Consensus Group

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ACCT Consensus Group

Membership on the Consensus Group is open to all interested parties having a direct and material interest in the activities of the Consensus Group and shall be sufficiently diverse to ensure reasonable balance without dominance by any single interest group.

The ACCT Consensus Group is primarily responsible for:

Reviewing standards proposed by the ACCT Standards Writing Committees and making any changes to the proposed standards.
Voting on approval of American National Standards within its scope.
Complying with policy and procedures for interpretations of the standards developed by the Consensus Group.

Responding to requests for interpretations of the standard(s) developed by the Consensus Group.
Materially affected parties may submit comments about the overall standards, specific suggested language changes for the standard or requests for interpretation to the Consensus Group through the following link, (form.jotform.com/200135197124042).

Comments and ideas may also be submitted by email to StandardsManagement@acctinfo.org. Email submission will only be accepted if they include complete contact information including phone, physical mailing address and email information, the chapter and number of the standard in question.

2024 Meeting Schedule:

Meetings are from 12:00pm to 1:30 pm Mountain Time (unless otherwise noted)

Please note, all meetings are open to the public. Any person who wish to attend a meeting must first fill out a Consensus Group Observer Agreement form at least 7 days in advance of the scheduled meeting.

November 6, 2024

Purpose: Review outreach efforts, recent applications and other membership matters.

December 4, 2024

Minutes:

February 7, 2024 CANCELLED

March 6, 2024 CANCELLED

April 3, 2024 Meeting Minutes (PDF)

May 1, 2024 Meeting Minutes (PDF)

June 5, 2024 (Meeting Cancelled - Agenda Postponed)

July 17, 2024 Meeting Minutes (PDF)

August 7, 2024

September 4, 2024 CANCELLED

October 2, 2024 CANCELLED

2023 Meetings

February 12, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

February 22, 2023 (No Quorum Present - Agenda Postponed)

March 1, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

April 5, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

May 3, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

June 7, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

July 5, 2023 CANCELED

August 2, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

September 6, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

October 4, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

November 1, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

December 6, 2023 meeting minutes (PDF)

2022 Meetings

January 5, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
February 2, 2022
- CANCELLED
March 2, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
Apr 6, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
May 4, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
Jun 1, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
July 6, 2022
- CANCELLED
August 3, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
September 7, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
October 5, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
November 2, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)
December 7, 2022
- meeting minutes (PDF)

2021 Meetings

January 6, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
February 17, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
March 3, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
April 7, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
May 5, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
June 2, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
July 7, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
August 4, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
September 1, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
October 6, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
November 3, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)
December 1, 2021
- meeting minutes (PDF)

2020 Meetings

January 8, 2020
- CANCELLED
February 9, 2020
- In person Raleigh, NC
- The ACCT Consensus Group will have face to face meeting for the purpose of processing comments on changes to the ACCT Accredited Procedures.
- Time: 8:30am to 4:00pm Eastern Standard Time.
- Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
- The meeting is open to the public. Persons wishing to attend this meeting are required to pre-register by contacting Scott Andrews, ACCT Policy Director, Standardsmanagement@acctinfo.org, 303-827-2432.
March 4, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
April 1, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
May 6, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
June 3, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
July 1, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
August 5, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
September 2, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
October 7, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
November 4, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)
December 2, 2020
- meeting minutes (PDF)

2019 Meetings

January 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
February 2019
- Face to Face: meeting minutes (PDF)
March 13, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
April 10, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
May 8, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
June 12, 2019
- Phone: No Quorum.
July 10, 2019
- CANCELLED
August 14, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes for Meeting Minute
September 11, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
October 9, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
November 13, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
December 11, 2019
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)

2018 Meetings

April 12, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
June 13, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
July 11, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
August 8, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
September 12, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
October 10, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
November 14, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)
December 12, 2018
- Phone: meeting minutes (PDF)

All meetings are open to the public. Any person who wish to attend a meeting must first fill out a Consensus Group Observer Agreement form at least 7 days in advance of the scheduled meeting.