MSA News October 2019

Notice for Special General Meeting

4pm Monday 14th October 2019 (6pm NZT)

The MSA Committee invites all members to attend/join this Special General Meeting via Teleconference or at NMIA Lindfield.
 
The following motion will be put to the meeting: Noting that the MSA constitution requires that the Committee must convene an annual general meeting within five months after the end of each financial year, the special general meeting hereby agrees to defer the AGM to be held during the MSA Conference in March 2020.

Join this meeting by either - Local Teleconference numbers:
Melbourne 03 8687 0635        
Gold Coast 07 5560 0956
Adelaide 08 8220 0836                     
Hobart 03 6218 0647
Brisbane 07 3811 0988                     
Perth 08 9460 0829
Canberra 02 6210 0851                    
Sydney 02 9696 0774
New Zealand 0800 449 288 (or +61 2 9009 0857)

Guest access code 12803541#

Or join in person at - NMIA Lindfield Reception at 3.45pm, to proceed to meeting room A208. 
NMIA, 36 Bradfield Rd, West Lindfield Tel: 0418 551 522 (Khaled)  

Unable to attend? – your proxy or electronic vote is welcomed, please email secretary@metrology.asn.au

NATA MSA 2020 MELBOURNE, 3 - 5 March 2020

• Register early for discounted rates until 3/12/2019
• Full registration (3 days) for members is only AUD$500
• Discounted accommodation options
• Welcome Function Monday 2nd March 5pm
• Abstracts due 11 October
• Plenary Speakers Announced
• https://metrology.asn.au/MSA2020

MSA2020 Plenary Speakers Announced

The MSA2020 organisers are pleased to have confirmed the following outstanding speakers:

• Dr Barry Inglis, retired President of the CIPM, “The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and its Role in the 21st Century”.
• Dr Murray Early, Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand, “The 2019 SI Redefinition: Now what?”. 
• Dr Jonathan Mittaz, University of Reading, UK, “Applying principles of metrology to Earth Observation satellite data”.

Thanks to our MSA2020 Sponsors, it’s not too late to sign up!



Our National Labs are upgrading

Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand

Construction is well underway on the new building at the Gracefield Innovation Quarter in Lower Hutt that will house MSL’s Temperature and Electrical Standards. The building completion is expected around March 2020 and the move will be staged to minimise service interruption. Once there is more certainty about the timing, MSL will ensure customers are advised of the possible impact.

National Measurement Institute Australia

NMIA have just announced their plans to consolidate, refurbish and upgrade their site at 36 Bradfield Road, Lindfield, NSW.  These works are due to begin in the second quarter of 2020 and will take up to 2 years. 
This significant investment in refurbishment positions NMI to continue a high level of service to you while enabling more rapid, flexible and effective responses to technological and scientific shifts going into the future. As you can appreciate, with a major building project such as this, it is unavoidable that some of the calibration and testing services provided by the Physical Metrology branch will be temporarily impacted. Some laboratories may be offline for a period or have reduced service capacity. NMI will endeavour to make sure you are fully informed of any potential impact on our service delivery to your business.

The Metrology Society of Australasia
www.metrology.asn.au

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