NCWM National Conference on Weights and Measures
Interim Meeting Process
A Guide to NCWM Interim Meetings
What You Need to Know Before You Go
What to Do When You Get to the Conference
Give a Presentation During the Conference
What You Need to Know Before You Go:
- Contains agenda items
- Changes to the agenda can and do occur
- Review items prior to arrival
- Be prepared to state your point of view during Open Hearings
- Written testimony is also accepted to compliment your Open Hearing comments
- 1000 Series - Board of Directors (BOD)
- 2000 Series - Laws and Regulations Committee (L&R)
- 3000 Series - Specifications and Tolerances Committee (S&T)
- 4000 Series - Professional Development Committee (PDC)
- 5000 Series - National Type Evaluation Program Committee (NTEP)
- 8000 Series - Nominating Committee (NOM)
Following Open Hearings, Committees will assign a status to each agenda item for the Annual Meeting in July as follows:
- (V) Voting - Voted uponat the Annual Meeting
- (I) Informational - Open for discussion, cannot be voted upon at the Annual Meeting
- (D) Developmental - For review, but still under development by the submitter
- (W) Withdrawn - Removed from the agenda
- Board of Directors (BOD) - Governing body of the corporation which oversees financial and corporate reports; establishes fees and policies
- Laws and Regulations Committee (L&R) - Interprets and develops model laws and regulations as well as standards and testing for checking the net content of packaged goods
- Specifications and Tolerances Committee (S&T) - Interprets and develops standards for the design, installation, testing and performance of commercial weighing and measuring devices
- Professional Development Committee (PDC) - Addresses consumer affairs and safety issues while promoting awareness of weights and measures activities to the general public; facilitates training and certification
- National Type Evaluation Program Committee (NTEP) - Sets the goals, objectives, operating policies and procedures published in NCWM Publication 14; sponsors technical subcommittees in various areas to develop technical test procedures and evaluation criteria; authorizes participating NTEP laboratories and issues NTEP certifications
- Business attire is appropriate for all meetings
- Social events are normally business casual or casual, depending on the event
What to Do When You Get to the Conference:
- Review schedule, agendas and meeting locations
- Visit the exhibitors and familiarize yourself with the meeting space
- Attend one or more committee review sessions
- Talk with other stakeholders from government, industry, or other organizations
- Verify contact information on attendee list (located at registration table)
- Check registration monitor for announcements
- Join our social networking opportunities to receive the latest news about NCWM and meeting changes
Observe Committee Work Sessions
- Time for committee to review, discuss and revise agenda items
- Open to all attendees
- Only committee members may speak
- Stakeholder participation in standards development process
- Each standing committee has an Open Hearing
- Input used to determine final reports
- Any registered attendee may speak on any issue
- Address the Committee Chair (e.g. Madame Chair, members of the committee, my name is John Doe from the State of Alabama...)
- Written comments are welcome
- All paid attendees and guests (additional cost) are invited to the reception
- Dress is business casual
- All meetings are open to registered attendees unless posted as closed