TCSA Join the CASS Community

How can I join The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA) Community?

Apply to join The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA) Community online today (a.k.a the CASS community). The CASS community is for those who use or are interested in the CASS templates (including associated scheme documents) and want to be kept up to date on the latest templates, the latest updates, and the minutes of the management meeting minutes. Participants in our CASS community have the option (via request and effort) to become a management member of the The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA). This membership request is made via one of the tick boxes below and the effort monitored via active participation at management meetings.

Information about CASS is available from www.61508.org/cass.

NOTE: RFSA is not a competence management scheme nor a competence management system.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Joining the CASS Community does not confer any of the benefits associated with membership of The 61508 Association. Membership of The 61508 Association is completely separate.

The purpose of The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA) is to continue the development and maintenance of the CASS scheme as a conformity assessment methodology for safety-related systems that offers openness, traceability, auditability, integrity, and availability to all and is free-of-charge. One of the main purposes of the Association is therefore instigating, defining and / or contributing to CASS templates. The other activity that The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA) maintains is a functional safety assessor registration scheme called the Registered Functional Safety Assessor (RFSA) scheme.

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CASS Community
  • The CASS community is for those organisations that cannot commit the time and resource to the creation, review, and maintenance of CASS templates and scheme supporting documents (but still wish to be kept informed).
  • Each participant in the CASS community will list their company name on the CASS pages of The 61508 Association website. Participants in the CASS community are not members of the Association and are not invited to TCSA management meetings as this is limited to management members only.
  • Participants in the CASS community are expected to use and positively promote the CASS scheme assessment templates.
  • Participants in the CASS community will be sent regular information on CASS scheme developments and progress.
Management Member
  • Management membership of The CASS Scheme Association is open to all organisations that have an interest in CASS and that complete the declaration above. Please see our CASS pages for the benefits of management membership, which is currently free-of-charge (cost reviewed on an annual basis).
  • The CASS Scheme Association management committee, who steer and manage the association, is formed from all the management members (if you wish to be involved in the management committee please state so via the tick box of the above application form).
  • Management membership of The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA) is reviewed on an annual basis by the management committee.
  • Every three years management members will be asked to renew membership via the above form otherwise your membership will expire.
  • Management members that fail to attend enough management meetings and support the committee tasks will revert to become a simple participant of the CASS Community.
  • The Association, as an unincorporated association, shall be controlled by the management committee.
  • The management committee shall be comprised from the management member(s) volunteering their time and resource to the aims and goals of the Association.
  • A minimum of three, in-person / hybrid, management meetings shall be held annually. These can be hosted by Association members or held in public spaces (as the Association has limited resources and membership is currently free).
  • The Association may invite observers and guests to attend management meetings.
  • The 61508 Association (T6A) chair may be a regular guest at the management meetings.
  • Each management member will list their company name on the CASS pages of The 61508 Association website.
  • The management members shall share the costs of the Association on a basis to be agreed between them and all expenses shall be funded in advance (currently run as no-cost).
  • No association member shall commit the association to any contract or expense without the consent of the management committee.
  • Management members shall be responsible for any Association debts and contractual obligations.
  • The management members shall be responsible collectively for the proper conduct of the affairs of the Association.
  • No association management member shall commit the association to any presentation or paper without the consent of the management committee.
  • The Association management committee may select a suitable management member or request a volunteer to represent the Association and present on a functional safety related topic at a third-party event.
  • External presentations and relevant external events shall be approved by the management committee prior to the commitment to present.

 

NOTE: An example of active participation (in relation to the RFSA scheme) in the Association is several years management membership as a representative of your organisation including attendance at many CASS meetings, active participation in meeting discussions, and technical involvement in CASS template updates / reviews.

 

How we use your information and communicate with you

 

The information you have provided above shall:

  • only be used by The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA) and The 61508 Association (as we share a website) but not with other organisations with whom we may be associated with.
  • be used internally to understand our community / membership, its needs and how participants / members use the CASS scheme material, in order for us to improve the scheme.
  • in respect of the organisation name only, be listed publicly as a participant of the CASS community or management member of The CASS Scheme Association.
  • be used to keep in touch (see below).

NOTE: The use of your information for the CASS Registered Functional Safety Assessor (RFSA) scheme is different from the above. This is detailed in the CASS RFSA scheme manual.

As an organisation seeking participation in the CASS community or management membership of The CASS Scheme Association, we would like to send news about CASS developments, upcoming meetings, renewal subscriptions (if applicable), and opportunities to serve on the management committee. Your submission of the application form above indicates your consent for us to do so. If at any point you would prefer not to hear from us, please contact us via The 61508 Association contact us form.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The 61508 Association (T6A) and The CASS Scheme Association (TCSA) are totally separate associations that typically do have some members in common. Participation in the CASS community nor management membership of TCSA does not infer any benefits related to membership of T6A. As our application form is completed via this website, submitting your details for TCSA membership will mean submitting them to both T6A and TCSA.