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<div dir="auto">Thanks to all of the volunteers and counties (list of 45 countries - <a href="https://www.iso.org/committee/4857971.html?view=participation" target="_blank">https://www.iso.org/committee/<wbr>4857971.html?view=<wbr>participation</a>)
who have participated in the ISO process so far. This is a huge effort
with many volunteers who developed text, reviewed comments, and updated
documents as part of the ISO working groups. Less visibly, though perhaps more importantly, there are also committees
within each country that have reviewed documents, provided comments, and
voted to approve or disapprove documents. This effort has led to where
we are today...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We have 2
documents (Terms and Definitions; Voluntary Performance Targets) that
have been approved by the TC 285 countries for publication. These documents are
being processed for publication by ISO, and as soon as they are online,
I'll make sure to get the word out. There is also 1 document
(Laboratory Testing) that has been approved at all the previous stages,
and has one final ballot for publication. These new documents represent
the experiences of all of the ISO participating experts and countries.
People working in the sector shared what's worked, limitations with
previous testing methods, and their different needs in different
situations, and collaboratively built something better.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We
also expect to have continual improvement. What we will have now is
better than where we were in the past, with older protocols. The goal of this ISO effort is to improve on old protocols and start implementing the new methods. We also
know that we will continue to learn into the future, and the ISO process allows us to
update documents and add additional documents. In fact, ISO requires
regular updates after documents are published. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">ISO
is a process where people who are interested are welcome to sign up and
jump in. This makes sure we have diverse and independent viewpoints in
the ISO development and review. For anyone who had not signed up (which is OK too - we can't force anyone to sign up),
here is a video that effectively and accurately portrays how it all
works, and what your colleagues have been working on. </div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://youtu.be/2er292LRvsw" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/2er292LRvsw</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If
you are part of the ISO TC 285 family, I also highly recommend the
video. I'm curious if anyone recognizes the main character in the
video...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto">Ranyee</div></div>
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