Charter
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1. Designation
of the Pacific Area Cataloguing System (PACS)
2. Responsibilities
3. Background
4. Mission
5. Organisation
and Location
6. Duration
7. Certification
1. Designating
Pacific Area Cataloguing System (PACS)
The PACS, consisting of countries in the Pacific Area
Senior Officers of Logistics Seminar (PASOLS), who wish to participate
as members, will abide by and conform to the joint rules and procedures
and regulations to standardise and classify items of supply. Each
country will comply with the provisos of the PACS Handbook on Aims,
Organisation and Procedures. The PACS will serve as the overarching
policy and governing body for Pacific Area Cataloguing and will be
comprised of the designated Heads/Chiefs of their respective nation’s
cataloguing authority. The Chair for the PACS will be elected from
the membership of the PACS.
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2. Responsibilities
(a) Provide co-operation between codification and
standardisation in all aspects and maintain continuing liaison
with other PASOLS bodies on tasks as they relate to codification.
(b) Promote, develop and improve procedures where
possible, for the use of a single PACS stock number for an item
of supply in all PACS countries.
(c) Exchange views and promulgate experience, in
areas connected with codification of items of supply.
(d) Work toward establishing common regulations
and procedures for PACS codification to facilitate inter-nation
co-operation.
(e) Review, on a continuous basis, the PACS codification
system to seek ways to improve performance.
(f) Contribute to and support the preparation of
courses, lectures, seminars, briefings etc. in support of the
mission and objectives of the PACS codification system.
(g) Promote all aspects of PACS codification in
support of logistics functions.
(h) Promote co-operation with national civil authorities
on the use of the PACS codification system.
(I) Monitor and report on the progress of the aims
and objectives of the PASOLS.
(j) Review agreements, objectives, goals etc. to
insure viability and report findings as appropriate.
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3. Background
(a) General: The PACS grew out of Canada’s
proposal for a common cataloguing system for Pacific Rim countries.
The concept incorporates basic NATO AC/135 processes and procedures
and was briefed at the Pacific Area Senior Officers of Logistics
Seminar (PASOLS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in September 1994.
The first PACS Working Group (WG) meeting was held in Seoul, South
Korea in February 1995 with a second meeting in Singapore in September
1995. These meetings led to an agreement by 15 Pacific Rim countries
to pursue a Pacific Area Cataloging System, based on the NATO
Codification System. The PASOLS further approved a plan to effect
PACS as briefed at the 24th PASOLS in Seoul, South Korea.
(b) Membership: The PACS is made up of at
least one primary representative with one vote from each participating
nation. These may be full PASOLS member nations or active observer
nations. Other countries may attend sessions of the PACS as observer
nations. With the advent of the Pacific Area Co-operative in Acquisition
and Logistics Support (PACALS), such activities may serve in a
consultative capacity on all subjects under their purview as determined
by the PACS.
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4. Mission
(a) To provide a central policy, development, implementation
and maintenance authority to support PACS nations as a feasible,
cohesive and cost effective means for standard cataloguing and
standardisation operations.
(b) Specific mission objectives are to:
To work toward developing and establishing policy,
manuals and management control for the PACS codification system.
To work toward developing and establishing and maintaining
a uniform item of identification and supply classification system.
To work towards facilitating access to codification
data in support of PACS Nation Forces.
To work toward developing and maintaining an automated
PACS data exchange system.
To work toward providing codification services to
appropriate non-NCS PACS nations as required.
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5. Organisation and Location
(a) Pacific Area Cataloguing System (PACS)
No current permanent location. POC is the elected PACS Chair.
(b) Sponsor; Pacific Area Senior Officers of Logistics (PASOLS)
Secretariat: USA CINCPAC, J41
Box 64020
Camp Smith
Hawaii 96861
ATTN: PASOLS Secretariat
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6. Duration
This Charter is in effect until one of the following takes place:
PACS is dissolved.
PASOLS is dissolved.
All member nations consent to the cancellation of the Charter.
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7. Certification
To ensure continued PACS support, certification will
be at the flag officer level or equivalent to PASOLS Logistics Steering
Group (LSG) representative level.
See attachment.
CERTIFICATION
The authority herewith certifies to provide the resources
needed to implement, maintain and operate a cataloguing system within
the general guidelines of the Pacific Area Cataloguing System.
Signature: ________________________ Date: _________________________
Title: ________________________
Country: ________________________
SPONSOR; PASOLS: I certify and support the scope, purpose
and mission limits of this Charter and certify that the above is an
active member and/or observer within the PASOLS.
PASOLS; Secretariat
Signature: ________________________ Date: _________________________
Title: ________________________
