EMC Standards Activity
	by Don Heirman, Associate Editor

IEEE Standards Activity within the EMC Society continues unabated. Following are contributions to the Newsletter from the chairmen of the Standards Advisory and Coordination Committee (SACCom) and the Standards Education and Training Committee (SETCom). Together with the Standards Development Committee (SDCom), these three committees constitute the nucleus of the Vice-Presidency for Standards Activity on the EMC Society Board of Directors.

Volunteers Needed!

by Elya Joffe, SACCom Chairman

The EMC Society Standards Advisory and Coordination Committee (SACCom) is looking for persons willing to act as liaisons between the EMC Society and several organizations that are involved in developing, preparing, and/or approving EMC-related standards. Duties are to keep the IEEE EMC Society appraised of standards work in these organizations through e-mail and other means, passing the information to the chairman of the SACCom, and passing information on the standards interests of the EMC Society to the relevant organization. The interface with the EMC Society is Elya Joffe, chairman of the SACCom.

There are currently openings for representatives to the following five organizations:

• Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) R1/R2 committee
• Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) G46 committee
• CENELEC 210A (European Organization for Electrotechnical Standardization) committee
• ASTM D09.12.14 (Shielding Effectiveness)
• ASTM E06.53 (Reusable Structures)

We have representatives identified to act as liaisons to the following organizations:

• CISPR SC A (Measurements and Statistical Techniques)
• CISPR SC B (Industrial, Scientific and Medical Devices)
• CISPR SC E (TV and Broadcast Receivers)
• CISPR SC G (Information Technology Equipment)
• SAE AE-4 (Aerospace EMC)
• SAE AE-4 (Automotive)
• ANSI ASC C63 (EMC)
• Radio Technical Committee on Aeronautics (RTCA) SC 135
• Radio Technical Committee on Aeronautics (RTCA) SC 177
• Electrostatic Discharge Association
• European Telecom Standards Institute (ETSI) TC-EMC/Radio Matters (ERM)
• ISO TC22/SC3 WG3 (Interference to Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
• Tri-Service Mil-Specs/Defense Department
• Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) committee on EMC matters (ITI TC5)
• European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) TC-20 on EMC
• IEC TC-66/SC66A (EMC of Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Equipment)
• IEC-TC-77

Please contact Elya B. Joffe via fax (+972)-9 7657065 or e-mail (eb.joffe@ieee.org) if you are interested in serving as liaison to one of the five committees listed above, or if you know of any other organization that is involved in standards activities that is not listed above.

Please respond by July 1 so that we can make an official appointment and invite you to the annual SACCom meeting and luncheon during the EMC Symposium in Washington, DC this August.

Standards Education and Training Committee (SETCom)

by Hugh Denny, Committee Chairman

The purposes of SETCom are to develop Working Group processes to assure that IEEE EMC standards are prepared in accordance with IEEE policies and procedures; to develop procedures to facilitate the development of EMC standards; and to increase the awareness and understanding of EMC standards, both IEEE and non-IEEE in origin. To these ends, two major activities are being pursued:

1. the presentation of seminars for working groups on the development, coordination, balloting and support of IEEE EMC standards; and
2. enhancing awareness of EMC standards throughout the EMC community and demonstrating how these standards can be effectively applied to the development, production and use of equipment and systems.

The first of these efforts is being initiated through a special workshop session at the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on EMC on Monday, August 21 in Washington, DC. Special presentations will be given on IEEE requirements on standards development, computer-based tools now available to support working groups and others working on the development of new standards or on the revision of existing standards, suggestions for managing working group meetings and activities, and unique perspectives of current and recent working group chairs. All persons who are currently members of IEEE EMC standards working groups or anyone who is interested in learning more about standards development activities, whether IEEE or not, are invited to attend. Check the final program of the Washington DC Symposium for the time and location of this Workshop Session. EMC

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