Secretariat_Communique

Document:ISO/TC 251/N 613Secretariat of ISO/TC 251Date:1st August 2019To the Members ofISO/TC251Asset ManagementISO/TC 251 Secretariat CommuniqueDuring the May 2019(Nanjing)meeting of ISO/TC 251 members expressed the need for greater visibility in theactivities ofthe TC,in order to encourage greater participation in the TC and its working groups.While a TC251 Communique was issued following that meeting (see document TC251/N604)and more recently aNewsletter (document TC251/N611),this Secretariat Communique has been written specifically to highlight the workactivities that will start by,or at,the next meeting of the TC being planned for Quito in Ecuador,during 11 to 15November 2019.During the May meeting a number of work proposals were reviewed and were assigned to different working groups.At this time,none of the proposals has resulted in a formal "new work item proposal"for an ISO"deliverable";instead,they are intended to either:achieve articles for posting onto the TC251 website(https://committee.iso.org/home/tc251)or act as a scoping study for the development of potential New Work ItemProposals.These activities are key to developing concepts that can be captured in future revisions of our existing suite ofstandards but in turn may also generate thoughts for the future direction of our work in TC251.As such,these are ofcritical importance and wide engagement will ensure that our future standards development is focussed on those areasthat matter most to our user community.By initiating them as less formal documents now,gives the TC time to reflecton and decide their technical content,without the constraints of ISO's formal project timeframes,as well as openingthe topics up for wider discussion in the asset management community.Details of the agreed projects and their assignment to a specific working group are given on the following pages.To participate,the experts will need to be registered on the ISO eCommittee system as members of the indicatedworking group for the project.Please share this communique among the members of your national mirror committee to ISO/TC 251,as we hope itwill enthuse and encourage new experts to come forward to participate in the activities of both the national mirrorcommittees through your NSB and the TC at the international level.Yours sincerelyCharles CorrieFor the BSI Secretariat ofISO/TC 251charles.corrie@bsigroup.com1IS0/TC251N613