Next week, several key players in the field of product safety will be
attending the IEEE board series meeting. At this meeting, the President of
the IEEE, the Board of Directors, and every department and organization
within IEEE will be present. The unit identified as the Technical Activities
Board (TAB) is responsible for the oversight of 50 Societies and Councils.
Our representatives will attend the TAB caucus along with other operational
units as we finalize the creation of the new "IEEE Product Safety Society."
If all goes well, the society should be voted into existence no later than
June of this year.
There is some administrative work left uncompleted. One item is to present a
petition from IEEE members, to TAB, indicating an interest in seeing a
society created. A petition campaign was started two years ago. We are
asking every subscriber to "emc-pstc" that is an IEEE member, to sign this
petition whether you did so a long time ago or not. We currently have the
required number of petitions but desire more to show that support is out in
industry for this new Society. Due to the urgency of this request, a
response must occur before Feb. 11, 2003, only a few days away. Signing of
this petition does "not" commit you to membership in this new Society. It
only provides statistical information regarding the level of interest in
this society worldwide.
Petition to IEEE TAB
For many years, discussion on creating a Product Safety Society within
IEEE has been discussed, both through the Internet and the IEEE EMC
Society's TC-8 (Electromagnetic Product Safety Technical Committee) and its
working group, the Product Safety Technical Committee (PSTC). Due to
administrative reasons, benefits as a committee within EMCS is limited in
scope.
Many in our ranks hold joint membership in both the IEEE and PSTC.
Safety is a worldwide concern to both manufacturers and consumers. A shift
in the safety paradigm has occurred from adding safety at the back end to
incorporating safety in the earliest phases of product concept, design and
specification. Therefore, the time is right to establish a Product Safety
Society within IEEE.
If we successfully complete the formal IEEE Society application
process, we can enjoy the following benefits, and more:
1. Operating funds to improve our programs and services.
2. Professional publications (Transactions, newsletters, etc); opportunity
to publish papers in a technical forum.
3. The hosting of an international conference or symposium every year.
4. Ability to attract a wider range and variety of speakers from local,
national and international IEEE chapters through a distinguished lecturer
program.
5. Creation of local product safety chapter that are autonomous.
5. Improved networking opportunities for professional growth.
7. The opportunity to participate in the formation of IEEE and
International standards as a recognized committee member, which is a major
benefit because we live within these regulations.
The first phase of the application process is to collect signatures in
support of our petition to create a Product Safety Society. If you are an
IEEE member and approve of this action, please download the form off of our
website at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org:80/soc/emcs/pstc/ print the page, sign
it where indicated, and either mail it to Daniece Carpenter, 9709 Quilberry
Drive, Austin, TX 78729, or fax it to 512-728-5278, or email a signed copy
to [email protected], as soon as possible, but no later than Feb.
11, 2003. Please add your areas of interest, comments and suggestions if
desired. Many thanks for your support!
Note: You may also go to https://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc?go=l137008
and fill in your information.
Thanks.
TC-8 and the IEEE Product Safety Society Steering Committee.
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