The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. TAPPI members can view any drafts that are in ballot by logging in to the TAPPI web site (www.tappi.org), clicking on "My TAPPI," and then clicking on the "Standards Public Draft Review" link on the left side of the page. If you would like to review and comment on any draft and are not a member of the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG), you may view the draft online or you may request a copy of the draft being balloted, by writing to standards@tappi.org. TAPPI members may join SSIGs as permanent members; go to the Subject Category page to download forms for this purpose. Nonmembers of TAPPI may join any SSIG as a voting member; to do so, send a message to standards@tappi.org to receive a copy of the draft and a ballot.
Listed below are TAPPI Standards that have recently gone out for ballot to the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG). The date in parentheses is the closing date for voting.
T 1015 sp-06 "Fiber glass mat uniformity (visual defects)" (July 30, 2010)
T 1016 om-06 "Average fiber diameter of fiber glass mats" (August 2, 2010)
T 803 om-06 "Puncture test of containerboard" (proposed reclassification as a Classical Method; August 2, 2010)
T 545 om-07 "Cross-machine grammage profile measurement (gravimetric method)" (August 16, 2010)
T 830 om-04 "Ink rub test of containerboard and corrugated board" (August 23, 2010)
T 809 om-06 "Flat crush of corrugating medium (CMT test)" (August 27, 2010)
T 804 om-06 "Compression test of fiberboard shipping containers" (August 30, 2010)