AOAC CASP Meeting

Approving the Draft Standards

Program Lead and  Standards Manager will  oversee the approval  process

STEP 2 :   Program Lead will  conclude deliberation and  Standards Manager will record  and verify with WG chair(s) any  revisions, if needed

STEP 1: WG chair(s) introduced  to present the draft standard  along with how comments were  reconciled followed by  discussion on the draft standard

STEP 3 :  After final revisions are  complete, the WG chair will  make a motion for approval of  the standard and a second to  the motion may be entertained,  but is not necessary 

STEP 4: Program lead will  acknowledge the motion (and  second, if offered) and offer  time for discussion/questions on  the motion.  

STEP 5:   After any due  discussion, Program Lead will all  for a vote on the motion.  

STEP 6:   Standards Manager will  walk attendees through the  electronic balloting process.   All attendees will be able to  participate in the vote

NOTE: 2/3 vote in favor of a motion will  pass a motion.   2/3 of those voting will  demonstrate consensus in  passing a motion

Documentation and  Communication

AOAC carefully documents the actions  of CASP and the Working groups

AOAC will prepare summaries of the  meetings Communicate summaries to the stakeholders Publish status and summaries in the Referee section of AOAC’s  Inside Laboratory Management Publish documents in  Journal of AOAC  INTERNATIONAL, Official Methods of Analysis of  AOAC INTERNATIONAL