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U-1 Passive Component Committees Users' Group

Tuesday, 4 April 2000
Quality Hotel & Suites
Arlington, Virginia

1 Committee organization and procedures

1.1 Membership and attendance
Self-introductions were made, attendance taken, and a quorum was shown to be present.

1.2 Approval of the Agenda

1.3 Approval of the Minutes from last meeting

1.4 Correspondence

1.5 Review of the Committee's scope
The U-1 Passive Component Steering Committee's scope is to provide leadership and direction for passive component standards engineering working groups. The Committee will offer an opportunity for creating a unifying environment for interaction between all passive component users and producers.

1.6 Report of recent committee meetings

1.6.1 Lead-free issues
The status of no-lead/reduced lead components continues to be an important issue for both component manufacturers and users. It was proposed that ECA keep the engineering committee members apprised of trends and enactments in global legislation that pertains to hazardous materials in electronic components. An action item was taken by Vice-Chairman Richardson to formally request regular updates from the EIA/ECA on the international status of lead-free component manufacturing. This request should be made to ECA President Bob Willis.

1.7 Report on EIA activities

1.7.1 Report by ECA President, Bob Willis
Mr. Bob Willis gave an overview of the EIA/ECA organization. It was announced that Mr. Bernie Aronson will be retiring from the organization in May, 2000. Mr. Aronson will be replaced with two persons in the positions of Engr. Services Manager and Engr. Services Coordinator. Ms. Cecelia Williams remains in the position of Engr. Services Administrator.
Mr. Willis introduced Ed Mikowski as the VP of Technology Strategy for the ECA.
Mr. Willis gave an very informative demonstration of the new web site (www.ec-central.org). This web site has been up for about two weeks and includes sections on Business News, Products Warehouse, Trends and Analysis, Technology Center, and Upcoming Conference Center.
Mr. Willis introduced Ms. Phyllis Call who is the Director of Operations for the ECA. At the request of the ECA engineering committee members, an update/report was given on the procedure for selection of sites and facilities for future meetings. It is anticipated that by bring in other groups such as the Soldering Technology and Automatic Component Handling groups, larger attendance can be achieved with a resulting improvement in facilities for meetings and lodging.

2 Old business

2.1 Going forward, the ECA will come to the U.1 chairman with 2 to 4 suggested properties within the city selected for upcoming meetings. The chairman will enlist the assistance of committee members with knowledge of the chosen city so that feedback can be obtained on proposed meeting sights. The U.1 committee chairman will work with the ECA to select a property before negotiations are finalized and contracts for the property are entered into by the ECA.

3 New business

3.1 A discussion of meeting schedules was held. Mr. Hofmaier suggested that extended meeting hours for ceramics (P2.1) and tantalums (P2.5) were needed to accomplish the business of the committees. There was general agreement among the members that longer meetings were needed for these groups.
See the proposed schedule for the next meeting which reflects this change.

4 Selection of next meetings
Mon.-Wed., 2-4 October 2000, Wyndam Emerald Plaza, San Diego, CA
Mon-Wed, week of April 2 (or April 23 -Alternate) in San Antonio, TX
Fall 2001, Boston (preferred) or Orlando, FL (alternate) selected by the committee

Schedule for the Fall 2000 ECA engineering committee meetings in San Diego, CA

Monday Oct. 2, 2000
Ceramic Working Group - 8:00 am-4:00 pm
P-10 IPD - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
P2.1 Ceramic - 4:15 pm - 6:15 pm

Tuesday Oct. 3, 2000
U.1 Steering - 8:00 am - 10:00 am
P-2.2 Film - 10:00 am - 11:00 am
P-2.4 Aluminum - 11:00 am - 12 noon
Tantalum Working Group - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
P-3 Inductors - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
P-2.5 Tantalum - 4:15 pm - 6:15 pm

Wednesday Oct. 4, 2000
P-14 Fuses - 8:00 am - 10:00 am
P-9 Test Methods - 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
P-1 Resistors - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

5 Adjournment
The Committee moved, seconded, and unanimously agreed to adjourn at 10:00 AM.

6 Action items
· Distribute information on current efforts in lead-free issues to the component committee membership.
· Gather all information on lead-free issues from all the subsequent passive committee meetings and provide this information to Nancy Reynolds.
· Obtain pertinent IEC documents for inclusion in the Minutes. Also find out how paid members can obtain by downloading the draft documents, especially TC40. Check with Aikers, to find out what are the benefits and concerns about IEC TAG membership.

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

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