Standards & Practices Board
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Charge
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The Standards & Practices Board leads the development, adoption, review, and revision of national and international standards related to the practice of automation. Work products (via standards committees) include standards, recommended practices, and technical reports.
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Group Type
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Committee
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Sponsor
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Executive Board[1]
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Responsibilities
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- Ensure that standards committees are operating effectively
- Monitor and manage the overlap between standards committees
- Maintain ISA’s accreditation as an ANSI standards development organization
- Establish and maintain liaison relationships with other organizations as required to maintain the standards portfolio
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Composition
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Chair, chair-elect
Directors[2][3]
Directors Emeritus (ex officio, non-voting)
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Selection/ Appointment
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Chair and Chair-elect are appointed by the Executive Board on recommendation of the S&P Board.
Directors are appointed by the Chair and approved by the Executive Board.
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Service Terms
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Chair term is one year, renewable up to two consecutively. Director terms are 1 year, renewing automatically unless the Chair decides not to renew the appointment.
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Expected Commitment
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All directors are expected to attend monthly meetings. Managing directors must attend sufficient meetings of the committees that they are responsible for to ensure that they are following proper procedures. The total monthly commitments should be in the order of 1-3 hours.
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Roles and Authorities
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Approves
- Formation or dissolution of standards committees
- Technical standards that meet ISA and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) requirements for due process and criteria for approval.
- Technical reports and recommended practices that meet ISA criteria for approval
- Adoption of standards from external bodies such as IEC
- Transfer of ISA technical documents to external standards development organizations.
Monitors
- Standards committee operation to ensure use of proper processes and procedures
Makes recommendations to the Executive Board
- Related to changes to the standards portfolio that may have impact on the Society content strategy
- Resources required to support standards activities
- External liaisons that require resources or commitment beyond the authority of the S&P Board
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Related Groups
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- Technical Assembly
- Technology Evaluation Committee
- Individual standards committees[4]
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Supporting Documents
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- S&P operating procedures (accredited by ANSI)
- Standards committee charters
- Descriptions of liaisons with external bodies related to development and maintenance of standards
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[1] Processes and procedures used in the creation of standards and practices are certified by ANSI.
[2] Administrative directors serve in an at-large capacity, while managing directors are responsible for overseeing one or more standards committees.
[3] Directors must be a professional member of ISA and a member of one or more standards committees.
[4] Each standards committee has an approved description and scope, approved, and managed by the S&P Board.