Piping and Machinery Subcommittee (SC3)
Secretariat
EXCEPTION REPORT
Changes in the ISO/TC8/SC3 programme of work since the 1999 ISO/TC8 plenary meeting
1. The position of the Secretariat has been transferred from the Marine Machinery Association to
the U.S. Coast Guard. The new ISO/TC8/SC3 Secretariat is:
Commander Raymond W. Martin
Commandant (G-MSE-3)
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second St., SW
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Tel: 202-267-2206
Fax: 202-267-4816
E-mail: rmartin@comdt.uscg.mil
2. Likewise, the position of Chairman has also been transferred from the Machine Machinery Association to:
Mr. Thomas M. Hopkins
1113 Carper Street
McLean, VA 22101
Tel: 703-821-2826
Fax: 703-821-8249
E-mail: tmhop@aol.com
3. With the decision by Norway and Portugal to change their membership status from O-Member to P-member, the total number of P-Members has increased from 12 to 14 and the total number of O-Members has decreased from 8 to 6. The fourteen P-members and the six O-members are shown as follows [changes are marked by an asterisk (*)]:
P-members (14*): China, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway*, Portugal*, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and USA
O members (6*): Brazil, Bulgaria, Cuba, Poland, Slovakia, and Spain
4. At the September 2000 Subcommittee meeting in London, the Subcommittee decided to disestablish the external liaison with ISO/TC 108 on Mechanical shock and vibration. Therefore, the ISO/TC 8/SC 3 internal liaisons are:
Internal liaisons: ISO/TC 10/SC 10, ISO/TC 45/SC 1, ISO/TC 67/SC 6, ISO/TC 70/SC 6, ISO/TC 138
