Eileen Mullen, Director, Human Resources, ASTM International, presents a contribution from ASTM to Chris Garrity, Senior Director, Start! Heart Walk, American Heart Association, Philadelphia, Pa. The $2,500 donation will be part of funds raised for the Philadelphia Start! Heart Walk at Citizens Bank Park on Nov. 15. Over 5,000 area walkers participate in the event, which raises funds to support research activities to fight the first and third leading causes of death — heart attack and stroke. The Start!

ASTM International has contributed $2,000 for the installation of a new scoreboard at Sutcliffe Park in Conshohocken, Pa. Nearly 300 children play baseball in the Conshohocken Little League. Teams within the league play each other and the Conshohocken Little League hosts games with teams from seven other townships at Sutcliffe Park. In addition, the park is used for Little League tournament play, which attracts teams from 25 to 30 different townships. Other groups renting the field through Conshohocken Township will have access to the scoreboard as well.

ASTM International has contributed to the relief efforts for victims of the massive earthquake that struck the Eastern Sichuan region of China in May with both monetary and product donations to assist with emergency response work and rebuilding efforts.

Dr. Jonathan Cheng, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, Drexel University, and Kevin Shanahan, Technical Committee Operations, ASTM International, participated in an educational event for engineering students at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., on April 21, 2008.  

Orlando, Fla., will be the location of a coordinated program being organized by ASTM International in cooperation with the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST-R) and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.  The program, being co-sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International), the American Petroleum Institute (API International) and ASTM International,
will be held during the week of May 5, 2008, at the Omni Orlando Resort Hotel.
 

ASTM International continues to offer valuable information and resources on standards to students and educators around the world.  In the past, ASTM’s campus visits have taken place at schools with major engineering programs.  However, during a recent campus visit to Eastern University near Philadelphia, ASTM staff member Jim Olshefsky was asked to speak to an International Business class.
 

The 2nd International Seminar on Standardization (sponsored by Normdocs) will be held at the Rossia Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 21-23, 2008.  The seminar is intended for quality and technical experts who deal with international standards and related information tools.

Stockholm will be the location of the 2008 spring meeting of the ASTM International board of directors.  The ASTM board meetings, as well as other events, will take place in Sweden during the week of April 21, 2008.
 
The selection of Stockholm as host city for the ASTM leadership team came at the invitation of Lars Flink, CEO of the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS), which is headquartered in Stockholm. Mr. Flink recently completed a three-year term as a member of the ASTM board. SIS is the national standards body of Sweden.
 

ASTM International, one of the world’s largest standards developing organizations, is accepting papers for the 2008 ASTM Advantage Award, a paper competition with prizes up to $15,000. The award is an opportunity for the users of ASTM International standards worldwide to convey the positive outcomes of utilizing an ASTM standard or a group of ASTM standards.