Membership Meeting: Save the Date

The next EICC membership meeting will be held January 26-28 in San Jose, CA. The meeting will be hosted by Apple, HP, and Cisco. Further information will be provided in the Bulletin as details are finalized. Contact Grant Feichtinger to pre-register.

Tantalum Supply Workshop: Update

The Nov. 17 EICC-GeSI Tantalum Supply Workshop in Redmond, WA was attended by 50 representatives of the electronics industry tantalum supply chain. The workshop included presentations and discussions on the need to improve transparency in the supply chain.

Workshop attendees agreed to develop a certification process to trace tantalum supplies, and to ensure that "conflict minerals" are not introduced into products produced by the electronics industry. The attendees also formed sub-teams to focus on specific issues associated with the initiative, and agreed to reconvene in March. A specific date and location for the meeting has not been established.

The presentations and notes from the meeting will be provided in the next Bulletin. Contact Brad Cameron if you have questions or want additional information.

Stakeholder Reports

• Update to GoodElectronics Reset Report: GoodElectronics is available to discuss its recent Reset report. A meeting will be scheduled if interest is expressed by EICC members. The report and a summary can be found here. Contact Wendy Dittmer if you want to participate in a meeting with the NGO.
  
  
• EICC Meeting with CEREAL: EICC members met last week in Guadalajara, Mexico with CEREAL, a NGO focused on labor conditions in Mexico. The discussion included a review of the successful collaboration between CANIETI and CEREAL to improve working conditions for Mexican laborers. CANIETI is a trade association based in Mexico that includes several EICC members. Contact Wendy Dittmer for more information.

ILO Education Session

A summary and minutes of the ILO education session at the September membership meeting is available here. Meeting attendees will receive an email with a link to a survey on the session. The survey will provide input to the Communication and Stakeholder Relations work group for future education sessions.