Board Activity

The Board did not meet this week.

Employee Health & Welfare Task Force: Update

The Employee Health & Welfare Task Force has established three subcommittees to complete phase I activities. Task Force members should register for one or more of the Subcommittees by Monday, July 12.

• Employee Views Subcommittee-will develop a questionnaire to obtain input from employees and front-line managers, identify qualified third-parties to conduct interviews, and obtain access to employees of EICC companies and their suppliers.
• Industry Panel Subcommittee-will develop a survey for senior HR and Operations personnel in EICC companies, and compare survey results with EICC Code of Conduct requirements.
• Expert Panel Subcommittee-will identify experts outside the industry who can offer input and help develop a "root cause" analysis for EICC.

The Task Force meets weekly. Contact Brad Cameron to register for a subcommittee, or to join the Task Force.

Announcing New VAP Single Payer and Audit Request Process

The VAP Work Group has created an auditee documents webpage linked from the Tools page on the EICC website. Suppliers and members can use the documents to request and prepare for an audit. The following documents are available on the site:

• VAP Introduction
• Code of Conduct
• Audit Preparation for Auditees
• Self Assessment Questionnaire
• Agreement for the Exchange of Confidential Information (AECI)
• Auditee Purchase Agreement
• Attachment A - VAP Facility Information Sheet

The VAP Work Group has also scheduled two overview webinars for companies using the VAP. The webinars will be held at 10:00am and 10:00pm EDT on July 22. Click on a webinar time to register for Registration one of the webinars.

Contact Grant Feichtinger with any questions.

Membership Meeting: Register Early!

The EICC Membership Meeting in Shenzhen will be held Aug. 23-26. The meeting will focus on emerging issues for the electronics industry in China, as well as important new EICC initiatives. A revised agenda is provided here.

• Aug. 23: Work Group Meetings
• Aug. 24: Membership Meeting: Session I
• Aug. 25: Membership Meeting: Session II
• Aug. 26: Supplier Training

Registration--Please register here.
Work Groups--Work Group leaders should contact Grant Feichtinger to schedule meetings.
Hotel--Hotel information will be available next week.

Membership Compliance Program

Additional information is provided in the following documents (click here to view the documents):

• Compliance Overview and Summary Forms as of 6-11-10
• Member Compliance Program Checklist
• Frequently Asked Questions, Revision 3 as of 6-11-10
• Q1 2010 RA1 unlocked version
• SAQ-RA2 Self-Assessment Questionnaire as of 6-11-10
• EICC Audit Checklist (RA3)

1. June 11: Distribution of ballot materials (includes documents with marked changes since May 7th distribution).
2. July 9: Full Members vote on the Membership Compliance Definition, Version 3. Voting options include Yes, No, or Abstain (if voting "no" or "abstain" please provide your comments in the textbox provided). Please remember that each company may cast only one vote. All votes must be cast by 5 PM EST on Friday, July 9, 2010.
3. July 9: Membership votes submitted electronically. AMS collates and confirms the results.
4. July 16: Voting results communicated to members. (Can members object to a vote outcome? Yes, if 20% of members object to the outcome in writing, a second vote will take place. Objections must be received within 5 business days of original vote.)
5. July 23: Objections filed with AMS.
6. July 29: Objections distributed to members (4 business days after filed).
7. Aug 12: Revote (10 business days after objections distributed to membership).
8. Aug 14: Revote outcome communicated (2 days after revote).

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