31st Meeting of the International
Committee for Non-Destructive TestinggBerlin
Sundayy 24 Septemberp2006
Chairman:
General Secretary:

Doug Marshall
Mike Farley
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Agenda Item 1:
Attendance, Welcome

ICNDTAgenda Item 2.1:
Roll Call
Agenda Item 2.2:
2 2:
Procedures for Voting, Quorum••••

One vote per Member Society
Quorum is 33% of membership
Si l majority
Simplej it votingti
One proxy allowed per Member(Note: changes to Constitution/Terms of Reference
require 6 months notice and positive vote of twothirds of those present or a postal vote and a majorityof those voting)

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Item 2• Approval of Agenda• Chairman
Chairman’ss Remarks

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Agenda Item 3.
Approval of Minutes of 29th and 30th
ICNDT meetings held in Montreal
Matters arising

ICNDTAgenda Item 4:
Report by Membership Working Group

Chairman:

Tony Sonneveld-Presentation of list of members for update
pby those present-Approval of new members-Update of committee membership
ICNDTAgenda item 5
ICNDT Legal Incorporation• Montreal– “ICNDTICNDT requests the Executive to prepare
detailed proposals for incorporation of ICNDTas a legal entity to be presented for approval atthe 31st ICNDT meeting in Berlin”

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Agenda item 5Approval of New Draft Legalised
Constitution•••••••••

August 2004 - 29th ICNDT meeting, the proposal for the Executive
Committee to prepare proposal for Incorporation was unanimously approved.
NNovemberb 2004 - Executive
Eti Committee
Citt - TheTh process bbegan with
ith theth selectionl tiof the country of incorporation –Vienna Austria - and collection of required
documentation etc.
March 2005 - PGP Committee - Business plan presented to PGPF bFebruary
2006 - PGP C
Committee
itt - PresentedPt d withith draft
d ft off proposedd
Constitution - draft to be sent to ICNDT members for comments
Positive agreement from 9 countries, comments from 6 countries
May 2006 draft modified taking account of comments
June 21,2006 final version of constitution - sent for postal ballot.
August 30 2006 ,deadline for voting
32 votes received, all positive. (one request for delay to allow furtherconsideration)) .

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Item 6: Legal incorporation ofICNDT - next steps• Registration of new Association in Vienna
usingg draft Constitution• Finalise Constitution• First General Assembly of new Association– Shanghai 2008

ICNDTLegal Incorporation of ICNDT: motionfor approval
1.

The members of the International Committee for NDT authorise D Marshall , M
Farley, G Aufricht and R Link of the Executive Committee of ICNDT to proceedp
Association under Austrian law,with the foundation of ICNDT as a non-profit
registered in Vienna, on the basis of the draft Constitution dated 16 May 2006.

2.

Further refinements to the Constitution will be proposed by the ICNDT
membership up to the end of 2007 to produce a final Legalised version .

3.

The final new Legalised Constitution will be adopted ahead of the Shanghai
ICNDT meeting following a six month period as per clause 18.1 of the previousConstitution

44.

The first General Assembly of the new legally incorporated association will beheld in Shanghai during the 17th WCNDT 2008.

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Agenda Item 7
Strategic plan

ICNDTAgenda Item 7
Strategic plan

ICNDTStrategic Plan
• Completion of legalization of ICNDT 2008
• Update Terms of Reference• Review Working Group Objectives– WG1 Certification– WG2 Website
W b it andd InternetI tt Communication
Ci ti– WG 3 Education/Research• Establish formal liaison position with related NDTAssociations and Organizations• Membership Drive

Agenda Item 8 - Finances

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Item 9 World Conferences• 16 WCNDT Montreal accounts• 17 WCNDT Beijing 2008 – report• 18 WCNDT Durban 2012 – report• 19 WCNDT 2016 ??? –reminder
i d thathdecision will be made in Shanghai

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11 Report from Policy and General
11.
Purposes Committee• Membership includes Regional Representatives• Meetings held in Albuquerque, Cairo, Berlin• Future
F tMeetings
M tiini Auckland,
A kl d Buenos
BAires,AiShanghai• Development
pof Operatingpg Procedures• ICNDT Journal• Website www.icndt.org –new internetcommunicationi ti toolst l• New Terms of Reference for WG1(Certification)and WG
WG3(Education(and Research))
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12. Reports from Regional Groups• Pan American• Asia Pacific• Africa• Europe
E

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12.4 Europe• ECNDT !
• Strategic Plan- see web site
• WG1 new name Forum
Fon NDT Qualification
Q lifi ti
Certification and Accreditation- meeting Saturday• Promotion of NDT – competitionpat ECNDT• Leonardo Project• Certification Executive Committee• Workshop of NDT Societies to share best practice• EFNDT Societies workshop.ppt
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ISO TC 135• report-for-icndt.pdf

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Reports from Working Groups• WG1 Certification and Qualification– John Thompson– Certification.doc
ifi i d• WG2 Internet/Website– Prof Onoe/Stefan Culmann– www.icndt.org• WG3 Research and Education– Dr Baldev Raj– WG-3 presentation berlin.ppt

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Age Structures• Presentation by Japanese Socity JSNDI• Age structures
structures.ppt
ppt

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Item14 Question and Commentsfrom Members

ICNDTAgenda item 9:
Timetable of Meetings 2006-10
ICNDT & PGP

2006

EFNDT,, Berlin,, Septemberp
2006

PGP

2006

APCNDT, Auckland, 5 Nov 2006 10.00

PGP

2007

PANNDT, Argentina, Sun 21 Oct 2007

ICNDT & PGP
PGP

2008

WCNDT, Shanghai 25+29 August(tbc)
24 August(tbc)

PGP

2009

??

ICNDT & PGP

2010

ECNDT, Moscow, 5+6 June 2010

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