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Member News
2010 Ron Cockroft Award The Secretariat has received a record number (27!) of applications for the Ron Cockcroft Award. The RCA Committee can expect a hard job to select the lucky ones! IRG Travel Award for Short-term Scientific Missions The Travel Awards Fund for Short Term Scientific Missions is still available. Professors should encourage their students to apply. No particular deadline for applications. If you are interested, please take advantage of the on-line application procedure available on the IRG website. The maximum amount that can be granted is Swedish Kroner SEK 12 500, i.e. approximately USD 2 000 or EUR 1300. Regulatory News EU: News on Creosote WEI attended on Wednesday 16 December the meeting of the Competent Authorities when they discussed the Competent Authorities Report on Creosote. KEMI presented its final Competent Authorities Report in which it defended the inclusion of Creosote on ANNEX I of the BPD. It identified a safe use in Use Class 3 (including railway sleepers). Regarding UC 4 it pointed out that there are some environmental concerns. It furthermore referred to the internet stakeholder consultation that pointed out to the severe socio-economic impacts of a possible ban of Creosote. Most of the EU Member States expressed their voting intentions and explained their reasoning. WEI’s feeling is that the most likely outcome will be a compromise between the different views, namely an inclusion of Creosote on Annex I but limited to 5 years only. The problem of limited applications is however not solved. If the compromise is adopted, only wood for UC 3 will be allowed and limited to one species, pine. Use of other wood species must be assessed prior to authorisation at Member State level. Source: WEI NEWS6-2009 - Issue 6/09 - December 2009, Brussels, BE. New Zealand: ERMA wants public input on methyl bromide review ERMA New Zealand is calling for public submissions on its reassessment of the fumigant methyl bromide. The application for reassessment was released for public submission and includes a preliminary recommendation for tighter controls on the use of the substance. A final decision will be made in mid-late 2010 once the application, public submissions and any other information relevant to the reassessment has been considered by the Environmental Risk Management Authority. Methyl bromide is an ozone-depleting gas used primarily for the quarantine and pre-shipment treatment of timber, logs and other produce, both for export and import, to kill a wide range of pests. Click here for more information. From Friday Offcuts – 13 November 2009. New Zealand: Wood fuel classification guidelines The variability in the quality of wood fuels is perceived as a barrier to those that could potentially be users of wood fuels. The lack of any classification system for wood fuel in New Zealand creates concern over fuel quality and uncertainty in regards to the burning of wood at a regulatory level. It’s been proposed that quality issues are addressed through the publication of a set of classification guidelines for wood fuels. The Wood Fuel Classification Guidelines will be subject to ongoing development and feedback on these new guidelines is welcomed. Click here to download the new guidelines. From Friday Offcuts – 09 October 2009. Business News USA - NL: Koppers to acquire Cindu Chemicals B.V. Koppers Inc. announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of privately-owned Cindu Chemicals B.V. ("Cindu") from joint owners Cindu B.V. and Corus Staal B.V. for an undisclosed purchase price. The proposed transaction is subject to the negotiation and execution of a definitive purchase and sale agreement, the completion of due diligence, certain regulatory approvals, consultation with Cindu's Works Council, and other customary closing conditions. Source: WEI NEWS6-2009 - Issue 6/09 - December 2009, Brussels, BE. Scientific News Looking for: Disposal and wood preservation If you are looking for disposal and wood preservation try ebook.com. People in the News IRG Secretariat News IRG 41 in Biarritz, France - Update
COST Action IE0601 "Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage" and IRG WG 1.8 "Cultural artifacts" will organize a Joint Focused Meeting on: "Deterioration of wooden heritage structures in outdoor exposure: Diagnosis and conservation" on 11 May 2010 at Palais des Congrès, Le Bellevue, Biarritz. Interested delegates may send paper titles + authors reported to the IRG Secretariat and to Thomas Nilsson by 1 February 2010. Full papers should be delivered according to the Guidelines for the preparation of an IRG Document, and oral presentations according to the Guidelines for oral presentation at an IRG Conference by 1 March 2010. Reminder: Nominations for Vice President, Executive Council and Scientific Programme Committee 2010 This is a reminder to Members to nominate candidates to the Executive Council in 2010. Three new members and a new Vice-President will be elected, two representing the Members and one representing the Group's sponsors. The latter must be a personal member of the IRG. The detailed procedure is described in the Nomination Procedure for Officers and nominations must be made on the appropriate form to the Chairman of the Nominations Sub-Committee via the IRG Secretariat. Only valid nominations received by 31 March 2010 will be considered. New teams for Section 4 (Processes and properties) and Section 5 (Sustainability and environment) will also be appointed at the IRG 41 Annual Meeting. Candidates for Chairs and Vice Chairs for Section 4 and Section 5 may also be proposed. This can be done by e-mail to the IRG Secretariat by 31 March 2010. Web-based search engine and Compendium An updated DVD version of the Compendium is available now for only SEK 250. It can be ordered and paid for together with the 2010 subscription fee. Invoicing 2010 You have now received the invoice for 2010. Please inform the Secretariat by return if you do not intend to retain your membership. Payment is expected by 31 January. The login credentials for the web-based Compendium (searchable database with all IRG documents issued 1969-2009) will expire then, and new credentials will be submitted only when payment has been received. Note on receipts Please note when paying fees (member/sponsor fees, conference registration fees) to the IRG Secretariat, payments are acknowledged and receipts sent on request only. Receipts are normally scanned and forwarded as pdf files. Due to technical problems receipts sometimes do no reach the member/sponsor/conference guest. Please contact the IRG Secretariat, in case you have requested a receipt but not yet received it! More Sponsors needed! Members are asked to actively try to recruite more sponsors. The Group is heaviliy dependent on Sponsors in order to keep fees at a reasonably low level. A template for a suppporting letter, signed by our President, Dr Gérard Deroubaix, is available. Click on link Contact details Please report any change of contact details (address, e-mail, tel, fax) to the IRG Secretariat immediately in order to keep our register up to date and to facilitate the Secretariat's communication with Members and Sponsors.  |
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Updated: Events
Southeastern Utility Pole Conference & Trade Show (21 - 23 February 2010, Memphis, Tenn., USA) WEI Spring Meeting (24 - 25 March 2010, Brussels, Belgium) SmallWood 2010: Bridges, Business and Biomass (20 - 22 April 2010, Hot Springs, AR, USA) MEDACHS' 10 - 2nd International Conference - Marine Environment Damage to Coastal and Historical Structures (28 - 30 April 2010, La Rochelle, France) 7th China International Wood & Wood Products Conference (28 - 30 April 2010, Guangzhou, China) FPS 64th International Convention (20 - 22 June 2010, Madison, WI, USA) IAWA, IAWS & IUFRO Conference (23 - 26 June 2010, Madison, WI, USA) XXIII IUFRO World Congress: "Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment" (22 - 28 August 2010, Seoul, Republic of Korea) WEI General Assembly (1 - 4 September 2010, Dubrovnik, Croatia) ECOWOOD 2010 (08 – 10 September 2010, Oporto, Portugal) Fifth European Conference on Wood Modification ECWM5 (20 - 21 September 2010, Riga, Latvia) 1st Symposium on Turkish & Japanese Environment and Forestry (21 - 23 October 2010, Trabzon, Turkey) 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-3) (13 - 15 December 2010, Limoges, France) COST Actions 
Start of Action: 18/04/2007 End of Action: 17/04/2011 The Procedures Manual The IRG Procedures Manual ia a "handbook" for IRG Members and Sponsors. It has the following contents:
Legal Information Read legal information here Editorial If you have information related to wood protection being of general interest for Regular Members, Student Members or IRG Sponsors, please email to the NiB editor with the name of the web page and the URL. |
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