Consensus Standards Development
Executive Committee
This Executive Committee consists of five (5) to ten (10) members with one representative from each Expert Committee, one member from the Executive Committee of all other core programs, plus additional At-Large members representing other interests.
Conference Calls: 2nd Thursday, 1 pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to participate in the calls of this committee.
Note: On June 9, 2010, this committee was renamed the Consensus Standards Development Executive Committee to reflect a change in the TNI bylaws. Documents such as meeting minutes may show the previous name of this committee, Consensus Standards Development Board.
Mission Statement: To guide the Consensus Standards Development Program in the development and maintenance of standards.
Objectives:
- Develop policies and procedures that guide standards development
- Ensure consensus standards development is in conformance with applicable policies and procedures
- Provide oversight, guidance, and direction to the Expert Committees
- Ensure consistency and uniformity between the standards, including interaction with other boards, committees, and interested parties as required
- Evaluate the need for new standards
Success Measures:
- Timely development of standards
- Development of standards consistent with relevant national and international standards and guidelines where appropriate
- Adoption of the standards by TNI and/or other interested parties
- Implementation of the standards
Key Milestones:
- Membership vote on adoption of Environmental Sector (ES) Final Standard (FS) modules - Spring 2007
- Adoption of FSMO Final Standard - May 2007
- Adoption of ES Vol 2, Mods 2 and 3 - May 2007
- Publication of remaining ES Draft Interim Standard (DIS) Modules - June 2007
- Completed vote on ES DIS modules - July 2007
- Adoption of remaining ES Final Standards - December 2007
- Membership vote on Stationary Source Audit Sample (SSAS) Voting Draft Standard - June 2009
- Completion of editorial changes/TIAs on ES Final standard - July 2009
- Adoption of SSAS Final Standard - September 2009
- Implementation of Environmental Sector standard by NELAP - July 2010
- Address Tentative Interim Amendments from Expert Committees to resolve issues regarding implementation of the TNI standard by 7/1/2011 - On-going
- Review and approve annual charters for Expert Committee - March 2011
- Approve new Environmental Measurement Methods Expert Committee - January 2011
- Revise SOPs as necessary and appropriate - as required
Considerations:
Committee members are volunteers; limited funding. Committee consists of 3 at-large members and the Chairs of all Expert Committees. Balance is not a requirement of the Consensus Standards Development Executive Committee
Available Resources:
- Volunteer committee members
- TNI Infrastructure
- Environmental technical community
- Expert committees and support
- Teleconference services
- Administrative support
- Technical editor support
Additional Resources Required:
- Travel funding
Anticipated Meeting Schedule:
- Monthly teleconferences
- Face to Face meetings during the semiannual TNI Forums
| Robert Wyeth, Chair Pace Analytical Services, Inc. West Seneca, NY Bob.Wyeth@pacelabs.com | Ken Jackson, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Ballston Spa, NY ken.jackson@nelac-institute.org |
| Joe Aiello, Chair Laboratory Accreditation Body Committee New Jersey DEP - OQA Trenton, NJ joseph.aiello@dep.state.nj.us | JoAnn Boyd Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, TX jboyd@swri.org |
| Justin Brown, Chair Field Activities Committee EMT jbrown@emt.com | Richard Burrows, Chair Environmental Measurement Methods Committee TestAmerica Arvada, CO richard.burrows@testamericainc.com |
| Maria Friedman, Chair Stationary Source Audit Sample Expert Committee TestAmerica Costa Mesa, CA maria.friedman@testamericainc.com | Silky S. Labie, Chair Laboratory Quality Systems Committee Env. Lab. Consulting & Technology, LLC Tallahassee, FL elcatllc@centurylink.net |
| Mitzi Miller, Chair Laboratory Proficiency Testing Expert Committee Dade Moeller & Associates Mitzi.miller@moellerinc.com | Jane Wilson NSF International Ann Arbor, MI wilson@nsf.org |
Current Projects:
Evaluation of proposal for taxonomy standard
Finalization of TNI standards for release
Current Needs: