T 844 pm-10 "Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board" was recently balloted for its five-year review. The vote could not be validated because the balance of the interest categories on its Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG) is not acceptable.
TAPPI regulations require that no interest group make up more than 50% of the SSIG. The T 844 SSIG has 69.2% Producers. We need to add several new members from other categories to balance the SSIG.
If you are NOT a Producer, we would like to encourage you to join this SSIG. If you ARE a Producer, we hope that you might be able to recruit some new members among the converter, supplier, educator, and general interest categories.
Please note that "Producer" is defined as working for a company that primarily produces pulp and paper, whether or not a converting operation is also part of the company. The "Converter" category means that the company’s primary business is not to produce pulp or paper, but to convert paper to corrugated medium and board.
The category seriously lacking in this SSIG are suppliers. We need suppliers of all categories: chemicals and raw materials, equipment, and service and general suppliers.
If you can participate in this SSIG, please send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than November 14, 2014.