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Magazines & Newsletters / ASTM Standardization News

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

ASTM President, James A. Thomas, offers his views on standardization in a column titled, Plain Talk, which is published in the ASTM magazine, Standardization News. Comments to Mr. Thomas can be emailed at: jthomas@astm.org

2008

Jan/Feb Standardization and Innovation

Mar/Apr The Secret of Success

Sep/Oct Measuring Success

Nov/Dec Thinking Internationally

2007

12/07 Money Under the Mattress

11/07 The Ripple Effect

6/07 Bias

4/07 We're Working On It

3/07 The Secret Weapon of Great Companies

2/07 You Have to See It to Believe It

2006

8/06 Time to Take Stock Again

5/06 At 30,000 Feet It Won’t Matter

3/06 Spread the Word

2005

11/05 Out of Disaster

6/05 Hats Off

5/05 A Business Partner

3/05 Harmonization

2004

11/04 The Right Stuff

8/04 Wake Up Call

5/04 Technical Assistance: Quenching the Thirst

4/04 Technical Assistance: Second Installment

3/04 Trade and Development

2/04 The Changing Dynamic of the Global Standards Community and Its Potential Impact on Trade

2003

12/03 The Changing World of International Standardization

11/03 Defining Due Process

8/03 A Simple Decision

5/03 Nothing to Hide

3/03 The Next Hundred Years

2002

12/02 The Right Thing

10/02 It's in Good Hands

7/02 ASTM International: The Global Vision

5/02 Lawrence D. Eicher: 1938-2002

4/02 Energized

2/02 If You Say It Long Enough

2001

12/01 Passage Toward Harmony

10/01 Evolving World of Global Standards

9/01 We're Committed

6/01 Next Year's Car

5/01 A Salute

4/01 NIST: 100 Years

3/01 A Matter of Choice

2000

12/00 In Appreciation

11/00 Raising the Bar

8/00 Time to Take Stock

6/00 We Are Not Alone

5/00 Locked In?

3/00 Mission Accomplished

2/00 A New Pluralism

1999

12/99 R.S.V.P.

11/99 The Customer is Always Right

10/99 Getting Our Act Together

9/99 The Easy Way Out - Continued

8/99 The Easy Way Out

7/99 Blind Spots

6/99 You've Got Mail

5/99 A Better Way of Doing Things

4/99 One of Our Greatest Strengths

3/99 First Things First

2/99 New Pioneers