If you think the NCS needs to be modified, now is your time to change it the ballot submission period is now open.  The ballot submission period is the method by which the changes to the NCS are proposed, debated and ultimately voted upon to amend the current version of the NCS. Each proposed amendment must be documented on an NCS ballot form. Three forms have been developed to submit a proposed change to the NCS:

·         a CAD Layers Ballot Form,

·         a UDS Symbols Ballot Form, and

·         a general Multiple Components Ballot Form for amendments other than layers or symbols amendments.

The forms must be submitted through the balloting module of the portal.  Ballot forms are located on the balloting tab of the collaboration portal.

To gain access to the member portal go the NCS website at www.buildingsmartalliance.org/index.php/ncs/ and click on the “Member Portal Login” link.

We invite you take a tour of the new collaboration site by clicking on the “Take a Tour” video located on the portal landing page. The portal overview and the NCS balloting overview videos describe how to navigate, use, and submit a ballot to amend the current version of the NCS.

The ballot submission period will run through February 6, 2010.