Standards Advisory Board: Charter/Mission

The purpose of the CIECA Standards Advisory Board (SAB) is to facilitate and coordinate the activities of the various CIECA Standards Development Committees. The SAB reports to the CIECA Board of Trustees.  All Standards Development Committees will report to the SAB.  The Board of Trustees, however, is ultimately responsible for the all CIECA activities.

Leadership

• The Vice-Chair of the CIECA Board of Trustees will be the presiding SAB officer (Chairman).
• The Chair of the Architecture Committee will be selected by the SAB and participate on the SAB.  The ideal candidate will have both technical and business experience in EDI and XML
• The Chairs of each Standards Development Committee will be members of the SAB.  All members are expected to participate even though their committee may not be currently active.
• A Vice-Chair and Recording Secretary will be elected on an annual basis from among the SAB members.
• A member of the CIECA Staff will also participate.
   

Standards Advisory Board Areas of Responsibility

• New Project review, recommendations and submission to the Board of Trustees for approval to add to the strategic plan
• Final review of Implementation Guides (IGs) and submission for member vote without Board of Trustee approval
• Coordination of Standards Development Committees
  • Obtain status from each committee
  • Conduct conference calls Monthly
  • Encourage each committee to stay on plan/timeline 
  • Ensure use of existing guides, lists and information
  • Minimize overlap between projects
  • Help define scope and charter of each workgroup/committee
  • Submit status to CIECA Board of Trustees
    • Resource needs
    • Delays
    • Updates to Strategic Plan
       

Operating Guidelines

• X12 and Washington Publishing will continue to be utilized for publishing all EDI Implementation Guides and updates
• XML guides will be maintained and distributed by CIECA at this time.