G OBAL ws METROLOGY AND CONFOR lTV ASSESSMENT IN MONGOLIA Ed Nemeroff VP. Tnternational Affairs

In the footsteps of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian Empire has held a fascination for the nations of the west, a country where snow-cov­ered mountains reach out to the famed vast Gobi desert. Mongolia; the very name evokes images of Genghis Khan's golden horde gal­loping through endless lands.

Mongolia became a sovereign nation in 1921. Three years later, in 1924, the Mongolian National Center for Standardization and Metrology (MNCSM) was created. The organization is located in the central part of the cOlmtry in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar.

Tbe MNCSM is a government regulatory body responsible for coor­dinating and managing the activities of Metrology, Standards, Certification, Testing and Accreditation tlu'oughout the country.

To quote the Chairman of the MNCSM: "Since Mongolia entered the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1997, the national stan­dardization and metrology body has begin formulating its develop­

ment strategies and goals for the future."

Present technical structure of the MNCSM

MI~CSM

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Nab"naIMe.iElJr'lment Labor.notl'!:SN.abon.afAooNdiidbon

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TQtnnloal C.o\Jnols

Sl.Jnd'llds In1c.rmabon Cer,I.?:1

WTDner EnqulIjI POlrol

Technical Gommrtti: es:

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Measurement Standards

The metrology center maintains the Mongolian national measure­ment standards of SI for the units of mass, time and fi"equency, volt­age, solid density, temperature and volume.

Main activities include:

• Development of national measurement standards system • Dissemination of national measurement standards • Development of Certified Reference Materials • Calibration of measurement standards and instruments

Legal Metrology

The metrology department provides calibration services for over

50,000 instruments annually.

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The Mongolian National Metrology and Standards Tnstitute

Accreditation

The center has developed a national accreditation program for test­ing and calibration laboratories, product certification bodies, inspec­tion bodies, registrars and certification bodies. To date, 51 testing laboratories, 30 calibration laboratories ;md 7 product certification bodies have been accredited to the national system.

The center has embarked on a program to build and upgrade the national system in accordance with intemational confoLUrity assess­ment procedures and to promote the mutual recognition of test reports and certificates on a regional and intemationallevel. There is a growing demand for an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory accreditation

program.

The Time and Frequency Lab.

Documentary Standards

At present there are 3520 Mongolian national standards, 18% are lSO standards that have been adopted as national standards. The main standards activities of the center include management and coordination of the 20 national technical committees, coordination of implementation of the WTO/TBT agreement and halmonization of national staudards with intemation<ll ones. The Center partici­pates in 9 ISO/Te's and 36 ISOITC/SC's. Unlike most industrial nations, Mongolia has a disproportionate amouut of standards that

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are mandatory (>80%). Therefore, they have become technical reg­ulations and have an adverse impact on trade and business. There is a long-term program to rectify this.

As pad of the standards infonnation center, the library contains over 600,000 international standards and technical regulations that are available for use by interested parties for a nominal fee. Many are available in electronic fonnat as well as hard copy. This group also publishes a monthly journal "Standards alld Metrology"

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The DC Voltage Lab. using Standard Cells (1.018000 Volts), housed in temperature-controlled Russian enclosures.

International Activities

The center has an aim to develop cooperation with relevant intema­tional organizations. At present they are a full member oflSO, a C01Tesponding member of OIML and participate in the Asian Pacific LegallVletrology Forum and others. Shortly, they will hecome a member of ILAC and NCSL International.

The Center has bilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation with the National Metrology Institutes of Korea, Turkey and Russia.

In 2000. the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recognized the work heing accomplished by the Standards center of the NMCSM, and specifically its Vice Chainnan, Mrs. Adiya Ariunaa, who was the head of the Standards Department in 1999.

Mrs. Ariunaa was awarded the ISO Helmut Reihlen 2000 award for Young Standardizers in Developing Counhies. ISO Secretary­General Dr. Lawrence D. Eicher presented the award to Mrs Ariunaa in Geneva, Switzerland.

In her award winning address at the 24th ISO General Assembly, Mrs. Ariunaa stated that "Thc mission of our National Standards Body is to contribute to the development of the connhy's society, economy, industry and trade by establishing standards on the basis of mutual understanding and voluntary agreement between parties in government, indushy and business with regard to consumer rights, and to continuous develop standardization activities aligned on a market system as well as international stalldardization and trading systems."

Acknowledgement

Having just spent a month working in Mongolia in support of the USAlD project, "The Competitiveness Initiative," managed by Nathan Associates, I spent much of the time working with the man­

agement and technical staff of the Mongolian National Center for Standardization and Metrology. I wallt to personally express my thanks to the Chairman of the Center, Mr. J. Khurelsukh, Vice Chainnan :Mrs. Adiya Ariunaa, and to all of the staff for their hospi­tality and friendship.

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N SUIC ~ NAM SE lOR STAFF MEETING John Ragsdale

John Ragsdale and Charlie Motzko met with Dr. Hector Nava, Director General of the Centro Nacional de Meh'ologia (CENAM), and senior members of the CENAM staff on December 3, 200 I, at their headquarters in Mexico. This meeting is one of lhe annual meetings betwecn NCSLlleadership and the national metrology institutes of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signatories.

Our meeting was very productive, and we developed somc ShOlt­and long-term strategies that will be heneficial to both NCSLI and CENAM. These strategies included CENAM's assistance in translat­ing all ofNCSLl's Reeommended Practices (RP's) and Recommended Intrinsic Standards Practices (RlSP's) into Spanish, development of a Mexican National Measurement Requirements Report, and NCSLl participation in the Mexican Metrology Symposium that will be held in May, 2002. Long-term strategies included printing the NCSLI Newsletter in Spanish as well as English and to explore the feasibility of holding the annual NCSLI Workshop and Symposium in Mexico within tbe next 5 to 10 years.

Other issues that were discussed included issues related to accredita­tion of calibration and tcsting laboratories, metrology education and training, proficiency testing for accredited lahoratories, and the development of Tutorial Sessions by the CENAM staff for the annu­al NCSLI Workshop and Symposium. We also were given an exten­sive tour of the CENAM facilities.

D,: Hector Nava. Director General oI CENAiVI. John Ragsdale. NCSLl President, Charlie Motzko, NCSLJ Executive Vice President. and senior staffmembers oj CENAM

On Sunday afternoon, Charlie, his wife Rose, and I attended an informal dinner with Dr. Nava and several of the senior staff mem­bers from CENAM that was held at the residence of Dr. Salvador EchevelTia-Villagomez, who is the CENAM Representative to the NCSLI Board. Salvador, and his lovely wife Laura, hosted a very enjoyable social gathering and served a huly outstanding meal. The food and fellowship were excellent l I was certainly pleased that we were able to have this infonnal gct-together prior to our mceting on

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Monday, as it made it possible for all of us to get to know each other prior to our more formal discussions. Charlie, Rose, and I certainly enjoyed our time in Mexico and would like to thank every­oue we met for making us feel tnl1y welcome.

Our hosts, Salvador, his wife Laura, daughter Sofia and son Enrique

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Dinner with "Art Gecko. ., There must be an interesting story behind this restaurant.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (Continued from front cover)

Some of the key initiatives the BoaJd of Directors have identified in the LRP are the ones Dave Abell put on the table in 2000, moved forw8Jd by John Ragsdale in 200 I and are just as relevant today. To wi!. ..

• Value to the Membership - Some traditional areas of metrology have seen a decline in growth and int1nence over the past years. The Board is working diligently to understand the ueeds and design a supporting infrastructme for our member companies, member-delegates and supporting professionals in metrology, calibration, testing aud the related fields.

Here the Board will be focusing resources on the Region and Section Coordinators, through the oftices of the five Division Vice Presidents to enhance the suppon of our community at large.

• Fiscal Management - NCSL International has continued to evolve its fiscal controls, mauagement and budget planning with repoliing over the past few years. This is clearly evidenced with thc move from operating on a cash basis to the accmal method. The primary reason for this action was to factor in the timing of receipts across fiscal periods and conform to the standard accounting practices for a 50 IC (3) tax-exempt organization.

NCSL International is and will continue to be a financially healthy organization, The Board will continue to examine all options, make reconunendations and implement policies and plans in the interest of the long-term financial health of the organization.

• Conference Management - NCSL Intemational's Arumal Workshop & Symposium has grown to a point, complexity and cost where traditional volunteer management is being strained. We need to determine if the use of professional conference man­agement and the traditional employment of volunteer help have a place in Oll!' organization and if so; what would be the optimal mix?

The Board will strive to identify and evaluate Conference improve­ments and enhancements (driven to a large extent hy the Conference evaluation feedback fOlms). The Board will detennine the best bal­ance of paid positions versus volunteer positions for successful Conferences and the quality of the technical sessions and tutorials will remain foremost in our minds as we go through these delibera­tions.

Some of the Operational Goals we will be pursuing in 2002 are:

1. CommUJJ.ication: a) Listening and responding to our member companies, member­

delegates and the supporting professionals. These are of extreme importance to NCSL Intemational.

b) A major web site redesign early on in 2002, watch the NCSL Intemational web site for further developments in this area.

c) An evolving and more informative and relevant NCSL lntemational Newsletter under the ahle leadership of our edi­tor, Jolm Minck.

2. Education and Tr-aining: a) Work with the academic community to develop new SOUrces

of metrology and measurement science training and to sustain these elements in existing programs.

b) Continue to develop and strengthen training resources and materials available from NCSL International.

c) Examine and implement additional value-added services requested by our membership for compliance support of national and international standards.

3. Leader' ip Succession Planning: a) Continue to identify key personnel for future positions as

Committee Chairs, Region and Section Coordinators and for positions on the Board of Directors.

4. P r1l1ersh.ips: a) Sustain relationships with NIST, NRCC, CENAM and BIPM

to monitor and support their charter iu providing basic meas­urement services and to develop new measurement techniques to support emerging technologies in new economies.

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ROMT E REG ONS

Nov 6, 2001 Medrad, [nc Indianola, PA Karl Klevens Pittsburgh Section Coordinator

The Region 2 Pittsburgh Section Fall meeting was held on November 6, 200 1 at Medrad, Inc. in Indianola, Pennsylvania. Gary GalTison from Medrad hosted the meeting.

Karl KJevens, Pittsburgh Section Coordinator, opened the meeting with a welcome and a request for self-introductions from the attcn­dees. Karl thcn surveyed the group for items of interest for future topics/dIscussions. For the benefit of the attendecs who were not members of NCSLI, and as a rcminder to current members, the ben­efits of membership were discussed and the new NCSLI promotion­al video vicwed.

The first speaker was Phil Smith, Technical Sales Representative for RDP Corporation, who gave a talk titled "Unccrtainty Analysis of Pressure Rcference Standards." Phil's presentation covered thc improvements in the calibration chain from NIST to Ruska that resulted in lower uncertainties available in the determination of effective cross-sectional area of Ruska customer piston/cylinder assemblies. Thesc lower w1certainties are impOltant in thc SUPPOlt of the ever-increasing accuracy of digital pressurc deviccs. Details oftbc uncertainty analysis showing these improvcmcnts were also prcsented. A question and answer period followed the presentation.

Lunch was then offered in the adjacent cafeteria that provided the group with some time to interact on a more personal level.

Ncxt was a presentation of thc minutes of the NCLSI Board of Directors mceting, held in Arizona iu Octobcr, by .Iohn Wehrmeyer, Consultant, Quality Consultants of New York.

John then gave a talk on tbe "Special Challenges Along the Road to Calibration Laboratory Accrcditation." John opened this presenta­tion by encouraging discussion and questions at any time during his presentation, a requcst that the group was certainly willing to accommodate. After a few opening comments about aecreditation, .101m made the statement that one of thc benefits of accreditation would bc a saving of money. This started a lively discussion on thc topic of some of the costs, both hidden and real, incurred in the accreditation process and how, or even whether, these costs could be recovered.

After the smoke cleared, John then involved the group in developing an uncertainty budget for the calibration of a micromcter as a men­tal exercise 10 show the thought proccsses involved in determining an uncertainty budget. A list of potential sources of unccrtainty was developed and discussed and a deterrnination was made as to their signiflcarlce to the overall uncertainty.

Our fmal speaker was Mark Hodges, Quality Manager, National Association for Proficiency Testing. Mark's presentation covered an overview of NAPT, what NAPT can do for calibration laboratories; how NAPT conducts, and interprets the data ITom, proficiency tests; the benefits and some limitations of proficiency Lests; and the future of proficiency testing at NAPT. Chuck Ellis, Chairman, Board of Directors, NAPT, then joined us, via speakerphonc, for a question and answer session.

We are excited to have re-established the Pittsburgh section and bt>lieve that our frrst meeting in a section wi th no activity for several years was a Sllccess. Our next scheduled meeting is April 3, 2002 where we will be hosting the traveling NCSLI Uncertainty Analysis Workshop.

Aitendees: rodo Aull WeSl Penn Material EvaluaLlcm Patti J~d: Medrad D;we 13h::ll"la T~;!l Group .101m Blut:mk wrsco Cal1br~rion Servlces GJnn3 Buyd~l:i\} Pre-CaJ. Services Pele (Jasl m'lme missing) MedJ.d Gary Garnson Mcctrad Chris Herrmann 'Yr,.JlSCJ,L

Ma: k I-lodges NAPT K~rl Kleven/) Process Instruments G¢Ol'g¢ Nablc George Nable In~lrumenl Sef\IIC~

D:uleen NabJc George Nable 111Slrument Service

f-1lI1 Schaffer Mcdr.ld Pill] Sml!.h RPD CorpomL1QO 10hn Welumeyer QCNY

Karl galhers his group for the attendance evidence.

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Sept. 26,2001 Alcon Laboratories Sinking Springs, PA Joe Reinstein Philadelphia Section Coordinator

The Philadelphia Section held a meeting on Sept. 26, 2001, at Alcon Laboratories located in Sinking Springs, PA. The meeting was host­ed by Ted Seiberlieh, QualiTY Engineer for Alcon Laboratories and Joe Reinstein QA Manage'r for SIMCO Electronics, and the Region 2 & Pbiladelphia Section Coordinator.

Guest speakers included:

• James Erickson, President ofB]ue Mountain Quality Resources gave a presentation on 'The Application ofElectronic Records and Signatures in Cahbrarion Management Software. "

Greg Gogates, President of FASOR Technical Services gave a presentation on "'Software Validation. .,

• Randy Fowler, Eastern Region and Government Sales Manager for John Fluke pr ented "Uncerrail1Ty in DC and Low Frequency Nfeas/.I/'l!ments. .,

I want to thank all the guest speakers for volunteering their time, and providing excellent presentations. The material presented was easily understood and very informative. I also want to thank Ted Seiberlich, for the excellent job in hosting and organizing the meet­ing, and for a lour of Alcon's facility. There were 19 members and guests in at nd lCC.

Atleodee5: Trevor SCI bill ,\J:kiux::t"JI T~~nJC'al Markeung Ted Selberl:d, jaml). \icoo uoor~nt$

Dennis AnlWle-s. "'[.;on iii rlt" Ke"JIl ',11:.). Ah.'.:n 1(]r.t~tJL:S

Don Fmm=n, A La"'",' rl," Ken GI Ptord. ... CI:n L· .lake Go,Wes. Alc"" l.!kl1<11bti" Dan Le;l .... m AI.. L.C>J1lIi"li<s Gen)' l31il"l:l':-Y Eld) Tech/1,.1ogl" Sll.!phen S3iwb, IDS Un"ho.-. Randy YousC'} JDS Uml'h,>sc Clayton Soul1~r$ 1"'1U1 hillt 'rl,;i' ,Ioe Remstem. SIMOl EJ """Ie; Chris Oi en;,:, S",IUI1:.It<1 ~IIC'

JClme~ Enc.k\oIl Li ..!" MI.«..htlu ~ ~Iljl' Rc:;ources Inc H.alldyI:owlo::r Jolll\ ,,~. Ill< Gn:gg Gogatcs f.~SO In"

CoordinaTor Joe Reinstein (l) thanks Speaker Greg Gogates/or his presentation on software validation.

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"771e Smiling Philadelphians" group poses/or their meeling photo.

October 11,2001 Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division Patuxent River, MD Ramona Saar. Maryland Section Coordinator

The NCSLl Uncertainty Road Show came to the Region 3 Maryland Section on Thursday Octobcr 11, 2001. The meeting was hosted by the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Patuxent River. MD. The meeting opened at 9:05 with Kevin Abercrombie welcom­ing the attcndees and presenters. Georgia Harris. NCSLI VP for publications, then took the floor to discuss NCSLl business. Next Ramona Saar opened the workshop with an ovcrview of the US Standard for the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement, ANSI/NCSL Z540-2. Ramona was followed by Mati Daniels of DHI, Tom Wiandt of Hart ScientifIC, Charlie Francis of Mettler Toledo, and Dr. David Zhang of MaIn Federal.

At the lunch break everyone gathered for a group picture in front of an F-] 4 Tom Cal. At the conclusion of the presentations, door prizes were awarded and the attendecs and presenters wcre treated to a tour of the Pax River Metrology Lab and refresLunents.

On behalf of Ramona and myself I would like to tbank all of the attendees and presenters and CMA for providing additional door prizes.

AI({'ndce~;

Tun Osborne A1LA Jame.1 S. ReId Duke Energy Bob Price CCNPP Jack Gibson NAWCAD RIchard Chl1S1111 A2LA Serh COTlrad Scnsmg. Dt:vJc~·s

Georgia H:\ms Nisr (urtlS Mo~.s NAWCAD Ste.phen Whc~5lone NAWCAD Cbadcs Austin NAWCAD Tr<:lcey Harper Cons-tellallon Power PhIl Graham Northmp Grumman Rudy StlTn Northrup Grumman JeffStames ~Ylh~.(}n

Tom Wamdt Hart SCIentific Daryl Will~am:l US AmlY Dwaln(: Fowler NAWCAD Kd(en Pnce NAWCAD Danu Lellrn<t.n A2LA Val Miller NIST Larry Panlow Raytheon R,lll'lOmJ Sam A2LA

Woo Chi N,\WCAD

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Reports from the Regions

Thomas Grace NAWCAO Bruce Bluleau NAWC\O Mart Daniels OHI Richard Cozier vO David Zhang Mahr Federal IOM M. Larnone CMA Charhe Francis MertleI' Tole.do

Sometimes metrologists get to see the end product of their precision work, ill this case, an F-14 u.s. Navy Tomcat jightCl:

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November 8, 200 I Stennis Space Center, MS Allen Bare, Gulf Coast Section Coordinator

The NCSLI Region 6 Gulf Coast Section held its first meeting on Novcmbcr 8, 2001 at the Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi. Allen Bare, of GB Tceb, hosted and conducted thc meeting. Allen stalied the meeting by weleoming the 35 attendees, going over secu­rity requirements for the day and introducing NCSLI Vice-Prcsident Tony Anderson.

Tony began the meeting by providing higblights from the annual conference in Washington as well as infonnation hot off the presses from the board of directors meeting in Flagstaff, AJizona including a first peak at what the new NCSLI web site will look likc. He also gave us updates on NACLA and {LAC activities.

Kurt Solis of Ruska was thc second speaker. The title of KUli'S pres­entation was "The State of Pressure Uncertainty in Gas Piston Gauges." He discussed the background and fundamentals of the dead weight piston gauge, the advances made in uncertainties in dead weight piston gauges and parameters affecting the uncertainty of dead weight piston gauges.

The next presentation was from Richard Roddis of Fluke. Richard spoke on the varied applications of long scale multimeters. His pres­entation described both h'aditional and alternative uses for the 8-fi digit multi meter. Topics included transfer applications, ratio mode and rear inputs. He also discussed common elrors to be on guard for.

Dan Olive of LMSO gave a very interesting presentation on com­mercial remote sensing and the calibration of the ASD speeh'ora­diometer used by scientists in remote sensing. The Field Spec Radiometer is designed for collection of spectral ra.diance, irradi­ance and reflectance data in the field in the range of 350 to 2500 nanometers. Dan's presentation dealt with the applications of the Field Spec, the requirements for calibration and the standards required for calibration.

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A gronp photo was taken and the meeting broke for lunch at the Stelrnis cafeteria.

Datum's Karl Renning gave a presentation on Basic GPS Time and Freqnency. Karl's presentation discussed an overview of the GPS System, the architecture and content of the RF signals, understand­ing UTC time, the relationship of GPS time & UTC time, the trace­ability of time from the GPS system and calibration lab applica­tions. The overview explained the use of the 24 satellites that make up the Global Positioning System. Karl discussed applications for GPS and factors affecting GPS including antelrna location, the envi­ronment, and cable loss.

The final presentation was from Allen Bare. He discussed the assignment of calibration recall cycles and how they are adjusted at SSe. Initial assignment is based on traditional methods that assign intervals based on like instruments and manufacturer's recommen­dations. The algorithm used to adjust calibration intervals at Stennis is a simplified method of adjnsting cycles based on the magnitude of the condition received over the previous three calibrations.

Prior to adjollming the group discussed possible subjects for future meetings. The group named subjects of mass measurement, gas flow and measmement uncertainty as those they would like to have pre­sented in the future. Interest was also expressed in establishing ronnd robins within the section. The meeting was closed with thanks to those attending and a call for a host organization for the next meeting in the spring. Attendees were entbused and look forward to futUJe meerings.

Attoodef's: Tom Wunsch S:mdii\ TOLl)' Andc~on Guildhllc Dave Lipioll EMA ]nstrumel1l.S DaVid Hall Southern Marketing flrcJlim~ RCldl1J3 Fluke KurtSali, Rusb Karl Re:1Jnlg Darum Oms GUilior Enrergy Wayne Conl3.rde-lle Enter~y

Vmc£' Henrkh JM TeSl Systcms Y;mcyCi3 l n JM Test Sy.:Hem,::, D3Has B.!lllm":l Entl!rg)' D:lYld HIJ(ches. Enlergy Jame' Caddy Enlergy Darrell Oh\'1er Enle'1lY Jan1cs fullicr En(crgy Vern Sr~ele Northnlp Grwnrnan .\esse L. Bowm.lll Enlel'g~r

JUl1J"II)' D. Edw.:ln..1.s £nlerg)' ,'\Iine E. Gnffin Entergy Kevm Hale LMss - Michoud EddJC .John~Oll LMSS . Michoud Dall Otive. LMSO BIB DaVIes USGS Janice Fulford USGS AIl~n Bare GS Tech Don Wilson GS Tech Bnan KlOg GB Tech Ken Garcla GB Tech NeSler Tonc,~ GB T~ch

Bob McLam GS Tech Rick Kelze. GB Tech Jeff Lewis GB Tech Tun Brogdon GB Toch

What a terrific turnout for Allen Bare sinaugural meeting for (he Gulf Coast Section.

October 25, 2001 Orbital Sciences Corporation Chandler Arizona Waym: Benda Region 8 Coordiuator Chris Durkin Phoenix/Tucson Section Coordinator

Thc thirtv-fi 1 semi-annual Phoenix/Tucson Section Seminar and Worksho'p was held at Orbital Sciences Corporation, Chandler, Arizona. Ciuis Durkin (Phoenix/Tucson Section Coordinator) wel­comed a grou)l of 23 NC LI members and friends. The meeting started with selt:in roducr~ons.

BOai'd of Diret:!ors CBOD) Repu.rt

The Board of Directnfs (BOD) report was given by three members of the BOD,

John Ragsda! lCSLI Prcsiden!) gave highlights of the NCSLI A1U1Ual Conf-ercnce. He talked about NCSLI restructuring. Jolm also talked about tbe . t m'cy sent to all Member Delegates and the new N SLI memher. hlf ·tiative. (There is a membership chairpe:rs;ol"l i ea{:h reglOn.) ie revealed that NCSLl can now issue CEU's.

Go to <http://66.2S.26.142/welcome/president.cfm> for a written copy of John's report.

Dave Nebel (NCSLI Education & Training VP) spoke on the fate of ANSL'NCSL-Z540-1-l994. You cannot have two national standards that are the same. Z540 cannot be next to lSOIIEC 17025. Z540 should die, bur many members wish to delay the cancellation. NCSLl plans to keep Z540 active for a short time to accommodate members who need time to change over to ISO/IEC 17025.

The Department of Energy is recogniziug third party accreditation. This is the first govem.ment agency to recognize third parties. We are waiting to see if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will follow.

Reports from the Regions

ISO 17025 requires proficiency testing. Round Robin results are being accepted for proficiency testing. ASQ certification is not, because no one observes actual measurements. The ASQ certified technician test will be more than the body of knowledge test. A hands-on test will be required (NCSLI insists). NCSLI plans to pro­vide proficiency testing. We have no details at this time. It is still in the thought stage.

Harry Moody (NCSLl Western Division VP) talked about the NCSLI Uneeliainty Workshops he has been organizing. ISO 17025 requires calibration laboratories to do uncertainty analysis and a lot of labs are asking for help with this requirement. The purpose of the Uncertainty Workshops is for attendees to learn how to deter­mine and report measurement uncertainties.

TIl rd arty Audits

The group discussed Jeff Gust's survey on eredibility of third party calibration laboratory uncertainty claims. The basic questions were, "Are incredible claims more credible if the cal lab is accredited?" and "Is it possible for any lab to be accredited to a smaller meaSlI£e­mcnt uncertainty than the NMI for thc lab's country?" The group consensus was "yes" to both questions.

Input to NIST

NIST has a new definition of traceability. They are cncouraging fcedback on the definition, The group reviewed the definition and had no conunent. It seems that we were saying that the items we calibrated were traceable to NIST. NIST now says, "No, the results of thc calibration arc lraceablc, the item calibraled is not traceable." Our reaetion is,"Oh. OK. We stand corrected."

PlwenixlTucson Interlaboratory Comparisons (ILC)

The Phoenix!Tucson Section set up, or organized, several ILC pro­grams two years ago. The cliscllssion topic was, "Wny has no one taken the second step?" The second step was for the volunteer lead­ers of each ILC to contact the other interested parties and select an artifact to send around. The primary problem reported was, "No time to devote to another task.'- Our action itcm from this discussion is to mail the list of disciplines and interested partics around again. (Many have lost the list.)

NOTE: Jjm W"heeler (NCSLI Measurement Compal;soll Programs Committee Chair) publishes news on NCSLl ILC activities in the NCSLI Newsletter. Check Vol. 41, No 3, July 2001, Page 24, RepOli titled, "Measurement Comparison Program."

RISP-2: "Tr~ple Point of Water Cell"

The group reviewed RlSP-2. We found RlSP-2 totally adequate and have no reconunended changes.

P.-oblem Solving

The question, "Where can I fmd a guidc for ILC data rcduction?" was asked. Two answers were offered: I. Georgia Hanis (NIST) has software for state ILCs, 2. James C. Wheeler (Navy Primary Standards Lab) has a guide.

Reports from the Regions

The question, "What should I put in a Triple Point of Water cell well?" The manual says no liquid in well. The manufacturer says they put alcohol in well." The consensus of the group was to put alcohol in the well.

After the meeting Corlin Crowther (Orbital Sciences) conducted a tour of the Orbita I facility.

The group's gratitude goes to Corlin and Orbital Seiences Corporation for hosting this meeting (and supplying donuts, coffee and more).

Al1CDdel."s: SCOI D. B\ldden John E. EI hngson Charlie Motzko Mlchaer G Bair Anthony M R\(.·.()n~

D'l\l'ld Neb!;] Bnan Bonds David Lepley Greg Pe-;:\r.;-c Dilmel Tomltl1')Vll

lI,rry .J. Muody Karl Jenks MJchad Backhursl Ivan Campos Mllcs Smuh RO!:'oert Hal1(lran Bre:nl A Dudden Corlln Crowther Wayne Benda M,lford G. Short .Ir Chns DUl'kill JOM Rags(l.ale I'roel Zepeda

Belden Seidell Communlcahons C A Motzko & ASSOCiates

D I InstrumenL:; [b:elm Rent Electromc Dlstnbulors inc General DynamICs General DYUo1mlCS D S General DYnJmic$ D S Gelleral DynamICs D S Harry J. Muudy Enrerpnses Hone)"Well Jloncywell CES MOlorol.a MOlOfOl<l

Natjon~1 C::libmllOn rnc NOS Ca.li.bralion~ rnc OrbiLal SCIe:nces Raytheon Ray(h~on

ROilllllllg ButTalo Test & C311bl~lJ0I1 Olllfi{1el1i renne:-:~ee Yalley Authurity T~xas Inslrum~IIlS

Phoeni:dTucson delegates ell/oying the warm October desert 0'1.111.

OK, OK, just rub it in. and gloat over those living throllgh that snow storm. which swept through the Afidwest that week.

Nov. 9, 2001 Southern CA Edison Westminster, CA James Smith LA/Orange County Section Coordinator

The NSCLI Region 8 LA/ Orange County Fall meeting was held 11­09-01 at the Southern CA Edison facility in Westminster CA and hosted by the on-site Metrology & Quality organizations.

Coordinator Jim Smith sta11ed the meeting, with thanks to site rep­resentatives and those individuals who volunteered their effol1s to aITange and set-up the meeting room. An NCSLI Cubit poster was presented to Jennifer Smith, Supervisor SCE/ ESI Metrology, for all their support and efforts in encouraging participation in local meetings.

Ideas and leads were solicited for futlJfe topics of interest and pre­sentations and the group was asked if they would participate in a local subcommittee to focus on Southern CA issues and expansion of involvement on the local levcl.

An opening statcment was presented by Deepak Nanda, Vicc President ES1, Site Manager ssm Westminster Operations; wel­coming the attendees and inviting all to tour the faeility while there. He applauded the efforts of NCSLI for their commitment to the Measurement Seiences and Business. He also noted that since accepting his elUTent positiou, his appreciation of the field has grown considerably as he has come to realize how dependent socie­tyl business is upon measurement aceuracy.

John Bowman of Fluke, representing the Measurement Science Conference (MSC), provided a brief overview of the upcoming con­ference in January 2002, including the new addition of an Exhibitor's speaker and expanded technical session content. John was tbanked for the !VISC conunittee's donation of eoffee cups, binders, pens etc.

Greg Cenker,of Fluke (San Diego Division), provided the initial presentation concerning their highlights and "lessons learned" dur­ing recent A2LA accreditation. Greg provided numerous insights into costs & requirements per interpretations, along with a detailed explauation of the steps required to perfonn the uneertainty analysis for assets serviced by his facility. We encourage persons to attend Greg's follow-up presentations to be given at the LA/ Ventura County NCSLI meeting (Miguel Cerezo, Coordinator), and at the 2002 MSC Conferenee.

Greg's presentation was followed by lively discussions on "cus­tomer audits following accreditation" and the "remaining culture dependent on NlST #s" and how best to channel them to pertinent documentation.

Tbe "What is NCSL Intemational" video was presented for those attendees requiliug an overview of the organization & services offered.

Attendees were also invited to start planning for attendiug the NCLSJ Conference in San Diego, CA, August 2002.

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Thu Ngo of GIDEP, NWAS. presented a GIDEP overview. While many attendees were familiar with the availability, it was noted that a quite smaller percentage were regularly using the data. It was dis­cussed that regular GIDEP involvement with details of specific topic availabiJity should be presented to maximize the services.

The NCSLI Benc\unarking survey overview was presented by the Committee Chair Wade Keith of Boeing Space & Communication in Huntington Beach CA. Wade's overview sparked quite a bit of dis­cussion in relation to wording, future i.nput, cultural differences and relations to tlle ISO 17025 requirements. The overview was so pop­ular that the remaining agenda was condensed & reananged so fur­ther discussion could be sought after the lunch break.

Lunch was catered (along with a continental breakfast) of chicken ptalmigan, fettuccine plimavera, salad & dessert with beverages.

After lunch, Wade Keith continued with the Benchmark survey, and additionally collected a wide variety of feedback to support future surveys. The gTOUp found the information highly infonnative and most were not aware of the depth of data available. It was asked if, at the next local meeting, certain key elements could be summarized for local compalison and national competitiveness.

Curt Casto, of Southem Califomia Edison! ESI MetTOlogy LaboratOlies, delivered the final presentation, which was a demon­stration and review of their internal software for automated data sheet generation based on manufacturers' specifications using uncer­ta.inty analysis to provide consistent calibration certificates. An in­depth view of the depaltment activities, in relation to Electrical, Physical & Dimensional applications, was provided. He also showed how it directly supports their efforts for compliance with ISO 17025 and their accreditation criteria (NVLAP, ISO, NRC).

Meeting Summary

Through the course of the day the meeting had 34 total attendees representing industries in Aerospace, Power Distribution, Biomedical, Communications, InstnlInent Manufacturers and Distlibutors, Test Equipment Suppliers & Rental! Lease Organizations, along with independent calibration labs.

Presentations, facility, food, pricing, and door prizes were all deter­mined by consensus to be very good to excellent. But the stmi time should be later, due to variolls Southern Califomia traffic realities.

Suggested Furore Topics

• Unifonn supplier customer reviews (calibration audits) • Uncertainty Analysis, training & tools • ISO 17025 comparison to other standards and insights. • Accreditation infonnation & insights. • FOlmation of local subcommittee • Equipment Management infonnation • Training opportunities • In-depth review of Biomedical standards wi measurement

applications • Further GIDEP interaction

Reports from the Regions

Door prizes were donated by the following, and we thank them for tbeir support: Saber Enterplises, Southem CA Edison, Test Equity, Soltee

For any further information or qnestions concerning Local NCSL Intemational activities wr'te or call Jim Smith at <james.e.smith4@boeing.com> or (714) 896-1670

Greg Cetlkel; Fluke, presents his A2LA Accreditation information. It was /wtctl that Greg "hit the gym ,. quite a 10f. to relieve accredita­lion stress.

Curt Casto, ofSCE. fielding inquiries about "MUDCATS" .Manuftlcturer s Uncertain I}' Development CAlculaTion Software.

There seems to be just as much intensity in this group eating lunch, as in their allention to the speaker ssubjects.

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Look~ like a lot ofpeople were interested in Derek Porter s Uncertointv Workshop. Nicejob.

November 6-8,2001 Majestic Hotel Hanogate, UK Jerry Benson UK Region Coordinator By Larry Yates, Norfox

Region 10, Great Britain, held its National Measurement. Conference (NMC) 2001, incorporating the 10th British Electromagnetic Conference (BEMC) at the Majestic Hotel

L Hanogate, UK 6-8 November 2001. The conference was weJl­attended with over 400 attendees and forty-plus eX.hibitor booths (inclnding a NCSLI display).

The NMC and BEMe offered a fuJi alld varied technical progTam, based around parallel-themed days of seminars, workshops and dis­cussion fomms, of interest \0 all those who use measurement. A UKA.S session for accredited laboratories was also held, concun-ently_

The conference had three key objectives:

• Increase the uptake of traceable measurement in the UK • Increase the skill base in measurement • Increase industrial access to measurement experts

These objectives were easily accomplished within the forum provid­ed. Despite travel difficulties, a fuJI progTam was conducted includ­ing a VC (video conference) link from N1ST. Alongside the techni­cal programs a range of social events, including the launeh of the new Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) biotechnology pro­gram, provided outstanding networking opportunities. It was an extremely successful conference.

The keynote session/or this UK conference was notable, draWing 400 attendees, which is quite impressive.

JOkph Kinm'd (Thomas Lipe) 0/ the NIST presents a paper 011 Shunt calibruliolJ.

[ (lvem!Jcr 22, 2001 M rapolitan Ohta-ku Plaza Tokyo, Japan Kazumi Hayakav,a Japan Region Coordinator

The 10th annual meeting of the NCSLI-Japan was held at the Tokyo Me.tropolitan Ohta-leu Industrial Plaza on November 22,2001. with 145 attendees from all over Japan. All the activities went velY smoothly due largely to excellent preparatoly work done by all the volunteers and board members.

Mr. TSu\omll Tsuchiya, chairman of Japan NCSLI, opened the 10th Technical Forum. Betweeu the paper sessIOns attendees visired demo booths of Sel Japan, Nihon Netsll Den.ki Seisakusho, Alpha Electronics, Agilcnt TechnologIes. "lUke. Matsushita Commnnication Engineering, Dnlck Japan, Key Techno, Yamari Industrial, and Yokogawa Rental & Lease.

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YamalMe Control Produci Co Yamalake ConlJol Product Co. YarnaUlkc llldustrial Syst.e:1I1 Yamalake Indusm~1 SYlltem YamaT~ke Industrial System Yamatake Indtlstnal SySTem UJ Electronics Co., Ltd UI EJecLIOnics. Co., Ud Yokogawa Research lnstltule CorporatIOn Yokogawa Electnc CorporaltOIl Yokogawa Electric Corporalion Yokogaw3 Eleclric Corporallon Yokogawa Ele(,~T1c COI'porallOn Yokogaw"l Elltctnc CorponHlOU Yokogaw.ll EkclnC', Corpor31101l YOkO':;.:lWll Renl<".ll & Lense Co. Yokogawa Rem.:)1 & Lea~e Co. Yokoguwa Remal & LeaSt: Co. Yokogawa Reula~ & Lease Co

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Reports from the Regions

Mr. Tsutol11u TSl/chicya, Chairman ofJapan :c NCSLI, opened the con­ference with the keynote address.

There was an excellent attendance, in spite ofserious economic cond,:tiol1s in the region.

The conference planning committee gathered/or a picture. We wish to thank all those people who made the meeting aful! success.

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Rep0l1s from the Regions

Some ofour volunteers who assisted with registration dl-llies and hosting,

Ue wish to thank all the exhibitor companies, listed in the minutes above. for their support in bringing in an equipment exhibitfor the benefit ofour atrendees.

October 25, 200 l Inver Grovc Heights Community Center St. Pan I, MN Tcrry Condcr Twin Cities Section Coordinator

The October 25th, 2001 meeting of the Twin Cities Section of NCSLI was hostcd by Dytec Instrumcnts and Fluke. The meeting was attended by 68 participants from 33 companies. Panicipation also included members of the Medtronic Calibration Symposium, which included their calibration managers from around the world, in Minneapolis for a four-day mecting,

Best Practice Sharing: The objective of the "Best Practice Sharing" activity is to bring to the meeting and share those metrolo­gy practices that are sometimes taken for granted, but are important to thc success of any calibration laboratory. The Best Practice Sharing topic for the October 25th meeting was COITective and pre­ventive action procedures and forms.

Speaker: Dr. John Rumble - NIST, Chief, Standard Reference Data Program

Topic: Traceability at NIST in the 21 st Centwy

Traeeability is een1ral to the mission of NISI. Traceability is defined in the VIM as the property of the result of a measurement of the value of a standard whereby it can be related to stated refer­ences, usually national or international standards, through an unbro­ken chain of comparisons all having stated lU1ce11ainties.

NIST establishes traceability of the results of its own measurcments and values of its own standards, and the results and values provided to customers in NIST calibration and measurement certificates by operating in accordance with the NIST System for Assuring Quality in the Results of Measurements, NISI's alternative to ISOIIEC 17025. It is impOliant to note that it is the responsibility of the provider of a result or value to provide support for a claim of trace­ability, and the responsibility of the user of tbe result to assess the validity of such claim. A definition of the metrological timelines was referenced to a 1997 paper by C. Elhrich and S. Rasbeny.

NIST does nol define, specify, assure or certify traceability of tbe results of measurements or values of standards EXCEPT those that NIST provides. NIST docs collaborate with other organizations in the development of standard definitions, intcrpretations and recom­mended practiccs, and docs develop and disseminate technical infor­malion on traceability. JOM provided answers to frequently asked questions. NIST calibration ceJiificate numbers are internal control numbers for administrative purposes. The certificate counts, not the conlTOI number. The NCSLI Position Statement 96-1 of May 7, 1996 is still the most cutTent official document. More .information on traceability can be obtained from <www.nist.gov>.

peake .. : Carol Hockert - NCSLI Central Division Vice President

Topic: NCSLI Updates

Carol reviewed highlights from the July 29-August 2 NCSLI arU1ual conference held in Washington DC., which coincidcd with NISI's 100th and NCSLI's 40th anniversary, Approximately 1400 attended the five parallel tracts in 8 sessions, two NlST sessions and nine tutorials. Next year's conferencc is in San Diego, CA on August 4tb to August 8th. The possibility of hosting the annual conference in the Twin Cities is being considered for a future date. Carol recom­mended attending the NCSLI Unce11ainty workshops. The closest workshop to the Twin Cities is in Madison on April lOth,2002.

Carol also asked for feedback on other topics of intcrest that could be developed into regional training sessions. The NCSLI 174 ­ANSIINCSLI Writing Conunittee voted to reaffirm ANSIINCSL Z-540-1- 1994 as the national equivalent standard for calibration lab­oratories. NCSLI, in partnership with Sinclair Community College. will be offering Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participa­tion in region/section meetings, annual conferenee and tutorials at the annual conference. There would be no cost to NCSLI member companies, and a small cost for non-members. Details are being developed.

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Reports from the Regions

DJ: John Rumble, NIST, gives us some insight on the definition and implementation oflraCeabili()I.

The features, advantages and benefits ofLabmate calibration sojl­ware is presented by Don Wickstrom. Norfox.

Steve Gnffin, o/Fluke, dC'Sc/'ihn gllardbanding, an approach to measurement uncer/ain/)'.

Doug Coopel; eQ1.lrrol Solutions, explains the differences beMeen a clean room and a precise enl'ironment room or metrology laboratory.

October 24, 200 l Covance Laboratories Madison, WI Jay Bucher Madison, WI Section Coordinator

The Region 11, Madison, Wisconsin Section fall meeting was held on October 24th, 2001 at Covance Laboratories in Madison, Wisconsin. Jerry Dunn hosted the meeting and Covance provided the facilities, lunch and snacks. Jay Bucher welcomed everyone and after covering the necessary logistics, got the program rolling by introducing the first speaker.

R. M8.ltin Smith, Ph.D. from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Laboratories gave a presentation entitled "Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Forensic Laborarories. " Marty explained how forensic science grew out of police work and is used today to sup­port law enforcement iu their Clime-solving efforts. He gave an overview of how crime labs are organized within their different sec­tions and the responsibilities of each area. He explained what was entailed in each area, and the pressures placed on "expert" witnesses during trial testimony. The difficulties of insralling a quality system and following protocols and standard operating procedures in cer­tain sections, and the ramifications when they weren't was also pre­sented. Everyone found his presentation interestiug and infOlmative, and appreciated Maliy taking the lime out of his busy schedule to come and speak to us.

Our second speaker was Don Wickstrom from Norfox Software, Jnc, Don talked about Norfox's latest sofu"are version, Visual Labmate. He gave a snapshot of the customers they support and some of the problems that have to be overcome due to the differing demands of each cnstomer. His presentation of the various functions of this program, including examples of how each could be used in different environments, was easy [0 follow and presented the audi­ence with an in-depth view of the software's capabilities.

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After lunch, Gene Kernan from Scientific Protein Laboratories, in Waunakee, Wisconsin, talked about recenllessons learned from a successful FDA audit. Due to proprietary concerns, Gene spoke off the cuff from his notes, so there were no visual aids or handouts. Gene took us through their recent FDA audit, from when the audi­tors walked in the door until they left, and what they were looking for fi:om SPL's Metrology Department. Many questions were asked and valuable infOlmation exchanged by those working in a cGMP environment, and for those using a quality system.

Dr. John R. Rumble, Jr., arrived in time to be our fourth presenter after a long drive up from Chicago. John gave us an overview of traceability at NIST, and answered many questions on calibration certiJicates; who is responsible for their own traceability; and the ownership of traceability with lhird party labs. Obviously, John is well versed in his subject, as well as an excellent speaker and pre­senter, and his presentation was both informative and appropriate in these times of assessment and accreditation.

After door prizes were handed out and pictures taken, there was a tour given of the Covance facility. Bill Hamilton gave a brief overview of the fa.ciJity, some of the Imique features of the building, and then proceeded to show us where and how they do whal they do. The tour attendees were tTeated to long hallways, massive amounts of high-tech test instJuments, and examples of unique methods of collecting and analysing data. It was au eye-opener for the rust-time visitors to Covauce. I'd like to ex.press my apprecia­tion to the Covance staff for hosting this section meeting, and pro­viding the support to make this meeting a suc·cess.

Our spring section meeting will be on Aplil 10th, 2002, at Promega

L· Corporation, where we will be hosting an Uncertainty Workshop. We hope to see everyone there.

Attcodee~:

Clyde Ma",e CovancC' laboratories Don NO\ll~ Covanc~ Labol'aloneS Jerry Dunn Covance Laboratories Kevm Laufenberg Cov()nc:e L3b(lralorics Mll:e Tipton CovilIlce Laborlltories William Okon D)'tf'Ch ~ MIdwest Gary Gfubc1)'k Gemsn Jim 1~UJT1lx:rg Gems IT Gary Meddock !-bdan Sprague-Dawley MikeAlfTed Instrument Ca,libr;uion Scrvlcl:: John R Rumble. Jr, NlST ()onWtcksD"Onl Norlox Bec~""Y Peterson Panver<l Corpomtlon Dav.eWirtz pes Cal Lab john Roel~·lj...c:- P(lwder J~c, Vaccines Con Pmchud Prortltga Corporat'lOo Jay Bucher Promega Corporatloll Karl \VlgJaJ ProJnega Corporntion Rick Calk.iu~ rh~e Lake WeIghing Systems Gene Kcm~m SCIl.:nhfi". Protein 11lboratories MIChael Wilson ScientIfic Prolei,n Laboratories Enn QUHUl Third Wave Technologies .hm Smith Third Wave Techuologl~5

Mall Rodcsdr 1111rd Wave Technologies Brian KuJaszewlcz United Scale Dan Chrislemen Umted Scale K Martm SmtIh Wisconsin Stale Crime Labs

Seventyjive percent a/the speaker roster-(l-i) Gene Kernan, Marty Smilh, and John Rumble.

This lime, the host:S instructions were. "Everybody out on the cat­walkl "

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President John Ragsdale,jlanked on his right by Charlie Motzko and Dave Abell (1), leads the meeting, while Craig Gullw and Jesse Morse (far le/t) try to figure out his overhead slides. Have you noticed that laptop-driven overhead projectors have become the meeting communicator ofchoice in the last few years?

Tony Anderson mand Steve Stahley (i) pose with John Ragsdale, after receiving their longevity awards. 1 donllhink that means their age.

Treasurer Leon Barnes presents the finanCial report, but John Wehnneyer and Steve Stahley seem a little skeptica!. John retired Fom the Board at this meeting, and we (Ire gratefid for his years of Board service to NCSLI

There was time for a side trip to Grand Canyon, one of tht' preemi­nent sightseeing spots in this world. TOllY Anderson, Carol Hockert and WOO(~JI Tramel. YOll can tell Corol comes frOI11 olltdoor territory

Afine aUlumn afternoon in Flagstaffyields crisp mountain air (7000 fee!;) and great smiles un the faces of these unfortunate working folks.

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Ed and Catherine Pritchard show up (01' the Board dinner. One good reaSon (or our lYlember Delegates to 1'0lwlIeer(or NCSLI leadership positions are the persona/friendships among the spous­es, which develop during the many organizational meetings of the yea!: You should think about getting yourself involved

NIST News

A ended Submt sian for Circulation Data

A new NIST publication catalogs the diversity of research within the institute that assists the optoelectronic industry. Among the top­ics covered: atomic photonics; optical frequency standards; photo­metric measurements; optical detector metrology; semiconductors; space-based radiometry; advanced optics metrology; optical com­munications; indusnial, medical and military uses of lasers; and applications of optoeleetronics to electrical and electronics instru­mentation and magnetic data storage. In all, 64 NIST research proj­ects are smnmarized and listed with technical contact information.

Copies of the publication Optoelectronics at NlST: Brief Research Summaries from Throughout the Institute (NISTlR 6608) may be obtained from Annie Smith, NlST, MC8l5, Boulder, Colo. 80305­

3328; (303) 497-5342; <smitha@boulder.nist.gov>.

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NE SERVICE AL RTS U.S. EXPORTERS TO PENDING fOREIGIN REGULATIONS

The U.S. Department of Commerce has launched a fi-ee Internet­based service to automatically notify interested businesses of pro­posed foreign-government regnlations that might influence the treat­ment of U.S. exports.

Available from NIST, with SUppOlt from the International Trade AdminislTation, the new service-called Export Alert' - can spare interested organizations from unwanted surprises caused by unantic­ipated changes in technical requirements that dictate terms of mar­ket entry.

The service was inaugurated during World Standards Week (Oet. 8­12,2001), an annual event intended to recognize the roles that stan­dards play in society. Standards often are incorporated into the tech­nical requirements of govermnenl regulations.

Export Alelt! gathers, organizes and disseminates notifications of proposed regulatory changes issued by any of 142 nations that are members of the World Trade Organization. Under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, WTO members are required to report proposed central government regulations that may have an impact on trade.

By elcctronic mail, Export Alert! automatically sends WTO-distrib­uted notifications to subscribers. Notifications arc sorted among 41 fields of activity that range from health-care technology to construc­tion materials. To receive full-text copies of the proposals, interested subscribers can contact NIST's National Center for Standards and Certification Information, which operates the service. NCSCI also will distribute comments from U.S. organizations for consideration by the notifying country.

Organizations and individuals interested in subscribing to Export Alert I can sign up on-line at <http://ts.nist.gov/ncsci>.

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·CSL NTERNAT aNAL BOA OF RECTO S 2002 10 PRESIDENT ., ,------, Charles A. Motzko

CA Motzko & Associates 546 Keel son Circle

, Redwood City, CA 94065-1212 (650) 595-8878 FAX(650) 595-1285 e-mail: charlie@molzko.com

CUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT * ,------::01_.--, Steve Stahley

SRS Technical Services 24037 Hilltop Rd. Oldenburg, IN 47036 (812) 933-1638 FAX(812) 390-9086 e-mail: srstahley@srsls.com

30 PAST PRESIDENT * John Ragsdale Tennessee Valley AuUlOrily MS: PSC 1B-C 1101 Market St. Chattanooga, TN 37402-2802 (423) 6974273 FAX(423} 6974137 e-mail: jbragsdale@tva.gov

40 SECRETARY * DaveAgy Fluke Corporation MS: 275G

, P.O. Box 9090 Everett, WA 98206-9090 (425) 446-5471 FAX(425) 446-5992 e-mail: Dave.Agy@fluke.com

50 TREASURER ., Leon Barnes Honeywell FM&T MS: D/E14, BR28 P.O. Box 419159 Kansas City, MO 64141-6159 (816) 997-5480 FAX(816) 99n856 e-mail: Ibarnes1@kcp.com

12-Q VP - OPERATIONS Georgia Harris NIST Office of Wei9hts & Measures 100 Bureau Dr., Slop 2350 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301) 975-4014 FAX(301) 926-0647 e-mail: gharris@nist.gov

ANDARDS POLICY Anlhony Anderson Guildline Instruments, Inc. 103 Commerce St., SUite 160 Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 333-3327 FAX(407) 333-3309 e-mail: Tanderson@guildline.com

140 VP . MEASUREMENT CIENCE & Dr. Richard Pettit

andia National Laboratories Dept. 2542, MS: 0665 P.O. Box 5800 Albuquerque, NM 87185-0665

I (505) 844-6242 FAX(505) 844-4372 e-maIL: rbpetli@sandla.gov

150 VP - INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMS Jack Ferris

61 N'IST REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD Dr. Richard F. Kayser NIST NIST North (820), Room 304 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 2000 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2000 (301) 975-4500 FAX(301) 975-2183 e-mail: richard.kayser@nist.gov

62 WNMS REPRESENTAT VE TO THE BOARD i Gary C. Hysert

all. Res. Council ot Canada Inst for Natl. Meas. Stds. Montreal Rd., Bldg. M36 Ottawa, ON K1AOR6 Canada ~ (613) 998-5648 FAX(613) 952-1304 e-mail: gary.hysert@nrc.ca

63 CENAM REPRESENTATIVE TO HE DARD Dr. Sal~auor Eche'l!lrria-Vi' gomez CENAM AP I· 00. Centro QiJerp.laro, Oro. C.P. 76o-:lG, MeXICO (52-42) 11-05-50 FAX(52-42) 11-05-53 e -aiL salvador.echeverria@cenam.mx

64 S M REPRESENTATirvE TO THE BOARD

65 BIPM REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD Andrew Wallard National Physical Laboratory Queens Road Teddlnglon, Middlesex, TW11 OLW UK 44-20-8943-6013 FAX: 44-20-8943-6082 e-mail: andrew,wallard@npl.co.uk

OPERATIONS V CE PRES1DENTS

160 VP - EDUCATION & RAINING David Nebel Electronic Dislributors, Inc. 1458 Yankee Park PI., SuileA Centerville, OH 45458-1854 (937) 436-1888 FAX(937) 436-2131 e-mail: DENebel@aol.com

170 VP - DOCUMENTARY STDS APPLICA IONS Larry E. Nielsen Southern California Edison Metrology 7300 FenWick Ln. Westminsier, CA 92683 (714) 895-0489 FAX(714) 895-0686

......_~.... e-mail: nielsele@sce~com_

CHNO:LQGY 180 VP ARKETING ' Edward Pritchard , BWXT Y-12, LLC

Oak Ridge Metrology Center

~ P.O. Box 2009 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8091 (865) 574-4261 FAX(865) 574-2802

. e-mail: prilchardew@y12.doe.gov

190 VP - CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT ,-------:;;;=,---, Mike Suraci

DSleeping Bear Metrology Lockheed Martin

8137 S. Glen Lake Rd. NSB Bangor

Glen Arbor, Ml 49636 P.O. Box 6429 (231) 334-4891 FAX(231) 334-3788 Silverdale, WA 98315-6429 e-mail: boats@narrows-marina.com (360) 396-8535 FAX(360) 396-6737

L-.---'-""'---''-_.... e-mail: mike.suraci@lmco.com

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Nes INT NATIONA BOARD OF 01 ECTOR ( ontJd) DIVISIO VICE PRESID NT

1100 VP - NORTHEASTERN US 1400 VP· WESTERN U Jeff Gust Harry Moody Venzon Log istics Harry J. Moody Enterprises Electronic Repair Service 155 Harrisburg Ln. 3301 Wayne Trace IdahO Falls, 10 83404 Ft. Wayne, IN 46806 (208) 522-9774 FAX(208) 522-9774 (219) 428-6504 FAX(219) 424-1031 e-mail: harryjmoody@cs.com e-mail: jeff.gusl@verizon com

1200 VP • SOUTHEASTERN US 10000 VP INTERNATIONAL P.w. "Woody" Tramel d Nemeroff

I Wyle Labs EN IndustriesIMail Stop: Wyle-500 ! 3744 0 SW Quail Meadow Trail " Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 , Palm Clly, FL 34990

(321) 867-7215 FAX(321) 867-1340 (561) 287-3547 FAX(561) 287-3547 a-mail: woodrow.lramel-1@ksc.nasa.gov e-mail: EdNemeroff@cs.com

1300 VP • CENTRAL US . Carol Hockert State of Minnesota Weights & Measures Oiv. 2277 Highway 36 Roseville, MN 55113 (651) 628-6851 FAX(651) 639-4014

"""''''''-......._ .. e-mail: carol.hockert@slata.mn.us

E AT 0 A COMMIT EE C AIR 2002

21 US GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 120 VP· OPERATIONS Mike Suraci Georgia Harris Lockheed Martin NSB Bangor 1 NCSL NTERNATIONAL BUSHES MANAGERP.O. Box 6429 Silverdale, WA 98315-6429 ~~~9l~n~~r~alional(360) 396-8535 FAX(360) 396-6737

1800 30th S1., Suite 305B '--~"--_'" a-mail: mike.suraci@lmco.com

I Boulder, CO 80301-1026 . (303) 440-3339 FAX (303) 440-3384

22 LLAISON DELEGATES e-mail: cgulka@ncsli.org ~ 124 MULTIMEDIA RESOU CES

John Grajera Lockheed Martin Technical Operations Bld9. 195Am 0/43-91

, P.O. Box 3504

~DT8D

..I Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3504 , (408) 742-7171 FAX(408) w.._~-..l e-mail: john.grajera@lmco.com

~ Lewis Fong lockheed Martin Technical Operations Org. 43-91, Bldg. 195A 126 ANSI SECRETARIAT P.O. Box 61687 ralgGulka Sunnyvale, CA 94088 . NCSllnternational (408) 756-3534 FAX(408) 742-4435 1800 30th St., Sui Ie 305B

_______ .e-mail: lewis.fong@lmco.com Boulder, CO 80301-1026 (303) 440-3339 FAX(303) 440-3384 e-mail: cgulka@ncsli.org 32 ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDEUN'E !Klaus Jaeger

Jaeger Enterprises P.O, Box 2557 127 NEWSLETTER Saratoga, Ca 95070-4918 John Minck (408) 867-1743 FAX(408) 867-3705 542 Towle PI. e-mail: jaegerenterprises@atlbi.com Palo Allo, CA 94306-2535

(650) 493-3955 FAX(650) 493-3955 e-mail: john_minck@nona-am.exch.agilenl.com

41 BY-LAWS ,0aveAgy ! Fluke Corporation

128 PUBLICATIONS OVERSIGHT MS: D/E14, BR28 Dr. Stuart Kupferman P.O. Box 9090

Everett. WA 98206-9090 Sa ndi a National Laboratories Div.1542

__~_... e-mail: Dave.Agy@nuke.com P.O Box 5800 Albuquerque, NM 87185-0665

(425) 446-5471 FAX(425) 446-5992

(505) 845-8249 FAX(505) 844-4372 1.::....-..........-----1 a-mail: slkupfe@sandia.gov

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130 VP - T. CARDS POLICY AnthollY Anderson

EA URE N REQUlREM NTS r----- Jeff Walden

Naval Warfare Assessment Station Measurement Science Direclorate P.O. Box 5000 Corona, CA 92878-5000 (909) 273-4481 FAX(909) 273-5446

__............._ 9-mail: waldenjw@corona.navy.mil

132 CANADIAN MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS Les Peer (Co-Chair) Environment Canada NWRI, RSB P.O. Box 5050 Burlington, ON L7R 4A6 Canada (905) 336-4893 FAX(905} 336-6230

O.:..='-'--"......~...... e-mail: les.peer@cciw.ca

,---------, Lorraine Yeomans (Co-Chair) Pulse Engineering, Ltd. 1137 Keewatin SI. Winnepeg, MB R2X 2Z3 Canada (204) 633-4321 FAX(204} 697-2264 e-mail·sales@pulse-engineering.com

SARY Bob Hardy RH Systems 2655-F Pan American Fwy. NE Albuquerque, NM 87107 (505) 344-6400 FAX(505) 344-6409 e-mail: bob@rhsystems.com

140 VP - MEAS. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Ric ard Pettit

141 AUTOMATIC TEST & CALI :no SYSTEMS [ Scott Sowerby

Venzon Logistics 3301 Wayne Trace Fort Wayne, IN 46806 (219) 428-6909 FAX(219) 428-6124 e-mail: scolt.sowerby@verizon.com

142 MEAS. REMENT COMPAR SON. PROG S James C. Wheeler (Co-Chair) Navy Primary Standards Lab Code 4144, Bldg. 469 NADEP North Island San Diego, CA 92135-7058 (619) 545-9698 FAX(619) 545-9861

L- -' e-mail: wheele~c@navalr.navy.mil

DAI Teruel (Co-Chair) Navy Primary Standards Lab Naval Aviation Depot, Code 41430, Bldg. 469 South NAS North Island San Diego, CA 92135 (619) 545-2857 FAX(619) 545-2868 e-mail: teruelal@navair.navy.mil

143 INTRINSIC DER'VED STANDARDS John Bail U.S. Army Primary Stds. Lab Attn: AMSAM-TMD-SP Redslone Arsenal, AL 35898-5400 (256) 876-8615 FAX(256) 842-8297 e-mail: jball@redslone.army.mil

144 CONSENSUS STA DJ ITom Diven

Lockheed Marlin Technlcal Operations

IB1dg. 195A, 0/41-48 PO. Box 61687

j Sunnyvale, CA 94088 , (408) 756-0301 FAX(408) 742-4435

_;;...._.. e-mail: tom.dlven@lmco.com

ICAL M ROLOGY Thomas Ouimet

stman Kodak Co. RL, Bldg. 820, Fir 1 Rochester, NY 14650-2139 (716) 722-1666 FAX(716} 722-2608 6-mail: thomas.ouimet@kodak.com

150 VP -INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMS Jack FelTis

151 HEALTHCARE METROLOGY ~----, Charles J. Lord

Glaxo WeUcome Tech. Services & Instrumentation P.O. Box 13398 Res. Triangle Park, NC 27709

.... '... (fl19) 483-5825 FAX(919} 315-5799 e-mail: c.j.lord@ieee.org

153 UTILITIES Kent Crow Pacific Gas & Eleclric CO 10412126A P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424 (80S) 545-4216

L-__~_ e-mail: kcc2@pge.com

155 EQUIPM NT MANAGEMENT FORUM Rob Parchinski The Boeing Company (TEMC) MIS: Bldg. 22-2 5301 Bolsa Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2099 (714) 896-2391 FAX(714} 896-1604 -mail: rob.parchlnski@west.boeing.com

156 AIRL NE METRO OGY Rick Mooney American Airlines, Inc. MD: 30 3800 N Mingo Rd. T Isa, OK 74116 (918) 292-2443 FAX(918) 292-2864 __~=_. a-mail: rick.mooney@aa.com

151 AU OMOTIVE METROLOGY

TBD

1S8 TESTING LABORATORIES

168. VP EOUCA 10 &TRAINING David ebel

162 TRAIN NG INFORMATION DIRECTORY Paul Hanssen Workplace Training ~195 Casco Cir. Wayzata, MN 55391 (1312) 471-8554 e-mail·phanssen@wPlraining.com

163 PERSONNEL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS Hong Rosson

, F.(ockwell Collins Idg.310-100

1'100 W. Hibiscus Blvd. Melbourne, FL 32901 (321) 768-7171 FAX(321) 768-7231 e-mail: hlrosson@collins.rockwell.com

64 EDUC·· TION SYSTEM IA SON Terrelle J. Wilson Lockheed Martin Space Systems MS: P9682 P.O. Box 179 Denver, CO 80201-0179 (303) 977-8195 FAX(303) 971-5635

gIo,-"-,,,,-;;r:;......;J e·mail· lerrelle.wllson@lmco.com

170 VP . IDOCUMEN'TARY STDS. APP ICAIIO 5 larry Nie senI--'

171 LABORATORY EVAllUATION RESOURCES smes A. Crane

Keithley Inslruments, Inc. 28775 Aurora Rd. Cleveland, OH 44139-1891 (440) 498-2904 FAX(440) 248-6188 e-mail: jcrane@kellhley.com

172 LABORATORY FACI liES Or. David raudaway (Co-Chair) 103 Ranch Rd.

i PO Box 9 Sandia Park, NM 87047·0009

J(505) 281-3691 FAX: same (call first) e-mail: dWbraudaway@worldnet.ati.net

Doug Cooper (Co-Chair)

[ Control Solulions 1770 Mason Morrow Rd. Lebanon, OH 45036 (513) 398-9800 FAX(513) 398-9048 e-mail: doooper@conlrol-solutions.com

173 METROLOGY PRACT'CES Howard Caslrup Integrated Sciences Group 14608 Casitas Canyon Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93386 (661) 872-1683 FAX(661) 872-3669 e-mail: hcastrup@isgmax.com

114 WRITING COM ,lnEE Jesse Morse Fluke Corporation MS: 275-G P.O. Box 9090 Everett, WA 98206 (425) 446-5468 FAX(425) 356-5102 e-mail: jesse.morse@f1uke.com

175 ACCREDITATION RESOURCES Jame-s Jenkins Quametec Corp. 1760 Collinson Ave. Eastpointe, MI 48021 (586) 775-5495 FAX(586) 775-5123 e-mail: jenkins@quamelec.com

176 CAUBRATION/CERTIFICA ION PROCEDURES Dale Varner Lockheed Martin Space Systems MS: P9682 P.O. Box 179 Denver, CO 80201 (303) 977-5523 FAX(303) 971-5635 e-mail: dale.varner@lmcl.com

no VP - MAm<f.T1NG Edw rd Pritchard

181 HO'NORS & AWARDS ~-~-~ Hong Rosson

Rockwell Collins Bldg. 310-100 1100 W. Hibiscus Blvd Melbourne, FL 32901 (321) 768-7171 FAX(321) 768-7231 o-mail: hlrosson@collins_rockwell.com

182 BENCHMARKING PROGRAMS John Wade Keith III Boeing MS: H014-C422 - 0: Bo,sa Ave

Huntington Beach, CA 92647 I .~"""1IIIroJ (714) 896-2391 FAX(714) 372-2714 '--.........=-.... e-mail: wade.keilh@boeing.oom

183 MEMBERSHIIP L2rry Yates Nortox Softwa re '164 Conservancy Or Wes1 Tallahassee, FL 32312 (850) 907-3425 FAX(850) 907-3425 a-mall: Iyatesnorfox@aol.com

James Tavernier Software Analysis 55 Eureka St. Pasadena, CA 91103 (626) 685-4769 FAX(626) 685·2095 e-mail: jimtav@yahoo.com

190 VP ~ CONFE- ENCE: MANAGEMENT J. Micha I urad

191 SITE SELE.CTION Bill Simmons Wyle Laboratories 3200 Magruder Blvd. Hamplon, VA 23666-1498 (757) 865-0000 x240 FAX(757) 865-0085 e-mail: bSlmmons@hmp.wylelabs.com

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cs ,NT RNA: IONAl COM ITTEE CHAl S (Co 'd) 192 WORKSHOP & SYMPOSIUM STAFF 2003 DIRECTOR

Bill Wightman

2002 DIRECTOR FI uke Corporation

WDougSugg

I, Naval Surface Warfare Center MS: 30 P.O. Box 5000 Corona, CA 91718-5000 I( ~'~l- II (909) 273-5380 >AX(909) 273-5500

~ e-mail: suggdg@corona.navy.mil

c E T 0 IA

1100 VP - NORTHEASTER US Jeff Gust

1110 New England Region Steve Griffin Fluke Corporation 78 Margery Lane Westwood, MA 02090 (781) 762-9921 FAX(781) 255-8841 e-mail: sgrJffin@pc.fluke.com

1120 New YorkJPennsylvaniafNew Jersey Region Joe Reinstein Simco Electronics 2125 SW 28th St. Allentown, PA 18103 (610) 798-0100 x28 FAX(610) 798-7710 e-mail: jreinstein@simco.com

,ew York City Section ~ .._"";'--, Don Bansen

Dayton T. Brown, Inc. Calibration Lab, Dept. 14 555 Church SI. Bohemia, NY 11716-5301 (631) 589-6300 x723 FAX(631) 567-9045

L._...._L! e-mail;dbansen@daytontbrown.com

O1122 Upstate New York Section

Jeff Willey Measurements International 812 Proctor Ave. Ogdensburg, NY 13669 (800) 324-4988 FAX(613) 925-1195 e-mail: miusa@mintl.com

1123 Philadelphia Section Joe Reinstein Simco Electronics 2125 SW 28th St. Allentown, PA 18103 (610) 798-0100 x28 FAX(610) 798-7710 e-mail: jreinstein@slmco.com

Pittsburgh Section ..:---'--.....,,:,----, Karl Klevens

Process Instruments 615 E. Carson SI. Pittsburgh, PA 15203 (412) 431-4600 FAX(412) 431-3792 a-mail: kklevens@callab.net ......

1130 M'i.d·Western US Region Lloyd Baker Visteon Automotive Systems Global Tech. Clr., Rawsonville Plant McKean & Textile Rds. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (734) 484-8758 FAX(734) 484-9085 e-mail: Ibaker4@visleon.com

171 Archers Poi nt Longwood, FL 32779 (407) 333-9288 FAX(407) 333-4473

e-mail: bill.wIghlman@nukecom

REGION COORD NA: ORS 002 31 Northern Ohio Section

r----,=-----, Jan'e A. Crane Keithley Instruments, Inc. 28775 Aurora Rd. Clevela nd, OH 441 39-1891 (440) 498-2904 FAX(440) 248-6168 e-mail.jcrane@keilhley.com

1132 S,o ther OhiofKentucky Section I ICharlie ays

Wyle Laboratories 1813 Irving-Wick Or. West , Heath, OH 43056-6118

(740) 788-5412 FAX(740) 788-5404 e-mail: cmays@nwk.wylelabs.com

O11'33 Central Indiana Section

Jim McWilliams PTS Calibrations, LLC 5603 W. Raymond St., SUite 1 Indianapolis, IN 46241 (317) 487-2378 FAX(317) 487-2375 e-mail: jmcwilliams@ptscal.com

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1134 Northern Indiana Section

OTBD

D1135 Michigan Section

Lonnie Spires Dynamic Technology, Inc. 1200 N Old US-23 PO. Box 559 Hartland, MI 48353-0559 (810) 225-4601 FAX(810) 225-4602 e-mail: Ispires@dynamlctechnology.com

1200 VP - SOUTHEASTERN US P,W. "Woody" Tramel

1210 Mid-Atlantic US Region KeVin Abercrombie Navy, Dept. of RDTNE Lab. Bldg. 1403. NAWCAD, Unil 7 2113 Fortin Circle Patuxent River, MD 20670-1118 (301) 342-1654 FAX(301} 342·0920

L...__,.;",...... e-mail: abercromblkr@navair.navy.mil

1211 Maryland Section ~amona Saar American Association for

Laboratory Accreditation 5301 Buckeystown Pike, Suite 350 Frederick, MD 21704 (301) 644-3201 FAX(301) 662-2974 a-mail: rsaar@a2Ia.org

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NCSL INTE A 10 I A REGIO I COORDINATORS (Co t'd) 1212 NorthCaroHna Section 1311 TWin Cities Section

Charles J. Lord Glaxo Wellcome

. Tech. Services & Instrumentation : P.O. Box 13398

• , Res. Triangle Park, NC 27709 (919) 483-5825 FAX(919) 315-5799 e-mail' c.j.lord@ieee.org

1213 VirglrJia Section

OTBO '1220 Southe US Region

Jack Shuler Scientific Atlanta 4245 International Blvd. Norcross, GA 30093 (770) 903-5319 FAX(770) 9W-2143 e-mail: jack.shuler@sciatl.com

1221 Atlanta SecUen : Dennis Fu ler : Electro Rent Corp.

3:500 Corporate Way Duluth, GA 30096 (770) 813-6959 FAX(770) 813-6970 e-mail: dfuller@electrorenl.com

1222 Central Florida SecW;m

ORay Minchin Lockheed Martin Information Systems MP 829 12506 Lake Underhill Rd. Orlando, FL 32825-5002

, (407) 306-2269 FAX(407) 306-2271 e-mail: raymond.l.minchin@lmco.com

1223 Huntsvj,lfe Section

. ~~:Tn;t~~~~~~~ MS: JY-66 P.O. Box 240002 Huntsville, AL 35824 (256) 772-2624 ~ e-mail: gregory.stcharles@hsv.boeing.com\

1224 Tennessee Section I Ada McConnell : Eastman Chemical Co. I Tennessee Eastman Div. Bldg. 277A i P.O. Box 511

Kingsport, TN 37662 (423) 229-1041 FAX(423) 229-5516 e-mail: ada@eastman.com

Puerto ico Sectio -=~'i Angel Pabellon

! Advanced Instruments P.O. Box 29502 San Juan, PR 00929 (787) 752-1133 FAX(787) 762-1833 a-mail: apabellon@advpr.com

1300 vp. C NTRA US Carol Hockert

1310 North Central US Regio

-J- ~~~;t~~I~~~ Lab 3M Center Bldg. 205-1-01 SI. Paul, MN 55144-1000 (651) 736-4331 FAX:(651) 736-7325 e-mail: tmconder@mmm.com

L.-~£'-

O~~~~ ~~~~all Co 550 Vanda lia Dr SI. Paul, MN 55114 (651) 647-4533 FAX(651) 642-2564 e-mail: d.evink@palenkimball.com

hicago Section Tom Wallrich Baxter Healthcare Corp. Roule 120 & Wilson Rd. Round Lake, IL 60073-0490 (847) 270-2600 FAX(847) 270-5559 e-mail: thomas_waltrich@baxter.com

1313 St. louis Section

OTB" 1314 Kansas City Section

Roger Burton Honeywell FM&T

; E14 BR28 i P.O, Box419159 I Kansas City, MO 64141-6159

, (816) 997-5431 FAX(816) 997·5480 _ ......=-......... e-mail: rburton@kcp.com

1315 ee tral IlinoIs Section

0'"0 1316 ROClkford Hi ois Section

Gordon SI(atlum Rock Valley COllege 3301 N. Mulford Rd. Rockford, IL 61114-5699 (815) 654-5537 FAX(815) 654-4459

.e-mail: adtc3gs@rvc.cc.il.us

1317 Madison Wisconsin Section Jay Bucher

, Promega Corp. 5445 E. Cheryl Pkwy. Madison. WI 53711 (608) 277-2522 FAX(608) 277-2516 8.-mail: jbucher@promega.com

1326 South Central US Region Tom Wunsch Sandia National Laboratories Primary Standards Laboratory P.O. Box 5800 Albuquerque, NM 87185·0665 (505) 844-4359 FAX(505) 844-7699

'--- e-mail: tfwunsc@sandia.gov

O1321 Central Texas Section

Allen Todd Fluke Corporation 2104 Hutton Dr., Suite 112 Carroll lon, TX 75006 (972) 406-1000 FAX(972) 247-5642 e-mail·allen.todd@nuke.com

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1322 South Texas Section 1424 Phoen'i'X~Tucson Section Keilh Scoggins Chris Durkin

. South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co. Roaming Buffalo Tesl & Calibration Outfitters MS: L-1001, Metrol. & Radlol. 6645 W. Kings Ave.

~ P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77414 (361) 972-7742 FAX(361) 972-8368 e-mail: dkscoggins@slpegs.com

1323 BoulderlDenver Section Dale Varner Lockheed Martin Space Systems IS: P9682

P.O. Box 179 Denver, CO 80201 (303) 977-5523 FAX(303) 971-5635 e·mail: dale.vamer@lmcl.com

1324 Albuquerque Section MiChele Monsam Inlel Corporation 4100 Sara Rd. SE Rio Rancho, NM 87124 (505) 794--0545 FAX(505) 893-0440 e-mail: Michele.R.Monsam@intel.com

1325 Gulf Coast Section AlienBare GB Tech Melrology Eng ineering Standards & Calibration Labs Stennis Space Cenler, MS 39529

[ (228) 688-1844 FAX(228) 688-3079 e-mail: allen.bare@ssc.nasa.gov

1400 VP ~ WE ERN US Harry Moody

1410 Central California/Nevada Region Guy Fleming Lockheed Martin Technical Operations Bldg. 195A, 0143-91 P.O. Box 3504 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3504 (408) 742-7857 FAX(408) 742-4435 e-mail: guy.fleming@lmco.com

1420 Southwestern US Region Wayne Benda Raylheon Systems Company

Idg.811 P.O. Box 11337 Tucson, A2 85734 (520) 794-4483 FAX(520) 794-5658

__________ a-mail' webenda@wesl.raylheon.com

alley Section Miguel Cerezo Amgen, Inc. MS: 21-2-C 1 Amgen Cenler Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 (805) 447-1128 FAX(805) 499-8733 e-mail: mcerezo@amgen.com

1422. LA/Orange Co. Section L"!f:'jll.~~ James E. Smith

The Boeing Company (TEMC) • '.''-1 MS: H021-F144 Attn: Jim

5301 Bolsa Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2099 (714) 896-t670 FAX(714) 896-5534

mail: james.smith5@west.boeing.com

1423 San Diego Section Kevin Davis

Glendale, A2 85306-1615 (623) 878-1836 FAX(623) 878-6972 e-mail: durkln@inficad.com

1425 Utah Section Berna rd Morris Hart Scientific, Inc.

~1.#'l.~1799 E. Utah Valley Dr. American Fork, UT 84003-9775 (801) 763-1600 FAX(801) 763-1010 bernard_morris@hartsclentiflc.com

1430 No . west US Regia

';Derek J. PorterBoeing Commercial Airplane Group MS: 19-MC P.O. Box 3707 Seatlle, WA 98124 (206) 655-8258 FAX(206) 662-4404

L e-mail: derek.j.porter@boeing.com

10000 VP -INTER no AL Ed N meroff

1700 CANADA REGION Carlos Sa nnzza res AtomiC Energy of Canada, Lid. CPFS Sheridan Park SP3 2251 Speakman Dr. Mississauga, ON L5K 1B2 Canada (905) 823-9040 x2199 FAX(905) 823-6448

'-_"""'''''-'-.... e-mail: sannzzarosc@aecl.ca

17'00.1 Canada Region Secretariat Wayne Sampson Pylon Atlantic, Inc. 201 Wright Ave. Oartmouth, NS B3B tV6 Canada (902) 468-3344 FAX(902) 468-1203 e-mail: wsampson@pylonelectronics.com

11710 Eastern Canada Section Wayne Sampson Pylon Atlantic, Inc. 201 WrighlAve. Dartmouth, NS B3B 1V6 Canada (902) 468-3344 FAX(902) 468-1203 e-mail: wsampson@pylonelectronics.com

1720 Easte 0 tali Section JimMUllins

~Pylon Electronics, Inc. 147 Collonnade Rd. Nepean, ON K2E 7L9 Canada (6t3) 226-7920 FAX(613) 226-8195

.r- . -.-- e-mail: jmullins@pylonelectronics.com

1730 Quebec Section Adrian Michaud BAE SYSTEMS Canada, Inc. 600 Dr. Frederik Philips Blvd. St. Laurent, PO H4M 2S9 Canada (514) 748-3000 x4074 FAX(514) 748-3149

~:!ffiBt!lit!!..~ e-mail: Adrien.Michaud@baesystems-canada.com

11740 Western Ontario Section Mark Reid

D Cal-Matrix Technical Services, tnc

Solar Turbines, Inc. (A Caterpillar Company) 1495 Bonhlll Rd., Unit 1 & 2

9330 Sky Park Cl. Mississauga, ON L5T 1M2 Canada

San Diego, CA 92123-5398 (905) 564-6235 FAX(905) 564-6399 (858) 694-6181 FAX(858) 694-6267 e-mail·.mreid@cal-matrix.com

e-mail: davis_kevin_c@solarturbines.com

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1 0 Western Cana a c.tion 4000 Middle astiAfrica e ion or. Malcolm SmHh

i Wescan Calibration Services #-9 - 12240 Horseshoe Way Richmond, BC V7A 4X9 Canada

l n (604) 275-0600 FAX(604) 275-0610

. e-mail: mosmlth@netcom.ca

1800 Mexico Region Roberto Benotez Metrica, SA de C.v. Alfonso Reyes #2620 Frace B. Reyes Monterrey, N.L. 64280 Mexico 011-52-83-702600 FAX:011-52-81-294646

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20-00 latin/South America Regiol1

2100 CarIbbean

0"0 22:00 BrazH

Mauricio Nogueira Frota Socledade Brasileira de Metrologia Av. Beira Mar, 262/5 Andar/Caslelo Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20021-060 Brazil 011-5521-2532-7373 FAX:011-5521-544-5527 t.-mail: mfrola@mec.pue-rio.br

OI 2300 Ecuador

Felipe Urresta EcuadOrian Siandards Institute

~ I 454 Baquerizo Moreno SI. P.O. Box 17-01-3999 Quito, Ecuador FAX 011-593-256-7815

30 0 European Region

O3100 United Kingdom

Jerry Benson National Physical Laboratory Queens Road Teddington, Middlesex TW11 OLW England 011-44-20-8943-6824 FAX:011-44-20-8943-7099 e-mail: Jerry.benson@npl.co.uk

3200 Nordic

3300 France Jean Claude Krynicki Agilent Technologies France 11 rue AmbrOise Croizat ZAE Les Glalzes Palaiseau, 91873 France 011-33-1-64-53-5367 FAX:011-33-1-64-53-5618 e-mail: jean-claude_krynicki@agilenl.com

3400 Netherlands

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, Dr. T.M. Plantenga NMI Van Swinden Laboralonum B V. Sctloemakerstraat 97 P.O. Box 654 2600 AR Delft, The Nelherlands 011-31-15-269-15-01 FAX:011-31-15-261-29-71

_ e-mail: tmplanlenga@nmi.nl

4100 Egypt Prof. Dr. Ahmed A. EI Sayed Natl. Laboratory Accreditation Bureau National Institute for Standards Tersa S., I Haram, Giza 12211 Egyp 011-20-2-3879242 FAX:011-20-2-3829446 a-ma"l: AhmedAII@nlab.ms.sci.eg

4200 Turke~r. Huseyin Ug'Jr

Notional Metrology Institute P 21 41470 Gebze Ko~a6", Turkey 0',1-90-262-643-6093 FAX.01 i -90-262-643-6092

'- -II e-mail·IIgurtl@ume.tubilakgov.tr

4300 South Africa --

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Francos Donner CSIR - N~tloo.al Metrology Laboratory

0, 'ox 3.95 Pretoria 0001

An-,ea 011-27- 2-841-3 39 FAX:011-27-12-841-3382

~ 4400 Israel

Dr. Avlnoam Sheol1ar Th Nallor,,1 Physical Laboratory MirwS[<y of Industry and T ade Hebrew UniverSIty Carr;pus Jerusalem, 91904 Isra'll 011-972-2-5661856 FAX'011-972-2-6520797

5000 Asia acific Region

5 0 Taiwa

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5200 Japan Ka~u Hl1ynkawa K.K Fluke b:umi Shilla Dalmon Bldg. 2-2 11 S 'ba alrnoo, Mlnato-ku Tokyo, 105-0012 Japa 011-81-3-3434-0181 FAX:011-81-3-3434-0170 e-mail kaz.hayakawa@f)lJke.conl

Xuosheng Li Wavetek China

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I Precision Measurement, Room 2701 B C TIC Bldg. 19 Jianguomenwai Dajie Beijing, 100004 China 011-86-10-65928044 FAX:011-86-10-65008199

_--"IL-'--_-> e-mail: xunshengh@yahoo.com

5400 India Re ion Dr. S.L. Sarnot Dept. Elec., STQC Directorate M,nslrv of Informalion Technology 6 CGO Complex New Delhi, 110003 India 011 91 11 436 3089 FAX011 91 11 4363083

'----'-!K'--.o..... e-mail: sarnot@mit.gov.in

5410 Bombay Sac ion Dr. (Mrs.) Bhama Iyer Central Inst. for Res. on Cotlon Tech. (ICAR) Adenwala Road, Malunga Bombay - 400 019, India 01191224127273 FAX:011 91224130835

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cs TE ATIO Al REGIO A COO DINA ORS (Cont'd) 5420 Hyderabad Section 5440 Del Ii Section

Dr. S P. Vasireddi K.C Chhabra Vimla Labs Limited Eleclronics Regional Test Lab (North) 142, IDA Phase II TOC Directorate Cherlapally, RR Dis!. Okhla Industrial Area, Phase II Hyderabad - 500 051, India New Deihl 110020, India

01191 11 6836219 FAX:011 9111 682 1583 0119140624141 FAX:011 91 40-623657 e-mail: ertln@doe.erneUn

5430 Bangalore Section

[jB.K. Srinivas Bharal Heavy Electncals Limited (Electronics Division) P.B. No. 2606, Mysore Road Bangalore, Kamatake - 560 0286, India 011 91 806998595 FAX.011 91 306740137 e-mail: srinivasbk@bheledn.com

IASO DELEGAT -5 P ME ROLOGY COMMTIEE 909 ISA INTERNATIONAL

------, Jim Carlton Mike Suraci

GIDEP Operations Center Lockheed Martin NSB Bangor P.O. Box 3000

Corona, CA 92878-8000 i PO Box 6429

l1dJ Silverdale, WA 98315-6429 (909) 273·4958 FAX(909) 273-5200 e-mail: carltonja@corona.navy.mil i (360) 396-8535 Fax(360) 396-6737

. II e-mail: mike.suraci@lmco.com

10 EUR:O EANI COOPERATION FOR 903 MEASUREMENT SC EN· CO F IR NCE (MSC) ...-~-~.., Robert Johnson ACCREDITA ION (E )

Verizon LogistiCS ERS Graham Cameron 2970 Inland Empire Blvd. Standards Council of Canada Ontario, CA 91764-4804 270 Albert Sl., Suile 200 (909) 945-0279 (909) 945-0222 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7 Canada ____J e-mail: roberU.Johnson@verizon.com (613) 238-3222 FAX(613) 995-4564

e-mail: gcameron@scc.ca

904 ORGAN SATION IN EiRHAIONA DE ETROl IE 91 INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL &ElEC RO ICS lEGALE (OlMl) ENGINEERS INSTRUMENTATION &- EASUREME T

Dr. Charles Ehrlich (IEEE &MI NIST

Dr. David Bra udawey Bldg. 820, Rm 234

103 Ranch Rd.100 Bureau Dr., Stop 2150

P.O. Box 9 Gailhersburg, MD 20899-2150

Sandia Park, NM 87047-0009 (301) 975·4834 FAX(301) 975-5414

(505) 281-3691 FAX: same (call first) .............~ email: charles.ehrlich@msl.gov

e-mail: dwbraudaway@worldnel.att.net

905 A NI ASSOCIA ION FOR LABORATORY AC REDITA, ION (A2LA) 912 A.ME CAN SOCIETY FO TEST! GAD M ERIALS

Ramona Saar (AS' }American Associalion for Laboratory Accredltatton

Roxanne Robinson 5301 Buckeystown Pike, Suite 350

American Assn. for Lab Accreditation Fredenck, MD 21704

5301 Buckeystown Pike, SUite 350 (301) 644-3201 FAX(301) 662-2974

Frederick, MD 21704 e-mail: rsaar@a2Ia.org

(301) 644·3208 FAX(301) 662-2974 e-mail: rrobinson@a2Ia.org

906 A ERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) Craig Gulka R OPTICAL RAmATION MEASUREMENTS

! NCSL International I 1800 30th St., Suite 305B I, Boulder, CO 80301-1026 ally Bruce

NIST(303) 440-3339 FAX(303) 440·3384 Oplical Technology Div., MS: 8441 100 Bureau Dr.

e-mail: cgulka@ncsli.org ~ Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8441 (301) 975-2323 FAX(301) 869·5700 907 CO FERENCE ON PRECISION PRECISION

,.-..........---" e-mail: sbruce@nist.gov ELECTR AGNETIC MEASUR!E' E (CPEM)

orman B. Belecki CfCCG 7413 Mill Run Dr. ,-----t John V. FishellDerwood, MD 20855-1156

Naval Wanare Assessment Sta. (301) 869-4520

Measurement SCience Direclorate e-mail: n.beleckl@leee.org

P.O. Box 5000 Corona, CA 92878-5000

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LlAISON D LEGA ES (Cont'd) 915 J T RNATIONALE MESSTECHNISCHE KONFEDERATION (IMKO)

-~ Mike Suraci Lockheed Martin NSB Bangor 'P.O. Box 6429 Silverdale, WA 98315-6429

. (360) 396-8535 FAX(360) 396-6737 _._.-! e-mail: rtllke.suraci@lmco.com I

919 A'MERle N PHYSICAL SOCtETY Dr Klaus Jaeger Jaeger Enterprises 13685 Ca lie Tacuba Saratoga, CA 95070-4918 (408) 867-1743 FAX(408) 867-3705 e-mail: Jaegerenlerprises@allbi.com

9.21 INTL LAB ACCRE ITATION COOP. (ILAC) ,---~~----. AIllhony Anderson

Guildline Instruments 103 Commerce St., Suite 160 Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 333-3327 FAX(407) 333-3309 e-mail: Tanderson@guildline.com

925 NATl. CONF. OF WE GHTS & MEA URES Georgia Harris NIST Office of Weights & Measures 100 Bureau Dr., Slop 2350

ailhersburg, MD 20899-2350 (301) 975-4014 FAX(301) 926-0647 e-mail: gharris@nist.90v

926 AS AlPACIFIC MET OlOGY PROGRAM

~Dr. Katuo Seta Research Cenler for Measurement Standards 1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba SCience City Ibaraki, Japan 305-8563 011-81-298-54-4362 FAX:011-81-298-54-4393 e-mail: s-apmp@nrlm.go.jp

9~7 SSOCtACION MEXICANA DE M TROLOGIA (AMMAC)-":1 Roberto Benitez ~ I Metnca, SA. de C.v.

, Alfonso Reyes #2620 Fracc. B. Reyes Monterrey, N.L. 64280 Mexico

""-=-" __I 011-52-83-702600 FAX:011-52-81-294646 _Lo,;Kc....IlOo.....J e-mail: roberto@melnca.com.mx

928 AMERICAN OClET¥ FOR UALITY (ASQ)I MEASURE­ENT QUALITY DIVIS ON

,----::;;;iI~--, Chnstopher L. Grachanen Compaq Computer Corp. Corpora Ie Metrology, MS, 070110 P.O. Box 692000 Houston, TX 77070-2698 (281) 518-8486 FAX(281) 518-7275 e-mail: chris.grachanen@compaq.com

929 NORTH AMERICAN CA 18 -:fION COOPERATIONI NORTH AMERICAN ETROLOGY COOPERATION (NACC!NORAMET)

Doug Faison NIST Stop 2140 mo Bureau Dr. Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2140 (301) 975-5304

~__-'-'--l e-mail faisond@nist.gov

930 INSTITUTE 0 ENV RONMENTAL SCI. &TEe ~ Robert L. MI Ike

Irt-U . Abbott LaboratOries Dept. 736, M4 1400 Sheridan Rd. N. Chicago, !L 60064

I (847) 938-9111 FAX(847) 937-4634 '-------"'_----l e-mail: robert.mLelke@abboll.com

933 ASiA :ACIFIC LABORATORY ACCREO I\T,ON COOPERA ION (APLAC)

pl?1er S UngQr American Assn. for Lab AccredLtatlon 5301 Buckeystown Plke, Suite 350 Frederick, MD 21704 (301) 644-3212 FAX(301) 662-2974 e-mail: punger@a2Ia.or9

.934 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ROFIC ENCV TESTING (NAP )

Gaylord DeGroot MTS Systems 14000 Technology Dr. Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (612) 937-4442 FAX(612) 937-4515 e-mail: gaylord.degrool@mts.com

935 BRAZI IAN SOC ETY O· METiROL:OGY (SSM) Mauncio Nogueira rola Socledade Brasllelra de Metrologia Av. Belra Mar. 262/5 Andar Caslelo Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20021-060 Brazil 011-5521-54<1-5751 FAX:011-5521-544-5527 e-mall·mfrota@mec.puc-rio.br

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