IECA Committees

Standards and Practices Committee

Chair: Chris Thornton
IECA Staff Liaison: IECA Technical Resources Director
Board Liaison: Technical Vice President

Draft: These guidlines have not received final approval from the committee.

Goal

The Standards and Practices Committee will support IECA's mission, vision and Long Range Plan by cooperating with ASTM in the development of standards, by establishing key contact relationships between ASTM committees and receiving and publishing updated standards information.

Purpose

The Standards and Practices Committee will ensure that IECA's membership has the most up to date information about standards as they relate to erosion and sediment control.

Responsibilities

Actively engage in dialogues about standards with other members on IECA's listserve and forums.
Serve as authors for standards-related news articles and web site content.
Participate in ASTM meetings.
Participate in scheduled meetings of the committee.

Membership & Term of Service

The committee will consist of at least five members. Members can serve on the committee for as long as they like.

Committee members will be solicited from IECA's membership-at-large on a regular basis. Final appointment of members to the committee will be approved by the committee's Chair. Any vacancies can be filled by appointment by the committee Chair.

Qualifications

IECA member in good standing.
Experience, expertise and ongoing interest in the field of standards.
ASTM membership is preferred.

Committee Member Removal

The Committee Chair and committee members may be removed for cause, including but not limited to, failure to perform duties. They can be removed by 2/3 vote of all the Committee members.

Committee Member Replacement

In the event that a committee member steps down or is removed during his or her term, the Chair will solicit a replacement.

Chair Term of Service

Chair term of service will be one year. A Chair can serve for a maximum of three consecutive years. The Chair will serve as the ASTM liaison to IECA's staff. Nominations for Chair will be taken from the Committees' membership annually at the meeting at the annual conference. Majority vote of the Committee members will determine the Chair.

Chair Responsibilities

Chair needs to be a member of ASTM.
Helps set annual goals for the committee.
Presides at all meetings of the committee, including teleconferences and the meeting at the annual conference.
Formalizes the agenda for all committee meetings.
Serve as the official spokesperson of the committee.
Submits a committee report three times a year to IECA's Administrative Vice President and the IECA staff liaison.

Meetings

There will be at least 2 teleconference calls a year. The IECA staff liaison and the Chair will determine the day and time of these calls and notify all committee members. There will be other communications as well periodically via email. There also will be a meeting for all Committee members at the IECA annual conference, and all Committee members are invited to attend.

Reports

Reports will be required three times a year to coincide with the summer, fall and winter Board of Directors' meetings. The chair will submit the reports to the Administrative Vice President of IECA's Board and the IECA staff liaison by the specified deadline, which is at lest 2 weeks before each Board meeting.