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08.01.2007 - Executive Committee meeting
On 8 January 2007, the Executive Committee meeting took place at the Local Branch of IPTS Metalchem in Gliwice. The debates were led by Maciej Trojnarski, the President of the Association.
The programme of the meeting included:
1. Acceptance of the Agenda.
2. Discussion of minutes from previous Executive Committee meeting.
3. Discussion of survey research results of plastic pipes.
4. Touring of Accredited Laboratory.
5. Debate over changing the schedule of lead stabilizer replacement which had been resolved by the Association.
6. Cooperation with the Waterworks Chamber- report on the meeting of Association's representatives and the Board of the Chamber.
7. Cooperation with the Technical Committee 140 of the Polish Committee for Standardization in 2006 and the schedule for 2007.
8. Promotion activity in 2006 and the schedule for 2007.
9. Execution of the financial plan for 2006.
10. Draft of the financial plan for 2007.
11. Setting a date for the next Executive Committee meeting, the Board of Control meeting and the General Assembly of Members.
12. Various matters:
-consideration of KWH company's application for membership in the Association,
-correspondence on publication in Trenchless Engineering magazine,
-Association's standpoint on harmonized standards introducing CE marking,
-Cooperation with TEPPFA
Major decisions of the Association's Executive Committee taken at the session:
I. Survey research of plastic pipes.
The Executive Committee decided to appoint a Team of Technical Experts to analyse in depth, in the first half of February, the results of research and to become familiar with research procedures applied. Results of this meeting are to facilitate determination of reasons for obtaining incompatible research's results and individual members of the Association are to take measures in this field. Conclusions from the meeting of the Team of Experts should be presented at the next Executive Committee meeting.
The Executive Committee decided to repeat the research in the second half of 2007.
Members of the Executive Committee considered relevant to inform in writing the companies from outside of the Association, which pipes were examined, of the fact of conducting research and of the results obtained. Besides the Executive Committee of the Association decided to enable the interested companies to become familiar with the survey research results.
II. Issue of lead stabilizers.
Considering, among other things, higher unit costs of production of pipes without lead stabilizers and because of taking advantage of it by producers using lead stabilizers, the Executive Committee has taken decision to apply to the Ministry of Heath for introducing legal ban on use of lead stabilizers in water distribution pipes. The Executive Committee has also taken decision that the Association's experts, taking part in work on standards prepared by the Waterworks Chamber, are to propose ban on use of lead stabilizers in PVC water distribution pipes.
In accordance with TEPPFA's suggestion, the Executive Committee has decided to consider changing previously fixed date of withdrawal of lead stabilizers from other products and to accept, at the General Assembly, a new schedule.
III. Cooperation with the Economic Chamber "Polish Waterworks" in Bydgoszcz.
The Executive Committee has decided to:
1. Put forward a proposal to the Economic Chamber "Polish Waterworks" in Bydgoszcz, to take up closer cooperation in the range of standardization for the construction cycle of water and sewage systems.
2. Send to work at the Controlling Committee the following representatives of the Association:
- Maciej Trojnarski - President of the Executive Committee,
- Andrzej Kowalewski - expert of the company Pipelife,
- Wiktor Kupraszewicz - Ordinary Member of the Association
and Andrzej Roszkowki as an independent candidate, because of acquired knowledge and experience in the field of designing and building of water and sewage systems.
IV. Organizational Matters.
1. The Executive Committee initially accepted the plan of standardization activity and the plan of promotion activity in 2007.
2. The Executive Committee obliged the Office Manager to prepare, together with the Vice President of the Executive Committee, a new proposal of a balanced budget for 2007 and presentation of it at the next Executive Committee meeting.
3. The Executive Committee of the Association gave a favourable opinion on the candidature of the company KWH Pipe (Poland) Ltd. from Warsaw as a Supporting Member of the Association. The Executive Committee also decided to begin the fixed procedure and simultaneously appointed auditors to carry out an audit at the company KWH Pipe (Poland) Ltd. In the case of fulfilment of the criteria, at the next meeting, the Executive Committee of the Association is going to pass a resolution on admission of the company KWH Pipe (Poland) Ltd. to the group of Supporting Members.
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