Engineered Wood Journal - Spring 2009 - (Page 11) Dateline APA John Murphy Appointed Chair of EWTA Committee APA Trustee John Murphy was recently appointed chairman of the Engineered Wood Technology Association (EWTA) Advisory Committee, succeeding Dr. Fu-Shou Lin, who has retired from GeorgiaPacific Wood Products. Murphy has been an APA trustee since 1998 and was chairman of the Board of Trustees from Sept. 2003 to Nov. 2005. Lin, who served on the committee for more than a decade and as chairman since 2004, was praised by EWTA Managing Director Terry Kerwood for his “dedicated service and valuable insights over many years.” EWTA (www.engineeredwood.org) is a related supplier organization of APA. Its Advisory Committee reports to the APA Board of Trustees. International Code Council code report process. Nearly 40 APA Product Reports have been issued to date on behalf of a dozen APA members. The new System Report can be downloaded as a PDF from the Publications section of the APA website. Services Division, was appointed by the PPA Board of Directors to succeed him as secretary/treasurer. She has provided administrative support to PPA for the past six years. The Pioneers Association is a fraternal organization of retired and active members of the plywood manufacturing and supplier industries. Founded in 1964, it publishes historical monographs, supports university scholarship programs, and undertakes other educational and fraternal activities. More information about the organization can be found at www. apawood.org/plywoodpioneers/. ● Boise’s Medford Plywood Mill Joins APA Boise Cascade’s Medford, Oregon plywood mill joined APA, effective March 1. The mill becomes the company’s third APA member facility. The other two are its plywood plants in Oakdale and Florien, La. “We are delighted to welcome another Boise Cascade mill to the APA membership ranks and look forward to providing the Medford facility the very best in quality assurance, technical assistance and market support services,” said APA President Dennis Hardman. Mary Jo Nyblad, Boise Cascade’s sales and marketing manager, is a member of the APA Board of Trustees and chairperson of the Association’s Marketing Advisory Committee. Bill Robison to Be Honored by Plywood Pioneers Retired APA President Bill Robison, who also recently stepped down from his volunteer position of secretary/treasurer of the Plywood Pioneers Association (PPA), will be honored for his years of service to the industry at the organization’s annual meeting to be held May 29 in Tacoma. Robison, who was with APA for 41 years and retired in 1992, has been active with the Pioneers Association since then. Yvonne Nemes, an administrative assistant in APA’s Technical 11 APA Publishes First in Series of System Reports The first in a planned series of APA System Reports designed to facilitate the use of engineered wood systems was published recently. The reports cover systems that may not be referenced in building codes but that can be used as alternatives to code provisions The new report, Design for Combined Shear and Uplift from Wind, Form SR-101, is based in part on combined shear and uplift testing conducted at the APA Research Center in Tacoma. The System Report series follows the successful introduction in 2006 of APA Product Reports, which provide APA members a means to introduce products to the marketplace without the initial cost or expensive delays of the normal Engineered Wood Journal • Spring 2009 http://www.apawood.org/plywoodpioneers/ http://www.apawood.org/plywoodpioneers/ http://www.pro-tec-toproducts.com http://www.engineeredwood.org
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