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27th meeting of ISO/TC 44 held in Montreal, Canada, August 2006
LINKING PEOPLE, JOINING NATIONS
reported, on behalf of Germany, that national meetings had been held and the majority were
against the original ISO/TC 44 Tokyo decision.
Essentially, it was decided to review and decide case-by-case,
taking into account user benefit, resources and expertise, which route was
appropriate for a project; Route I preferably dedicated to the development of
international standards and Route II preferably dedicated to the development
of Technical Specifications and Technical Reports.
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This approach was not
initially accepted by IIWwhen the rules of the Joint Coordination Committee
were circulated and therefore was likely to be the source of contention in the
future.
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Further clarification of the rules and procedures was planned for
early 2017 to avoid such a situation.
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This whole exercise was what could
be termed a ‘baptism by fire’ for Lundin as Chair of WG-STAND, who went
about the process of protecting IIW’s position on publication of standards
with quiet strength and determination.
The year 2015 concluded sadly with the death of Shackleton, one of IIW’s stalwarts
who had committed significant effort to the successful development of IIW standards for
more than three decades. As Chair of SC-STAND and its successor WG-STAND from 1998