ExSC_012_2021_balance_outreach

Further, in the course of their review, the ANSI BSR and the Audit Program may request related evidence that demonstrates the type of outreach undertaken by a developer to achieve balance. [...] 3 The interest categories appropriate to the development of consensus in any given standards activity are a function of the nature of the standards being developed. [...] 2.3 Balance Historically the criteria for balance are that a) no single interest category constitutes more than one-third of the membership of a consensus body dealing with safety-related standards or b) no single interest category constitutes a majority of the membership of a consensus body dealing with other than safety-related standards. [...] The interest categories appropriate to the development of consensus in any given standards activity are a function of the nature of the standards being developed. [...] User-labor: Where the standards activity in question deals with subjects of special interest to the American worker, such as products used in the workplace, an appropriate user participant is a representative of labor.