Nadcap MANAGEMENT COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE

FEBRUARY 2009

UNCONFIRMED MINUTES

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

WESTIN PARK CENTRAL

DALLAS, TEXAS

These minutes are not final until confirmed by the Task Group in writing or by vote at a subsequent meeting. Information herein does not constitute a communication or recommendation from the Task Group and shall not be considered as such by any agency.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Call meeting to order & record attendance

The following representatives were in attendance:

NMC Voting Member in Attendance:

Pascal / Blondet / Airbus
Bob / Bodemuller / Ball Aerospace
Christian / Buck / SAFRAN
David / Burger / Rockwell Collins Inc.
Mark / Crevier / Pratt and Whitney – Proxy for Dianna Berube
Chetan / Date / Honeywell
Jim / Diamond / USAF Hill AFB
Alan / Fertig / United Space Alliance
John / Haddock / BAE Systems MAS
Tim / Hayes / Hawker Beechcraft
Henry / Johansson / Volvo Aero
Quan / Lac / Rolls Royce Plc
Arne / Logan / Boeing
Frank / Mariot / Vought Aircraft
John / McBrien / GSA
Robin / McGuckin / Bombardier
David / Michaud / Fountain Plating
Donald / Missel / Lockheed Martin
Jay / Park / Northrop Grumman
Michel / Pierantoni / EADS Eurocopter
Manfred / Podlech / MTU Aero Engines
Mark / Rechtsteiner / GE Aviation
Michael / Schleckman / Voss Industries
Dave / Thornhill / General Dynamics
Richard / Vinton / Raytheon
Jerry / Wahlin / AAA Plating
Kevin / Ward / Goodrich

Other Attendees:

Mike / Bath / DCMA
Michael / Coleman / Boeing
Victor / Schonberger / Israel Aerospace Industries
Kathy / Storie / United Space Alliance
Laurie / Strom / Honeywell
Steve / Wells / Goodrich

PRI Staff in Attendance:

John / Barrett
Susan / Frailey
Jennifer / Gallagher
Arshad / Hafeez
Lisa / Ippolito
Sarah / Jordan
EJ / Kegerreis
Glenn / Shultz
Lisa / Shultz

1.0  Intro, Review Agenda

Mark Rechtsteiner reviewed the meeting agenda. A motion was made to approve the October 2008 Steering Committee minutes. This motion was seconded and the minutes from the October 2008 Steering Committee meeting were approved.

2.0 Open Action Items from Previous Meeting

There were no open actions from the previous meeting.

3.0 Sub Team Status

A.  Metrics - How did we do in Q4, 2008: MOS Review

Mark Rechtsteiner reviewed the metrics status and advised that the sub-team reviewed the proposed 2009 goals, analysis of root cause of lapsed certifications and overturned failure recommendations. A determination was made to continue with the 2008 metric goals. For more details please see the attached presentation.

B. Globalization

Michel Pierantoni advised that an MOU with CAPE for Chinese translations is in progress and is expected by March 2009. The sub-team is in the process of identifying key activities related to globalization from the following perspectives:

·  Suppliers

·  Regulatory agencies

·  Checklist design

·  Training needs

·  Additional translation needs

·  Efficiency of audit process

For more details please see the attached presentation.


C. Ethics and Appeals

Kevin Ward reported that the Ethics Sub-Tem reviewed PRI incident reports, the appeals flow from task group to the NMC and discussed the code of conduct and its periodic review by all. Currently there are no active appeals. For more details please see the attached presentation.

D. Standardization

Kevin Ward advised the Standardization Sub-Team discussed the checklist criteria document, supplier advisory enhancements, Industry Specification revision, failure and merit. It was determined that failure and merit have not fundamentally changed since the NOP revisions. However failure and merit will continue to be monitored.

Kevin Ward also reported on Checklist Criteria. It was noted that the term “raise the bar” should no longer be used as it causes confusion. The NMC and TG representatives will meet to develop examples that clearly define the criteria for that task group and then come to general agreement with the larger task group. NDT will be the first task group to work on checklist criteria.

For more details please see the attached presentations.

F. Oversight Audit

John Haddock reported that the Oversight Sub-Team reviewed the plan for the 2009 Oversight Audit. The plan was accepted and launched. Michael Coleman will be the 2009 Oversight Audit Lead. For more details please see the attached presentation.

4.0  Balloting Process

John Barrett discussed NIP 4-01 and reviewed a proposed process outline regarding balloting. Some of the key changes proposed were:

•  Initial Checklist Ballot is 45 days (Procedures is 21 days)

•  Include “Approve with comments” as a ballot response”.

•  NMC has 21 days for affirmation, a no response = approve.

ACTION ITEM: John Barrett to add definition of what waive means to formal ballot and affirmation ballot.

A recommendation was made to accept, in concept, the proposed process outline. NMC Chair Mark Rechtsteiner asked for a show of hands vote for approval. There was unanimous approval by the NMC to accept proposed conceptual changes to the ballot process for audit checklists and procedures. For more details please see the attached presentation.

5.0 Supplier Support Committee

David Michaud reported the 2009 Survey Team has completed the draft of the 2009 survey including Prime and Supplier Review. The 2009 survey will be released in April. It was also noted that supplier voting is down in many task groups and ITAR/EAR continues to be a concern for suppliers. For more details please see the attached presentation.

6.0 Future Meetings

Arshad Hafeez reviewed future Nadcap meeting locations. The 2010 meeting schedule is as follows:

·  February 22-26, 2010 – Rome, Italy

·  June 21-25, 2010 – Meeting to be held in Asia. Currently looking at Singapore.

·  October 18-22, 2010 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

It was noted that the June 2010 will also be PRI’s 20th anniversary.

For more details please see the attached presentation.

7.0 Other Issues / New Business

·  Code of Conduct

Arshad Hafeez advised a sub-team had been formed to look at it in greater detail NMC member code of conduct. The sub-team is working to put all comments together into a draft document and will be sending this draft document to the NMC for further comment.

ACTION ITEM: Arshad Hafeez to send NMC draft document regarding NMC Member Code of Conduct for discussion at the next NMC conference call.

·  CMSP

Mark Rechtsteiner presented a proposal for Nadcap Oversight of Conventional Machining as a Special Process (CMSP). The CMSP team has established a task group scope and initial list of applicable conventional processes and has begun to estimate the demand for audits. The team has named John Pfeiffer (GE Aviation) as its Chair. For more details please see the attached presentation.

·  eAuditNet Update

Arshad Hafeez gave a status update on eAuditNet 2.0. The system is currently going through a period of testing before roll-out. Roll-out is projected to be mid-May 2009.

8.0 Closed Prime Only Meeting

It was confirmed that only NMC User Voting members were in attendance during this portion of the meeting.

·  NMC Supplier Voting Membership

It was noted that each Nadcap task group may have one NMC supplier voting member. A motion was made that the NMC should apply the existing rule that supplier voting members can not have more than one member from the same company as this is the rule that applies to User Voting Members on the NMC. This motion was seconded and approved.

ACTION ITEM: John Barrett to modify NOP-001 to apply existing requirements for Prime NMC Voting Members also to Supplier Voting Members (one vote per company).

ACTION ITEM: NMC to look at the role and determine the responsibility of Supplier NMC voting members.

9.0 Adjournment

Minutes prepared by:

Lisa Ippolito

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