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EICC Board Transition Update
The EICC Board of Directors is continuing the process to transition in new members who were elected to serve in 2013. The Board today hosted its third and final transition call for the year with all new members.
Current and newly-elected Board members will meet on Dec. 18 in Washington, DC to interview finalists for the position of Executive Director. Board members will elect a Chair, Vice Chair, and Treasurer on Jan. 2-3, and results will be announced on Jan. 4.
EICC members may obtain more information about the process and notes from Board meetings upon request. Contact Brad Cameron for more information.
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Worker-Management Communication Training:
Registration Closed for Dec. 13-15 Session
Registration for the final worker-management communication training session of 2012 has reached maximum capacity and is closed. The session will be held Dec. 13-15 at INFACT Global Partners Offices in Shanghai, China (Room 302, Building 20, New Factories, No. 555 Haifang Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, China 200040. 中国上海静安区海防路555号 同乐坊20号楼302室.)
Contact Ben Bruno or Jannie Bailey for more information. Contact INFACT Global Partners if your company wants to use the training internally or with suppliers.
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2013 Membership Fees: Due Jan. 7
Invoices for 2013 membership dues were sent to EICC primary representatives on Nov. 6. Payment is required by January 7. Contact Ben Bruno if you did not receive an invoice, or for more information.
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Working Hours Update
Template Subgroup Formed
The Working Hours Work Group has established a subgroup to develop a common template that can be used to report working hours data. The subgroup was formed as a result of input from EICC companies at the work group planning session that was hosted by Apple on Oct. 18. The subgroup will review a draft template this week, and will provide it for review to all members of the full work group next week.
Next Steps
The work group will reach out to EICC members in January to encourage use of the template. The group will then compile data in February from template users to form a baseline report, and to obtain feedback. The work group plans to present a final template at the EICC membership meeting in March.
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VAP Updates:
Working Hours Non-Conformance Rating, CAP timeline changes, and a new Audit/Reporting Tool
Changes have been made to the Working Hour non-conformance rating based on feedback from EICC members.
- Members reported that the working hours finding calculation was too complex. As a result, the non-conformance rating table has been modified.
- Members also reported that CAP closure expectations were unrealistic given the complexity of the issues. To address this, the Working Hours CAP timeline will now be longer than CAP timelines for other findings. Auditees now have up to 90 days to improve from one non-conformance level to the next, with a maximum time of one year to reach conformance.
- In addition, a standard template has been distributed to audit firms to improve reporting. It was developed to match the working hours section (Chapter 16) in the VAP Operations Manual. The same changes applied to AMA and CMA.
Members should expect these changes to be reflected in Validated Audit Reports (VARs).
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EICC Governance Transition Information
Notes from EICC Transition Task Force meetings are available to all members upon request. Contact Brad Cameron if you would like to obtain a copy of meeting minutes, or for more information.
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Need Help?
Contact AMS staff at 202-962-0167
Programs: Brad Cameron
Operations: John Flatley
Member Services: Carrie Hoffman
Work Group Coordinator: Grant Feichtinger
Membership Coordinator: Ben Bruno
Membership Compliance: Anne Vogel-Marr
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