IIW History 1990-2015

27th meeting of ISO/TC 44 held in Montreal, Canada, August 2006

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. 64 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. 65 Further clarification of the rules and procedures was planned for early 2017 to avoid such a situation. 66 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

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