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Balloting is one of the core elements of standards development. Participating in task groups offers an opportunity to shape standards at the earliest stages, while subcommittee and main committee ballots allow members to guide standards to the… more
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Your approach to submitting or resolving negative votes is a critical step in the process of shaping standards and is the single most important element of the ASTM International standards development process. Without negative votes and their proper… more
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As an ASTM International member, your participation is key to the ASTM standards development process, which includes voting to express your endorsement, disapproval and opinion via ballots.
It’s easy enough to cast your vote on a standards action… more
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ASTM’s Blue Book, Form and Style for ASTM Standards states that all technical standards should include a terminology section. The requirement advises you to “keep it simple” and use a dictionary definition when possible, but putting a small glossary… more
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“My ASTM” — your gateway to participating online as an ASTM International member — now makes it easier to work with your task group in developing draft standards before they go to ballot. The tool is the ASTM task group collaboration area, which is… more
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Writing a new standard presents many challenges, and sometimes, just figuring out which type of standard it should be is Challenge #1.
There are six different kinds of ASTM standards… which one are you writing? To help organize your thinking about… more
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Does your ASTM committee want to:
Gather information for a possible new area of work or a standard already underway?
Exchange technical information?
Encourage new members and networking?
Provide a forum for technical discussion?
If you’ve answered… more
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