7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTINGWARSAW, POLAND 1973
June 3, 1973
9TH MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEEMEMBERS
ARGENTINA
H. PREVEDEL
AUSTRALIA
R.W. SHELDONAUSTRIAE. KRAINERBELGIUM
G.A. HOMES
BURMA
U. MAUNG MAUNG
CANADA
W.E. HAVERCROFTCZECHOSLOVAKIA
L. CIZEKDENMARK
S.A. LUND
FINLAND
J. SALOKANGASFRANCEP. BASTIENGERMANY
V. HAUK
GREAT BRITAIN
C.H. STANGERHUNGARY
P. RETIITALYF. BALDIJAPANH. KIHARANETHERLANDS
A. de STERKENORWAYJ.C. WALTERPOLAND
Z. PAWLOWSKI
SOUTH AFRICA
P. SCRIBANTE
SPAIN
M. de MIROSWEDENA. JUNGHEM
SWITZERLAND
R. HORNUNG
U.S.S.R
V.I. GORBUNOV
U.S.A
G.H. TENNEYYUGOSLAVIA
M. SIPEK

The following delegates were present:
1. Z. Pawlowski, Poland
2. J. Deputat, Poland
3. J. Mazurek, Poland
4. J. Mottl, Poland
5. F. Szade, Poland

21. C.H. Stanger, Great Britain
22. R.S. Sharpe, Great Britain
23. P. Reti, Hungary
24. T. Konkoly, Hungary
25. G. Nardoni, Italy40

6. Hollamby, Australia
7. A. Silber, Austria
8. E. Nussmuller, Austria
9. P. De Meester, Belgium
10. A.D. Skordev, Bulgaria
11. K.V. Panev, Bulgaria
12. W.E. Havercroft, Canada
13. E. Bowe, Canada
14. L. Cizek, Czechoslovakia
15. M. Baimler, Czechoslovakia
16. S.A. Lund, Denmark
17. P.Bastien, France
18. M. Evrard, France
19. V. Hauk, Germany
20. R.O. Schumacher, Germany

26. Y. Ishii, Japan
27. N.Niwa, Japan
28. A. De Sterke, Netherlands
29. H. Bosselaar, Netherlands
30. J.C. Walter, Norway31. M. De Miro, Spain
32. F. Ramirez Gomez, Spain
33. Junghem, Sweden
34. Dahn, Sweden
35. N.V. Khimchenko, U.S.S.R
36. V.V. Kluev, U.S.S.R
37. G.H.Tenney, U.S.A
38. P. Dick, U.S.A
39. I. Malecki, Poland

Apologies for the absence have been received from: Mr. Sheldon, Australia,
Mr. Krainer, Austria, Prof. Homes, Belgiu, Mr. Calokangas, Finland, Mr. Baldi,Italy, Mr. Scribante, South Africa, Mr. Homung, Switzerland.
The tentative agenda for the Ninth Meeting of IC NDT was accepted withoutany changes.

1. Welcome
Dr. Z. Pawlowski, the President of the International Committee for
Nondestructive Testign opened the Ninth Meeting and welcomed the delegatesto the International Committee for Nondestructive Testing and Prof. Malecki,
Poland, one of the founders of ICNDT.
Prof. Malecki, being invited by the President, expressed his best wishes forthe debates and stressed the grow up of NDT due to the activities of young
delegates.
2. Delegate Changes
Dr. Pawlowski introduced members of the Steering Committee. The revised
list of the delegates appeared in the Conference Guide of the VII IC NDT.
It was settled that new changes in delegate names and their addresses haveto be announced immediately to the Secretary of the IC NDT, Mr. J. Mazurek.
The changes will be transferred to France after closing the present tenure, i.e. till
July 31st 1973.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Eighth Held in Hannover, Germany, onJune 4th , 197041

Dr. Tenney stated he had not obtained the agenda of the Ninth and TenthMeetings. The President informed that the Minutes of Hannover Meeting weredispatched to all delegates on 12th May, 1973 and then according to Dr. Tenney’srequest, read the Minutes. The Minutes were approved.
4. Venue of the Next International Conference
Dr. Pawlowski informed that the invitation of France to host the next
Conference was confirmed in February 1973. In this situation France willorganize the VIII IC NDT according to the decision taken 31st May, 1970 in
Hannover.
Dr. Z. Pawlowski informed that further invitations have been received to hostthe next International Conferences. The USA is willing to host in 1979 or 1982,
Australia in 1979 and Japan in 1982, at the time when the 30 years anniversaryof the Japanese Society for NondestructiveTesting will be celebrated.
After discussion the venues of subsequent Conferences was agreed thataccording the p.9.1 of the Terms of Reference the decision about the venue ofthe next Conference should be as follows: i.e. in 1976 for the venue in 1979 andin 1979 for the Conference in 1982.
5. Dissemination of Information (cf. Items 2 Minutes of the Eighth Meetingof ICNDT)Dr. Z. Pawlowski read the letter from the IPC Science and Technology Press
Ltd. (Great Britain) in which IPC asked to consider the possibility of sponsoring
the journal “Non-Destructive Testing” as an official journal of the International
Committee. The sponsorship would not be financial and the IPC would have noclaim on the International Committee.
It was decided to continue the discussion during the Tenth Meeting. The
copies of the letter of IPC will be distributed on Thursday, June 7th.
Mr. Nardoni proposed to complete the existing lists of delegates by a list oforganisations dealing with nondestructive testing. Dr. Z. Pawlowski informed thatsuch a publication was edited in Great Britain by Dr. Sharpe. According to Dr.
Sharpe’s statement the supplement to the next issue will appear in 1974.
Mr. Dick suggested the need for information dissemination twice a year. Afterthe discussion participated by Prof. Hauk, Mr. Nardoni, Prof. De Meester, Mr.
Havercroft, Dr. Pawlowski and others, it was concluded that the information will
be distributed by the host country twice a year, provided the submission of news
is obtained one month in advance.
Prof. Bastien agreed to take care on the printing and distribution.
6. Supplements to the Tentative Programme of the Tenth Meeting
It was agreed to include into the agenda of the Tenth Meeting the discussionarising from item 5 of this Meeting.

427.Other Business
Dr. Tenney put forward two proposals:a) to appoint a Task Group which elaborates the guidelines for theSteering Committee. The discussion on this proposal led after supplements
made by Prof. Hauk and Dr. Pawlowski to the following conclusion.
The group should be established but it depends on the President incharge if he makes or does not make use of them.
b) to consider the appointment of a Task Group which will prepare theoutline of a procedure to honour the merited member of IC NDT.
The voting for the establishing such a group was accepted by the majorityof delegates (one vote against).
After Dr. Schumacher motion it was accepted unanimously that the Task
Group consisting of Prof. Bastien, Prof. Hauk, Dr. Pawlowski and Dr. Tenney,shall prepare the principles for honouration and present them at the TenthMeeting. Dr. Pawlowski informed about the intention of EOQC (EuropeanOrganisation for Quality Control) to establish a Committee for Nondestructive
Testign within this organisation existing since 1956.
Prof. Hauk distributed to the Delegates the copies of the letter from theGerman Society for Nondestructive Testing directed to the EOQC concerning thesame matter.
Dr. Pawlowski put the motion that the IC NDT make cooperate with theEOQC on the same basis as with other organisations however the leading
activity in nondestructive testing should be reserved for the InternationalCommittee for Nondestructive Testing. The motion was accepted unanimously.
It was agreed to send a telegram to the EOQC Conference in Belgrad andconfirm it afterwards with a letter. The text of the telegram will be approved onthe Tenth Meeting.
The Ninth Meeting was adjourned at 5:30 pm.

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