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Minutes of P-9 Committee on Test Methods and Procedures
April 15, 2002
Sheraton Old Town Inn, Albuquerque, NM

Attendees
Diane L. Becknese Cooper Electronic Technologies
Joseph Biernacki SEI Electronics
Ted Coler Vishay
Brian Piscitelli KOA Speer Electronics
Dennis Cross DSCC-VAT
Brent Elliott

Cooper Electronic Technologies

Carl Lindquist SAN-O Industrial Corp.
Daniel Giblin Cooper Bussman
Laird Macomber Cornell Dubilier
Dan O'Brien NACC
Dave Ritchey Yageo/Phycomp
Ed Mikoski EIA/ECA
Member Organizations Present
Present at Previous Meeting?/Present at meeting prior to previous?
Cornell-Dubilier No/Yes
SEI Electronics No/No
Cooper Electronic Technologies Yes/Yes
KOA Speer Electronics Yes/Yes
San-O Industrial Corp Yes/?
North American Capacitor Yes/Yes
Vishay No/Yes
Yageo/Phycomp No/?
Member Organizations Absent
Present at Previous Meeting?/Present at meeting prior to previous?
Agilent Technologies* No/No
AVX Corporation No/Yes
Compaq* No/No
Taiyo Yuden No/Yes
IBM Corporation No/Yes
Kemet Corp No/Yes
Lucent Technologies* No/No
Murata Electronics* No/No
Presidio Components No/Yes
Other Organizations Present
EIA/ECA  
DSCC-VAT  

*Not used in determination of quorum due to committee member inactivity

The meeting was chaired by Dan O'Brien for the absent Chairman Mike Mosier. The meeting was called to order at 2:00pm.

1.0 Introductions

Self-introductions were made.

2.0 Committee Organization and Procedures

2.1 Membership and Attendance
A quorum was present.

2.2 Approval of Agenda
Agenda was approved

2.3 Approval of 25 April 2001 meeting minutes

The meeting minutes of the 25 APR 2001 meeting were approved

2.4 Approval of 10 October 2001 meeting minutes
The meeting minutes of the 10 OCT 2001 meeting were approved

2.5 Correspondence
Mr. Mikoski mentioned that MIL-STD-129 on markings was out for comment.

2.6 Review of the Committee's Scope
The group agreed that the scope of the committee should be appearing at the head of the minutes as in other committees.

3.0 Reports

3.1 DSCC report
A DSCC report was delivered by Patrick Kyne. Topics were MIL-STD-202 Rev G status. The
revision is available from the DSCC website at www.dscc.dla.mil/programs/milspec/docsearch.asp

3.2 ETC
(Environmental Testing Committee) Report
There was no report. Mr. Mikoski volunteered to deliver a report at the next meeting.

3.3 STC (Soldering Technology Committee) Report
It was mentioned that the Soldering Technology Committee would be meeting on Tuesday, 16 APR 2002 from 1 to 5pm during this Summit. Members were encouraged to attend.

3.4 Report on the U-1 Committee

The U-1 Committee was scheduled to meet on Tuesday, 16 APR 2002, from 8-10am.

4.0 Old Business

4.1 Review of EIA-186-E (PN-4955), "Standard Test Methods for Passive Electronic Component Parts: General Instructions and Index of Tests"
The group agreed that it is now time to review and revise the 186 Test Procedures based upon the DSCC revisions of the MIL documents.

4.2 Five-year review of documents
The bulk of the documents for review comprise the 186 series of test procedures mentioned above.

5.0 New Business


5.1 Release of MIL-STD-202G, dated 08 February 2002
The document was released.

5.2 Discussion of Soldering Technology Committee (STC) and its overlapping role with P-9 on test methods related to soldering

Should EIA-186 be changed to agree with MIL-STD-202? It was felt that this document covered mostly mature technology and would thus not be a high priority for change. The group felt, however, that it was a valuable document and that it was still being used in industry. There is consideration for leaving EIA-186 as it is for historical reference.

5.3 Search for new Chair.

Laird Macomber volunteered to be interim Chair to cover the next meeting.

6.0 Next Meeting

The next meeting will be at the ECA Engineering Fall Summit the week of 7-10 October, 2002 at the Downtown Marriott in Charlotte, NC.

7.0 Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at approximately 4:00 pm.

This meeting was conducted in accordance with the EIA legal guidelines and the manual of organization and procedures.

Dan O'Brien, Chairman
Signature on file

Edward F. Mikoski, Jr., Acting Secretary
Signature on file

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