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THE ART OF GOVERNANCE
In addition to his attributes as a skilled wordsmith, Prager became
an outstanding Chair of Commission XI
Pressure Vessels, Boilers
and Pipelines
(C-XI) with its principal role regarding the design,
fabrication, life prediction and failure prevention of pressure vessel
components and pipelines.
Dr Richard Dolby (UK), Chair of the Technical Committee
was also to propose new rules for the composition of that
committee including changes to Working Unit categories.
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Ultimately this led to a name change for the Technical
Committee to Technical Management Board (TMB), which
was enacted in 2002.
Changes to the Constitution and the Bye-Laws did highlight the difference in
interpretation between the English and French versions of the Constitution. This precipitated
one of those rare events, an Extraordinary Meeting of the General Assembly in Copenhagen,
on 23 June 2001, to approve resolutions to prepare a French version of the Constitution for
registration by the French Authorities and an English version for distribution to Member
Societies.
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The Business Plan served for a period of approximately 5 years. As a
consequence of change, and the successful achievement of several important
objectives, the Board of Directors was in agreement to review and update
the Business Plan in July 2005. Constructive feedback from a meeting of the
Chairs ofWorking Units in January 2006, though positive overall, considered
that the current plan did not communicate effectively with theWorking Units
therefore it was recommended that all IIW technical and administrative units
be involved in the planning and execution of the new Business Plan.
As President of IIW 2005-2008, Smallbone was to seize the
opportunity to take strategic planning to a new level with the development
of a comprehensive five year Business Plan from 2007-2012. The new plan
took into account the comments of the Working Units and was constructed
from the building blocks of a number of strategic plans developed by every
administrative and technical group within IIW.
This was important since it granted ownership of the plan to all those who were
involved in the business planning cycle. The objective of the Business Plan was for it to
function as a working document and act as a roadmap for all the respective groups of IIW.
Its purpose was to demonstrate to all stakeholders, including the membership at large, what
the role of IIW was, including its future direction and initiatives around the world.
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Martin Prager