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. . . that any interested parties have the right to view and comment on any TAPPI Standard up for ballot? If you are a TAPPI Member, you can access these drafts on the web by first logging into the TAPPI Home Page with your user name and password. Then point your cursor over the "Membership" button, and select "My TAPPI" from the dropdown menu. When the "My TAPPI" page opens, click on "Standards Public Draft Review" from the menu on the left-hand side. You can then select from a list of drafts currently in ballot.

You also do not have to be a TAPPI member to join one of the Standard-Specific Interest Groups (SSIGs). To join an SSIG for a specific Standard, send a message to standards@tappi.org. You will receive emails when it is time to vote on standards.

If you are a member of TAPPI and are on one or more SSIGs, any ballots that you are requested to vote on can be accessed from your "My TAPPI" page by selecting "Click here to vote on Standards ballots." You can also see which SSIGs you belong to by selecting "Click here for a full list of your Standard-Specific Interest groups."

If you do not choose to join an SSIG, you can still request copies of any Standards up for ballot by sending a message to standards@tappi.org. After reviewing drafts, you may also send any comments to standards@tappi.org. The volunteer experts working on Standards are required to consider all comments received, but they are not required to accept comments from nonmembers of the SSIG. To ensure that your comments are addressed, then think about signing up for as many SSIGs as you like, but also consider TAPPI membership in order to access draft and vote on line.

TAPPI Standards guidelines require that all TAPPI members receive notification of any proposed new Standard or TIPs. This message is being sent to you because you are a TAPPI member; have purchased TIPs or Standards products from TAPPI; or because you have previously expressed interest in this topic.

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