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Early Feedback Invited for ANSI/HFES 100 Update
By Thomas J. Albin, Committee Chair

     I invite you to share your ideas for improving the next draft of the ANSI/HFES 100 standard at an informal meeting on Wednesday, October 21, at the 53rd Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Although this meeting is not part of the formal revision process, we are looking for ideas that will help to begin shaping the next revision.

     Please submit your comments via e-mail to hfes100@hfes.org no later than October 28. Your suggestions should clearly state what you think should be changed, added, or deleted to a new draft of the current standard. If a suggestion refers to a specific section, that section should be referenced. Be sure to state why you think the new content is advisable and include justification-especially peer-reviewed research-that can be cited to support it.

     Because this process is not part of the formal revision of the current ANSI/HFES 100-2007 document, neither ANSI nor HFES procedures require formal responses to any suggestions submitted. However, once the formal revision process for the standard begins, you will have an opportunity to submit formal comments, to which you will receive a response.

     It is anticipated that the formal process necessary to revise or reaffirm the current standard (produce the next draft) will begin in sufficient time to meet the ANSI-required five-year review in a timely fashion.

     The time and location of the informal meeting in San Antonio will be published in the on-site program. I look forward to receiving your comments and suggestions, and to seeing you at the 53rd Annual Meeting.

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