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2.  Standards, Codes and Regulations, Best Practices (one for each?)

 - possibly subdivided further (North America,  Europe, etc  or further subdivided by standards bodies AIA, CSI, TIA,  EIA, ANSI, ICEA, NECA, ASHREA, IEEE, CAN/CSA, BOCA, NFPA, AS/NZS, CAN/LC,  CENELEC,  IBC, FCC, IEEE/C2, NEMA. ITU-T, ISO, IEC, NRCC, OSHA, SCTE, UL, USDA-RUS/REA, ASTM, FIPS, ETSI, IAEI, Telecordia/Bellcore,  . . . . )

3. How about a forum for each type of Publications, and a Subject Matter expert for each as a moderator, possibly a Master Instructor?

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Thanks for your consideration

- Todd

I second the notion.  Maybe something more appealing, like the navigation links on the BICSI home page.

Kevin J

 

A picture is worth a thousand words. 

http://forums.bicsi.org/Topic423-4-1.aspx?Update=1

scroll down to my response at the link above

--  Todd