Officer Training Modules:
The training courses outlined below should begin to give committee officers and others a general knowledge of their duties and responsibilities. These modules are not intended to be an exhaustive reference on all aspects of ASTM policies and procedures; they summarize and highlight the basic information committee officers should know and make reference to other applicable Key Documents.
Please direct any questions or comments to the ASTM staff listed at the top of each Technical Committee Page.
Modules:
1. Balloting/Handling Negative Votes
2. Subcommittee Chairman's Duties and Responsibilities
3. Main Committee Officers' Duties and Responsibilities
4. Conducting a More Efficient Meeting
5. Standards Development Forums
6. Strategic Planning
7. Technical and Professional Training
(TPT), Proficiency Testing Program (PTP), Symposia Programs
8. New Activity Development
9. Virtual Meetings
10. Electronic Balloting
11. Corporate Communications
1. BALLOTING/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! Discussion focuses on the procedural handling of negative votes
throughout the balloting process. View Power Point Presentation
2. SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN'S DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
The job of the subcommittee chairman is crucial to the success of standards
development. Learn about the duties and
responsibilities of this important position and how to effectively manage your
subcommittee. Topics include: task
group activities, delegation of responsibilities, maintaining subcommittee
rosters, preparing agendas and minutes, preparing items for ballot, resolving
negative votes, and utilizing available resources. View Power Point Presentation
3. MAIN COMMITTEE OFFICERS' DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Main Committee Officers...the leadership core! Discussions will focus on the individual positions of Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Membership Secretary. Committee Officers will leave the session with a better
understanding of their responsibilities and how to apply available resources to
facilitate their officer duties. View Power Point Presentation
4. CONDUCTING A MORE EFFICIENT MEETING
Sharpen your
skills as a committee leader! This module will assist committee, subcommittee,
and task group chairmen to facilitate meetings more
efficiently. Information on meeting and agenda preparation, proper use
of parliamentary procedure, time management skills, and useful
follow-up techniques will be discussed. Attending this module will
enhance your skills and enable you to implement them at your next
meeting. View Power Point
Presentation
5. STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT FORUMS
ASTM's superior web-based technology is making standards development
quick and easy for our international membership. Learn
how to accelerate standards development while receiving greater feedback from
your members with the ASTM Interactive Standards Development
Forums. This
customized document development application provides a virtual collaborative
environment for on- and off-line document editing/construction that is
available 24 hours a day 7 days a week without special software
requirements. View Power Point Presentation
6. STRATEGIC PLANNING
Strategic planning is an essential process for business and it is an
essential process for ASTM technical committees. Module
discussion will focus on the benefits of strategic planning, how to initiate
the planning process, elements to consider in developing a strategic plan,
implementation strategies and resources that are available to assist ASTM
committees in the strategic planning process. View Power Point Presentation
7. TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
(TPT), PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAM (PTP), SYMPOSIA PROGRAMS
Expand your committee horizons beyond the world of standards
development. Learn the value and benefits of other venues
for information exchange including: providing hands-on technical
training on the performance, use, and application of standards;
participating in proficiency testing programs that provide
statistical quality assurance tools enabling laboratories to assess
their testing performance against other laboratories worldwide;
conducting open-forum symposia and educational seminars. View Power Point Presentation
8. NEW ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT
Does your committee have an idea for a new standards development
activity? Is there information that your industry needs that does not
require the development of a standard? Is there special technical
expertise that needs to be recruited to facilitate the work of your
committee? Attend this module and learn the answers to these and other
questions concerning the development of a new standardization
activity. View New Activity Power Point Presentation
9. VIRTUAL MEETINGS
ASTM International will soon be offering real-time interactive web
conferences and meetings over the Internet using the PlaceWare
Conference Center. Utilizing the technology requires only a web
browser and a phone. Find out more about this new tool that will
provide members, from any location, the opportunity to meet and work
on-line to facilitate their standards development objectives. View Power Point Presentation
10. 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 will focus 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 discussions will focus on 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. Suggestions from the audience will be encouraged and questions will be answered throughout the session.
View Electronic Balloting Power Point Presentation
11. CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Publicity is important for any organization, and ASTM's Corporate
Communications department is there to advance your committee's
activities. Publicity for your committee in ASTM Standardization News
and industry publications can: 1) help you draw interested colleagues
to standards development
activities, 2) publicize award recipients, and 3) inform others in your field
about that important standard you just finished or special news about the use
of your standards, and more! Learn how to work with Corporate Communications to
get the word out about your committee's activities. View Power Point Presentation