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IEEE-SA STANDARDS BOARD STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE (RevCom)
1 CALL TO ORDER Chair Law called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. There was a round of introductions by all present. 2 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA Discussion of P1594 was moved to the end of the ‘Revision’ section, because it was a simultaneous submittal to NesCom for a modified PAR and very early on the RevCom agenda. There was a motion to approve the agenda. The motion was unanimously approved. 3 APPROVAL OF THE 4 December 2007 RevCom MINUTES There was a motion to approve the 4 December 2007 RevCom Minutes. The motion was unanimously approved. 4 ProCom LIAISON REPORT Malcolm Thaden, ProCom member, delivered the report. [Please see the ProCom meeting minutes for further information.] 5 5-YEAR REVIEW UPDATE Chair Law pointed members to the list of standards that were withdrawn following the 5-year review that took place at the 4 December 2007 meeting. This item was for information only. 6 PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION Chair Law, having received inquiries from new members, led discussion about recusing oneself during RevCom discussion or votes. Various members and Claire Topp, legal counsel, participated in the discussion. Various opinions were shared, but in the end it is seen as each member’s own responsibility to make that decision. [All votes unanimous unless noted otherwise] 6.1 New P525-2007/Cor1/D2 (PE/SUB) Guide for the Design and Installation of Cable Systems in Substations - Corrigendum 1 Recommendation: APPROVE P1594/D4 (PE/PSC) Standard for Helically-Applied Fiber Optic Cable Systems (WRAP Cable) for Use on Overhead Utility Lines Recommendation: APPROVE [Yes = 13; No = 0; Abstain = 1] P1613a/D3.2 (PE/SUB) IEEE Standard Environmental and Testing Requirements for Communications Networking Devices in Electric Power Substations - Amendment 1: Rated Altitude and Altitude Derating Factors Recommendation: APPROVE P1631/D3 (BT/RF Tech) Recommended Practice for Measurement of 8-VSB Digital Television Transmission Mask Compliance for the USA There was a motion to table discussion of this project until Gary Robinson, mentor for P1631, returned. When Gary returned, there was discussion and a motion to approve the project. Recommendation: APPROVE [Yes = 11; No = 1 (Drozd); Abstain = 2 (Barber, Sciacca)] P1633/D14 (RS) Recommended Practice on Software Reliability During discussion, a question about the status of the PAR for P1633 was raised. There was a motion to table P1633 until a status update was available from staff. After staff provided the update, there was discussion and a motion to approve the project. Recommendation: APPROVE [Yes = 13; No = 1 (Barber); Abstain = 0] P1900.2/D4.02 (EMC/SDCom) Recommended Practice for the Analysis of In-Band and Adjacent Band Interference and Coexistence Between Radio Systems Recommendation: APPROVE [Yes = 13; No = 0; Abstain = 1 (Gelman)] P2600/D33b (C/IA) Standard for Information Technology: Hardcopy Device and System Security Recommendation: APPROVE PC57.18.10a/D2 (PE/TR) Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers - Amendment 1: Technical and Editorial Corrections Recommendation: APPROVE PC62.11a/D9F (PE/SPDHV) IEEE Standard for Metal-Oxide Surge Arresters for AC Power Circuits (> 1 kV) - Amendment: Short-Circuit Tests for Station, Intermediate and Distribution Arresters Recommendation: APPROVE 6.2 Revision P686/D2 (AES/RS) Standard Radar Definitions Recommendation: APPROVE conditional on the IEEE-SA Standards Board’s approving AudCom’s recommendation to unblock this Sponsor P829/D11 (C/S2ESC) Standard for Software and System Test Documentation Recommendation: APPROVE [Yes = 12; No = 0; Abstain = 1] P1588/D2.2 (IM/ST) Standard for a Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Recommendation: APPROVE conditional on the modified PAR being approved at NesCom ‘as is’ [Yes = 12; No = 0; Abstain = 1] PC57.13/D9 (PE/TR) Standard Requirements for Instrument Transformers Recommendation: APPROVE PC57.21/D14 (PE/TR) Standard Requirements, Terminology, and Test Code for Shunt Reactors Rated over 500 kVA Recommendation: APPROVE conditional on the modified PAR being approved at NesCom ‘as is’ PC57.110/D6 (PE/TR) Recommended Practice for Establishing Liquid-Filled and Dry-Type Power and Distribution Transformer Capability When Supplying Nonsinusoidal Load Currents Recommendation: APPROVE [Yes = 13; No = 0; Abstain = 1] 6.3 Reaffirmation There was a motion to recommend approval of all standards that received no RevCom preliminary comments: 260.4-1996 (R2002), 379-2000, 420-2001, 644-1994 (R2001), 859-1987 (R2002), 1149.1-2001, 1178-1990 (R2002), C57.12.32-2002, C57.109-1993 (R2000), and C95.4-2002. There was a friendly amendment to remove 260.4-1996 (R2002) from that list, because it was affected by an AudCom action. It was accepted by the mover and seconder. The amended motion was unanimously approved. 260.4-1996 (R2002) (SCC14) American National Standard Letter Symbols and Abbreviations for Quantities Used in Acoustics Recommendation: APPROVE conditional on the IEEE-SA Standards Board’s approving AudCom’s recommendation to unblock this Sponsor 379-2000 (PE/NPE) IEEE Standard Application of the Single-Failure Criterion to Nuclear Power Generating Station Safety Systems Recommendation: APPROVE 420-2001 (PE/NPE) IEEE Standard for the Design and Qualification of Class 1E Control Boards, Panels, and Racks Used in Nuclear Power Generating Stations Recommendation: APPROVE 644-1994 (R2001) (PE/T&D) IEEE Standard Procedures for Measurement of Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields from AC Power Lines Recommendation: APPROVE 859-1987 (R2002) (PE/PSACE) IEEE Standard Terms for Reporting and Analyzing Outage Occurrences and Outage States of Electrical Transmission Facilities Recommendation: APPROVE 1149.1-2001 (C/TT) IEEE Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture Recommendation: APPROVE 1178-1990 (R2002) (C/MSC) IEEE Standard for the Scheme Programming Language Recommendation: APPROVE 1523-2002 (DEI) IEEE Guide for the Application, Maintenance, and Evaluation of Room Temperature Vulcanising (RTV) Silicone Rubber Coatings for Outdoor Ceramic Insulators Recommendation: APPROVE conditional on the IEEE-SA Standards Board’s approving AudCom’s recommendation to unblock this Sponsor 1541-2002 (SCC14) IEEE Standard Prefixes for Binary Multiples There was a motion to disapprove. Upon vote, the motion failed [Yes = 0; No = 13; Abstain = 0]. Following discussion and the failed motion, there was a motion to approve. It was approved [Yes = 12; No = 0; Abstain = 1]. Recommendation: APPROVE conditional on the IEEE-SA Standards Board’s approving AudCom’s recommendation to unblock this Sponsor [Yes = 12; No = 0; Abstain = 1] C37.14-2002 (PE/SWG) IEEE Standard for Low-Voltage DC Power Circuit Breakers Used in Enclosures Recommendation: APPROVE C37.48.1-2002 (PE/SWG) IEEE Guide for the Operation, Classification, Application, and Coordination of Current-Limiting Fuses with Rated Voltages 1-38kV Recommendation: APPROVE C57.12.32-2002 (PE/TR) IEEE Standard for Submersible Equipment - Enclosure Integrity Recommendation: APPROVE C57.105-1978 (R1999) (PE/TR) IEEE Guide for Application of Transformer Connections in Three-Phase Distribution Systems Recommendation: APPROVE C57.109-1993 (R2000) (PE/TR) IEEE Guide for Liquid-Immersed Transformer Through-Fault-Current Duration Recommendation: APPROVE C57.119-2001 (PE/TR) IEEE Recommended Practice for Performing Temperature Rise Tests on Oil-Immersed Power Transformers at Loads Beyond Nameplate Ratings Recommendation: APPROVE C95.4-2002 (SCC39) IEEE Recommended Practice for Determining Safe Distances from Radio Frequency Transmitting Antennas When Using Electric Blasting Caps During Explosive Operations Recommendation: APPROVE 7 EARLY CONSIDERATION PROCESS Chair Law announced that an Early Consideration Cycle will be held before the June meeting. A date was scheduled for the teleconference: 28 April 2008, 11 a.m. EDT. 8 OLD BUSINESS 8.1 Report from Ad Hoc on IEEE-SA SASB OpMan 9.4 – Kulick John Kulick presented a proposal from the ad hoc to change the language in the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual 9.4, which would clarify that in order to withdraw a standard, a balloting group needs to be formed and the regular Sponsor ballot process needs to be followed. Some of the points raised were: A motion was made to forward the OpMan 9.4 Ad Hoc’s proposal for further processing to ProCom. The motion was approved unanimously. 8.2 Update on Changes to Recirculation Cover Letter – Gerdon Tricia Gerdon presented updates to the sample recirculation cover letter, which Program Managers often supply to Sponsors as guidance. The cover letter was well received, but some additional suggestions were made: 9 NEW BUSINESS 9.1 Guide Review – Law Chair Law mentioned that a training session had been held for new RevCom members. During that session, questions were raised regarding some policy documents. Some of these documents were reviewed. 9.1.1 Working Guide for Submittal of Proposed Standards – Law Chair Law led discussion on this topic and invited comments from RevCom members. Phillip Barber raised the question of how the ‘grandfathering’ rule is applied and codified with regards to the standards development process. The following issues were raised during the discussion of this topic: It was stated that in practice, RevCom has been applying a grandfathering rule, i.e., an action taken during the process is assessed in accordance with the rules that applied at the time of the action. There was a motion to forward to ProCom the question of application of previous versions of governance documents on RevCom process, and the availability of previous versions of the governance documents. Themotion was unanimously approved. 9.1.2 IEEE-SA Standards Board Form for Submittal of Proposed Standards – Law Chair Law led discussion on this topic. Clint Chaplin had submitted a list of items for discussion to RevCom prior to the meeting: 1. Item 9: ‘Conflict of Interest’ should be added as a reason for abstention. myProject already supports this. The RevCom Submittal Review Checklist was reviewed by RevCom, and changes were made to the first two questions. There was a motion to approve the updated Checklist as a RevCom document. The motion was unanimously approved. Chair Law asked new members if this document had been helpful to them and should be used in the future. It was suggested that this document should be sent to new members in the future and also be posted to the RevCom website. There was a motion to post the ‘Tips’ document to the RevCom website, and add a link to this file to the submittal packages. The motion was unanimously approved. 9.2 myProject Features Update – Sahr Christina Sahr gave an update about myProject. New features that have been rolled out include: Christina also announced that the myProject automation process for RevCom is scheduled to begin in mid-2008, and that there is a possibility of beta-testing this for the December meeting. The process will be similar to the NesCom process. She also said that the Entity Process should be included. 9.2.1 PAR Approval Letter Requirement for RevCom Submittal Package – Law Chair Law led discussion on this topic. He said that PAR approval letters are required as part of the RevCom submittal package because they contain expiration information. PARs that are submitted inside myProject contain this information now as well. Therefore, it should be considered if PAR approval letters should still be required by RevCom (for projects with PARs inside myProject). It was decided that RevCom would wait until the RevCom process is incorporated into myProject to change this requirement, as it can then be part of a larger revision. 9.2.2 Affiliation Information – Law Chair Law led discussion on this topic, asking if the availability of balloters’ affiliation information should change the RevCom review process. It was decided that this information was not relevant to RevCom, it is information gathered should there be an accusation of dominance, and that therefore RevCom does not need to review this information during the review process. 9.3 Role of Preliminary Comments – Law Chair Law pointed out the importance of preliminary comments to the RevCom process, as these comments allow for dialogue with the Sponsor prior to the RevCom meeting. He commended the committee members for having supplied preliminary comments and said that they will hopefully continue to supply them in the future. 10 NEXT MEETING 11 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1.57 p.m. |
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