forthcoming at the Council Meeting to be held the next day. Mr. Williams then called for additional comments of which none were given. 5.5 Standardization of a Dual-Use Technology, IEC/SC 65B and the Wassenaar Arrangement (T Zertuche) Tony Zertuche reported that as per the last TMC Meeting, there was an Action Item to be carried out by Messrs Zegers and Zertuche to pass on to Patricia Griffin, ANSI Legal Counsel, the specifics of the Wassenaar Arrangement and to seek advice as to how the USNC should proceed. Ms. Griffin reviewed the information and suggested to the USNC office that no further action need be taken either from the USNC or ANSI. Ron Reimer continued to express concern over the possible exposure and liability of the USNC to these kinds of US export controls. It was decided, however, that USNC should not proceed with the development of any kind of policy dealing with Dual-Use Technology at this time. 5.6 TAG Experts and Voting (J G Abbott) John Abbot brought up the subject of limiting voting for experts to one vote per organization in the TAGs. For example, if an organization has more than one expert on a TAG, then the votes of those experts are to be combined into a single vote for the purposes of determining the TAG consensus position to be advanced to the USNC on a particular enquiry document. It was noted by a number of the TMC members that according to rules and procedures, there should only be one vote for each organization. But, it was also quickly noted that there are ways around the rule, such as declaring oneself a consultant. Ultimately, Jim Matthews summed up the discussion that, for the most part, TAGs set up operating procedures to be inclusive, open and transparent and if egregious violations occur then they should be addressed. To do otherwise and try and address every possible violation before they occur would create an unwieldy bureaucracy. 5.7 Patent Licensing Commitments in ISO and IEC and National Adoptions (S Hoyler) Susan Hoyler went over the subject of a letter written (ATTACHMENT C) to ANSI President and CEO, Joe Bhatia, by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) which has to do with the ISO/IEC/ITU harmonized patent policy to national adoptions of ISO and/or IEC International Standards. The issue is whether patent licensing commitments (as reflected in submitted Patent Statement and Licensing Declaration Forms) that are submitted in connection with a specific ISO and/or IEC International Standard also apply to any and all national adoptions of that IS. Bob Williams suggest that this seems more of an issue for ANSI. Gary Kushnier, ANSI VP for International Policy noted that the ANSI ISO Council discussed this issue the week prior at their meeting and agreed to take it up with the ISO. He announced that the ANSI International Policy Committee (IPC) would be drafting a proposal in response this letter which would be sent out to both the members of ANSI and the USNC for comment. 9

10 Section 6 Management Decisions TMC Task Force on Revision of the TAG Model Operating Procedures (T Zertuche) Mr. Zertuche stated to the TMC that a good number of TAGs have still not responded to the repeated requests for the revised USNC TAG Model Operating Procedures. Bob Williams asked that all TAGs who have not done so to send in their unique Model Operating Procedures to the USNC office ASAP. 6.2 Group Manager Assignments (T Zertuche) Mr. Zertuche informed the meeting to be prepared for the many GM assignment changes on the horizon as there will be quite a few new GM positions opening up US Technical Advisor for TAG for TC 86 Fibre Optics Jim Matthews has advised the USNC Office that he will be relinquishing the TA position of IEC/TC 86 upon his election to the position of IEC Vice President / SMB Chair. Steven Swanson of UL has expressed interest in taking over as TA for TC 86 when it becomes vacant. VOTED #3 To approve Steve Swanson as the Technical Advisor of the TAG for TC 86 replacing Jim Matthews. (This motion was approved unanimously.) 6.4 IEC Chair for SC 65A System Aspects Robert Kretschmann from Rockwell Automation is seeking to replace the retiring Joe Duffy as the IEC Chairman for IEC/SC 65A. This TMC approval will be conditional upon the approval of the TAG for SC 65A. VOTED #4 To approve the nomination of Robert Kretschmann as the IEC Chair for SC 65A replacing Joe Duffy, conditional upon approval of the TAG (This motion was approved unanimously.) TA for USNC TAG for IEC/TC 85 The current TA, Dr David W Braudaway who is in poor health can not continue as TA. The TMC was asked if there was any support or interest in continuing the USNC s participation in this activity, they should contact Charlie Zegers office. Section 7 - U.S. Hosted IEC General Meeting Seattle, WA (J.E. Matthews) Jim Matthews gave his last informational presentation (ATTACHMENT D) before the 2010 General Meeting in Seattle. Mr. Matthews reiterated many of the major points from his previous reports with emphasis going towards a few last-minute items. He thanked the USNC Office and event planners, ConferenceDirect, for their strong cooperation and support amongst all parties in bringing this meeting together. Mr. Matthews instructed everyone to seek out help whenever 10

11 needed and to inform the USNC Office of any changes to any meetings down to and including movement of furniture since they could greatly affect costs. Along those lines, Mr. Matthews again gave his assurance that this General Meeting would come in under budget. He then broke down the GM in terms of individual meetings and delegate numbers with an estimated 2,200 total delegates expected. Finally, he urged the members to embrace the theme of networking and engage and interact with the delegates who might not be in their specific committees. Section 8 Reports TAs, Secretaries, IEC Advisory Committees and Sector Boards 8.1 Reports TAs, Secretaries in Attendance Secretary, IEC/SC 65B - Devices & Process Analysis (D. A. Vasko) David Vasko of Rockwell Automation introduced himself as Secretary of IEC/SC 65B and took the opportunity to thank former SC 65B Secretary, Charley Robinson, for his support during the transition. Mr. Vasko reported that some good work is being done in the committee and that they are now starting to attract more experts to the working groups DTA, TAG for TC Methods for the Assessment of Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields Associated with Human Exposure (D. Heirman) Don Heirman announced that the US had put in their request to take over the Secretariat of TC 106 upon the relinquishing of it by Canada. However, he pointed out, that we lost the election to the German National Committee. Mr. Heirman emphasized the need for the USNC to more strongly support all efforts to acquire Secretariats when they are sought. Mr. Heirman then informed the TMC that out of the five Working Groups within TC 106, three of them are dysfunctional indicating that these WGs were really an added layer of overhead that was not needed. He reported that recently the he and the TAG have put together a proposal looking to restructuring the five WGs into two and having different Project Teams reporting to them. Mr. Heirman then asked the TMC to support this proposal at the international level. A question was asked as to why the USNC would actively seek the Secretariat when Germany was better positioned to acquire it and the U.S. already had the Chair of the committee. Tony Zertuche added that in the case of the TC 106 Secretariat ballot between the USNC and German NC, it was the recommendation of our IEC TC Chair that should the USNC win, we should appoint the German NC candidate as the Secretary. In response to this, Mr. Heirman agreed there was confusion and wanted it noted that in the future, these types of decisions should be more completely analyzed and vetted out by the entire TMC before voting Secretary, IEC/TC Safety of Electronic Equipment within the Field of Audio/Video, Information Technology and Communication Technology (A. Brazauski) Al Brazauski made a brief announcement regarding the scopes of both TC 108 and TC 100. Mr. Brazauski stated that as TC 100 covers audio, video and multimedia systems performance, methods of measurement, etc, TC 108 has a Working Group dealing with the same issues in the IT field. Since the audio/video and IT standards have been merged in this field, it makes sense to now redefine the respective scopes so as to avoid any overlap that would naturally occur. Thus, Mr. Brazauski explained that TC 100 would take on the responsibility of performance, 11

12 measurement, interoperability, etc for their electrical equipment and include those in the IT field while TC 108 would continue to deal with all safety issues. This would include the transfer of all standards in these two areas into their new respective TCs. Section 9 Reports TAs, Secretaries, IEC Advisory Committees and Sector Boards 9.1 European Environmental Citizens Organization for Standardization (ECOS) Report to ACOS/ACEA on Candle Flame Requirement (A. Brazauski) Al Brazauski briefly reported that TC 108 would most likely be running into a problem dealing with the SMB recommendations to include external ignition requirements in standards to cover TV sets. ACOS and ACEA formed a task group generated a report to the SMB recommending that a Technical Specification dealing with external ignition requirements limited to TV sets, developed by TC 108, should be elevated to a full standard. The SMB approved the recommendation. However, the environmental group, ECOS, sent a letter (ATTACHMENT E) lobbying all NC members on TC 108 to strike down all flame retardants, and thus the external ignition requirements, from any proposed standards. It was suggest to Mr. Brazauski that TC 108 surgically remove the offending requirement from the document itself and make it a separate document (a Part 2, for example) that can be referred to by the original standard. 9.2 Advisory Committee on Safety (ACOS) and US Safety Coordinating Committee (USSCC) (A. Brazauski) Al Brazauski referred to the report submitted by Larry Farr (ATTACHMENT F) for the meeting and reiterated that there were no issues from ACOS that needed to be addressed by the TMC at this time. However, there were a couple of issues that Mr. Farr had regarding the particular Subcommittees that he s a part of. One of his questions was quickly taken up by Sonya Bird to which Mr. Brazauski asked if she could contact him directly with the information and she agreed. The other was then addressed by Teri DeCourcelle who would also contact Mr. Farr directly. Mr. Brazauski reminded the TMC that his term in ACOS would be up at the end of Advisory Committee on Environmental Aspects (ACEA) and USNC Coordinating Committee on Natural Environmental Aspects (USCCENV) (R. Friedman) Robert Friedman provided a report on ACEA (ATTACHMENT G) to the TMC the morning of the meeting and it was announced that it would be made available to the members. 9.4 Advisory Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility (ACEC) US Coordinating Committee on EMC (USNC/TMC 672) (D. Heirman) Don Heirman reported that the minutes to the last meeting of ACEC (ATTACHMENT H) which was held in June in London were now available. There were no objections so Mr. Heirman recommended the USNC approve it. The next meeting would be hosted by the U.S. and would be held in December in Austin, Texas. 12

13 Mr. Heirman also brought up the subject of having some kind of training course in EMC set up for Jack Wells, Chair of the Communications and Continuing Education Committee, responded that at the last C&CE meeting, the idea of having a jointly coordinated training course with the IEC Branch Office in Boston had been discussed and that the EMC course put together by Mr. Heirman might be a good subject to begin with. Mr. Heirman indicated that he would be sending out the information on the course to the USNC Office in the first quarter of Sector Board 4 Infrastructure of Telecommunications Networks (S. Hoyler) Susan Hoyler gave a brief report (ATTACHMENT I) on the current activities of SB 4 including the upcoming meetings to be held in Germany and at the Seattle GM. Ms. Hoyler noted that an assessment was currently underway trying to analyze the needs of the manufacturers of the various components. Ms. Hoyler also reported that she was successful in getting Korea involved in the work of SB 4 and that China would hopefully soon be joining as well. She directed those interested in the current work of SB 4 including items dealing with Smart Grid, telecommunications, cloud computing, etc should read her report. Section 10 ANSI Initiative Standards Boost Business (G A Gulla) ANSI Vice President of Publications, George Gulla, and Director of Marketing, Brian Meincke, provided an updated status report on ANSI s recently announced initiative Standards Boost Business (ATTACHMENT J) and described the efforts to highlight the program during the IEC General Meeting in Seattle. The basis for this campaign is primarily to raise the visibility of the value of standards and conformity assessment especially in the minds of organization executives and government leaders. Mr. Gulla demonstrated how the revised program works and asked the TMC membership to show their support for the campaign on the Standards Boost Business website via direct sponsorship, sponsor recruitment or the submission of testimonials. Section 11 Future Meeting Dates The following meeting dates were confirmed: 2010 Wednesday/Friday, 6 15 October th IEC General Meeting, Seattle, WA Monday, 11 October 2010 SMB Tuesday, 12 October 2010 CAB Thursday, 14 October 2010 CB Friday, 15 October 2010 Council 2011 Wednesday Thursday, January 2011 TMC/CAPCC/Council Meetings Thermon Industries, San Marcos, TX 13

14 Wednesday, 16 February 2011 SMB, Geneva Wednesday, 30 March Sunday, 3 April 2011 PASC 34 Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday Friday, April 2011 COPANT Assembly Santiago, Chile Wednesday Thursday, May 2011 TMC/Council Meetings TMC/CAPCC/Council Meetings Cooper Lighting, Peachtree City, GA Thursday, 9 June 2011 CAB, Stockholm, Sweden Friday, 10 June 2011 SMB, Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday, 15 June 2011 CB, Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday Thursday, Sept 2011 TMC/Council Meetings Washington, DC Area Monday - Friday, October 2011 Melbourne, Australia (75 th IEC General Meeting) - SMB Monday, 24 October - CAB Tuesday, 25 October - CB Wednesday, 26 October - Council Friday, 28 October Section 12 Any other business Bob Williams stated that this meeting would be the last for John Abbott who was recently elected to the USNC Council and for Mr. Williams himself who is term limited. Mr. Williams stated that it had been a distinct pleasure to serve as the TMC Chair for the last seven years and thanked all for their support over his tenure. Section 13 Summary of Action Items Action Item #1 T. Zertuche It was decided that the TMC would continue to submit organizational policies and suggestions for an IEC travel advisory to the Task Force for the period of one month. Action Item #2 C. Zegers Jean Baronas along with Charlie Zegers were asked to formulate the specific proposal, preferably using Alec McMillan s comments, to present to SG #1 regarding the group s status and mission at their next meeting in Seattle. 14

15 Action Item #3 USNC Office Joe Koepfinger requested that the USNC Office submit an to him requesting he begin a formal search for a replacement for Dr. Albert Keri as USNC Representative to IEC/SMB SG #2 UHV. Action Item #4 J. Matthews, R. Reimer, T Zertuche Comments are to be drafted by Jim Matthews, Ron Reimer and Tony Zertuche and officially submitted to the SMB via the IEC Technical Server on the related document, SMB/4310/DC, by the due date. Section 16 Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 PM EDT. Respectfully submitted: Tony Zertuche Deputy General Secretary USNC 13 December