I will make the assumption that this is not a troll. It is worth reading the original article at www.arrl.org/news/view/ieee-emc-society-standards-development-committee-wi thdraws-as-cosponsor-of-ieee-bpl-emc-standard
I am not a gray-beard in the EMC field (am not even an EMC specialist), but am not aware of a previous occurrence of a complete withdrawal of the principal engineering organization from a standards committee. The appointed officials that head technical agencies of the US government have a long history of being torn between the physics, the political, and the industrial. And the latter two have often won, in the short term, over the former. The economy will continue to drive a BPL implementation in the U.S., and the immutable physics will, for now, will be ignored. Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Sarah Long Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 7:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Standard group withdraws support How common is it for a co-sponsor to withdraw its support during the standard development process? I'm wondering how SDCom's withdrawal will affect the development of the standard, if at all. IEEE EMC Society Withdraws From Power Line Communications Committee http://www.interferencetechnology.com/standards-update/article/ieee-emc-so ciety-withdraws-from-power-line-communications-committee.html Sarah Long Content Manager ITEM Publications / Interference Technology Phone: 484.688.0300 x24 Fax: 484.688.0303 [email protected] - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
