Chairperson Report to 24th GA

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Chairperson Report to 24th GA

• Kwang Hwa Chung

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Contents

• Global metrology trends
• APMP events in 2008
• JCRB meetings in 2008
• EC, EC/TCC meetings in Dhaka
• APMP members

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Global Metrology Trends (1)New RMOs
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Global Metrology Trends (2)Cooperation with
International Org.

• OIML
• WMO, WHO, WTO, ISO/IEC
• JCDCMAS
• APEC SCSC
• UNIDO, PTB Projects, JAICA, KOICA
• APMP ?? APLAC, APLMF, APEC SCSC

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Global Metrology Trends (3)Meeting with Global
Issues

• Food safety
• Climate change
• NT/BT
• APMP MiC WS
• NMIA Symposium ( April 28, Sydney)
• MSL Symposium (April 30, Wellington)

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APMP events in 2008
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20th JCRB May 12

• Agenda- GSO for gulf region metrology- CIPM
  MRA WS for DE- Report on RMO/RCAB meeting- QS
  review and assessment overlap- PT for
  dissemination of traceability- re-review period
  for CMCs- RMO report

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20th JCRB Actions

• The document on How to Welcome New RMOs will be
  modified and distributed to the RMOs for comments
  within 60 days from the meeting. (BIPM)
• Consolidate CIPM MRA documents by category and
  reformat and number the documents according to
  the BIPM internal QS procedures. (Executive
  Secretary)

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JCRB September 2425

• Agenda- Traceability and re-review period of
  CMCs- new RMOs in the JCRB- BIPM quality
  system and publication in BIPM website- QS
  review and assessment overlap- current CMC
  inter-regional reviews- greyed-out CMCs due to
  lack of QS

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21st JCRB September 2425

• Actions and Resolutions- The RMOs will include
  a chapter on the status of greyed-out CMCs in
  their reports for the 22nd JCRB. - The BIPM will
  consult the CCs on the particular procedures used
  or proposed for the re-review of CMCs and report
  to the next JCRB meeting - Prepare a guideline
  with instructions for the declarations of
  traceability in the CMC submissions.
• CIPM Minutes statement on the traceability of
  CMCs in the KCDB

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EC/TCC meeting in Dhaka, May 25Actions and
Resolutions

• NPLI will propose a scheme to alleviate
  difficulties in CMC review process. .
• The application of new QS review will be
  considered by TCQS whether the corresponding NMI
  maintains the effective QS for applied CMCs.
• APMP will propose a new definition of SC.

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EC meeting in Dhaka, May 25Actions and
Resolutions

• Secretary will send a reminding letter to the
  NBSM of Nepal and the CIM of North Korea for
  their membership fees in arears.
• TC chairs are to follow the APMP guidelines and
  related JCRB documents when preparing and
  submitting CMCs.
• WGMM will be extended for two years. NMIJ will
  nominate a candidate of new WGMM chair, who is to
  propose a roadmap for WGMM at the Jakarta GA
  2008.

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EC meeting in Jakarta, November 2Actions and
Resolutions

• EC has reviewed VNIIMs letter which expressed
  its intention to become a full member of APMP. EC
  has agreed that it should recommend to the GA
  that VNIIM be accepted as a full member of APMP.
  
• If members have not paid bank transaction fees
  incurred during 2008 or thereafter, when they are
  issued invoices of the next years membership
  fees, any such bank transaction fees will be
  added.

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EC meeting in Jakarta, November 2Actions and
Decisions

• The proposed new Membership fee structure is
  not going to be submitted to GA for approval in
  2008 considering that the sharp increase of
  membership fee is going to be implemented in
  08/09 fiscal year for the developing economies
  and designated laboratories. EC does not intend
  to propose any further membership fee increase
  before 2010 but EC will review the financial
  situation of APMP every year.

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EC meeting in Jakarta, November 2Actions and
Decisions

• Decision EC 41-3 EC will respect the last EC
  meetings Decision EC 40-5 stating that APMPs
  decision whether or not to apply for membership
  of the NCSLIs BoD will be postponed for the near
  future.

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APMP Members
Russia
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
DPR Korea
Japan
Peoples Republic of China
Jordan
Republic of Korea
Syria
Pakistan
Nepal
Chinese Taipei
India
Bangladesh
Hong Kong, China
Vietnam
Egypt
Philippines
Thailand
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Singapore
South Africa
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Fiji
Full Members Ecos 22 (Metre Convention
17) (CIPM MRA 15) Designated Institutes
12 Associate Members 6 Total 40 members
Australia
New Zealand
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New APMP Members in 2008

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Thank you for your attention.