InfoComm International Audiovisual (AV) Independent Programmers Council

Mission
To serve the needs and interests of control systems programmers who are not employed by hardware vendors or integrators. The Council seeks to raise the stature of Independent Programmers in the industry, provide collective feedback to vendors, define standards of practice and share professional resources.

Activities and Goals

Council will identify independent programmer business issues.

Subcommittees will address industry relations, membership criteria and standards of practice.

In 2007, the council will develop a survey to learn more about the independent programming industry.

Council collaborates with other Councils and Committees on such key projects as:

Roadmap to Control - Creating best practices for device control protocol development and documentation, making programming easier and more reliable; the IPC is working with manufacturers on self-certification of Roadmap guidelines.
Dashboard for Controls - Creating guidelines for touchpanel graphics and navigation to simplify the use of AV control systems; the IPC took ownership of this initiative from the Technology Managers Council and has become a driving force in its success.
Intellectual Property Rights - Clarifying answers to the ever-present question: "Who owns the code?", the IPC is actively working on this extremely important topic by collaborating with other Councils to define issues, find common ground, and create solutions.

Are you an AV Independent Programmer? Download this PDF to see why you should be a member of InfoComm and the Independent Programmers Council.

Download the Independent Programmers February 2008 member list (PDF).

Chair
Steve Greenblatt, CTS^®
Control Concepts
steveg@controlconcepts.com

Number of Members: 50+

2008 Steering Committee

Steve Greenblatt, CTS, Control Concepts, Inc., Council Chair
Matt Grisafe, CTS, AV Programming Associates
Marc LaVecchia, BMA Software Solutions, Inc.
Bernard Morgan, Intelligent Control Systems Plus
Jason Moulden, Trestle Software Company

One major benefit of being a member of the council is the use of our ListServs.
Only members of the council can be part of the ListServs. To join the council, fill out and send in the Council & Committee application. If you have any questions, send an email to membership@infocomm.org.