All Standard-Specific Interest Groups (SSIG) require a minimum of 10 members in order to ballot and vote on a draft of a method. The following test methods do not have the required minimum number of member to initiate a ballot:

T 267 cm-15 Compression wood identification in pulpwood
T 515 om-20 Visual grading and color matching of paper
T 524 om-20 Color of paper and paperboard (45/0, C/2)
T 567 om-20 Determination of effective residual ink concentration (ERIC) by infrared reflectance measurement

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If no progress is made on balancing these SSIGs, then the respective methods may be considered for withdrawal at the next Q&SMC meeting. If you have an interest in becoming a member of either of these SSIGs please contact standards@tappi.org