To All regulatory Colleagues This is posted on behalf of a new steering committee to form "RAFT: Regulatory Approval Forum for Technology". Please send responses to Fax: 613-592-5130 or Email: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________
If regulatory compliance is not your responsibility within your organization, then please pass this on to the appropriate individual(s). If you don't you may have lost a sale! Note: OCRI is working in conjunction with a steering committee, addressing the requirements for an information networking group focused on regulatory approval. The steering committee includes representatives from the region's premier technology companies. If this is an area of interest to you, please take a few minutes and review the following. Thank you. RAFT Regulatory Approval Forum for Technology Has your company lost out on a sale lately because your product did not comply with regulations? At present Ottawa, and in fact Canada, does not have an open forum regarding regulatory compliance. Professional associations, such as the Boston Chapter of Product Safety Engineers focused on the latest changes to safety standards, exist in other communities. A need for such an association exists in Ottawa. To this end, a steering committee, with representatives from several local technology companies, was created to start RAFT - Regulatory Approval Forum for Technology. RAFT will provide you with an opportunity to network with colleagues in the same field! We intend to arrange for guest speakers from regulatory organizations such as C.S.A., International U.L., Industry Canada, and industry to address various subjects associated with regulatory compliance. Meetings will also include open discussion on general issues of the day. Tours of test facilities are also proposed. Please let us know what topics you think are of interest by taking a few minutes to fill out the attached questionnaire. Our intent is to launch RAFT in January 2000, we would appreciate your response by December 3. RAFT Survey: Name: Company: E-Mail: To receive future notices, please add my name to the RAFT database ____ What is your role in your company? Check all that apply. EMC Approvals Safety Approvals Standards Network Approvals Reliability Engineering Bellcore NEBS evaluation What topics are of interest to you? Safety--(IEC, CE, UL, CSA, etc.) EMC-(CISPER, CE, FCC, IC, etc.) Network approvals-(FCC, IC, CE, BABT, etc.) Reliability Bellcore NEBS Radio Type Approvals Other ______________ (please specify) What types of standards are of most interest? European Union North America Japan Australia/ New Zealand Latin America Other ______________ (please specify) How often should meetings be held? Once a month Once every two months Other __________(please specify) What timeframe best suits your schedule? Breakfast Lunch Late Afternoon Early Evening Other ______________ (please specify) What general locale would you prefer for meetings? East end Ottawa West end Ottawa South Ottawa Downtown Other ______________ (please specify) Would your organization be willing to host a meeting occasionally? ____ yes ____ no Return your completed survey to: Fax: 613-592-5130 or Email: [email protected] Vijay Ghelani --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
