Board Report

The Board reviewed progress reports this week on:

• E-TASC: Received an update on development of the E-TASC 2.0 WG.
• Membership Compliance Program: Adopted a motion relating to the number of member facilities that must be audited annually under the EICC compliance program.  Under the new requirement 50% of high risk facilities must be audited.  Before the motion the program also required that at least 25% percent of all member facilities be audited (this requirement has been dropped).

e-Learning Course Available: Last Chance to Register for the Training Webinar

Two e-Learning training courses are now available for use by EICC companies and their suppliers. The course are Corporate Responsibility for Supply Chain Management and Corporate Responsibility for Supplier Management. The courses can be accessed as follows:

• Launch from the EICC LMS website: Companies must email eicclms.support@servitium.com with the name and email address for their company administrator who can approve access for suppliers.
• Download from SharePoint: Companies may download LMS-ready SCORM files or stand-alone ZIP files. To launch the course from the ZIP files, be sure to first save the ZIP packages on a local hard drive, and then extract the files to a folder. The course will not launch directly from the zip package.

The Learning & Capability-Building Work Group will be host webinars on April 8 (8:00 AM PST) and April 13 (6:00) PM PST to discuss the courses, and to provide instructions for downloading and accessing the files. Register for a webinar by clicking on the webinar date.  Please note that the webinar on April 6 has been moved to April 13 at 6 PM PST.

Additional information is available here. FAQs and launch instructions are also available. Contact Grant Feichtinger for more information.

EICC Membership Compliance Program: April 21 & 22 Webinars

EICC members are invited to participate in Membership Compliance Program webinars. Members can participate in any of the four webinars offered. The webinars will provide an overview of the revised Compliance Program. Thank you to those members who provided feedback on the focus group calls.

The objective of the webinars is to provide members with information they will need to vote on adoption of the Compliance Program.

Contact Holly Wills if you or someone from your company plans to participate. Indicate which focus group you plan to join:

• Webinar 1: April 21: 7:00 AM PST/10:00 AM EST/4:00 PM CET/10:00 PM Asia (April 22)
• Webinar 2: April 21: 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EST/8:00 PM CET/2:00 AM Asia (April 22)
• Webinar 3: April 21: 6:00 PM PST/9:00 PM EST/3:00 AM CET (April 22)/9:00AM Asia (April 22)
• Webinar 4: April 22: 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EST/8:00 PM CET/2:00 AM Asia (April 23)

The Webinars will be recorded and available to all members.

E-TASC V2.0 RFP Work Group: 3 More Members Needed

The EICC V2.0 RFP Work Group needs three more members. Contact Laurie Howard by April 7 if you want to join.

The Work Group will identify the best provider for the association's proprietary next-generation supply chain database. The group will operate in parallel with the existing E-TASC V1.7 Work Group (the V1.7 version is scheduled for launch in July).

EICC members-including any personnel in member companies with expertise in IT systems and other critical skills-are encouraged to volunteer. A description of the skills sought by the work group and other information is available here. Work group members should be able to commit 6-8 hours per week on the project through mid-August.

Registration Information for Guadalajara Membership Meeting

The next EICC membership meeting will be held April 27-29 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Members are encouraged to register early to help us improve the planning process. Please note that work groups will meet on their own. The updated meeting agenda is available here and includes:

• April 27: Membership Meeting and Roundtable Discussions
• April 28: Stakeholder Event and One-on-One meetings
• April 29: Supplier Training

Roundtable Discussion:
Please submit suggestions for topics you would like covered during the roundtable discussions. Topics could include best practices, starting a CSR department, or other issues that prevent your company from making improvements. The discussions are intended to look beyond EICC tools to broader issues that concern EICC members. Email your suggestions to Grant Feichtinger.

Recommended Hotel:
Hotel Presidente Intercontinental

Av. Lopez Mateos And Moctezuma
Guadalajara, 45050
Mexico
Front Desk: +52-33-36781234
Fax: +52-33-36781222

Register here to get the EICC room rate.

Asia Program Update

The following EICC members have volunteered to serve as chairs for the EICC Asia Program Implementation Committees:

• David Pang, Flextronics: Certification Committee
• Wendy Zhao, Dell: Capability Building Committee
• Ron Horng, Foxconn: Outreach Committee

The committees will meet April 20 at the Foxconn offices in Shenzhen. The Steering Committee will meet on April 19 at the Marriott Hotel (6005 Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518040).

The committees will complete development of the Asia Program 2010 Plan at the meeting. They will also begin planning for the September EICC membership meeting that will be held in Shenzhen. Discussions will also focus on outreach and recruitment efforts. Contact Brad Cameron for more information or to attend.

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