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COG Membership will allow you to learn about a multitude of facets that make up "Obsolescence Management" through a range of dedicated workshops, expert presentations at the quarterly meetings, information guides and networking opportunities with people that have problems just like you from a wide range of manufacturing industries. Nowhere else in the UK will you have access to so much knowledge.

• Quarterly meetings hosted by member companies normally attended by 80+ people which include:
  

  • Reports on initiatives from Working Groups
  • Presentations on topics of interest.
  • Discussion Groups
  • Excellent Networking Opportunities for both suppliers and OEMs
  • Awareness of Industry Events, Legislation and COG Press Articles

• COG Web Site www.cog.org.uk with information and links worldwide.  Features include:
  

  • Presentations given at meetings since 2000
  • Who are they now? – database of company name changes
  • Semiconductor and Passive Manufacturer Links
  • Obsolescence Links
  • E-mail ListServer subscription and history of postings
  • Complete list of members and contacts
  • Solution Providers page

• E-mail ListServer which enables members to send one e-mail which is broadcast to the whole membership.  This is mainly used to source difficult to find components.
  
  

• Workshops for 25-30 people on specific topics. Subjects planned for 2009/10 are:
  

  • 29 July 2010 - Selecting an Obsolescence Monitoring Tool
  • 20 October 2010 - Planned Upgrades
  • 19 January 2011 - Emerging Technology and Reliability
  • 16 March 2011 - Qualification, Re-Qualification and their Issues

• COG Conference and Exhibition – the next COG conference is being held in the Summer of 2011

• Six Working Groups which carry out tasks between main meetings. These are:
  

  • Steering Group – providing the policy for the group and formulating the agenda of main meetings
  • Publications and Standardisation Group – Providing input to the British Standards Institution and with the Workshop Group is producing a series of booklets on aspects of obsolescence management
  • Web Site Group – tasked with deciding on the content and maintenance of the web site
  • Workshop Group – deciding on the content of Workshops
  • Conference Group – deciding on the format and content of the COG Conference. 
  • Customer Solutions Group – looking at specific solutions for obsolescence problems