60 MAY 2017 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL: VOL. 56, NO. 5
NACE NEWS
NACE Holds First
Cathodic Protection
Class in Denmark
Instructors Owen Sneath and John Chase (kneeling, left and right, respectively)
and Metricorr owner Lars V. Nielsen (kneeling, second from left) with students
in the first NACE cathodic protection course in Denmark.
S
ixteen students attended a NACE International Cathodic
Protection 1 in house course at Metricorr in Copenhagen,
Denmark. Held February 20 to 24, 2017, the course was in
structed by John Chase and Owen Sneath. Metricorr owner Lars V.
Nielsen also took the course, and all students were successful on the
practical exam.
(—John Chase)
NACE International U.S. Legislative Fly-In Event
for 2017
N
ACE International has announced
June 7 to 8, 2017 as the dates of its
annual legislative fly in event,
aimed at informing representatives in the
U.S. Congress (Washington, DC) of the
group's mission to protect people, assets,
and the environment from the adverse
effects of corrosion.
Registration for the event is free, and
all NACE members are invited and encour
aged to attend, according to event
organizers.
and professionals in the corrosion
industry.
Those in attendance will also receive a
personalized schedule of meetings with
appropriate U.S. congressional representa
tives and officials.
Attendees are asked to register by
May 31, 2017 at the following web site:
nace.org/government relations/2017
legislative flyin.asp. For more information,
contact Adam Christopher at email:
adam.christopher@nace.org.
"Now more than ever before, every
member of Congress needs to understand
how important corrosion control is to
public safety and to the U.S. economy,"
the group says in a statement.
Events include an annual reception
with the U.S. Corrosion Prevention Cau
cus, with both policymakers and regula
tors in attendance. A separate group
dinner will provide an overview and
briefing on the status of policies and
legislation directly affecting businesses
NACE Unveils
New System for
Developing Standards
F
or those NACE International committee members in
volved in developing NACE standards, there is a new
system called NACE Committee Workspace. Powered by
Kavi, the site is NACE's exclusive destination for standards and
reports development.
When there is activity in a specific committee (i.e., a
document to review, a calendar event created, a canvass
ballot to vote on), members will receive an email notification
and link to NACE Committee Workspace. Advantages to the
system include:
8 Ability to connect committee members, file revisions, and
messages to enable contributions from anywhere in the
world
8 Streamlined balloting for easy access to voting and
commenting for improved oversight across committees
and with NACE staff
8 Ability to manage all committee projects and revisions of
draft standards and reports in one space for easy reference
To get started, test your access to Committee Workspace
at standards.nace.org/login using your NACE login and pass
word. Add "@standards.nace.org" to your safe contacts. Then
download user guides to navigate Kavi's documents, calendar,
and ballots.
For more information, contact Everett Bradshaw at email:
everett.bradshaw@nace.org.