This has always frustrated me. I sit on a number of IEC working groups as a technical expert (as part of TC 80 for maritime equipment). None of us get paid by the IEC (which is fine), but we all donate either ours or our company's time to attend meetings and produce input papers, etc. Meeting rooms tend to be provided by either national standards bodies (like BSI here in the UK) or companies who are providing technical experts to the meeting. In pre-COVID days the meetings were face-to-face, which meant somebody (not the IEC!) stumping up for travel and accommodation as well.
Even as members of these working groups writing standards that refer out to other standards, we don't get free access to these and have to pay for them. It's crazy.
I'm really proud of the work I've done over the years helping to get these standards published, but it's really annoying that there's such a barrier of entry to people who want to use them to produce compliant equipment.
Even as members of these working groups writing standards that refer out to other standards, we don't get free access to these and have to pay for them. It's crazy.
I'm really proud of the work I've done over the years helping to get these standards published, but it's really annoying that there's such a barrier of entry to people who want to use them to produce compliant equipment.