Welcome to the IEEE-SA ER SCC 18 Position Meeting for NFPA 70; NFPA 70A; 70B; 73; 780

General Procedures for Meetings At this and all IEEE-SA ER SCC 18 Meetings we are concerned with your Safety. If the fire alarm system sounds, please proceed to an exit.

General Procedures for Meetings (Continued) The purpose of this meeting is to establish the IEEE-SA position for letter balloting on proposals reviewed during the NFPA TC and/or CMP meetings.

General Procedures for Meetings (Continued) • Attendance at all IEEE meetings is open.

• All guests must sign in and identify their affiliation.

• Use of tape recorders or other means capable of reproducing verbatim transcriptions of this meeting is not permitted.

General Procedures for Meetings (Continued) •Participation by guests is limited to those individuals who have previously requested of the chair time to address the Panel on a particular subject, or individuals who wish to speak to public proposals they have submitted.

•The chair reserves the right to limit the amount of time available for any presentation.

General Procedures for Meetings (Continued) •All attendees are reminded that formal votes of the panel members will be secured by letter ballot. Voting at the TC or CMP meeting is used to establish a sense of agreement, but only the results of the formal ballot determine the official position of IEEE-SA on any proposal.

General Procedures for Meetings (Continued) •Guest chairs are located around the room as a courtesy to our guests.

•Please do not place books, briefcases, and other items on these chairs.

•This Committee Meeting is Nonsmoking.

Note Regarding Committee Member Interest Category •IEEE-SA ER SCC 18 members are to declare their interest affiliation if it is other than their official designation as shown on the committee roster, such as when retained and represents another interest category on a particular subject.

Note Regarding Committee Member Interest Category •IEEE-SA ER SCC 18 members are to declare those Panel Actions that resulted in their abstaining from the straw-vote taken – Abstention does not require the ER to leave the meeting area during discussion o preclude their participation in determining the final result – The ER must state what is needed in order to take a position on the issue involved

Note Regarding Committee Member Interest Category •IEEE-SA ER SCC 18 members are to declare those Panel Actions that resulted in their recusing themselves from the straw-vote taken – Recusing requires the ER to leave the meeting area during discussion to preclude their participation in determining the final result – The ER must state what is needed in order to take a position on the issue involved

Comment Period •Comment Closing Date: Oct 23, 2009 •ROC Meeting: Dec 2-12, 2009 (Crowne Plaza, Redondo Beach, CA) •NEC ROC available March 28, 2010

Annual Meeting & Publication •Notice of Intent to Make a Motion May 7, 2010 •Posting of NITMAM May 21, 2010 •NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition: June 6-10, 2010 (Las Vegas, NV) •Standards Council Issuance: July 2010 •2011 NEC Published Sept. 2010

Robert’s Rules of Order  Chair will declare the TC or CMP to be discussed  Discussion will establish IEEE-SA position  Positions opposing full CMP or TC action will require statements  Handling Motions:  Robert’s Rules of Order will be vaguely followed.

IEEE-SA AFFIRMS ACTION Default is IEEE-SA supports all TC or CMP Actions as reported in the Ballot Package provided by NFPA.

No statement is required, but one could be made for clarification when agreed to at this meeting.

IEEE-SA OPPOSING ACTION IEEE-SA opposes TC or CMP Action if: 1. ER meeting agrees there is a technical basis to do so; 2. ER straw vote opposed TC or CMP action and ER meeting agrees there is a technical reason to do; 3. ER meeting agrees the TC or CMP action does not represent good engineering practice NOTE. These all require supporting statement