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Member Training / ASTM International Member Training is offered as a service to its technical committee members to educate and optimize participation in and benefit from the ASTM International development process. Simply select a topic of interest and pick the way you want to learn. To view the on-demand tutorials it may be necessary to download Windows Media Player. Organized in 1898, ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world. ASTM Intl. is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for the development and publication of voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems, and services. More than 20,000 members representing producers, users, ultimate consumers, and representatives of government and academia develop documents that serve as a basis for manufacturing, procurement, and regulatory activities. 2008 Officers' Training Workshop Module The Officers' Training Workshop is a free, biennial event open to all Committee Officers, Subcommittee chairmen and those interested in learning more about ASTM. This event offers Committee leadership the opportunity to attend a series of training modules presented by staff describing various aspects of ASTM and the tools available to help you and your committees maximize the effectiveness of your participation in the ASTM process. View 2008 Officers' Training Modules Electronic Balloting ASTM International introduced an electronic balloting process in 2001 to enable its members and customers to better meet their standardization objectives. This module focuses on the mechanics of the process and highlight recent enhancements that were engineered to provide access to a greater amount of information while reducing the time required vote on-line. Specific areas covered are gaining access to the ballot, downloading individual and collective ballot items, submitting negatives and comments, accessing a ballot after successful vote submission, and other technical information. Identifying and Accelerating the Development of New Standards ASTM International has developed several tools and techniques for efficiently developing an initial draft standard and quickly moving it through the ASTM balloting process. During this module, you will not only learn how new standards ideas are introduced, drafted and publicized, but you will also receive helpful information on ASTM's electronic tools and time-tested techniques for accelerating the development of a new draft standard. New Member Orientation & Training Welcome to ASTM International! ASTM provides members with an arsenal of electronic tools that facilitate your participation at any place, at any time. These tools prepare you for meetings, keep you informed, provide technical contacts, and ultimately enable your input to the consensus process. One way our staff can welcome you into ASTM is to "show you around" the website. The PowerPoint below will walk you through these online tools to assist you from preparing for meetings, to voting on standards, to contacting colleagues. If you wish to register for a live session please contact Brynn Murphy. Handling Negative Votes Learn to effectively move documents through the ASTM balloting process-from initiating a subcommittee ballot, through main committee and Society review. A review of the role of COS (Committee on Standards) is included. In addition, learn to get positive results from negative votes! Special focus on the procedural handling of negative votes throughout the balloting process. Register for Live Training Workshop Strategic Planning and New Activity Development ASTM International committees are designed to reflect the breadth of the industries they represent, with all stakeholder groups present. Due to the inherent complexity of many industries, it is imperative that committees retain focus in regard to their overall mission – strategic planning is a tool that can greatly assist a committee in accomplishing this goal. A comprehensive Strategic Planning philosophy reinforces a committee’s strengths, provides direction and focus, helps an activity move toward a desired result, and maximizes potential resources. Online Negative Vote Resolution Training Online Negative Vote Resolution (ONR) is an interactive tool for officers and technical contacts enabling easy, accurate, and timely negative vote resolution. The ONR feature provides for the input of resolutions to negatives through the .Ballot Negatives and Comments. section of the .My Tools. box. Upon submission of the resolutions, they will be posted for review and approval by Staff, and will remain viewable for 6 months after the item is resolved. This module is a tutorial that steps members through the ONR process. It also addresses the preparation of meeting agendas, demonstrating how to construct agendas that effectively address negatives and their resolution. While we encourage use of this online ability, members will continue to have the option to submit the .Report of Action taken on A Main/Subcommittee Ballot Negative Vote. form, and communicate directly with Staff Managers as needed. View Online Negative Vote Resolution Training WebEx Training ASTM provides members the opportunity to host WebEx meetings or web-based conference calls. These WebEx or virtual meetings combine teleconference capability with real-time document sharing through the web. These WebEx meetings may be used by ASTM Committees for task group meetings to develop draft revisions and new standards, officer/executive subcommittee meetings, training sessions and presentations, strategic planning meetings, etc. The PowerPoint will give you details on how the WebEx system works and assist in preparing you to host your own WebEx meeting. If you wish to register for a live session, please contact Kevin Shanahan (kshanaha@astm.org or 610 832 9737). | ||