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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Standard CHAIR’S COLUMN ........................................................................................ 3
Vol 19, No. 1, March 2005
The Standard GOES ELECTRONIC .......................................................... 4
Editor and Publisher 1ST ANNUAL MQD/INSPECTION DIV. CONFERENCE............................. 4
Jay L. Bucher
6700 Royal View Dr. THE LEARNING CURVE............................................................................... 5
De Forest, WI 53532-2775 CCT UPDATE .................................................................................................. 6
Voice: 608-277-2522 UPCOMING EVENTS..................................................................................... 6
Fax: 608-846-4269 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JOB DESCRIPTION INITIATIVE.................. 7
Email: yokota-69@charter.net STANDARDS COMMITTEE ACTIVITY...................................................... 8
or jay.bucher@promega.com
METROLOGY COMMUNITY NEWS ........................................................... 9
Advertising MQD MEETING MINUTES ......................................................................... 10
2005 Rates for a single publica- JOE SIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED ............................................ 11
tion:
JOE SIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP SOLICITATION..................................... 12
Business card size...........$20 NEW OFFICER BIOS.................................................................................... 13
¼ page ...........................$35 MQD OFFICERS............................................................................................ 18
½ page ...........................$70
Full page ......................$120
A 15% discount will be applied
FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR/PUBLISHER
for multi-edition ads. Ads must Welcome to what I hope is an improved look, and feel of The Standard. Before any-
be formatted in MS Word. Ad-
vertising must be clearly identi-
one sends their complaints and comments about the new look and being an electronic
fied as an ad and should relate publication, please read the article on how and why we made this decision. You’ll find
to the field of measurement it starting on page 4. You may also have noticed that I am listed as the Editor and Pub-
quality. Publishing of an Ad- lisher. The first should be obvious, the second no so. Since we have gone to an elec-
vertisement does not imply tronic or paperless format, I find myself in the unenviable position of not only putting
endorsement by the Measure- together the articles and papers that we will present here, but also publishing the final
ment Quality Division or ASQ edition, and posting it for everyone to read. Please bear with me as I learn the ropes
for the product or services of- and gain experience in this new found phase of my literary career (read that as another
fered. additional duty – military parlance for extra work that one is not paid for).
Letters to the Editor Having said that let me introduce myself. I’m a retired Air Force
The Standard welcomes letters PMEL technician who worked on the bench for 10 years, then
from members and subscribers. managed to run a couple of PMEL Quality Assurance sections, su-
Letters should clearly state
pervise a physical/dimensional area, and eventually became the
whether the author is express-
ing opinion or presenting facts Lab Chief for three different PMELs and Flight Chief, all while
with supporting information. serving in seven PMELs during my career. After spending 20 of
Commendation, encourage- my 24 years overseas, I am happily living in De Forest, Wisconsin
ment, constructive critique, with my wife, daughter, and two longhaired miniature Dachshunds.
suggestions, and alternative I stay active in both NCSL International (I’m the section coordina-
approaches are accepted. If the tor for the Madison Wisconsin section) and ASQ (I’m an SME for
content is more than 200 the CCT exam), an officer with the MQD, and Share Point administrator for our web
words, we may delete portions site (more voluntary additional duties). In my spare time (spoken firmly with tongue-
to hold that limit. We reserve in-cheek) I’m the Manager of Metrology Services for Promega Corporation, a biotech-
the right to edit letters and pa-
nology company. I solicit your feedback and constructive comments. Thanks for help-
pers.
ing us make The Standard the best publication possible.
The Standard is published quarterly by the Measurement Quality Division of ASQ; deadlines are February 15, May 15, August 15
and November 15. Text information intended for publication can be sent via electronic mail as an attachment in MS Word format.
Graphics or illustrations must be sent as a separate attachment, in jpg format. Photographs of MQD activities are always appreciated.
Use single space between sentences. Publication of articles, product releases, advertisements or technical information does not imply
endorsement by MQD or ASQ. While The Standard makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of articles, the publication disclaims
responsibility for statements of fact or opinion made by the authors or other contributors. Material from The Standard may not be
reproduced without permission of ASQ. Copyrights in the United States and all other countries are reserved. Website information:
MQD’s homepage can be found at http://www.asq.org/measure. © 2005 ASQ, MQD. All rights reserved.
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CHAIR’S COLUMN way as we implement this change. Please provide

Jay with your feedback as we go through this tran-
By Dilip Shah sition.
Happy New Year! During the past quarter, the Measurement Quality
With the New Year Division co-sponsored the conference in Heath,
come many changes. Ohio with the Inspection Division in Heath, Ohio.
First, you will notice a A separate report is provided on the conference in
change in the format of this newsletter. Thank you to Mollie Brown of the
the newsletter. I would Inspection Division for compiling the report.
like to express my appre-
ciation to Mark This January, The Measurement Quality Division
Schoenlein (MQD Treas- was also the co-sponsor of the Measurement Sci-
urer and The Standard ence Conference in Anaheim and hosted a session.
Editor) for his dedicated We had our display booth at the conference and
service to the Division. had good traffic where brochures on the CCT exam
Mark had to resign from both positions because of and the Metrology Handbook were distributed. My
the demands of his new position at a different com- sincere thanks go to all the volunteers who helped
pany. We wish Mark well in his future endeavors. make this possible (Duane Allen, Phil Painchaud,
Jay Bucher, and Randy Farmer). The MQD do-
Jay Bucher is well known as the Editor and co- nated two copies of the Metrology Handbook as
author of The Metrology Handbook published last door prizes at the conference.
year and sponsored by the division. Jay is also the
recipient of last year’s Max J. Unis Award. Jay MQD’s project for this year is the Department of
assumes the editorship of The Standard. Please, Labor Job Description Initiative for calibration pro-
support Jay by contributing articles of interest and fessionals headed by Chris Grachanen. We are very
providing him with the feedback. With Jay at the glad to be working in partnership with NCSL Inter-
helm of The Standard, I feel very confident of its national on this project. You will find more infor-
success. mation about it in this issue.

Karl Wigdal assumes the interim Treasurer posi- We will again be at the WCQI (new name for
tion and will assume the full treasurer duties during ASQ’s AQC) in Seattle in May and hope to see
the next calendar year starting July 1, 2005. many of you there in person.

We are very pleased to fill in the position of Divi- Plans are being made for the next MQD conference
sion Historian. Keela Sniadach has volunteered for to be held at Corona, California in September
this position. To introduce you to Both Karl and 2005. It will be hosted at the U.S. Navy facility.
Keela, their biography is published in this edition
of The Standard. We are also soliciting student applicants for the Joe
D. Simmons scholarship for this year.
The next change for The Standard is that we are
going to switch to the electronic format. Careful I hope that the year 2005 is a prosperous one for all
consideration was made to switch to the paperless of you.
format. The three main reasons being:
Sincerely,
• Timely delivery of news and articles of interest.
• Save on ever increasing paper, printing and de- Dilip A. Shah
livery costs. E = mc3 Solutions
• A capability to post the newsletter on the web- 197 Great Oaks Trail #130
site with live links to other areas of interest. Wadsworth, Ohio 44281-8215
Voice (330) 328-4400 / Fax (330) 336-3974
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March 2005 The Standard
The Standard
GOES ELECTRONIC
By Jay L. Bucher
Editor & Publisher of The Standard
As with most publications, costs
have driven their editors and
publishers to make improve-
ments and/or modifications if
they expect to stay in business.
The same is true for MQD.
Printing and distribution costs
have continued to grow, while
our membership has remained
steady or declined slightly over
the past few years. The last printing in hardcopy of
The Standard cost more than $4,000, not counting
the time it took to write, edit, and compile each
article that ended up in that edition. With the goal
of providing quality service in a timely manner, we
came up with three main reasons for changing to an
electronic format: 1) Timely delivery of news and
articles of interest; 2) Save on ever increasing pa-
per, printing and delivery costs; and 3) A capability
to post the newsletter on our website with live links
to other areas of interest. Hopefully, this will allow
us to get the most ‘bang for our buck’ in each and
every edition, while providing you, the reader, the
most current information and news.
1ST ANNUAL MQD
INSPECTION DIV. CONFERENCE
Division Members Participate in
Joint Conference in Midwest
-Compiled by Mollie Brown, Chair-Elect, In-
spection Division with feedback from Dilip
Shah
The Measurement Quality Division and Inspection
Division held a joint conference in mid-September
at the USAF Primary Standards Laboratory located
in Heath, Ohio. Attendees and presenters were
treated to a two-hour tour of the United States Air
Force Primary Standards Laboratory. Technicians
who care for the standards explained how the stan-
dards, from the tiniest to the largest, are stored and
maintained. Some of the technicians entertained the
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group with stories and histories of the standards.
The Conference offered a well-attended, one-day
tutorial workshop on Metrology and Measurement
Uncertainty Concepts presented by Measurement
Quality Division Chair, Dilip A. Shah. The second
and third day agendas had hourly presentations
from members of the two divisions. Division mem-
bers provided many enlightening and entertaining
sessions. Laboratory accreditation, Uncertainty
Measurement, Calibrating items formerly classified
as “tools-not-needing-calibration”, the new Certi-
fied Calibration Technician exam, managing test
data, and quantifying the effects of Design of Ex-
periments were all hot topics.
Duane Allen demonstrated management of Gage
Repeatability and Reproducibility (G R&R) and
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test data having
excessive variation. Graeme Payne showed how to
manage unexpectedly tight thermometer specifica-
tions in the calibration laboratory. Karl Wigdal of-
fered insight for exposing scientists to metrology
business processes. Tom Flournoy shared a change
of perspective that helped the Army Standards
Laboratory achieve ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation.
Robert Graham presented the three NIST recom-
mended methods to calibrate Stopwatches and
Timers. Corinne Pinchard talked about one com-
pany’s training plan for Calibration Technician
candidates and Dilip Shah gave a progress report
on the CCT exam process. Bill Kappele demon-
strated use of Design of Experiment (DOE) to un-
derstand effects of foreign chemicals on a measure-
ment system and use of the DOE study results to
correct measurements in some situations.
During the conference, the Measurement Quality
Division made formal presentation of the Max J.
Unis awards to the two past 2002 and 2003 winners
(Phil Stein and Chris Grachanen, respectively), and
to the new 2004 winner, Jay Bucher.
Inspection Division members gave sessions on the
changing role of quality professionals while re-
minding us to stay up-to-date with both technical
skills and personal skills; a review of the current
ISO 9001:2000 requirements for inspection to
“maximize quality’s impact”; and, how one com-
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THE LEARNING CURVE located less than ten miles (that’s 16.09344 Km)
Northeast of Wheeling, WV. The current Professor
By Phil Painchaud of Astronomy and Physics is Dr. Louis Hart.
This is the thirty-ninth in a con-
tiguous series of wordy cause- Dr. Hart is relatively new to WLSC having prior
ries, which, by charter, are in- served a number of years in the manufacturing in-
tended to promote the concept dustries where he learned the value of both Quality
of formal education in the meas- Assurance and of Metrology. During his first years
urement sciences, i.e., Metrol- tenure at WLSC he had become dismayed at the
ogy. However, it often drifts lack of either in the curricula offered at that institu-
astray and dwells on other top- tion. He wrote to Phil Stein for advice; Phil in turn
ics due to inexplicable whims referred him to me. That referral has proven to be
and desires of the author. This the beginning of a very intense correspondence (I
one will probably be no exception; it will however think that both of our e-mail message saved boxes
be in the usual format—an open letter to our Boss are over filled). He has read every one of these
the Most Magnificent Editor of this occasionally thirty-eight published columns to date. In addition,
periodic journal. as a result he has started an intensive campaign to
indoctrinate his hierarchy and get approval for the
Dear Boss: establishment of a baccalaureate quality/metrology
curriculum at WLSC. Nevertheless, he needs help
In days gone by, an author would have said that and he needs it desperately.
“As I take pen in hand-------“; but today we must
say, “As I squint at the screen of my computer with I am asking each and every one of you, irrespective
word processor opened--------“. So here I am, early of your potential candidacy for matriculation into a
in October squinting at the screen of my outdated college level Measurement Science curriculum, to
CRT monitor, realizing that the last time I sat down assist us here by writing him a letter that he can use
to create one of these columns was last June. That as evidence to convince the hierarchy at WLSC
was a sad occasion as I soliloquized on the passing that a Measurement Science curriculum is neces-
of three great communicators. On the bright side sary. Explain the need for measurement education
that traumatic event provided material for an other- at all levels. Explain how the lack of properly edu-
wise drab column as I explained our two institu- cated Measurement Scientists is reducing our Na-
tions of interest were in the “summer doldrums”. I tion to second class status scientifically which in
think that maybe they still are, as today I have not turn is depressing our leadership in “high-tech “
had a word of progress from either. I guess that developments and manufactured products. Please
when Doctors Drum and Watson left they also lost do in now—today. With a hundred good letters in
their “Communicators.” hand he most assuredly will have an easier time in
convincing his hierarchy. His address is simple:
However on the bright side, a completely new po- Dr. Louis Hart,
tential venue has started to open, and in a location CSC 172
that might be of benefit to those of you in or near WEST LIBERTY STATE COLLEGE
the Mid-Atlantic States. I will be the first to admit WEST LIBERTY, VA. 26074.
that I had never heard of the institution or even its
location, but a check of the 2004 edition of THE Also, while you are at it please send me a copy of
WORLD ALMANAC assured me that the WEST your letter to Dr. Hart so that I may track progress.
LIBERTY STATE COLLEGE in West Liberty, Together we can make this work.
West Virginia is quite legitimate. It is a very nor-
mal four-year institution, founded in 1837, with COMMUNICATIONS—When I reviewed my pre-
about 2600 students and 165 faculty (that’s slightly vious Column before starting this one, I became
larger than was Rhode Island State when I went (Continued on page 14)
there during the Paleolithic Era). The campus is

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CCT UPDATE The 2005 schedule for CCT exam offering are:
By Chris Grachanen Exam Date Application Location
MQD Certification Chair Deadline
April 14, 2005 March 11, Cedar Rapids, IA
As of this writing 2005 Special Exam
(mid-February), the Administration
CCT alumni has
grown to 348 indi- May 15, 2005 April 1, 2005 Seattle, WA
viduals (see below). World Confer-
Congratulations go ence on Quality
out to DEC04 grads! and Improvement
June 4, 2005 April 1, 2005 ASQ Local Sec-
Date of Exam Sat for Passed % Passed tions and Interna-
Exam Exam tional Sites
7-Jun-03 97 69 71% December 3, October 7, ASQ Local Sec-
6-Dec-03 107 69 65% 2005 2005 tions and Interna-
23-May-04 4 4 100% tional Sites
5-Jun-04 133 102 77% For more information on the CCT program please
4-Dec-04 139 104 75% visit the MQD website:
http://www.asq.org/measure
There will be a CCT Exam Review workshop on
February 18-19, 2005 at ASQ headquarters in Mil-
waukee, WI. This workshop will be focusing on
the June 2005 & Dec 2005 CCT exams. An Exam
Review workshop consists of volunteer committee
members (CCT graduates) who review test items
for accuracy, consistency, non-interdependence
with other test items, plausibility of answer choices
and reference traceability to published documents
available in the public domain. Prior to coming to
the workshop, committee members “take” a pilot
exam(s) just as a candidate would. These partici-
pants are asked to comment on test items and send
them to the Test Developer who compiles them for
the workshop. At the workshop, the committee
members are trained in a variety of assessment is-
sues and then asked to focus on items identified as From left to right: Roger Becker, Roger Spitz, Kurt
‘problematic’ from the pilot exam(s). After all the Sims, Scott Morris, Ray Harkins, Claude Lane
issues in the pilot exam(s) are resolved, the com- (background), Mike Gaddy, Rick Roberson, Steve
mittee then approves it for use. Niesen, Shane Wade, and Jay Bucher

EVENTS CALENDAR
Quality Expo April 19th ~ 21st, 2005 Rosemont, IL 888-267-3794 www.quality.
reedexpo.com
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NCSLI August 7th ~ 11th, 2005 Washington, DC 303-440-3339 www.ncsli.org
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METROLOGY JOB DESCRIPTION
INITIATIVE
By Chris Grachanen
In 2005, the U.S.
Department Of La-
bor, Bureau Of La-
bor Statistics will be
soliciting input for
updating its Standard
Occupational Classi-
fication (SOC) list-
ing for its next for-
mal release. The SOC system is used by all Federal
statistical agencies to classify workers into occupa-
tional categories for the purpose of collecting, cal-
culating, or disseminating data. The SOC is up-
dated every 10 years. Some of the general past cri- PES proposes to assist the MQD in developing
teria (substantiation) used by the SOC committee these job descriptions through the structured proc-
in determining a job description are:
• Unique occupation as recognized by employers/ Step 1 Solicit job descriptions
industry (may be contrasted with other occupa-
tions. Example: calibration technician vs. elec-
tronic technician)
• Unique occupation education/training programs
(degrees, certifications, etc.)
• Unique occupation skills sets
• Unique occupation body of knowledge
• Evidence of numbers in the occupation
The SOC's current job descriptions for calibration
practitioners are grossly inadequate (see Note 1).
Educators use the SOC to provide students with
career guidance information. Without adequate job
descriptions prospective candidates may not be
steered into the Metrology field by educators. In
addition, demographic information, such as how
many calibration practitioners are entering or leav-
ing the job market, can not reliably ascertained
without adequate job descriptors.
ASQ’s MQD officers and the National Conference
of Standards Laboratories International (NCSLI)
Board of Directors have agreed this discrepancy
must be corrected before the next publication of the
SOC and as such has partnered to support the
‘Metrology Job Description (MJD) initiative’. To
this effort the MQD has retained Professional Ex-
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amination Services (PES) of New York, NY to ad-
minister the MJD initiative per a carefully crafted
systematic roadmap.
Chris Grachanen is the project leader for this initia-
tive and as of this writing (mid-February) is cur-
rently putting together members of a core team
from the MQD and NCSLI constituents that will be
working with PES on various aspects of the initia-
tive. Chris has sent an e-mail to the Bureau of La-
bor Statistics asking to "place a hold" on the fol-
lowing job descriptions for consideration by the
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) com-
mittee in preparation for the 2005 SOC Federal
Register Notice: Calibration Technician, Calibra-
tion Engineer and Metrologist. The following is
PES’s contract proposal for MJD initiative:
ess described below.
PES will work with the MQD project leader to
identify parameters for soliciting job descriptions
from the U.S. metrology/calibration industry for
three specific titles: Calibration Technician, Cali-
bration Engineer, and Metrologist. The MQD pro-
ject leader will disseminate the request for job de-
scriptions. PES will review the submitted descrip-
tions and select up to 25 for each job title, such that
they provide broad representation of the metrology/
calibration industry in terms of organization type,
geographic representation, organization size, etc.
If additional job descriptions are needed to fill
categories of representation, the MQD project
leader will solicit targeted descriptions.
Step 2 Identify commonalities and differences in
job descriptions
PES will analyze the selected job descriptions to
identify commonalities and differences in the de-
scriptions for Calibration Technician, Calibration
Engineer, and Metrologist. PES will prepare a
draft summary of the job elements for the three
positions, and distribute it via e-mail to the core
team for review and comment. PES will work with
the project leader to finalize the job elements.
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THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE prise put together such a code-of-conduct? Once

ISO 10001 makes it through the various drafts and
ACTIVITY is published it will provide needed guidance on
By Bill McCullough establishing customer codes of conduct. That will
take a couple of years of processing through the
Did you ever hear of the
ISO committees. That leads me to a subject that I
“wise parent” dispute resolu-
think will be of value to the readers of “The Stan-
tion method? Well it works
dard”: how ISO standards are processed.
this way with the two-child
model: two children are given An ISO Technical Committee, TC 176 in our case,
one piece of cake and instruc- initiates ISO standards. The TC creates a Work
tions to share it. The “wise Item tasking an International Subcommittee (SC)
parent” (I wish that I had and its associated Work Group (WG), made up of
thought of this) has one child experts from the various national Technical Advi-
cut the cake and the other sory Groups (TAGs), to bring a standard to frui-
child pick first. The child that tion. The WG creates a Working Draft (WD) and
makes the cut is likely to fine-tunes it until they believe they have created a
make the cut with the precision that would impress standard that meets the objectives set out by the
the most particular Metrologist. This solution en- TC. The standard is then elevated to a Committee
sures both party’s satisfaction and of course happy Draft (CD) for the full SC, including the TAGs, to
parents. This story was told my by Kerhaghan, the review and comment on. This review can be itera-
convener of ISO 10001 and 10003 customers’ sat- tive, because the committee can deem that the CD
isfaction standards. is not ready, down grade it back to a WD and send
it back to the WG for more work. At some point,
My assignment at the November, Kuala Lumpur,
the SC’s comments will have been satisfactorily
ISO TC176 international standards meeting was to
dealt with, and the SC will feel that the standard is
find that “wise parent” balance on ISO 10001 and
ready for wider Distribution (DIS) to the TC and
10003 two of three standards that provide guidance
sometimes liaison organization. At this point it is
on customers’ satisfaction. ISO 10001 documents
not likely that any substantive problems will be
how to establish a customer code-of-conduct and
identified, and the editors will clean up the stan-
10003 provides external dispute resolution guid-
dard’s form and release it as Final Distribution
ance. We all know that ISO 9001 requires us to
(FDIS) for a yes/no vote. When the member na-
address customer satisfaction and gives little guid-
tions reach consensus, the FDIS becomes an Inter-
ance. ISO 9001 is a high-level standard that relies
national standard. This is the general procedure and
on subordinate standards for specific requirements.
not cast in stone.
We in the measurement world point to ISO 9001,
paragraph 7.6 as an example. It requires calibration
The operative word in this process is consensus.
and measurement control with some direction but
Until this international meeting, most of my experi-
for details directs us to ISO 10012. It is possible
ence has been working on US standards and with
that in the future ISO 9001 will suggest ISO
internal US work on ISO standards. When work is
10001-10003 for the detailed customer require-
done on US standards, such as ANSI/NCSL Z540-
ment.
1, we are working to bring a standard to consensus
Satisfying customer requirements has become very with enterprise representatives each with their own
important to companies. You may have noticed agendas. In most cases the agendas are similar, rep-
that many retail outlets handle returned merchan- resenting how we do business in the US, and the
dise in the same manner, in every store, no matter differences can easily be worked to consensus by a
where the store is located in the country or the little wordsmith of the standard. The international
world for that matter. This is because these retailers process is fundamentally the same but of a higher
have established a code-of-conduct that all of their (Continued on page 17)
stores are required to follow. How does an enter-

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Metrology Community News
Note: neither ASQ nor MQD endorses any accred-
iting agency and this news is provided as a service
to the measurement community.
Decision to Withdraw from NACLA
MRA
February 1, 2005
The A2LA Board of Directors decided to end
A2LA’s signatory status within the current Na-
tional Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation
(NACLA) Mutual Recognition Arrangement
(MRA) as of December 31, 2004. Recent events
regretfully necessitated this decision. These events
include NACLA’s disappointing lack of enforce-
ment of the NACLA MRA obligations, such that it
achieves the purposes and goals for which MRAs
are established around the world.
One of A2LA’s fundamental goals is to increase
the acceptance of accredited laboratory data to fa-
cilitate trade. The internationally recognized means
of achieving this goal is through the establishment
of MRAs with other accreditation bodies, both do-
mestic and abroad - MRAs that promote the con-
cept of “one test accepted everywhere, one accredi-
tation accepted everywhere”. (MRAs are signed
after accreditation bodies have been rigorously peer
evaluated to ensure that they are performing com-
petently. The MRA evaluation process also serves
to establish confidence between the accreditation
bodies.) When NACLA was formed, this was the
main goal. NACLA would reduce the need for re-
dundant accreditations of laboratories in the United
States in accordance with the Congressional policy
of the National Technology Transfer and Advance-
ment Act to reduce complexity and duplication. An
excerpt from the NACLA MRA (December 2003)
states the following:
The NACLA MRA signatories for testing and cali-
bration shall:
ii) Recognize the operation of the other signa-
tory accreditation bodies for testing and cali-
bration as having met the technical require-
ments for competence set forth in this Arrange-
ment. On this basis, each signatory accepts the
test reports and calibration certificates issued
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by signatory-accredited calibration and testing
laboratories;
iii) Acknowledge the calibration and testing
laboratories accredited by the other signato-
ries as having met the technical requirements
for competence set forth in this Arrangement.
In response to inquiries, each signatory pro-
motes this MRA by recommending to users of
laboratory services the acceptance of test re-
ports and calibration certificates from labora-
tories accredited by NACLA signatories;
However, an MRA that does not support the basic
principle that the accreditations issued by all signa-
tories represent equivalent outcomes, and the test
or calibration data produced by each signatory’s
accredited laboratories should be promoted as such
by all MRA signatories does not support this fun-
damental goal. As such, A2LA cannot in good con-
science continue to participate in such an MRA.
A2LA shall continue to encourage and work to-
ward a viable system of MRAs among domestic
accreditation bodies. As such, A2LA will continue
membership as a stakeholder within NACLA and
we plan to continue participation on the NACLA
Recognition Committee in hopes of restoring the
original aim of NACLA. A2LA shall always sup-
port and assist efforts to reduce or eliminate the
need for redundant, duplicative accreditations. By
continuing our membership within NACLA, we
hope to see this original aim realized in the United
States.
We also want to see NACLA fully embrace the
obligations of the MRAs. NACLA is a stakeholder
member of ILAC. Though membership does not
convey the same status as being an ILAC signa-
tory, all ILAC members must agree to uphold the
fundamental obligations of the ILAC MRA in the
same way that ILAC signatories do. Therefore any
domestic government or industry recognitions that
A2LA held when we were a NACLA signatory
would still be enforced through NACLA’s recogni-
tion of the ILAC MRA. A current list of govern-
ment or industry recognitions held by A2LA is
given in the table below.
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MQD Teleconference Meeting Minutes

20 January, 2005
MSC 2005 – Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, CA
By Jay L. Bucher, MQD Secretary

Attendees: Joining via teleconference:

Dilip Shah Randy Farmer Chris Grachanen Keith Bennett

Jay Bucher Phil Painchard Graeme Payne Norm Belecki
Duane Allen Bill McCullough

Minutes:
Dilip Shah – Called the meeting to order and we had a quorum, so we could conduct business and vote
on issues as required.

Chris Grachanen – Briefed everyone on the current status of the Metrology Job Description Initiative.
Chris will write an article for The Standard and all the information can be found at that time. To summa-
rize, we are on track and moving forward with the initiative.

Dilip Shah – MQD has a new administrator: Karen Prosser. She will be assisting with the web site, get-
ting The Standard published under the new electronic format, and other duties as our point of contact.
Welcome aboard, Karen.

Chris Grachanen – Ideas for pin designs should be submitted to the Share Point site. Since that time, we
are considering possibly using a ‘Challenge Coin’ in the place of a pin. More to come in the future.

Jay Bucher – Will coordinate and publish a schedule for future teleconference calls. Once the final
schedule is determined, it will be posted on Share Point.

Chris Grachanen – All of our officers should submit their bios to Chris for posting on the MQD web
site.

Norm Belecki – Continues to work on the Joe Simmons scholarship.

Phil Painchard – Scholarship funds are still available at Dominquez Hills.

Bill McCullough – Will submit his written report on the Z540 updates, and it will be posted in The Stan-
dard.

New Business:
The schedule for writing articles (bi-monthly) for Measure for Measure in Quality Progress will be
posted on our Share Point site for future authors to review and coordinate their articles.

Dilip Shah and Graeme Payne will be attending WCQI and representing MQD and manning the booth.
Navy Corona has volunteered to host the September, 2005 MQD/Inspection Division Conference in
California.

The schedule for future teleconference calls has been posted on our Share Point site. Anyone interested
in joining, please contact one of the officers or committee chairs listed at the end of this newsletter.

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JOE SIMMONS SCHOLARSHIP Chair of the Measurement Quality Division of the

AWARDED
By Norm Belecki
Joe Simmons Scholarship Chair
The Executive Committee of the Joe D. Simmons
Memorial Scholarship has announced that M.
Laine Mears at the Georgia Institute of Technology
has been awarded the scholarship for the academic
year 2004–5. Mears is a mechanical-engineering
graduate student in the George W. Woodruff
School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia
Tech. His course of study has a heavy metrology
and quality content, as is fitting for a curriculum in
precision manufacturing. Mears’ research deals
with accurately visualizing small geometric forms
by analyzing ‘fuzzy’ data from micro-
interferometers.
The Scholarship is in memory of Dr. Joe D. Sim-
mons, who was Chief of the NIST Calibration Pro-
gram, NIST liaison to the National Conference of
Standards Laboratories, recipient of the Measure-
ment Science Conference’s Andrew J. Woodington
Award and the National Conference of Standards
Laboratories’ Wildhack Award, cofounder and past
American Society for Quality Control (ASQ), and
founding Chair of the Measurement Quality Con-
ference. He devoted his later career to promoting
institutional support for metrology as the corner-
stone of quality. The Scholarship fosters the fur-
therance of metrology through education by striv-
ing to:
a) support the academic pursuit of a metrology
career by worthy students;
b) promote and improve measurement science
education and educational opportunity;
c) encourage talented individuals to enter the field
of metrology; and
d) stimulate professionalism in metrology through
an annual award to a student exhibiting scho-
lastic excellence in the study of measurement
science and quality.
The Scholarship is supported by the ASQ Measure-
ment Quality Division, the Measurement Science
Conference, NCSL International and many individ-
ual friends and colleagues of Joe Simmons. It is to
be awarded annually, with the recipient’s name
announced at the annual conferences of the spon-
soring organizations.

"YOU CAN ONLY MAKE AS GOOD AS YOU CAN MEASURE"

Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803 ~ 1887)

(Continued from page 4) Humorous lines and laughter popped up often at

pany applies Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing unexpected points in the presentations. Compact
(“Lean Sigma”) techniques to increase profitabil- Disks of all the presentations were given to each
ity. attendee and presenter. Evaluations showed that
most attendees enjoyed being at the conference and
felt they were leaving with useful new ideas they
could take back to their jobs.

The Conference was hosted by Bionetics Corpora-

tion in the USAF Primary Standards Laboratory
Conference and Cafeteria Facilities, Newark Me-
trology Operations. Great big THANKS go to
Charlie Mays of the Air Force Primary Standards
Laboratory Customer Service and Facility Safety
Office of Bionetics Corporation, for making all
arrangements for the Conference.
Some conference attendees getting ‘The Tour’
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The Scholarship is soliciting candidates for an award of $1500 to support the study of metrology and
quality during the 2005–2006 school year. The award—to be administered by the school of the
awardee—may cover tuition, fees, books and other incidental academic expenses for the winning
scholar.

The Scholarship is in memory of Dr. Joe D. Simmons, who was Chief of the NIST Calibration Program,
NIST liaison to the National Conference of Standards Laboratories, recipient of the Measurement Sci-
ence Conference’s Andrew J. Woodington Award and the National Conference of Standards Laborato-
ries’ Wildhack Award, cofounder and Chair of the Measurement Quality Division of the American Soci-
ety for Quality Control (ASQ), and founding Chair of the Measurement Quality Conference. He devoted
his later career to promoting institutional support for metrology as the cornerstone of quality. The
Scholarship fosters the furtherance of metrology through education by striving to:

a) support the academic pursuit of a metrology career by worthy students;

b) promote and improve measurement science education and educational opportunity;
c) encourage talented individuals to enter the field of metrology; and
d) stimulate professionalism in metrology

through an annual award to a student exhibiting scholastic excellence in the study of measurement sci-
ence and quality. The Scholarship is supported by the ASQ Measurement Quality Division, the Meas-
urement Science Conference, NCSL International, and many individual friends and colleagues of Joe
Simmons. This year’s winner will be selected by August 15 and notified shortly thereafter. The
awardee’s name will be announced at the annual conferences of the sponsoring organizations.

Educational institutions having curricula with substantial metrology content are urged to encourage
high-potential students to apply.

In order to apply, a potential candidate must submit:

1. a completed application form;

2. a list of courses taken and planned to be taken in pursuit of a degree (Associate, Bachelor, Master,
etc.);
3. an endorsement from one or more of the school faculty teaching metrology or quality-related subjects;
4. a transcript of grades in all courses to date; and
5. an essay indicating metrology and quality concepts learned and applied in academic or work settings,
and describing the student’s career aspirations. The essay need not be overly lengthy.
Submissions may be made either electronically or by mail (preferably the former) as indicated below.

The above materials must be received by the Scholarship Committee before May 1, 2005.
Application forms are available from:
The Joe D. Simmons Memorial Scholarship
7413 Mill Run Drive
Derwood, MD 20855-1156
<simmons_scholar@comcast.net>

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NEW MQD OFFICER BIOS

Karl Wigdal I have presented papers at NCSLI conferences
2004-2005 Interim Treasure and at the recent MQD conference held at Heath,
Ohio. I am certified by ASQ as a Certified Calibra-
2005-2006 Treasure
tion Technician (CCT). I have served as a Subject
Matter Expert during several writing and review
I work in the metrology
workshops held for the CCT exam.
department of Promega
Corporation in Madison,
My outside interests are many, and include: Ama-
Wisconsin. Promega is a
teur radio, I hold an Extra Class license (N9XVZ).
Biotechnology company
You will find me operating CW (Morse code)/QRP
that designs, manufactures
(transmitted power below 5 Watts) on the HF
and sells enzymes, re-
bands (160M through 10M). If you hear me, say
agents and other products
Hi! I am also an enthusiastic white water and sea
used in research, diagnos-
kayaker, runner, biker, ballroom dancer, and mar-
tics and law enforcement.
tial artist (I hold a 3rd degree black belt). My cur-
Promega is ISO 9001:2000
rent passion is primitive archery – I make my own
certified. I perform cali-
long bows in the styles that were in use thousands
brations and most of the repairs throughout the
of years ago.
company, as well as specialized measurement pro-
jects.

I started my career repairing electric motors and

associated equipment. I then attended college
where I received an associate degree in electronics.
My next 15 years was spent repairing consumer
electronics. During that time I owned and operated
a business specializing in repairing laboratory
equipment used for biological research at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, Madison.
Karl ‘shooting the rapids’

Keela Sniadach chair and also a member of the steering committee

MQD Historian for the Madison Wisconsin Section of NCSL Inter-
national. I have learned a lot through both organi-
I look forward to sorting and organizing the vari- zations.
ous documents and information collected by MQD
over the years. It is my hope to arrange the infor-
mation in some format that will be easily accessi-
ble to anyone interested.

Here is a little background information about my-

self. I have worked at Promega Corporation, as a
Calibration Technician in the Metrology Depart-
ment for the last 8 years. I received my CCT from
ASQ in December 2003. I am the membership

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(Continued from page 5)
aware that the three “Communicators” I discussed
had an attribute in common. They each had that
ability to express thoughts clearly and distinctly
such that ideas were unambiguously implanted in
your mind. When that occurs, communication is
accomplished. I believe that in an earlier column I
mentioned that a former business associate of mine
had a favorite expression:
“THE PROBLEM WITH COMMUNICATIONS
IS THE ILLUSION THAT IT HAS BEEN AC-
COMPLISHED”
Many people write, speak, preach, and lecture, etc.,
but do they effectively communicate? Has unambi-
guous communication occurred? Have thoughts,
ideas, facts, opinions, and rebuttals been trans-
ferred and implanted without error or corruption?
What does this have to do with Metrology or with
Metrology Education? It has everything to do with
Metrology and Metrology Education! It has every-
thing to do with any technical or scientific en-
deavor. A Metrologist or other scientific worker
who cannot unambiguously and clearly communi-
cate his ideas, his measurements, his algorithms,
his procedures, and all related factors is not much
good to anybody. He is of little good to his em-
ployer, or to the employer’s customer, or to his
peers in the Metrology or other scientific commu-
nity, or even to himself. A Metrologist as with any
scientific worker must be able to not only write
clear, factual, well-organized reports, but also be
able to express orally his findings and opinions in
clear, factual, convincing, well-organized voluble
verbal intercourse.
I mentioned earlier that I was an undergraduate
(during that Paleolithic Era) at another state college
(I thought that I was to become a chemist in those
days) in the School of Science. All Science Sopho-
mores at that institution were required to take a
course in Public Speaking; it was not an elective. I
never became an outstanding orator. On the other
hand, that training gave me the insight to be able to
analytically critique presentations by others, par-
ticularly those of a technical nature. It did give me
enough fluidity of speech to be able, when re-
quired, to present a discourse on matters with
which I am familiar, in a manner that generally
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does not anesthetize my listeners.
I have attended hundreds of conferences, seminars,
and the like during my professional career. Unfor-
tunately most of those “lectures” were little more
that someone reading a prepared paper and maybe
with a few slides or other graphics. A paper, if not
well written, can often be considerably upgraded
by a talented editor (or even sometimes by a good
proofreader). However, no paper, no matter how
well prepared, how timely, or interesting can sur-
vive an inadequate presentation. The best, most
interesting written work becomes a boring sedative
when read in a sonorous monotone. Communica-
tion has not been accomplished. Few if any ideas
will have been transmitted and received.
During the period we were developing the curricu-
lum for the Measurement Science Option at Cali-
fornia State University—Dominguez Hills, I for
one made sure that a mandatory course in oral pres-
entation was included; I didn’t have much opposi-
tion. All of the members of the Curriculum Advi-
sory Board had at times had to cope with students
and/or coworkers who could not express them-
selves orally and properly expound their ideas. I
hope that Professor Hart, when he is successful in
instituting a Measurement Science program at
WLSC, will be able to harken to this plea and make
sure that some sort of oral presentation training is
included in his curriculum.
At Dominquez Hills, we found a satisfactory
course already existed—In the Drama Department!
“Why reinvent the wheel?” We just adopted it!
We will just cut off for this issue and give our Edi-
tor space to print discourses that are more learned
that mine. Please write to Professor Hart. If you
want to argue, I am still at the same old stand. I
now have DSL on my internet connection, so I can
down load your lengthy communiqués. You can
still contact me at:
Phil Painchaud
1110 West Dorothy Drive
Brea, CA. 92821-2017
Phone: 714-529-6604
FAX: 714-529-1109
E-Mail:
painchaud4@cs.com or olepappy@juno.com
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(Continued from page 7) • Consultation regarding the development of a sur-

Step 3 Develop and pilot test survey vey sample
PES will develop and pilot test a brief web-based • Dissemination of online survey invitation, links,
survey instrument including job elements that may and reminders to up to 1000 participants
be specific to calibration technicians, calibration • Statistical analysis of surveys
engineers, and Metrologists in order to solicit input • Preparation of final written report to the Meas-
from industry representatives regarding the job ele- urement Quality Division
ments. Ratings for the job elements might focus on • Professional and support staff time to complete
uniqueness to metrology and performed by. The the project
survey will also contain a demographic background
questionnaire and an open-ended comments sec- ASQ’s MQD and NSCLI constituents will be asked
tion. PES recommends that members of the core via e-mail to submit job descriptions and to partici-
team nominate individuals to participate in the sur- pate in the MJD initiative online survey. It is
vey pilot test. planned that the finalized job description for Cali-
bration Technician, Calibration Engineer, and
Step 4 Disseminate survey Metrologist will be forwarded to the SOC in the
PES will disseminate a link to the online survey by Fall of 2005. Progress on the MJD initiative will be
e-mail to a sample not to exceed 1000. The project posted on the MQD website and published in fu-
leader will be responsible for providing PES with ture issues of The Standard and the NSCLI News-
the e-mail addresses of the survey sample. PES will letter.
consult with the project leader to identify the par-
ticipants. NOTE 1:The following are key word search re-
sults for: Calibrator, Calibration, Metrology, Test
Step 5 Analyze survey data Technician, Instrumentation Technician, Metrology
PES will compile and summarize the survey results and Metrologist from the Standard Occupational
and present them to the core team for review and Classification (SOC) 2000 listing, administered by
comment. the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and
used exclusively by U.S. Department of Labor for
Step 6 Generate job descriptions matters relating to job classification.
PES will create 3 to 5 sentence descriptive narra-
tives (i.e. job descriptions) from survey results to SOC Job Classification Number, Title
submit to the 2005 SOC for Calibration Techni- 874 51-9061 Calibration checker, 874 51-9061
cian, Calibration Engineer, and Metrologist. PES Calibration tester, 874 51-9061 Meter calibrator
will circulate the descriptions to the core team for
review and comment and incorporate their feed- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weigh-
back into revised job descriptions as appropriate. ers - Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagri-
cultural raw materials or processed, machined, fab-
PROPOSAL BULLETS ricated, or assembled parts or products for defects,
• Management of the project by PES Research Di- wear, and deviations from specifications. May use
rector precision measuring instruments and complex test
• Analysis of 75 job descriptions (25 each for Cali- equipment.
bration Technician, Calibration Engineer, and
Metrologist) SOC Job Classification Number, Title
• Compilation of summary document of job ele- 775 51-2093 Calibrator, exc. Repairing, 775 51-
ments 2093 Electrical calibrator
• Conduct of e-mail review of summary document
and preparation of final draft Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters, and Cali-
• Development and dissemination of draft online brators – Perform precision assembling or adjust-
survey to pilot test group ing, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices,
• Revision of survey based on pilot test results (Continued on page 16)

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(Continued from page 15) (Continued from page 9)

such as watches, clocks, or chronometers. Exclude In the meantime, the regional international MRAs
"Watch Repairers" (49-9064). of APLAC (Asia-Pacific), EA (European) and
IAAC (Inter-American) within which US domestic
SOC Job Classification Number, Title accreditation bodies can participate can serve the
743 49-9069 Calibrator, repairing, 743 49-9069 role of reducing redundant accreditations. We are a
Hydrometer calibrator signatory to these MRAs which are a prime vehicle
for achieving this goal and facilitating domestic
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All and international trade by promoting “one test ac-
Other - All precision instrument and equipment cepted everywhere, one accreditation accepted eve-
repairers not listed separately. rywhere.”

SOC Job Classification Number, Title A2LA remains a signatory to all other MRAs, in-
155 17-3023 Technician, calibration laboratory, cluding ILAC (global), EA, APLAC and IAAC.
155 17-3023 Technician, test laboratory, A2LA made very sure that our international MRAs
155 17-3023 Technician, testing electronic equip- would support our accredited laboratories and that
ment, the acceptance of our laboratories’ accredited test
155 17-3023 Technician, instrumentation and calibration data by regulators and specifiers
155 17-3023 Technician, research instrumentation would in no way be threatened by our withdrawal
from NACLA. We hope that the graphic below
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians - clarifies A2LA’s standing within the international
Apply electrical and electronic theory and related and domestic MRA schemes.
knowledge, usually under the direction of engineer-
ing staff, to design, build, repair, calibrate, and A2LA remains committed to relieving our accred-
modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, ited laboratories of the burden of duplicative ac-
and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use creditations, and we support any positive steps to-
by engineering staff in making engineering design ward the achievement of this goal. We fully sup-
decisions. Exclude "Broadcast Technicians" (27- port and will abide by the obligations of the MRAs
4012). of which we are a signatory. To this point, A2LA is
recognizing the test reports and calibration certifi-
SOC Job Classification Number, Title cates produced by the Laboratory Accreditation
143 17-2112 Metrologist Bureau LLC (L-A-B)’s accredited laboratories
whose testing or calibration work falls under
Industrial Engineers - Design, develop, test, and LAB’s NACLA Scope of Recognition
evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial (www.nacla.net/scopes/lab). A2LA has the neces-
production processes including human work fac- sary confidence in the competence of the LAB’s
tors, quality control, inventory control, logistics accreditation for the programs on the NACLA
and material flow, cost analysis, and production Scope of Recognition. Because of this confidence
coordination. Exclude "Health and Safety Engi- A2LA is recognizing L-A-B even though A2LA is
neers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspec- no longer a NACLA Signatory. A2LA and L-A-B
tors." (17-2111). intend to sign a formal bilateral recognition agree-
Submitted by Chris Grachanen, MJD initiative ment in the very near future. Additionally, A2LA is
Project Leader presently working to establish bilateral recognition
agreements with the other NACLA signatories who
support the goals of the MRA.

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degree of difficulty because of differences in lan- There has been a change in the relationship be-
guage and culture. tween CASCO and TC176. CASCO is the ISO
committee that establishes auditor credentials, rules
A very pleasant surprise to me was that the busi- and is the owner or ISO 17025. There have been
ness of the international meeting is done in Eng- some questions raised about the rigor of the certifi-
lish. But there are different versions of English and cation process and CASCO is addressing the is-
there are many different world agendas. It first, sues. One of the corrective actions is a vow of
takes a bit of work to get American, Canadian, closer cooperation between the two ISO commit-
British, and Australian English rationalized into tees. I am hopeful that the measurement world,
commonly understood English. Just because every- MQD and NCSLI, would have more input to ISO
one speaks and writes English does not mean that 17025 update in the 2010 timeframe. That would
they understand the nuances of English. This is be a great opportunity for the measurement com-
very important because the Standards will be trans- munity to lobby for the inclusion of the missing
lated into many other languages. In some of those elements found in Z540-1. If that were the case,
languages the translation renders a meaning not Z540-1 could be eliminated. The final vote on the
intended or might have a legal or regulatory mean- minor changes to ISO 17025 will be this spring.
ing.
On the NCSLI front, Z540-1’s upgrade continues
International wordsmithing becomes a difficult to make progress. The NCSLI SC 174 WG com-
process made near impossible when specific con- pleted a WD document of sufficient quality to be
cepts are not part of a culture, as is the case of sent out to the SC for comment. We got about a
some Asian countries. The impossible takes a bit 50% favorable result and some very good and fo-
more time to accomplish, and in some cases the cused comments on areas that can be cleaned up.
resulting verbiage might seem curious or even con- The statistics were presented to the full committee
fusing to American readers. If a requirement at the January ‘05 Measurement Science Confer-
seems awkward or contains an “in the case of” like ence. The SC gave the WG guidance to address at
phrase it might be the result of a philosophical or out next meeting in late February. We will address
cultural issue. Our WG had mixed results. We got each comment and where appropriate make the
ISO 10001 ready to be elevated to a CD but we changes to the standard. The solution will be pre-
wanted both standards to be reviewed together. sented at the next NCSLI conference.
Unfortunately, we ran in to a cultural snag with
ISO 10003, and it will require further time to com- The next TAG will be in Atlanta the first week in
plete. April.
ISO 900x activity was restricted to creating a plan
for the next major update. It was decided that cur-
rent issues were not serious enough to affect the
standards’ usefulness. An interesting comment was
made at the final meeting about allowing compa-
nies to self declare themselves as conforming to
ISO 9001. This is interesting to me, and I intend to
explore the issue fully at the next TAG meeting. It
might be an international issue because I am not
sure what’s to stop someone in the US from self-
declaring at this time. I can only see minimal value,
on one hand the company wouldn’t need to pay for
the certification costs but on the other hand would
be subject to countless audits to validate the decla-
ration. The big sales point of ISO 9001 certification
is the elimination of numerous audits.

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MEASUREMENT QUALITY DIVISION OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Chair (2003-2005), Immediate Past Chair / Nominating Chair
Program Chair (2005-2006) Duane Allen
Joe Simmons Scholarship MQD Representative U. S. Navy,
Dilip A. Shah P. O. Box 5000, Code MS11,
E = mc3 Solutions Corona, CA 92878-5000
197 Great Oaks Trail #130 Voice (909) 273-4783 / Fax (909) 273-4599
Wadsworth, Ohio 44281-8215 E-mail: duane.allen@navy.mil
Voice (330) 328-4400 / Fax (330) 336-3974
E-mail: emc3solu@aol.com, dashah@aol.com Joe Simmons Scholarship
Norm Belecki
Chair-Elect, Examining Chair 7413 Mill Run Dr
Graeme C. Payne Derwood, MD 20855-1156
GK Systems, Inc. Voice (301) 869-4520 / E-mail: n.belecki@ieee.org
4440 Weston Drive SW, Suite B
Lilburn, GA 30047 USA Historian
Voice: (770) 931-4004 / Fax (866) 887-9344 Keela Sniadach
E-mail: Graeme@gksystems.biz Promega Corp.
5445 East Cheryl Parkway
Treasurer Madison, WI 53711
Karl Wigdal Voice (608) 298-4681 / Fax (608) 277-2516
Promega Corp. E-mail: keela.sniadach@promega.com
5445 East Cheryl Parkway
Madison, WI 53711 Regional Councilors
Voice (608) 277-2633 / Fax (608) 277-2516 Region 5
E-mail: karl.wigdal@promega.com Richard A. Litts
Secretary, Newsletter Editor/Publisher, 100 Evergreen Dr
Share Point Administrator Downingtown, PA
Jay L. Bucher E-mail: ralitts@aol.com
Bucherview Metrology Services
6700 Royal View Dr. Region 7
De Forest, WI 53532-2775 Randy D. Farmer
Voice (608) 277-2522 / Fax (608) 846-4269 Metrology Solutions
E-mail: jay.bucher@promega.com, 1488 Via Hacienda
yokota-69@charter.net Chula Vista, CA 91913
(619) 934-4948 / (858) 688-2672 cell
Certification Chair, Website Manager, E-mail: farmerrd2@cox.net
NCSL International Representative
Christopher L. Grachanen Region 14
Manager, Houston Metrology Group Hewlett-Packard Keith Bennett
P. O. Box 692000 MS070110 Transcat
Houston, TX 77269-2000 Voice (713) 465-4395
Voice (281) 518-8486 / Fax (281) 518-7275 E-mail: kbennett@transcat.com
E-mail: Chris.Grachanen@hp.com
ASQ Division Administrator
Standards Committee Representative Ms. Karen Prosser
Bill McCullough Voice (800) 248-1946, x7471
McCullough Consulting E-mail: Kprosser@asq.org
1936 June Cr
Carson City, NV 89706
Voice: (775) 883-3042 Fax: (775) 883-3042
Cell: (775) 220-6424
E-mail: billmccullough@gbis.com

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