INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION 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  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 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