HEAD OF DELEGATION
(HoD) REPORT	

        
U.S. Member Body of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

U.S. National Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)	

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Completed by:

Head of Delegation:  
(Please print)	Alan Johnson
Plant Manager
Norplex-Micarta
Postville, IA 52162	
		
Telephone/Telefax:	563-864-4275	
		
Email:				ajohnson@norplex-micarta.com	
		
Date:				July 19, 2016	

Meeting of IEC TC15 Solid electrical insulating materials	
Date(s)  May 31st to June 2nd, 2016	
Location Vienna, Austria	

1.	MEETING ATTENDANCE	
             
             Please indicate, if available, both the number of delegates and the countries represented 
             at the Meeting:

             see the attached.

            __	Meeting attendance roster and meeting resolutions attached, if available

Please comment on significant or unusual attendance issues (e.g., new member bodies, regular members not in attendance, new Chairman or Secretariat, non-accredited U.S. persons, etc.).
	
•	Chairman Dr. Bernhard Klaussner – Germany conducted his first meeting.  The US holds the secretariat (John Gauthier).
•	The Secretary has asked each national committee to review their expert list and add and subtract experts as necessary.  
•	As example – US had only two experts in attendance at this  year’s set of WG/MT meetings as well as the Plenary.  In looking at the US experts, there are experts who do not attend, others that have not attended in years and there are some MT’s that lack any experts.  

	

2.	MEETING OBSERVATIONS	
2a.	Overall, how well did the U.S. meet its objectives on policy or technical matters?	

	_x_	Very Successful -- U.S. positions were accepted in whole
	__	Successful -- Compromises were reached which are acceptable to the U.S.
	__	Not Successful -- U.S. positions were not accepted
	
2b.	Please comment on any issues of significance which might have an impact upon
             materially affected or interested U.S. parties.	
             
Need for broader involvement of US experts to make sure US positions continue to be maintained.  Both eastern European countries and China are now regularly sending experts and voting on technical issues.  
	
2c.        Was there any discussion for which the United States was unprepared? (e.g., late    
             document distribution, addition of new items, etc.)	
            
             None
	
2d.        Did the U.S. extend an offer to assume any new TC/SC Secretariat or management   
             positions?	

	__	Yes                                 _x_	No
	(If yes, please indicate which position and provide Officer contact information.)

2e.        Did the U.S. extend an offer to host any future TC/SC meetings?	
	
	__	Yes			_x_	No
	If yes, please identify:
	     
	
2f.        Were any new issues raised which require, or might involve, coordination with 
            other U.S. bodies? (Include coordination items with other U.S. TAGs, ANSI policy-level   
            committees (AIF, AIC), the USNC TMC and/or Council, etc.)	

	__	Yes			_x_	No
	If yes, please identify:
	
Not on USNC, IEC TAGs, and ANSI policy level.
Some working groups may need the assistance of ASTM experts who have worked on similar documents to IEC .
	
2g.         Did the U.S. put forth/agree to put forth any New Work Items?	

             __	 Yes			_x_	No
             If yes, please identify:

2h.	Was there any evidence of “bloc” or “alliance” voting by participating countries?	

	__	Yes			_x_	No
	If yes, please identify any significant issues or concerns:
	
No intended persuasion or lobby on the votes during the plenary meeting.
	
2i.	Are work items in the TC or SC being affected by related work in regional 
	standards bodies (e.g., CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, PASC, NAFTA, COPANT, etc.)?	

	__	Yes			_x_	No	
	__	No related regional activity
	If yes, please explain:
		
2j.        Were any issues raised which relate to or impact existing U.S. regulatory matters?	

	__	Yes			_x_	No	
	If yes, please explain:
	     
	
2k.	Please identify any IMMEDIATE U.S. TAG actions which will be required as a 
	result of this international meeting.	

2l.	Please identify specific decisions which the U.S. delegation believes to be noteworthy for    
             publication, publicity and/or development of a future article.  If there are any, would you 
             be willing to help develop an article for publication?

             __	Yes			_x_	No	
	
2m.	What might be done to further promote the ANSI Federation’s goal of  “global
	standards that reflect U.S. interests?” (Consider such issues as how might the U.S.            
             further promote acceptance of related American National Standards in international  
             and, where applicable, regional fora?)	
	
Need to look to ASTM D.09 committee to provide experts in areas where the US experts in TC15 are limited or lacking.  

2n.        Has this report been provided to your TAG Administrator for US TAG distribution?	
          
             _x_	Yes			__	No	
2o.	Other Comments	
	
            none	

July 2016