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NCSL International Report to the SIM General Assembly Santiago, Chile - October, 2002 Ed Nemeroff Vice President, International Affairs. 1800 30th St. Suite 305B Boulder Colorado, 80301 USA Tel 303-440-3339 FAX 303-440-3384 e-mail info@ncsli.org Web Site http//:www.ncsli.org.
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NCSL International Report to the SIM General Assembly Santiago, Chile - October, 2002 Ed Nemeroff Vice President, International Affairs 1800 30th St. Suite 305B Boulder Colorado, 80301 USA Tel 303-440-3339 FAX 303-440-3384 e-mail info@ncsli.org Web Site http//:www.ncsli.org
2002 Annual Conference San Diego, California August, 2002
Conference Highlights • 130 Sessions • 48 Committee Meetings • 12 Tutorials • 115 Exhibitors • 1400 Attendees
Conference Highlights • Keynote Speakers Dr. Andrew Wallard, BIPM Dr. Hector Nava James, CENAM • Signed letter of Intent with BIPM • Signed letter of Intent with EUROMET
Conference Highlights • Training • Region/Section Coordinators • Committee Chairs • Interaction/Communication
Conference Highlights • Wildhack Award Winner - Howard Castrup, Integrated Sciences Group • Best Paper - Arthur Reichmuth, Mettler Toledo • High Capacity Mass Dissemination with Four Position Mass Comparator
Board Meeting Highlights • Executive Committee to meet with NIST, NRC/INMS and CENAM this fall • Adopting new LRP and Budget at October BOD meeting • Potential Dues Increase Being Considered - January 31, 2003
Board Re-Organized • Tony Anderson - ILAC Liaison Delegate - non-voting member • Jack Ferris to replace Tony as Standards Policy VP • Woody Tramel to replace Jack as Industrial Programs VP
Board Re-Organized • Jeff Taylor to replace Woody as SE Division VP • Derek Porter appointed to replace Jeff as Western Division VP • Seton Bennett, NPL, United Kingdom, appointed as the EUROMET rep to the NCSLI Board
NMI’s , International Organizations NCSL Board Representation NRC Representative Canada Gary Hysert NIST Representative USA Dr. Richard Kayser CENAM Representative Mexico Dr. Salvador Echeverria-Villagomez SIM Representative Dr. Joao Alziro Herz da Jornada BIPM Representative Dr. Andrew Wallard EUROMET Representative Dr. Seton Bennett, NPL
35 National Metrology Institutes are NCSL Members Argentina Belgium Brazil Chile Canada Czech Republic Ecuador Egypt England Greece Hong Kong India Ireland Israel Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Korea Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Norway Republic of China Saudi Arabia South Africa Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad Turkey United States St. Lucia Uruguay
All New members receive a library of NCSL publications A series of Reference material Training Directory, Directory of Standards Laboratories, Acronym and Glossary Lists, National Measurement Requirements Report, etc.
Recommended Practices (RPs): A series of how to manuals Cal Intervals, Cal Procedures, Laboratory Design, Equipment Evaluation Guide, Cal Lab Capabilities Documentation, Reports & Certificates of Calibrations, Computer Systems in Metrology, etc.
Recommended Intrinsic Standard Practices (RISPs): Detailed information on establishing and maintaining intrinsic standards Josephson Voltage Standard, Triple Point of Water Cell, Quantized Hall Resistance, Piston Gage, Catalogue of Intrinsic & Derived Standards
Uncertainty Workshops Planned • November 13th - Dallas • November 14th - LA/Orange County • Two in winter • Two in spring • Other topics for workshops?
NCSLI News • 5 New Interlaboratory Comparisons • 174 Writing Committee reports that both Z540-1 and Z540-2 will be reaffirmed • NMRC (National Measurement Requirements Committee • new focus and direction
NCSLI News - SIM Translation of the NCSLI Newsletter into Spanish as well as Technical Documents. Hold NCSLI Board of Directors meeting in Mexico in October, 2003 Regional NCSLI meeting in Jamaica in May, 2003 NCSL attended the Mexican Metrology Seminar that was held May 2002.
2003 Conference Tampa Bay, Florida August 17-21 • Theme: From State-of-the-Art to the Shop Floor • CEUs • Tutorials • Committee Meetings • Exhibitors
NCSL and SIM Enhancing the Future of Metrology in the America’s