Special Invitation to attend TAPPI Recycled Fiber Committee Meeting

Dear TAPPI recycling family,

We need your help. TAPPI's Recycled Fiber Committee promotes research and education on many topics critical to efficient operation of recycling mills. During the past 25 years, we have organized workshops, tutorials, mill panel discussions, mill tours, and presentations at TAPPI conferences. Our work has played a part in developing the technology and processes we see today.

The next meeting of the Recycled Fiber Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, at 1:30 p.m. in Green Bay, Wis, USA. Please plan to attend and participate in the meeting. The quality of our work is completely determined by the quality of the people who step-up and help.

Excitement around recycling has waned, but recycling mills continue to provide fiber to our paper machines. Perhaps due to this reduced excitement, it has been challenging to recruit experts in our field to help lead the Recycled Fiber Committee. This fall, Carl Houtman will step down and Neale Fetterly will become chairman of the Recycled Fiber Committee, leaving secretary and vice-chair positions vacant, which jeopardizes the existence of the committee.

As Neale becomes chairman, we need a secretary to help with meeting minutes and membership lists, and a vice-chair who is the technical program chair for the recycling track of the next PEERS conference. These are very important roles and commitments can be fulfilled through email and tele-conferences, and PEERS conference attendance in the fall.

Please volunteer for one of the vacant positions by contacting Carl Houtman via email at choutman@fs.fed.us or finding him at the PEERS conference in Green Bay. If we have several volunteers, we will hold an election during the next Recycled Fiber Committee meeting. Only by people continuing to volunteer can we uphold our tradition of high quality programming on topics related to paper recycling. This is a great opportunity to be a part of a growing community while expanding your leadership skills and increasing your professional contacts.

Sincerely,

Peter Hart
Outgoing
PMD Chairman

Garnet Bremner
Incoming
PMD Chairman

Carl Houtman
Outgoing
Recycling Chairman

Neale Fetterly
Incoming
Recycling Chairman

TAPPI
http://www.tappi.org/