Standardization Management Board Decisions How They Affect Your TAG! Jim Matthews Vice President & SMB Chairman

What Is The SMB? Standardization Management Board (SMB) IEC Statutes & Rules Of Procedure Define SMB Management Of Technical Work Delegated By Council Reports To The Council Board Chair Elected By Council Vice President Of The Commission 3 Year Term, Renewable Once 15 Members Elected By Council Members Serve Three Year Term, Renewable Once Alternates Appointed By Member NC, No Limits

Current SMB Members US National Committee Canada Mexico France Germany Alec McMillan, Rockwell Automation (Primary) Tony Zertuche, ANSI Staff (Alternate) Canada Mexico France Germany United Kingdom Japan China Brazil Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden South Korea Australia

How Do SMB Decisions Get Communicated? Direct E-mail To Affected TC’s Decision List Published Report To CB Meeting Report TC News Technical Officer Training / Meeting Briefings Rules And Procedures Are Always Found At: ISO / IEC Directives (Part 1 & Part 2) IEC Supplement Administrative Circulars

Recognition And Awards Thomas Edison Award Technical Leadership TC / SC Officers Or CA Systems Up To 7 TC /SC Awarded Annually SMB Members Select Recipients 1906 Award Individual Experts Up To 5 Per TC TC Officers Select Recipients

Structure & Composition – Technical Work Technical Committees Technical Sub-committees Working Groups Project Teams Technical Areas Advisory (Horizontal) Committees Strategic Groups System Groups?

Structure And Leadership Of The Technical Work Approval Of New Technical Committees Approval Of TC Chairmen Assignment Of Secretariat Term Limits For Leadership Roles Provision For Vice-chairmen And Assistant Secretaries Approval Or New And Revised Scopes

Collaboration / Access With Other Groups Dual Logo (CIGRE And IEEE) Joint Development (IEEE) CENELEC ISO Joint Work ISO / IEC JTC-1 Collaboration ITU Collaboration Liaisons (Category A, Category D, Etc.)

Management Of The Technical Work Portfolio Resolve Disputes On Scopes, Jurisdiction Encourage Groups To Work Together On A Common Problem Resolve Procedural Issues And Disputes Clarify Rules / Process Per Directives And Amend As Needed Prioritize Work Based On Advisory Committee And Strategic Group Recommendations

Measure TC Viability / Productivity (Under Discussion) Amend RSMB To Reflect Key Indicators Parameters Highlighted On RSMB Cover Sheet: Number Of P-members Number Of Experts Number Of NP Submitted Over The Last 3 Years Number Of Publications Approved In Last 5 Years Number Of Current Active Projects Number Of Meetings Since 5 Years Concerns Expressed By Relevant IEC Technical Officer

Raise Quality Of P-member Participation Originally – Vote Is Only Hard Requirement Rubber Stamp Votes Typically 50% Of P-members Vote Yes Automatically New! Vote + Plenary Or Expert Participation To Be P-member Must Attend Plenary OR Appoint Experts Still Must Vote (Less Rubber Stamp?) Co Will Automatically Change To O-member If You Fail To Do So

Procedures For Doing The Work Trial Underway – 3 Month CDV Voting Currently 3 Tc’s Review In February 2012 New Work Item Proposal Process Broken 3 Separate “Clocks” Track From NP Approval Until FDIS Submission To CO Work Developed In Wg’s And Then Launched As NP / Project No Way To Seek / Identify New Players Or SME Who May Be Interested Public Visibility Is After The Fact SMB Will Address This Issue

Current Topics Under SMB Discussion Expectations Of E-tools – Access, Capabilities, Future Needs Retention Of Experts And Recruiting And Engaging New Experts Socialization Of New Work Changing Rules And Practices To Encourage Collaboration The Problem Of The “Self-perpetuating” Working Group

Potential Future Topics Setting WG Limits To Numbers Of P-member Experts Use Of Convenor Developed Mailing Lists, 3rd Party FTP Servers Convenor / Project Leader / Secretary / Chairman Kit In PDF Format Fix / Simplify The Maintenance Process Other Things On The Wish List?

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