Membership Dues and Member Requirements

The 2011 dues cycle has begun.  Invoices have been sent to all primary contacts. Please note the following deadlines:

• November 15: Membership Commitment Form Response due
• December 31: 4Q10 Compliance Program Requirements Response due December 31, 2010
• January 1: Deadline for Membership Dues Payment

Please contact Carrie Hoffman if you have questions about the 2011 dues process or membership requirements.

Board Election

Four Board positions are up for reelection. The slate of nominees and the positions for which they are running follows:

• Director for Operations: John Gabriel, IBM
• Director for External Relations: Kate Cacciatore, ST Microelectronics
• Director for Code Management: Eric Austermann, Jabil
• Director for Outreach: John Digenan, Microsoft; Bruce Klafter, Applied Materials; Todd Melendy, Celestica Inc.

Winter 2011 EICC Membership Meeting

The Winter 2011 EICC Membership Meeting will take place January 18-20 in San Diego, CA.  Work groups will meet on January 18. Thank you to Sony, who will host the meeting.  More information will be provided in the coming weeks.

Health & Safety Trainig Pilot

The Learning & Capability Building Work Group announces completion of the Health & Safety Training Course. The first of two pilot courses has been scheduled and will take place on November 19 at PEGATRON Shanghai. An invitation letter that you can use to send to your suppliers can be found here.

The invitation can be sent with your company's logo and branding. All members are encouraged to invite their suppliers to the pilot training and to submit feedback afterward.  Availability is limited to 100 attendees (one person per supplier).  Companies will have access to the materials to deploy to suppliers after feedback is obtained. Contact Grant Feichtinger if you have any questions about the training.

VAP Informational Meeting

The members of the VAP Work Group are available to meet one-on-one with any EICC member company that would like more information about the audit program.  Contact Grant Feichtinger to arrange a call.

Due Diligence Data Collection Tool

US egislation on conflict minerals was enacted in July. The law applies to all companies publicly traded in the US, and requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish new disclosure requirements for companies by April 2011. Details of the due diligence requirements in the law are not yet available.

Several EICC and GeSI member companies are conducting due diligence activities with their suppliers in anticipation of the new rule. This has resulted in "survey fatigue" throughout the supply chain due to multiple requests for data.

The Extractives Work Group is developing a streamlined, common reporting tool. The work group has proposed a moratorium on individual data requests related to conflict minerals until the common tool is completed. The proposed moratorium does not apply to information need to schedule smelter audits.

Contact Grant Feichtinger for more information. 

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