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Review: ITA AGM at Tube 2018
ITA e.V.
The ITA Convenes the 39th AGM at Tube 2018 in Düsseldorf
Being an organisation with members spread all over the world brings with it very speci c chal- lenges when there’s a need for members to convene to conduct Association business. That’s why we take advantage of opportuni- ties that other events offer us to do so.
The AGM is a case in point and, as often, this year we met at a fair: The 39th Annual General Meeting of the International Tube Associa- tion took place on 19 April, 2018, during this year’s Tube fair, at a venue within Messe Düsseldorf grounds in Germany.
After establishing quorum, the usual business of the AGM went ahead, including the Annual Reports by the Chairman and the Technical Committee.
The annual accounts report was pre- sented and unanimously approved, and Dr.Günther Voswinckel (Pres- ident) informed members of the decision, taken by the IEMB (Inter- national Executive Management
Board), to increase membership fees from June 2018.
The high point of the meeting was doubtless the presentation of the Technical Paper Award. Every two years during Tube Düsseldorf, the ITA recognizes the important con- tribution that is made by speakers at its technical conferences held since the previous exhibition and selects one outstanding paper for the Award.
This year’s Award was presented to M. Marc Choquet, VP Laser NDE, of Tecnar Automation Ltée in Quebec, Canada, for his presentation, “Novel Signal Processing Of On-line Wall Thickness Gauge Pro les For Production Monitoring Of Hot Seamless Steel Tube Plants“. (See the Technical Committee report.)
Some upcoming events fell under the heading of ‘Any Other Business’ and the meeting was wrapped up with members looking forward to an informal chat, the usual busi- ness of a trade fair, and an ‘after- party’ at the ITA booth.
International Tube Association e.V.
Tel.: +49 211 947-5650 Fax: +49 211 947-3938
info@itatube.org www.itatube.org
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