Coming Soon — NCWM's 88~(th) Annual Meeting

摘要

Since 1980, I have set aside one week in July to attend the NCWM Annual Meeting. When my children were small, we used the conference as part of our family vacations. After attending one or two of the conferences — playing in the pool, eating at nice restaurants, poking quarters into the machines in the game room — the children thought it was all fun and games, not only for them but for dad. About their third conference, I made them sit through one of the longer opening ceremonies. For children ranging from 8 years to early teens, this was punishment. Seldom, following this, were there any comments about dad's fun and games at the NCWM Annual Meeting. Portions of the conferences are fun since they are generally held in interesting locations, in above average hotels and have memorable social activities. However, the agenda and results of the meetings are serious business. Actions of NCWM at the annual meeting set the ground rules for weighing and measurement devices used in commerce throughout the United States. Certainly we enjoy the camaraderie of being with associates we may see only once or twice a year. However, when the open hearings are in session, when the committees are in work session; when the voting session is in progress, the business posture kicks in, and everyone gets serious about the issues at hand. The following addresses some of the issues to come before the 88~(th) NCWM Annual Meeting next month.