History of NCSL International

• Education and Training Committee revitalized.
• RP-5, Preparation of Specifications, published.
• Annual Conference held at NBS – Gaithersburg, Maryland.

• Butler Community College initiated a Metrology Program with a $10,000 contribution from NCSL.
• 9th US Region established.
• Annual Conference held at NBS – Boulder, Colorado.

• First International Director, Graham Cameron (Canada) appointed.
• First Section Meeting held in Southern California.
• NCSL Board votes to take an advocacy position in support of NBS.
• Dues are increased from $50 to $100 — 1st increase in 17 years.
• Annual Conference held at NBS – Gaithersburg, Maryland.

• First NCSL invited-testimony before Congress.
• Membership and Publicity Committee initiated.
• First NMRC report published.
• Annual Conference held at NBS – Boulder, Colorado.

• Government Affairs Committee initiated.
• Annual Conference held at NBS – Gaithersburg, Maryland.

• Implemented NCSL Business Computer System.
• George Uriano appointed as NIST Representative.
• Board of Directors increased by one Vice President (VP of Training and Education).
• Canada Region established.
• Annual Conference held at NBS – Boulder, Colorado.

• NCSL celebrated its 25th Anniversary.
• Twenty-fifth Anniversary Newsletter published.
• Annual Conference held at NBS – Gaithersburg, Maryland.
• NBS Sponsorship disestablished.
• NCSL Headquarters opens in Boulder, Colorado.
  • Ken Armstrong becomes 1st Business Manager.
  • Joan Wilshire becomes 1st Administrative Assistant to Ken Armstrong.
• Equipment Management Forum established.
• RP-6, "Medical Products and Pharmaceutical Industry Calibration Control System Guide," published.
• Dues increased from $100 to $125.

• RP-7, Laboratory Design, published.
• Joe Simmons succeeds George Uriano as NIST Representative.
• NCSL incorporated as a corporation of the State of Colorado.
• First exhibitors at Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.
• Region 5 is split into two, and the new region becomes Region 11.
• International Region is designated as Region 10.
• NCSL logo becomes legal trademark.
• RP-3, Calibration Procedures, republished with major updates.
• RP-8, Equipment Evaluation Guidelines, published.
• Glossary Committee established.
• Annual Conference held in Washington, D.C.

• Intrinsic and Derived Standards Committee established.
• Board of Directors increased by a Vice President (VP) of Conference Management.
• International Development Committee established.
• SI 1990 stickers representing the change in the electrical units, designed and published.
• RP-9, Calibration Laboratory Capability, published.
• RP-1, Establishment and Adjustment of Calibration Intervals, was revised and republished.
• Annual Conference held in Denver, Colorado.
• Wilbur Anson, retired from NBS, succeeds Ken Armstrong as Business Manager of NCSL.

• Appeared before Department of Commerce hearing on improving US participation in international standards activities.
• Dues increased from $125 to $175.
• Total Quality Management Committee on Calibration Systems established.
• NCSL Metrology Job Exchange established on Electronic Bulletin Board, with initial utilization by Metrologists leaving military service.
• Annual Conference held in Washington, D.C.

• Documentation on international compatibility of NIST standards initiated.
• NCSL celebrate its 30th Anniversary.
• First NCSL President from outside the US; Graham Cameron, Canada.
• Canada established as Region 12 and the concept of Area Coordinator approved.
• NCSL formally requested that NIST establish a national Calibration Laboratory Accreditation program.
• Annual Conference moves away from NIST.
  • The Albuquerque New Mexico event drew record attendance of 740.
• The revised "Calibration Laboratory Manager's Guidebook" published.
• The first Recommended Intrinsic and Derived Standards Practice, RISP-1, Array Josephson Junction, published.
• RP-10, "Establishment and Operation of an Electrical Utility Metrology Laboratory" published.
• R P-11, "Reports & Certificates of Calibration" published.
• Doris Schaffner is added to Business Office Staff.

• RISP-2, "Triple Point of Water" published.
• Bylaw changes approved.
• Position of Director deleted.
• Position of Division Vice President created.
• NCSL made formal application to ANSI to become an accredited standards writing body in the area of Metrology.
• Annual NCSL Conference held in Washington D.C.

• Georgia Harris, NIST, becomes first woman on the NCSL Board of Directors.
• RP-7, Laboratory Design, revised edition published.
• RP-12, Determining and Reporting Measurement Uncertainties, approved for publication.
• "Metrology Glossary" approved for publication.
• "NCSL Acronym List" compiled and published.
• Bylaw changes approved.
• The Institute for National Measurement Standards of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC-INMS) appoints Roy VanKoughnett a representative to the NCSL BoD as NRC National Standards Laboratory Representative for Canada.
• First annual NCSL/NRC-INMS management meeting held in Ottawa, Canada.
• Annual NCSL Conference held in Albuquerque NM.

• The "Calibration Laboratory Managers Guidebook" was translated into Japanese and Hindi.
• Peter Heydemann succeeds Joe Simmons as NIST Representative.
• The International Area of India was established as Region 13.
• The ANSI/NCSL Z540-1, Calibration laboratories and Measuring and Test Equipment Standard received final ANSI approval.
• The Annual Conference held in Chicago, Illinois:
  • record attendance of 1,003 people.
• RP-12, Determining and Reporting Measurement Uncertainties, was published.
• The NCSL Glossary of Metrology Related Terms was published.
• A Dues increase was approved for 1995 from $175 to $225.
• Henry Sostmann was named winner of the 1994 Wildhack Award.
• The revised RISP-1, Josephson Voltage Standard, was published.
• Section, Region and Area Coordinator's Guidebook was published.

• The DoD cancelled Mil Std 45662A on February 27, 1995, and adopted ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 as a replacement. The Z540-1 was widely accepted, as indicated by more than 6,000 copies being sold the first year.
• The Annual Conference held in Dallas, Texas:
  • total record attendance of 1,052.
• Mike Suraci was named winner of the 1995 Wildhack Award.
• NCSL agreed to participate with ASQC/MQD in establishing a scholarship memorial fund in memory of Joe Simmons, who passed away this year.
• NCSL encouraged its Membership and other interested parties to write to their Congressmen regarding the HR-1456 bill restructuring the DOC.
• Project "Vision 2000", identifying future goals of NCSL, was completed and its key results incorporated into the 1996-2000 NCSL Long-Range Planning document.
• NCSL revised publications:
  • RISP-1
  • RISP-2, and
  • RP-12 during 1995.

• NCSL celebrates its 35th Anniversary.
• 35th Anniversary Newsletter Supplement published.
• Gary Hysert succeeds Roy VanKoughnett as NRC Representative.
• The Annual Conference held in Monterey, California had a total record attendance of 1,206.
• Founding NCSL President, Curt Biggs, attends Conference.
• Gary Davidson was named winner of the 1996 Wildhack Award.
• NCSL revised publications:
  • RP-1, Establishment and Adjustment of Calibration Intervals.
  • RP-13, Computer Systems in Metrology, was published.
  • RP-2 was withdrawn because the subject matter is fully covered by ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 and the Handbook for the Interpretation and Application of ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994.
  • NCSL’s second ANSI standard, U.S. Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (ANSI/NCSL Z540-2-199X), was submitted to ANSI for review and public comment.
  • NCSL published “Handbook for the Interpretation and Application of ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994”. 
• NCSL went “on-line” with our own web page.

• The Biennial United States National Measurement Requirements Committee Report was published and delivered to NIST.
• The Annual Conference was held in Atlanta, Georgia new record attendance of 1,235, with representatives from 37 countries.
• Bob Weber was named winner of the 1997 Wildhack Award.
• NCSL revised publications RISP-3 Quantized Hall Resistance was Published.
• ANSI/NCSL Z540-2-1997, “U.S. Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement,” was published.
• Wilbur Anson retired as NCSL Business Manager after eight years of service to NCSL and its Membership.

• Board of Directors assignments re-aligned, VP for Standards Policy established.
• NCSL revised publications:
  • RISP-4: “Deadweight Pressure Gauges” was published.
  • RP-6 was revised and approved for publication. 
  • The “Guide to Standards Laboratory Environments” was approved for publication. 
• Board approves the invitation to Mexico to have a permanent, non-voting, member from CENAM on the NCSL Board of Directors.
• Mr. Ray Kammer, NIST Director delivered the Key Note Address at the Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• The proceedings of the Conference were published on CD ROM.
• Klaus Jaeger was named winner of the 1998 Wildhack Award.
• Members of the Board met with NIST management in Gaithersburg, MD and Boulder, CO to discuss issues related to accreditation of Metrology laboratories.
• An “Encyclopedia of Metrology”- Seven Years of NCSL Conference Proceedings published on CD ROM.
• NCSL web page ncsl-hq.org maintenance moved to the Boulder office.
• Boulder Office services expanded to better serve the needs of the organization.
• An NCSL Workshop was held in Egypt in November.
• Annual NCSL Conference held in Albuquerque New Mexico: Attendance 1,102.

• Committees for Automotive Metrology and Chemical Metrology were established.
• CENAM, Mexico appoints Dr. Salvador Echeverria-Villagomez as CENAM representative to the Board of Directors.
• Dr. Karen Brown, NIST Deputy Director delivered a luncheon address at the Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. 
• Boulder office was rearranged and modernized.
• Norm Belecki was named winner of the 1999 Wildhack Award.
• Members of the Executive Committee met with NIST management in Gaithersburg.
• Craig Gulka was selected as the new NCSL Business Manager.
• NCSL revised publications:
  • Catalog of Intrinsic and Derived Standards was published.
  • Guide for Interlaboratory Comparisons (RP-15) was published.
  • Guide to Selecting Standards Laboratory Environment (RP-14) was published.
  • Acronym List was published.
  • Calibration and Control Systems for the Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Industry (RP-6) was published.
• NCSL’s 1st President Curtis Biggs passes away.
• Dues increase was approved for year 2000 from $225 to $325 with reduction to $300 for early bird registration. New Member Dues for first year were raised to $400.
• Dr. Richard H.F. Jackson succeeds Dr. Peter Heydemann as NIST representative to the Board of Directors.
• NIST Laboratory Directors presented overviews of their laboratories at the Board meetings: Dr. Katharine Gebbie for the NIST Physics Laboratories;
• Dr. Hratch Semerjian for the NIST Chemistry Laboratories;
• Dr. Richard H.F. Jackson for the NIST Manufacturing and Engineering Laboratories.
• Annual NCSL Conference held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Attendance 1,123.
• Tutorials added for the first time to annual conference (3 pre and 1 post sessions).