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Appeal to Committee on Standards (COS) Date: June 3, 2015 To: COS Secretary From: Dr. Hugh Pratt is a member of IEC TC 36, IEC TC 64 MT4, BSI PEL 036, BSI JPEL 64, CIGRE 4.303, ASME CNF, UL 101, ASTM F18 And Richard Brookes is a member of ASTM F18 Standard Designation(s): New Standard ‐ Insulating Lifting Links for Load Lifting Equipment Working Near Energized Power Lines Work Item #’(s): WK48065 Ballot Designation: F18 (15‐01) Ballot Item(s): 012 1) No concurrent ballot rationale Violations of Red Book (concurrent ballot rationale) ASTM TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OFFICER HANDBOOK p67 says All concurrent ballot items must contain a cover letter. The cover letter should include rationale for balloting concurrently and background information on the ballot item. There was no rationale for balloting concurrently especially to reduce safety margins by 100%! 2) No answer to rationale Violations of Regulation 11.4.3.1 (not answer Rationale provided by Negative voter) The following responses to each negative violated Regulation 11.4.3.1 in the development of this standard and/or with the handling of the negative votes 11.4.3.1 says ….All motions for handling negative votes shall include an explanation of the reasons for the action. However the Not Persuasive Rationale did not answer the written statement in Rationale provided by the negative voter. It is insufficient to write a rationale which is just a group of disconnected
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