General Conference Information

###### Introduction

This document contains the Board of Directors and Standing Committee
agendas for the **Interim Meeting of the National Conference on Weights
and Measures, Inc.,** (NCWM) scheduled for January 21 - 24, 2007, at the
Omni Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. To reserve a room, call the
hotel directly at (904) 355-6664 and ask for the National Conference on
Weights and Measures meeting rate of \$78 single/double -- prevailing
federal government per diem. The reservation cut-off date is
December 21, 2006.

Agenda items to be addressed by the Standing Committees are assigned
Reference Key numbers as follows:

> **Committee Reference Key**
>
> Board of Directors 100 series
>
> Laws and Regulations 200 series
>
> Specifications and Tolerances 300 series
>
> Professional Development Committee 400 series
>
> National Type Evaluation Program Committee 500 series

The subject matter listed on each Standing Committee\'s agenda will be
open for discussion as noted. Each committee may also take up routine or
miscellaneous items brought to its attention after the preparation of
this document. At its discretion, each committee may decide to accept
items for discussion that are not listed in this document.

The agendas:

1.  Include items brought to the attention of the Standing Committees
    prior to the submission deadline of November 1, 2006, and approved
    for inclusion in their agendas by the Committees, and

2.  Serve as the basis for the Standing Committee Interim Reports (to be
    printed in the Program and Committee Reports of the National
    Conference on Weights and Measures 92^nd^ Annual Meeting, NCWM
    Publication 16). The final reports of the committees will be
    published in the NIST Special Publication Report of the 92^nd^
    Annual Meeting of the NCWM, following the Annual Meeting in 2007,
    scheduled for July 8 - 12 at the Snowbird Resort, Salt Lake City,
    Utah.

The Committees have not determined whether the items presented will be
voting or informational in nature; these determinations will result from
their deliberations at the Interim Meeting.

###### Special Meetings

Several Annual Committees and other organizations are conducting
meetings concurrently with the Standing Committees of the Conference.

###### Joint Meetings for All Committees

A joint meeting for all committees will be held on Wednesday, January
24, 2007. Each Standing Committee will highlight the major decisions
made during the week, and the Nominating Committee will present its
report.

**Participation**

Sunday meetings are scheduled for Committee members to review their
agendas (see the particular committee agenda for details). Although the
sessions are open to all delegates, participation in discussions during
agenda reviews is normally limited to Committee members. Comments and
input are welcome when specific topics are scheduled in the Committee
agendas.

All sessions of NCWM meetings are normally open to members of the
Conference. If a Committee chairman recognizes a special situation
involving a proprietary issue (e.g., NTEP appeals) or sensitive issue or
other substantive need, that portion of the session dealing with the
special issue may be closed, provided that: (1) the Conference chairman
(or in his absence the chairman-elect) approves, and (2) announcement of
the closed meeting is posted on or near the door to the meeting session
and on the announcement board at the registration desk. If at all
possible, the posting will be done at least a day prior to the planned
closed session. Please note that the one-day notice will not always be
possible if a closed meeting is called on Sunday. Since Sunday is a day
for agenda reviews and participants may make their travel reservations
in order to observe these agenda reviews, if a closed meeting becomes
necessary on Sunday, every effort will be made to limit such a meeting
to only part of the day.

To request an appearance with a Standing Committee, contact the
appropriate technical advisor by December 31, 2006:

  ------------------------------ ---------------------------- -----------
  Board of Directors             Chief, Weights & Measures    \(301\)
                                 Division                     975-4004

  Laws and Regulations Committee Tom Coleman                  \(301\)
                                                              975-4868

  Specifications & Tolerances    Juana Williams or            \(301\)
  Committee                                                   975-3989

                                 Richard Suiter               \(301\)
                                                              975-4406

  Professional Development       Agatha Shields               \(614\)
  Committee                                                   462-7380

  National Type Evaluation       Steve Cook                   \(301\)
  Program Committee                                           975-4003
  ------------------------------ ---------------------------- -----------

You may also contact the Executive Secretary at the following address
and telephone number:

> Weights and Measures Division
>
> National Institute of Standards and Technology
>
> 100 Bureau Drive, STOP 2600
>
> Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600
>
> Telephone: (301) 975-4004

**Contact for More Information**

If you have questions about the program, registration, lodging, or
meeting arrangements, contact NCWM Headquarters at the following address
and telephone number:

> National Conference on Weights and Measures
>
> 15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 130
>
> Rockville, MD 20850
>
> Telephone: (240) 632-9454

**Reports**

There will **not** be a transcript made of the proceedings of the
Interim Meetings. Each committee will prepare its report to the NCWM
containing its recommendations based upon the presentations,
discussions, and deliberations on all matters on its agenda that were
addressed during the Interim Meetings. These reports will be published
in the Committee Reports for the 92^nd^ Annual Meeting, NCWM
Publication 16, to be mailed to the NCWM membership in May 2007.

**92^nd^ Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and
Measures**

The National Conference on Weights and Measures 92^nd^ Annual Meeting
will be held at the Snowbird Resort, Salt Lake City, Utah, from
July 8 - 12, 2007. The room rate for the Annual Meeting will be \$155
per night (federal government per diem), single or double, plus tax. For
reservations, please call the hotel at (312) 836-0100. The reservation
cut-off date is Friday, June 9, 2007.

**Units of Measurement**

In keeping with the provisions of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988, which establishes the metric system as the preferred system
of measurement for commerce and trade, units of the metric system have
been used in this document, except where industry has not yet converted
from the inch-pound system. In some instances, proposals are quoted in
the Committee agendas; they may appear in inch-pound units only.