TBD

Authors

  • Charles Hoes Hoes Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v52i1.135

Keywords:

SAE, G-48, MIL-STD-882, rebranding, vision

Abstract

The Virtual Chapter of the International System Safety Society (ISSS) has had an interesting round of discussions during the past few months, some of which might be of interest to all members of the Society. These topics have been rattling around in my head since I was president of the Society in 1990, but have never seemed to get traction with others. I was thrown back into thinking about these issues at the last International System Safety Conference (ISSC) when I discovered that several years ago, the G48 Committee published a new “commercial version” of MIL-STD-882 and that this new version is now owned — and marketed — by SAE. Not only is the standard now the property of SAE, but so is the G48 Committee! SAE has begun advertising and promoting the idea that it, rather than the ISSS, is the owner and source for all things related to system safety engineering — selling the new standard, as well as papers written by folks who I consider to be key ISSS members, and providing training and workshops on system safety engineering.

Author Biography

Charles Hoes, Hoes Engineering

Charles “Charlie” Hoes began his consulting business in 1984, providing system safety engineering services to defense, aerospace, semiconductor and general industry. During that time he has become a P.E. in Safety in the State of California, a Certified Safety Profession (CSP) with a specialty System Safety Practices and earned a Master of Science degree in Safety from University of Southern California. In 1988 Charlie incorporated his business under the name of “Hoes Engineering, Inc.” He has many years of experience volunteering in support of the International System Safety Society, filling many positions including past President of the Sacramento Chapter, the Virtual Chapter, and the System Safety Society. He is a past technical editor of the System Society’s journal Hazard Prevention (re-named to be the Journal of System Safety), as well as authoring an ongoing feature article of the Journal of System Safety called “TBD” where he discusses current concerns with the system safety profession.

In his new role of being semi-retired, Charlie continues to actively work with the System Safety Society as well as participating in a few “for hire” and volunteer projects that are particularly interesting, or important, for a variety of reasons. He is enjoying the ability of being a bit more selective with regard to projects that he accepts.

TBD

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Published

2016-04-01

How to Cite

Hoes, C. (2016). TBD. Journal of System Safety, 52(1), 6–7. https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v52i1.135