SC6 Meeting Minutes

Subcommittee 6

January 15, 2025

Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County | Garden Grove, CA, USA

Room: Salon I

Meeting Agenda Acceptance, Kenn Miller 1^st, Chris Lamb 2^nd
- Roll Call and Quorum
Quorum achieved
- Call for Patents & Review of IEEE SA Copyright Policy
IEEE Patent and Copyright slides were provided prior to meeting
- SC6 Secretary’s Report
SC-6 Membership Roster Review – Chair / Secretary
- Three Members removed, Ray Herb 1^st, Cherie Paugh 2^nd
  - Makoto Takashima, passed away
  - Mark Walsh, no longer plans to attend
  - Steve Wyman, no longer plans to attend
- SC-6 Concurrence of New Members – SC-6 Membership
  - One Member Added, Ray Herb 1^st, Rich Stattel 2^nd
    - Shingo Tanaka
  - SC-6 24-02 minutes review and approval, Chris Lamb 1st, Pietro Porco 2nd

Reviewed NPEC 24-02 Meeting Minutes
- SC-6 Name Change
Previously discussed name change to “Instrumentation and Control Systems” and SC6 voted to approve at 24-02.
It was noted that there are electrical standards within SC6.
Background for request to change name was discussed. SC6 is likely to be involved in non-safety standards moving forward, which would not be possible under current name of “Safety Related Systems”
AdCom will still need to approve name change at 25-01
- SC 6 Public Website
Rich Stattel updated the public website prior to 25-01.
Kenn Miller agreed to maintain website with Rich’s support moving forward
It was noted that the SC6 public website is required to post meeting agendas 30 days in advance and should have working group scopes/descriptions. Kenn Miller took an action to ensure that the SC6 website can be navigated to from the PES/JTCM websites.

Working Group Reports (include Current and Future PARs)
- WG 6.1 Chair – Cherie Paugh
- WG 6.2 Chair – Dave Herrell
- WG 6.3 Chair – Dave Heinig
- WG 6.4 Chair – Ray Herb
- WG 6.5 Chair – Jack Zhao for Matt Evans
- WG 6.6 Chair – Andrew Nack
New Business
- Upcoming Meetings

25-02: June 23-26 2025, Knoxville, TN (Exact location TBD, Co-located with IEC 45A Technical Committee Meeting)
26-01: January 12-15 2026, Courtland Grand Hotel, Atlanta, GA
- Review of NPEC WG Policy and Procedures
Draft working group policy & procedures will be voted on during 25-01.
It was noted that the NPEC Working Group Policy and Procedures are applicable to working groups, but Subcommittees and NPEC are governed by the separate NPEC P&Ps.
Notable change that officer terms are being changed from 2 years to 4 years, with ability to serve up to two consecutive terms (for a total of 8 years).
It was noted that all working groups are required to have both a Chair and Secretary.
- PARs
IEC/IEEE P60880 Preview
- Received comment that there are terminology differences for safety systems, function differences, etc.
- It was noted that PAR scope must envelop standard scope, which has presented issues in the past for IEC standards with large scopes
- Other administrative comments provided for transcription error & membership.
- Draft Standard Preview approval – Chris Lamb 1^st, Wolfgang Koenig 2^nd
IEEE P603 PAR
- PAR Preview approval – Pietro Porco 1^st, Dave Herrell 2^nd

Presentations
- IEC/IEEE P60880 Preview – Ray Herb
- IEEE P603 PAR Preview – Dave Heinig
- EPRI Advanced Assurance Methodology – Andy Nack
- JANSI Presentation – Hisanaga Takahashi
Round Table Discussion

General discussion on co-locating meetings with JTCM. Mixed feedback that JTCM is expensive for meeting attendance, but can be mitigated somewhat by registering early at a discount or discounted rate for IEEE SA members, and that co-locating has been beneficial in some cases for attracting new working group membership & for various ad hoc meetings.
Working Group 6.4 will plan to meet on Mondays moving forward in order to facilitate cross-participation with other SC6 Working Groups. Working Group 6.2 will meet on Tuesdays.
Suggested 25-02 agenda topics/presentations:
- Review officially revised NPEC WG P&P’s and discuss impacts
- Primer on IEEE Senior Membership & IEEE SA Membership