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2014 Fall Technical
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Officer Nominations
ACS Book Discount
Automatic Withdrawal
of Standards in 2015
Annual Meeting and
Hacker’s Classic
2014 AWPA Book of
Standards
Future Meetings
December 2014
AWPA Membership Renewal
All AWPA Regular, Life and Honorary members were sent renewal forms on November 19. If you are a
member and did not receive a form, please contact us to request another. Alternately, AWPA members
may renew online the AWPA store. To obtain your store password, click here. NOTE: If your email
address has changed recently, please log into the online store using your old email address. If you are
not currently an AWPA member, please consider applying for membership. For more information,
please contact AWPA.
Updated: Fall 2014 Standardization Activity
During the AWPA Fall Technical Committee Meetings in Portland, Maine, the committees approved 59
proposals to move forward to letter ballot for the Fall 2014 Standardization Cycle. The letter ballots
opened on October 15 and closed on November 14 with greater than a 60% return rate from each
committee. All negative votes were resolved except for Item T8.1. This item is currently undergoing a
recirculation ballot in Committee T-8, and is scheduled to close on Friday, December 19. Current letter
ballot results have been posted to the applicable Technical Committee web page (member login
required). A status report for proposals is found on the Standards Activity web page.
2015 AWPA Sponsorship Enrollment is Still Open
In addition to membership dues and publication sales, AWPA relies heavily upon voluntary contributions
from organizations that support AWPA’s objects and purposes. Through our Organizational Sponsorship
Program, AWPA recognizes its sponsors at meeting, on the website, in publications, and other printed
materials. All 2014 Sponsors were sent renewal forms by email recently, and they may renew online in
the AWPA Store. If you are not currently a sponsor and you’re interested, please visit the “become a
sponsor” web page or contact AWPA for more information.
AWPA Welcomes New Members
Here are AWPA’s newest members...Congratulations and welcome!
 Adrian Liew, Ancom Crop Care SDN BHD
 Randy McGough, R.E. McGough
 James Downie, Environmental Consultants Inc.
2015 Student Poster Competition
The Technical Forum Poster Session will take place the evening of Monday, April 13 during the Annual
Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina. Viance, LLC will be sponsoring the Student Poster Competition to
encourage young and upcoming scientists in the field of wood protection. The author of the best poster
will receive a scholarship of USD $5,000 and the runner-up will receive USD $2,500. If you are a student
and you plan to present a poster, please submit the working title and a list of authors no later than
Monday, February 16 for your poster to be considered for the competition. Click here to download the
rules for the Student Poster Competition, paying careful attention to the deadlines.
Nominations for AWPA Officers
In the next few months, AWPA members will be nominating individuals to serve as Officers, Executive
Committee Members, or Nominating Committee Members. The Nominating Committee has already
selected its slate of nominees, but direct nominations are still available. If you know of an eligible
member that would serve AWPA well in any of these positions, please submit the nomination directly to
AWPA by December 31.
AWPA discount for ACS Wood Preservation Books
Oxford University Press has extended a 30% discount on three of its wood preservation books from the
ACS Symposium Series, the latest one being “Deterioration and Protection of Sustainable Biomaterials”,
edited by Tor Schultz, Barry Goodell, and Darrel Nicholas. To obtain the discount, use the code
ASPROMP8 in the “Promotion Code” box at checkout. Here are links to all three books:
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Deterioration and Protection of Sustainable Biomaterials
Development of Commercial Wood Preservatives Efficacy, Environmental and Health Issues
Wood Deterioration and Preservation
Standards Scheduled for Automatic Withdrawal
All AWPA “P” Standards must be reaffirmed every five years or they will be automatically withdrawn.
The following “P” Standards must be reaffirmed no later than the Fall 2015 Standardization Cycle: P35,
P55, P56, P57, and P58. All other classes of standards will be automatically withdrawn if not revised or
reaffirmed by the Fall 2015 Standardization Cycle. The following standards are scheduled for automatic
withdrawal if not revised or reaffirmed this year: A32 and A49. Please note that the deadline for Spring
2015 proposals is January 30, 2015, and the deadline for Fall 2015 proposals is July 8, 2015.
111th AWPA Annual Meeting and the Hacker’s Classic
Make plans to attend AWPA’s Annual Meeting, which will take place April 12-14 in Asheville, North
Carolina at the Omni Grove Park Inn. Meeting registration will begin in early January 2015. Also, be sure
to take part in the 2015 Hacker’s Classic at the Donald Ross designed Grove Park Inn Golf Club with its
amazing views, tree-lined fairways, receptive greens, challenging bunkers, and rolling landscape. Be sure
to sign up when registration opens in January!
2014 AWPA Book of Standards is Still Available!
Please support AWPA’s standards development process by purchasing your copy
today! The 2014 Edition of the AWPA Book of Standards contains all of the revisions
from the Spring and Fall 2013 Standardization Cycles as adopted by the AWPA
Technical Committees. This edition is available as a hefty 668-page printed book, a
searchable CD-ROM, or a printed book/CD combination. To order online, visit the
AWPA online store – please note that AWPA members must log into the store to
obtain deeply discounted member pricing. If you prefer to order by mail or fax, a
form may be downloaded by clicking this link.
Upcoming AWPA Meetings
 111th AWPA Annual Meeting: Asheville, North Carolina at the Omni Grove Park Inn, April 12-14, 2015.
 2015 AWPA Fall Technical Committee Meetings: Victoria, British Columbia at the Inn at Laurel Point,
September 20-24, 2015.
American Wood Protection Association
Post Office Box 361784
Birmingham, Alabama 35236-1784 USA
Phone: +1-205-733-4077 Fax: +1-205-733-4075
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.awpa.com

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