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 Action Needed By Members This Week
Save the Date! The EICC 3Q09 Meeting will be hosted by Intel in Chandler, Arizona (US) on September 16 and 17. EICC staff will work with Intel to identify hotels and transportation options, and to make other arrangements. The EICC Board and workgroups will meet September 15. Details will be provided to EICC members in the Bulletin. Contact Carrie Hoffman for more information (choffman@eicc.info, 202-962-0167).
Provide Your Contact Information: All EICC primary contacts should have received an email last week asking for updated contact information. If you have not already responded, please send names, addresses, and all other contact information for the primary and secondary contacts in your company to Grant Feichtinger. |
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Board Actions This Week
The Board discussed the following issues this week:
- Board Election Process: A number of companies have expressed interest in the new Board positions. The Board is reaching out to all members who are requesting more information.
- New Membership Recruitment: Discussed a process for identifying and recruiting prospective members (see more information below).
- 3Q09 Membership Meeting: Began planning for the meeting and a stakeholder engagement on Sep. 16-17.
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Validated Audit Process Update
The VAP 2009 China cycle is well underway with over 16 companies signed up to participate. Your company can still sign up. Email your intent to participate to Phylmar@eicc.info. Please note these critical action dates:
- Friday May 22 - last chance to participate in Mexico audits.
- Participants will be invited to an optional Audit Selection Process & Q&A meeting, Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 12pm Pacific/3pm Eastern. All EICC members are welcome to join the call (866-546-3377 code 7271353972). Request the calendar invite from Grant Feichtinger.
- Sign and return the EICC non-disclosure agreement and the EICC Audit Purchase Base Agreement by May 21, 2009 to Phylmar@eicc.info (if you are just getting started, please work with the APM on a target complete date).
- The "Master Audit List_VAP2009" excel file was distributed to EICC primary contacts and is posted here. Please review the instructions and use this file to submit sites for the VAP selection process and return to audits@eicc.info by May 29, 2009.
VAP information and contract templates are here. If you do not have access to the SharePoint site, contact Grant Feichtinger. The introductory May 12 webinar is available for on demand viewing here.
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Supply Chain Mapping Project
Attention primary EICC contacts: Please forward this Bulletin to the appropriate person in your company who can help us identify suppliers. The deadline has been extended until May 22.
The Extractives Work Group in conjunction with the GeSI Supply Chain Work Group has contracted with Resolve (consultant) to perform supply chain mapping of tin, tantalum, and cobalt based on the recommendation of the 2008 joint EICC/GeSI study. The scope of work is:
- Create a transparency model to identify companies in the electronic supply chain.
- Determine whether identified companies have a social responsibility code of conduct.
- Identify challenges incurred in collecting this information.
- Provide guidance on a systemic process to maintain the transparency model.
EICC member companies (with paid-in-full 2009 dues) are eligible to participate in this activity at no additional cost. Please complete the supplier template found HERE, and return it to Grant Feichtinger by Friday, May 22. EICC staff will consolidate the input and identify five suppliers associated with each of the three metals. The information will be used for modeling. Resolve will not have access to the company-supplier relationships identified in the harvesting activity, and no commercial relationships will be revealed. For more information see EICC 2009 Extractives Goals_Final 04Feb2009 and 2009_Research_RFP_17Feb2009. Please contact Grant Feichtinger with questions or concerns.
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New Membership Recruitment Program The EICC Board is developing a new membership recruitment program for 2009-11. The program will rely on EICC members to identify prospective companies. The goal, which was adopted by the membership at the Amsterdam face to face meeting, is to recruit 5 new members in 2009, and 10 new members annually in 2010 and 2011. Please help EICC meet its recruitment goals. Click here to download a one-page form that you can fax or email to EICC staff. Use the form to identify at least one prospective company that you would like EICC to contact. EICC Board members and staff will use the form to initiate contact and follow up. We hope to receive at least one form from every EICC member. Thanks for your help!
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