News & Information
Next SOC Council Meeting:
The next meeting will be held in May.
The most recent SOC meeting was held on March 23 from 9-noon at DATCP. View the agenda.
If you wish to attend, please contact the SOC Coordinator in advance of the meeting.
Gini Knight has been hired as the new SOC Coordinator and started work on April 2.
Recently a Technical Needs Assessment Survey was distributed to help determine the direction of future work teams. View the results.
New 2-Year Work Plan
SOC recently finalized its 2011 Work Plan, as well as the 2010 Accomplishment Report, which summarize SOC's completed and planned projects using the Third Edition of the Technical Standards Process Handbook.
- View the 2011 SOC Work Plan.
- View the 2010 SOC Work Plan.
- The 2008-2009 Technical Standards Process Work Plan outlined what activities SOC recently undertook.
- Download a copy of the 2010 Technical Standards Process Accomplishment Report and catch up on SOC activities and achievements that happened over the past year.
- The Handbook was revised to better describe a few parts of the SOC process, and guidelines for joint custodianship of technical standards.
Urban Technical Standards
SOC is looking to expand our list of draft reviewers familiar with urban technical standards. If you are interested in participating in this role contact the SOC Coordinator.
SOC Meeting Minutes
The minutes and agendas are posted to the right in green and the dates for the future meetings are listed in black.
According to Wisconsin's open meeting guidelines, Council and Work Team meetings are open. Interested individuals may attend and observe SOC meetings. If you wish to attend an upcoming meeting, please contact the SOC Coordinator and arrangements will be made for you to join.
SOC-UWEX Partnership
The UWEX Environmental Resource Center (ERC) provides staff time to help SOC work teams edit and produce companion documents designed to accompany technical standards. These companion documents are targeted for educational purposes. Extension periodically assists with other graphic materials such as the SOC display Board. See the SOC Work Plan page for more details.
Note: Many of the downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher to view. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is available for free at www.adobe.com
