02/2005 11 May
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	Member News Greetings from the President Greetings to all IRG Members and Sponsors and a happy May Day! READ LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Dr Sandy McQuire, one time member of IRG and a former Director of the Forest Products Division at FRI, passed away on 8 April 2005, aged 79. Sandy joined the New Zealand Forest Service in 1949 as a Professional Trainee. He went on to complete a BSc in Botany at Auckland University, a BFor at Edinburgh and then, in 1970, a PhD at Leeds University, where he was sponsored by Hicksons. As a researcher, Sandy's main contribution was the development of timber treatment processes and he championed the establishment of graveyard and service tests. He was well known in wood preservation circles around the world, particularly in the UK and USA. A quote in the book "Characters of FRI" from Dr Colin Basset (former FRI Director of Research): "Sandy was an excellent scientist, a top academic, and a hard and productive worker. One of his strengths was his ability to interact effectively with all kinds of people in industry, from top to bottom, and interpret scientific knowledge in a user-friendly way - crucial for an Institute directly serving an industry." Sandy was also famous for his enthusiastic participation in a number of extra-curricular activities - he played for several FRI sports teams including basketball, cricket, rugby and golf and was well known for challenging his colleagues, particularly in the wee small hours at BWPDA meetings, to "NZ West Coast" bar games, expertise at which required the consumption of immoderate amounts of alcohol! In New Zealand parlance: "He was a good keen man!" Mick Hedley Wood Products and Processing Forest Research, Rotorua, NZ Gareth Williams Scholarship Award The Gareth Williams Scholarship Award by Arch Chemicals is given to the best student presentation at an IRG Annual Conference. At IRG 36 in Bangalore, India, the Award went to Ms Tripti Singh, ensis, Forest Research, New Zealand, for her excellent paper on 'Characterisations of the mode of action(s) of Methylene bisthiocyanate (MBT) in Ophiostoma floccosum', co-authored by Bernhard Kreber, Alison Stewart and Marlene Jaspers, see IRG/WP 05-10554. Ron Cockroft Award 2006 Although it is more than one year to the next Annual Meeting, we will remind potential applicants for the RCA 2006 that the deadline for applications is 15 December 2005. For criteria and application form, see IRG/WP 03-60177. IRG Travel Awards Younger scientists, IRG members as well as non-members, may apply for an IRG Travel Award. This award is intended for short-term scientific missions and the maximum award is SEK 12.500 (approximately USD 1.800), see IRG/WP 03-60175 for criteria and application form. There is no particular deadline for applications. Report from the Plenary 2005 Click here IRG/WP 05-60212 for report from the Plenary 2005 and final list of registrants. Late and corrected IRG 36 documents Late and corrected documents from IRG 36 will be posted for download on the IRG website during May. IRG 37 deadline for contributions The deadline for contributions to the Annual Meeting in Tromsø next year is 15 April 2006. New members The IRG welcomes the following new members that have been approved since the Plenary 2004 by the Executive Council. READ INFORMATION IRG 36 retrospective The IRG 36th Annual Meeting took place on 24 - 28 April in Bangalore, India. READ INFORMATION Regulatory News NWPC list of approved wood preservatives Click here for an updated list of wood preservatives approved by the Nordic Wood Preservation Council (NWPC). Please note that the retention figures refer to the formulation specified by the manufacturer. The same wood preservative may be specified in different ways, and the NWPC approved retentions are not necessarily comparable to approved retentions by other approval bodies. Business News Timber firms on cartel counts Four timber companies and seven executives are to defend themselves in the High Court after the Commerce Commission laid civil proceedings alleging cartel behaviour. The proceedings are for the alleged sharing of prices, price-fixing, collusion and bid-rigging during a four-year period from 1998. READ INFORMATION Biological laboratory in Switzerland For a new laboratory in Switzerland we are currently working hard to find a Biologist that specialises in Materials Protection. Particular experience in wood is most beneficial. It is an excellent opportunity for a specialist capable of leading global projects in Materials Protection and who can manage a small local team to conduct the essential experiments. For a full detailed specification please contact Matthew Worby. Training in timber treatment wanted If your institute/university in any country can offer postgraduate diploma training courses in timber treatment aspects, please respond to Andrew T. Goto CMIWSc (IRG member). Queensland Forest Products Research positions Young forest products researchers that might be interested in moving to sunny Queensland for the position as Research Team Leaders - Forest Product Development and Process Development should contact Michael Kennedy or Jack Norton. Scientific News 2005 AWPA Book of Standards The 2005 AWPA Book of Standards contains the most recent updates to standards pertaining to wood preservatives and wood preservation. The 2005 AWPA Book of Standards is available as a printed softcover book, a searchable CD-ROM, or as a print/CD combination. OPEN ORDER FORM IRG Secretariat News The Compendium The Executive Council decided that the updated Compendium shall be made available on-line on the website for members and sponsors from next year. For those who prefer, a DVD version will also be available for a nominal fee of SEK 200. The Compendium can be ordered from the IRG Secretariat. IRG Index database 2005 - BIBLIO Version The IRG index database 1969 - 2005 is available on DVD including more than 3600 abstracts and papers as well as the papers prepared for the Symposium "Environment and wood preservation" 2005 in Cannes-Mandelieu, France, (IRG/WP 05-50224:1-27) and the previous events in 1990, 1993, 1995, and 2001. A web-based version is available for members and sponsors as soon as the Executive Council agrees. You may order the Index from the IRG Secretariat. Sponsor the IRG e-Newsletter! IRG regular sponsors and members' institutes are kindly invited to sponsor the production of the IRG e-Newsletter in order to cover the costs involved for production of the same. The IRG e-Newsletter is scheduled for six issues per year, and for each issue a sponsor is welcome. The fee for sponsoring the e-Newsletter is USD 300 (SEK 2.100) in 2005. The e-Newsletter sponsor will then get the company/institute logo on the front page and a link to the company/institute website. For sponsoring the first three issues of the e-Newsletter, Janssen Pharmaceutica, CSI and US Borax are kindly acknowledged. Please contact the IRG Secretariat, if you are interested in sponsoring the e-Newsletter. Contact details Please report any change of contact details (address, e-mail, tel, fax) to the IRG Secretariat immediately in order to facilitate the Secretariat's communication with Members and Sponsors. Legal Information Read legal information here Editorial If you have information related to wood protection being of general interest for Regular Members, Student Members or IRG Sponsors, please email to the NiB editor with the name of the web page and the URL.					Sponsor Sponsor of this issue: Events Holzbauforum (20 May 2005, Leipzig, Germany) 8th International Conference on Woodfiber-Plastic Composites (23 - 25 May 2005, Madison, USA) 3rd European Thermowood-Workshop - Thermofloring (02 - 03 June 2005, Dresden, Germany) FPS Forest Products Society Group 59th International Convention (19 - 22 June 2005, Québec City, Canada) 3rd International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (10 - 14 July 2005, Bar Harbor, USA) BIOENERGY 2005 in Wood Industry (12 - 15 September 2005, Jyväskylä, Finland) 9th European Panel Products Symposium EPPS (05 - 07 October 2005, Llandudno, United Kingdom) 1st International Conference on Environmental Exposure and Health (05 - 07 October 2005, Atlanta, USA) 2nd European Conference on Wood Modification (06 - 07 October 2005, Göttingen, Germany) Wood Adhesives 2005 (02 - 04 November 2005, San Diego, USA) Innovative and sustainable use of forest resources (09 - 10 November 2005, Stockholm, Sweden) Building Materials Reuse and Recycling: Decon05 Conference (07 - 08 November 2005, Atlanta, USA) SP-Trätek Wood Preservation Meeting (10 - 11 November 2005, Borås, Sweden) COST Actions IRG Documents Conditions for IRG Membership (187kb, PDF) Conditions of the RCA Scheme (127kb, PDF) Guidelines for Giving an Oral Presentation at an IRG Conference (151kb, PDF) IRG Travel Award for Short-term Scientific Missions (167kb, PDF) Archives IRG News in Brief 01/2005 16 March 2005 IRG News in Brief 12 January 2004 IRG News 01 September 2003