I read in !emc-pstc that Chris Chileshe <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'ENV 50121-5', on Fri, 7 Sep 2001: >I agree that the scope should be in the public domain so we can >verify relevance before committing to purchase. I for one really >wouldn't mind spending a whole day (week even!) reading the >various scopes if I know that the decisions I will make about >which standards to purchase, will be correct. As things stand at the >moment, I spend that week waiting for the wrong standard to arrive in >the post! I have at times resorted to a trip to the local public library >to check on the scope but even that has taken a whole day because >I keep *asking* for the wrong standards based on what I thought would >be the applicable standard. > >Finding the right standard really should be a lot more straightforward. > >Is there anything we can do about this?
Yes. Since you are in UK, write to the Director of Standards at BSI and put your point to him. In other countries, write to the appropriate official in your national standards body. Support letters from individuals and companies with letters from trade associations. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
