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Standardization Management Board DecisionsHow 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

Alec McMillan, Rockwell Automation (Primary)

Tony Zertuche, ANSI Staff (Alternate)

Canada Mexico France Germany United Kingdom Japan China

BrazilItalyNetherlandsSpainSwedenSouth KoreaAustralia

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?

INTERNATIONAL

ELECTROTECHNICAL

COMMISSION

Thank You!

Jim Matthews

IEC Vice – President

Chairman - SMB