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The word “standard” is commonly used in daily language, so much so that people do not always reflect on its definition. Even in the standards-development community, the term can function in casual conversation as a catch-all for several types of… more
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A collaboration area is your online forum for a specific standards activity. The collaboration area gives you and your task group a dedicated area for a specific standards project, whether a new standard or a revision to an existing one.
If you’re… more
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Ballot: Could be task group (though always informal at this stage), sub, or main (all defined below) as a new or revised standard goes through the required voting process.
Chair: Usually said along with main, sub, task group to describe the person… more
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As a committee member, your participation drives the standards development process. Your knowledge and experience help to create useful standards of the highest technical quality. And your perspective adds value to the process, so please don’t… more
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2019 is a year for electing committee officers: chairman, vice chairman/chairmen, membership secretary, and recording secretary.
Subcommittee officers are not part of this election process as they are appointed separately in accordance with an… more
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You can vote. And you should.
As an ASTM International member you are entitled — as stated in the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees — to vote on all main and subcommittee ballots where you hold membership. These are your “voting… more
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Fairness. Productivity. Efficiency. These are universal goals for meeting outcomes in offices and conference rooms around the world.
One tried-and-true tool to ensure fairness, productivity, and efficiency used by ASTM International technical… more
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Attending your first ASTM International meeting, or thinking about it? Welcome!
To get important general information about meetings, which are open to all interested parties, check the information at www.astm.org/MEETINGS, both for committee weeks (… more
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You may have noticed that your online collaboration areas got an upgrade.
The new ASTM International Collaboration Areas are more useful and intuitive in supporting your standards development work.
The collaboration areas now reside on ASTM… more
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Like questions that should be asked, ideas for standards should be explored.
Ideas for new standards come from “aha” moments — maybe as you unwind with colleagues after a meeting (the origin of more than one useful ASTM International standard) — or… more
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