Minutes of the Certification Management Committee - 5 February 2008
The committee met by phone. Present were Mattias Fischer, Tom Gloria, Richard Heinisch, Sebastien Humbert, Gary Jakubcin, Mike Richardson, Rita Schenck & Ines Sousa.
Rita reported that per legal counsel, the legal liability issues can be addressed with a hold harmless clause that must be signed off by the applicant seeking the examination.
Mike made a suggestion for the complaints procedure, to include communication with the subject of a complaint during appeal. Rita will make the change and post the result.
There was some discussion of policies for dealing with persons with mental disabilities. It was decided to treat this as a matter of compliance with the Americans with disabilities act. If this proves to be a problem, a procedure can be put in place and referenced in the management system.
The work of this committee is complete until the management system is operating, barring unforeseen circumstances. The committee decided to remain in place per the management system, but to have no meetings unless needed.
The members of the committee, however, were mostly willing to participate in the criteria committee, helping them to finish their work. Rita will send the committee members the notice for the next meeting.
There was some discussion of the names of the certifications. It was suggested that the higher certification could be called a “fellow” in order to preserve the prestige of the other certification. In any event, this must be discussed with the other committee, in order to assure consensus.