All Chairs Committee EDEC

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All Chairs Committee(EDEC)

• Ralph Justus
• Vice President
• EIA Standards Technology

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EIA Standards Technology

• EIA Re-alignment
• Standards Technology Policy Council
• Revised Manual of Organization Procedure
  (EP-20B)
• ANSI Audit Update
• Committee Communications, Organization, Etc.
• Future Summits

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EIA Re-alignment

• EIA Sectors ECA, GEIA, JEDEC, TIA
• EIAs standards function to be administered by
  ECA
• EIA Standards Technology department
• Maintains ANSI accreditation
• EIA remains the umbrella for sector coordination

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EIA remains a non-profit Illinois corporate
entity, qualified with a 501(c)(6) tax exemption.
EIA has designated ECA as manager of EIA
Standards and Technology (this is the current
operation). This designation has been endorsed
by the governing sectors of EIA, the EIA
Executive Committee and the EIA Board of
Governors. EIA Standards and Technology is the
ANSI-accredited SDO. EIA Standards and
Technology is managed by the EIA Vice President,
Standards and Technology under authority of the
ECA Board of Directors.
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EIA Standards and Technology administers the
development and maintenance of all ECA standards
activity under the EIA brand. EIA Standards and
Technology is committed to the continuation of
domestic and international standards activities
as currently defined under EIA bylaws and EIA
standards and technology policies. EIA Standards
and Technology is fully funded and supported by
allocation of resources by EIA and the commitment
of the ECA Board of Directors. EIA Standards and
Technology will continue its commitment and
support to ANSI, the USNC and the IEC as
currently defined by EIA.
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Standards Technology Policy Council

• ECA Board of Directors
• EIA Standards Technology
• Standards Technology Policy Council (formerly
  the Engineering Services Committee of ECA BoD
• STPC (formerly All Chairs, EDEC)
• Scope Membership
• Leadership
• Executive Committee
• Revision of EP-20-B

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STPC Scope

• Coordinating body for ECA development and
  production of standards and specifications
• Recommends education, training, use and processes
  for national and international standards
  development
• Approve new committees and scopes
• Maintains EP-20 (Org Procedures)

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STPC Scope

• Acceptance by STPC
• Leadership nominations
• Chair Mike Lauri, IBM (S-1)
• Vice Chair Mary Carter Berrios, KEMET
• Consideration of at-large members (defer)
• Create Executive Committee
• Interim decisions between STPC meetings
• Easier quorum, but reporting to STPC

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STPC Executive Committee

• STPC Chair Vice Chair
• Chairs of Main Committees
• S-1 Mike Lauri, IBM
• CE-2.0 Frank Ruffino, Molex
• ACH Scott Carter, TEKPak
• STC Doug Romm, TI
• Up to two Chairs of other committees
• P-2.5 David Richardson, Vishay

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Approval of EP-20-B

• Draft distributed 9-18
• Key organizational elements and changes
• Project initiation, ballots meeting votes
• Timetable(s) for standards adoption committee
  options
• Will seek tentative consensus approval at this
  meeting, with opportunity for views and comments
  by 9/28.

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EP-20-B Key New Elements

• Organization
• EIA, ECA and EIA Standards Technology
• STPC
• Voting eligibility, maintenance
• 14-day Voting periods (with Chairs discretion)
  longer or shorter w/o objection
• Fees (waived for now)

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Consensus Approval

• Motion To tentatively approve EP-20-B
  (Rev.9-19-07) with additional time until 9/28/07
  for additional views and/or comments, with
  editorial privileges granted to staff.
• Second, discussion, vote

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STPC Agenda Items

• Update on EIA ANSI Audit
• Committee communications organization
• Spring Summit (March 31-April 4, 2008)
  Louisville, KY
• Meeting schedule and suggestions
• Other business?
• Adjourn

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Ralph H. Justus Vice President EIA Standards
Technology rjustus_at_ecaus.org