Imagine spending your Sunday morning catching up on reading Printing across boards posts. Imagine also, that this was the “quote of the day” that popped up on your computer first thing this morning:
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
– A. Maslow
You now have a pretty good understanding of my state of mind when I cam across this post from David McDowell which I am re-posting with his permission.
pab Digest, Vol 15, Issue 3
Message: 6
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:32:37 -0400
From: david.mcdowell@kodak.com
Subject: Re: Re(3): [pab] Confusion about GRACoL, GRACoL 7 and G7
To: Printing Across Borders ? open discussion forumPeter
1. You said “in the UK its the British Standards Institute (BSI) who must appoint someone – but I have no idea how . and it is far from representing the printing and publishing industry.”
If you care enough get involved. It is open to anyone who is willing to participate. Contact Brian Sunderland who is the coordinator of the UK shadow group to TC130. .
2. You said ” is allowing every man and his dog to promote their own standard.” ISO is not a police agency. It’s function is to provide a world wide forum for the establishment of standards that can be developed and used world wide. It is the many local and/or special-interest industry groups (who are trying to make money from standards activities or build membership) that are encouraging and enabling every man and his dog to promote their own standard rather than work through ISO.
As has been shown time and time again it is the time required to make good decisions that dictates how long it takes to create a standard not the ISO process.
Remember ISO Committees are people from the industry involved NOT some anonymous bureaucrats. For the printing and publishing industry, ISO is the members of the industry who are willing to GET INVOLVED – it is us. Yes, in each country there is one coordinating body, usually the national standards body, but involvement is open to all affected parties.
Believe me – it works
David Q. McDowell
Chair of USTAG to ISO TC130
Chair of TC130/WG2
51 Parkwood Lane
Penfield, NY 14526
Tel: 585-383-1706, Cel: 585-281-8429
E-mails: mcdowell@kodak.com
mcdowell@npes.org
dmcdowel@rochester.rr.com