Industry Consortium Standard Position Statement
001-0004: Substation Design Solution (SDS) Industry
Consortium Charter (rev. 1)
SDS Industry Consortium Charter
Consortium Name: Substation Design Solution (SDS) Industry Consortium
Scope: SDS Industry Consortium made up of member utilities and contract design/engineering firms
that have adopted or are investigating for adoption the Autodesk SDS suite of software products
(Inventor, AutoCAD Electrical, SDS toolkits) and Autodesk, the software developer. The Consortium will
meet, as needed, to establish common workflows, common toolkit functionality, shared libraries,
common standards, technology needs and any other topics that help drive Autodesk to software
development according to an industry standard. The SDS Industry Consortium will drive standards to
promote common library development from internal resources, external partners, and/or equipment
manufacturers.
Note: Contract design/engineering firm members are reserved to non-voting participants.
Operating Guidelines:
Organizational Structure
 Consortium Leadership Council positions do not have term limits but are elected/re-elected for
a two year term. Officer elections will occur at the fall Consortium meeting as follows: Vice Chair
positions will be elected in even years and Chair positions will be elected in odd years. In the
event that a current Vice Chair is elected as the new Chair, the Consortium Chair and Vice Chair
will appoint a Vice Chair replacement for the remainder of the term. In the event of a loss of
knowledge and continuity due to majority election changeover, the Consortium Chair and/or
Vice Chair have the right to extend an officer’s tenure in 6 month increments until operations
can be stabilized. The goal is to maintain momentum through the election period to ensure a
seamless transition. The Consortium Leadership Council will consist of:
o Consortium Chair
o Consortium Vice Chair
o Documentation specialist (non-voting)
o Newsletter editor (non-voting)
o Event coordinator (non-voting)
o Autodesk Representative
o Automation Force Representative
o ACADE Chair
 ACADE Vice-Chair
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Inventor Chair
 Inventor Vice-Chair
o Civil3D Chair
 Civil3D Vice-Chair
o Technology Chair
 Technology Vice-Chair
 If Committee Chair is unable to fulfill his/her duties (either by resignation or council evaluation),
the Vice-Chair will take over his/her duties and the Consortium Chair and Vice Chair will appoint
a Vice-Chair replacement. If the newly promoted Chair and/or Vice-Chair is unable to fulfill
his/her duties, the Consortium Chair and Vice Chair will appoint a new Chair and Vice -Chair.
Operations
 Consortium chairperson will facilitate the consortium
 Quarterly working sessions among member utilities, with a face to face meeting at least once a
year
 Minutes will be taken during the consortium and posted within two weeks of meeting
 The SDS Industry Consortium Council will establish the agenda for each consortium meeting.
 Consortium topics will be brought to the discipline Chairpersons first and then to the
Consortium Council as a whole. Topics will be prioritized by the council first.
 The highest priority topics will be facilitated by the discipline Chairpersons in the discipline
meetings with the goal of gathering data and bringing it back to the Council to move forward.
 If the Council cannot reach concurrence on priority, the Consortium Chair and Vice Chair will
assign the final priority.
Role of Chairpersons:
 Keep Council abreast of chairperson’s discipline activities
 Schedule meetings in advance so attendance can be planned by all consortium members
 Facilitate prioritized topics (Top 5 per discipline) in discipline meetings for data gathering and
communicate findings up to Council
 Serve as point of contact for issues/questions/requests coming from members or potential
members
 Ensure SDS Industry Consortium site for team stays up to date with meeting minutes, action log,
working agendas, and other information useful to members
 Ensure action items are being proactively addressed
Role of Members:
 Attend all team meetings as scheduled
 Willingly accept assignments and complete by date requested
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 Do required work/research before meetings to maximize effectiveness of team meeting time
 Share summary info after attending industry training, meetings, seminars
 Proactively share ideas on design tools, work processes/procedures, design tool efficiencies,
new tools needed, training identified, etc.
 Autodesk/Autodesk partners respond to consortium requests, share ideas on design tools, new
functionality, direction of new development, etc.
 Please reference document “(003-0001) SDS Industry Consortium Membership Guidelines” for
additional information.
Common Agenda Items:
 Common Standards (ex. Naming conventions, library development, etc.)
 New technology, toolkits, etc.
 Common workflows
 Emerging needs
 Response to requests
 Establish future meeting logistics (dates/locations)
 Issue resolution topic
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October 6, 2014
January 14, 2016
Changes
Initial creation of document. (Michael Goins, Duke Energy)
1) Section: Scope. Extend membership to include Contract Design /
Engineering Firms as non-voting participants.
2) Section: Organizational Structure. Added verbiage to define election
cycles.
3) Section: Organizational Structure and Operations. Changed all reference
of Co-Chair to Vice-Chair.
4) Added revision block. (John D. Thomas, Southern Company)
5) Added Civil3D Chair and Vice-Chair, Newsletter editor (non-voting), &
Event coordinator editor (non-voting), to the hierarchy (Jeremy Morton,
Duke Energy)
6) Added verbiage about non solicitation from Contract Design/Engineering
under the Roles of Members section (Jeremy Morton, Duke Energy)
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