ASTM INTERNATIONAL 2007 Annual Business Meeting 1 2007 Annual Business Meeting May 23, 2007 Norfolk, Virginia WELCOME TO ASTM International

ASTM INTERNATIONAL 2007 Annual Business Meeting1

2007

Annual Business Meeting

May 23, 2007

Norfolk, Virginia

WELCOME TO

ASTM InternationalASTM International


Revenue Sources 2006

Publications - 75%

Administrative Fees - 6%

Tech & Professional Training /Symposia - 4%

Advertising/ Miscellaneous - 2%

Proficiency Test Program - 4%

Investment Interest - 9%


Standards Actions 2006

As of December 31, there were: 250 new standards

1,650 revised standards

2,925 total standards actions

Total ASTM standards: 11,800 (April 2007)


Membership Statistics

22,942 main committee members

139 technical committees

1,888 subcommittees

111,224 total units of participation

Total ASTM members: 31,102


New design and enhanced navigation Added information and content New learning modules:

• Standards Development Around the World

• The ASTM Standards Development Process

• ASTM Standards and You

• Standards and Intellectual Property

2007 Year of the Student


New standards product geared toward academic community

Easy integration of ASTM standards into coursework

10 ASTM standards for $10 per student

Campus-wide option: multi-user access to entire ASTM standards library

Standards on Campus


Campus visits by ASTM members and staff

Top schools in the U.S. and abroad

Students learn about standards before entering the workforce

Campus Outreach Events


Year of the Student: Publicity

Online banner advertising: The Chronicle

• 57,000 educators and

administrators – daily

throughout 2007

Special webpage: Year of the Student.org

Kit mailing to 1,855 deans and department heads


500 new student members since start of campaign

More than half from outside U.S.

Get involved with the Year of the Student campaign!

Student Membership Growth


Case studies demonstrating positive outcomes of ASTM standards

Tell your standards success story

Entries due August 31, 2007; cash prizes awarded

Check the ASTM website for more information

2007 ASTM International Advantage Award


Two-part research study Qualitative study: Six industry

sectors surveyed Highlights need for measurable

standards success stories Cross-sector benefits of ASTM

standards identified:

• Maintaining product quality, reliability and performance

• Improving market access

• Developing consumer confidence

• Managing regulatory and liability risk

Impact of Standards on Corporate Profitability


Quantitative study: 250 CEOs/senior technical executives

Key Findings:

• 75% view standards as having high impact

• 68% held very favorable view of standards

• Most important benefit of standards:

• Quality control and assurance

• Consistency and uniformity

• Measure performance

• Competitive tools

• Enhance safety

• Customer satisfaction

Research Study: Part 2


Briefings with key industry groups and major corporations

ASTM meets with General Electric and IKEA North America

Corporate Outreach objective:

• “Promote greater corporate awareness

regarding the importance of standards and

the value of ASTM”

Corporate Visits


New overview on standards written for busy executives

Special chapter by Laura Hitchcock – Boeing Company

Downloadable from ASTM website

Corporate Edge Handbook


ASTM joins Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes

ASTM E 2187, Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes, adopted in legislation by nine U.S. states

Public Policy Initiatives


ASTM Board meeting in Beijing

Visits and meetings with industry sector groups, government and academia

New ASTM office in Beijing in 2007

• Expands presence beyond CSCA office

Global Collaboration: China


Keynote address at International Standardization Forum

Committee E56 meets at Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

E56 releases first standard on terminology

Global Cooperation: Japan


ASTM Signs MOU with Russian Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology

48th MOU

MOU with Russia


May 16-18, 2007

Botswana

Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Malawi

Mauritius

ASTM Open House: Sub-Saharan African Nations

Nigeria

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe


Global Communications Tools

New “mini-websites” for Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish-speaking readers

Chinese SN expanded to two annual issues


Standardization News Revamp

Redesign and reorganization of flagship magazine

Goal: Better serve information needs of ASTM stakeholders

Planned rollout: January 2008


New Committee E57 on 3D Imaging Systems

Formed in July 2006

Dynamic technology used across numerous industries

ASTM standards will spur growth in commercialization


New Subcommittees

E55.03 on General Pharmaceutical Standards

C09.49 on Pervious Concrete

D10.19 on Recycling/Disposability

E34.30 on Occupational Health and Safety in Construction


Technical Committee Support

New service for ballot negatives/comments

Online terminology dictionary

RSS-based news feed

New core business system

Videoconferencing available at ASTM headquarters


Virtual Meetings and Webinars

Over 400 virtual meetings held in 2006

Future capabilities will enhance audio component of meetings

New for 2007: live broadcasts – Webinars

Enable archived recordings of committee workshops


ILS Program - Update

Continued growth in production phase

Validation of statistical processing software

Other administrative efficiencies planned

140 interlaboratory studies registered


ASTM Digital Library

Convenient and powerful information repository

Access virtually all ASTM publications

• Over 30,000 papers and 400,000 pages

of technical research literature

Easy-to-use search capabilities

Flexible subscription options


Environmental Due Diligence Portal

First in series of online portal products

Integrates ASTM standards with other SDOs, and regulatory documents

Access key documents for environmental due diligence in one place

Additional portals – transportation, medical devices


2006 Annual Report


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ASTM INTERNATIONAL 2007 Annual Business Meeting 1 2007 Annual Business Meeting May 23, 2007 Norfolk, Virginia WELCOME TO ASTM International