Electronic submittal plans have been reviewed by RevCom and are continuing to move forward. The ultimate goal is to have everything submitted to and reviewed by RevCom electronically by the end of 2001. RevCom approved a new convention concerning the mentoring of projects. If there is no contact from a submitter after six months, or no action by the submitter after twelve months, the mentor is no longer required to mentor the project. RevCom approved a revision to item 1.5 of the Working Guide for the Submital of Proposed Standards concerning coordination procedures.
Coordination now consists of mandatory coordination only.
NesCom is currently investigating the possibility of expanding electronic decision making for continuous processing. They are also continuing their work on revising the PAR form. A new balloting category, negative ballot without comment, was introduced during the year 2000 as a result of ANSI rule changes. A number of issues are expected to arise from this, and ProCom has formed an ad hoc committee to examine these issues. ProCom requested that the Standards Board appoint an ad hoc committee to investigate the elimination of the two-year grace period.