General guidelines include:

• The Steering Committee membership should consist of DOE, DOE contractor, and labor union personnel, representing various contractors, disciplines, functions, and facility types (e.g., R&D, weapons, reprocessing, reactors, accelerators). Steering Committee members have primary responsibility for industrial hygiene or occupational safety within their organizations.
• Permanent members of the Steering Committee include IH/OS SIG DOE Advisors/Sponsors and the TRADE IH/OS SIG Coordinator. All other Steering Committee members are appointed to three-year terms through an election process. The Steering Committee makes appointments to the Committee each Fall from the slate of candidates. This provides approximately one-third turnover of the committee membership.
• The goal of the Steering Committee is to have 20 members, as respresented below:
  • 14 Contractor representatives
  • 2 DOE Operations/Field/Site Office Representative
  • 3 DOE Advisors (contingent on number of DOE Sponsoring Offices)
  • 1 TRADE IH/OS SIG Coordinator
• The Steering Committee should include a Chair-Elect, Chair, and Advisory Chair positions. See additional guidelines and responsibilities for these positions: Chair-Elect Responsibilities; Chair-Elect Guidelines; Chair Responsibilities; Chair Guidelines; Advisory Chair Responsibilities; Advisory Chair Guidelines.
• All Steering Committee members, including the Sponsors and the SIG Coordinator, are voting members. Decisions shall be determined by majority vote.
• Steering Committee members who are unable to fulfill their term may name a replacement from their facility to complete the term.
• Upon completion of a term, Steering Committee members are eligible to submit a nomination form for consideration for an additional term as a Steering Committee member.

For additional information, please contact:
Deborah McFalls, IH/OS SIG Coordinator
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
P. O. Box 117, MS 10
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117