Presidents Message, Eva Ewing, CIH

This all day meeting with lunch will be held at the Johns Creek Ciba Vision facility. See the enclosed agenda for directions. Based on past history, 1 CM point will be awarded for the program. We hope to see you there and encourage your evolvement. Don't delay until the next millennium to attend a local section meeting!

Our dates for future meetings. Please mark your calendars as follows:

• Winter meeting ­ January 24 at Georgia Power
• Spring meeting ­ April 10

AIHA Gov. Affairs Updates

The Mid-Summer update (July 23, 99) covers: The Safe Act, Whistleblower reform, expansion of OSHA coverage, Voluntary Protection Program, ergonomics, and regulatory reform. News on the regulatory front includes: standard-setting, ergonomics in North Carolina, OSHA audit aolicy, The Health And Safety Program Standard, recordkeeping, and consultation visits.

The latest update (September 8, 99) talks about delays in the Health and Safety Program Standard, the next steps in moving forward on the Erogonmics Standard, the OSHA budget for FY 2000, the Regulatory Small Business Assistance Act, H.R. 296, efforts to re-authorize funding for EPA's Office of Noise, Abatement and Control, and the latest delay in the VPP Bill.

Georgia IH Council, Kevin Gara, CIH

We've put our heads together and developed some ideas for the Fall that we think you will find exciting. Topical areas include:

• State Agency Rule-making to recognize the safety and health professions,
• Service Mark to prevent misrepresentation of credentials (through secretary of state's office),
• Legislative updates: (Georgia, neighboring states, Washington D.C.),
• Business/community outreach strategy.

Officer Nominations Needed

It's again time to be thinking of potential candidates, or to consider serving on the Georgia Local Section (GLS) Executive Committee next year. Nominations are being sought for President Elect., Secretary, Treasurer, and First Year Director. The slate of candidates will be presented at the GLS Winter Meeting on January 24, 2000. At the meeting, GLS members may offer additional names for nomination. All candidates must be members of the National AIHA. If you are interested or would like to nominate someone contact Brenda Southerland, Georgia Power, Phone 404-799-2110, FAX 404-799-2141, email brsouthe@southernco.com.

Web Site Update, Stan Salisbury, CIH

For those of you missed the summer meeting or didn't receive my website update announcement, you may not know about a new on-line tutorial posted on the "other links" page. If you want to learn more about how to find OSH information on the Web, or improve your skills using a web browser, check out this tutorial. It will probably take you more than one session to complete, especially if you follow all the links contained in the text that accompanies each slide.

For those of you having trouble finding our meeting announcement postings, now you no longer have an excuse. I've added a pop-up screen on the home page. Just click the button and there you have it. Otherwise, information about future and past meetings can be found on the "Calendar" page at: http://www.uga.edu/ehs/aiha/calendar.html.

Directory Changes: If you find your directory listing not correct, or if you want to be included in our email distribution of meeting announcements, agendas, and other time-sensitive items, please update your directory information (add your email address if not listed) through our Web site at:  http://www.uga.edu/ehs/aiha/members.html

For a complete list of our current email list, visit: http://www.uga.edu/ehs/aiha/glsemail.html

The following members have submitted phone number changes to the directory since our last printing. Please update your directory.

Scott Weiner: phone 678-415-4346
(note the new area code for Metro Atlanta)
Steve Glover: 706-737-5560
George Pineda: 404-504-2709
Steven D. Henry: 256-235-4128
Dennis Osmer: 678-415-3125
Regenia McMichael: 912-742-6067

The following members have an invalid email addresses in our directory:

Melinda Taylor
Andrew Teague
Tina Hayes
Annie Anderson
Deirdre Lyons-Gray
Tim Grubb
 

Please give us your corrected email address by submitting a directory change from. The form can be submitted from the GLS website "Membership" page.

Last newsletter for some!

ABIH Certification Maintenance

Activity: Winter Meeting

Date: 1/25/99
CM Points Awarded: 1.0 points
CM Approval # 11767
Activity: Spring Meeting

Date: 4/12/99
CM Points Awarded: 1 CM point
CM Approval # 12370
Activity: Summer Meeting

Date: 8/3/99
CM Points applied for

What's New?

A couple of new pages posted on the NIOSH website worth reviewing include: The NIOSH Alert on management of hazardous energy (Lock-Out/ Tag-Out). This Publication (99-110) is found at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/99-110.html

The document contains a review of five case studies giving examples of uncontrolled kinetic, electrical, potential, and thermal energy.

While you're visiting the NIOSH site, check out their new page on noise induced hearing loss. This page has links to many other hearing conservation resources including a pretty neat page that lets you guess how loud different workplace noises are. The page address is: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/noise.html.

I found the speech given by OSHA Director Charles Jeffress at the June 99 ASSE Professional Development Conference interesting. If you would like to read his presentation, visit the OSHA Web site. The speech is posted at URL:

http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshDoc/Speech_data/SP19990614.html

On August 12, 1999, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley announced intentions to close the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). For details see: http://204.193.246.62/public.nsf/docs/FFF05791D63331D1852567CB00693643

The AIHCE 2000 Local Conference Committee in Orlando has set up a special web page to facilitate communications and to help with volunteer recruitment. If you want to volunteer or if you just curious, you can visit their page at: http://www.segs-fit.org/aihce2000/.

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