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THIS STATEMENT REFLECTS THE LANGUAGE OF ASTM'S CHARTER AND MAKES CLEAR THE SOCIETY'S COMMITMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF HIGH-QUALITY STANDARDS AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION IN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE FIELDS, AND TO STRENGTHENING THE ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF ASTM INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL BREADTH. true false 53328614 181343 69657903 Founded in 1898, ASTM International provides a forum in which a broad range of stakeholders from around the world come together to create voluntary consensus standards that serve as the building blocks of international trade, product quality, and public safety. ASTMs standards are developed by some 30,000 individual members who represent multinational corporations, small businesses, government, and academia. ASTM also offers ways for business and industry to better use our standards through training, certification programs, and laboratory proficiency testing. Following are examples of how ASTM staff and members support our mission to serve global societal needs, positively impact public health and safety, consumer confidence, and overall quality of life, helping our world work better. New Committees and Subcommittees Address Emerging Societal Needs: The lifeblood of ASTMs work is its technical committees, comprised of volunteer stakeholders who drive standards development. In 2015: - Industry stakeholders came to ASTM to form a new technical committee, F46 on Aerospace Personnel. Members of this committee have begun developing internationally accepted standards that define the core competencies for maintenance technicians and others. Employers will benefit from broader and more uniform acceptance of expected knowledge and skills. This committees work also addresses looming workforce retirements and shortages while improving job opportunities for thousands who work in this field and increasing public safety. - Under several other existing committees, new subcommittees that will help improve health, safety, and the environment were formed on: 1.) Burner fuels and diesel fuel oils (petroleum and lubricants committee) 2.) Education and workforce development (nanotechnology committee) 3.) Water use and conservation (sustainability committee) 4.) Rubber recycling (rubber committee) 5.) Environment, health and safety (additive manufacturing committee) 6.) Freestyle terrain jump features (snow skiing committee) 7.) Torch fuels (consumer products committee) New Standards Protect Consumers: A large number of ASTM standards protect consumers by establishing safety requirements for products used in our everyday lives. Here are just a few of many examples of how ASTM standards were introduced and used to help protect citizens in 2015: - ASTMs sports equipment committee published a standard for womens lacrosse headgear, which was developed by experts from the lacrosse community, the medical field, the biomechanics industry, and product testing laboratories. - ASTMs consumer products committee developed a new safety standard for labeling and packaging individually wrapped liquid-detergent laundry packets to help prevent accidental ingestion. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission adopted ASTMs fuel-container standard, which helps prevent injury from gasoline burns. - The ASTM standard for drywall was cited in the U.S. Federal Register, fulfilling a goal of the Drywall Safety Act of 2012 to create a standard for limited sulfur content in drywall. Supporting the Growth of Smart Manufacturing: New technologies are rapidly transforming manufacturing, resulting in greater efficiencies, cost savings, and better employment opportunities. Here are just a few of ASTMs contributions to smart manufacturing in 2015: - ASTMs Smart Manufacturing Advisory Committee continued to provide the opportunity for stakeholders across diverse smart manufacturing technologies to discuss innovations, standards development, and how ASTM can work with new partners in these areas. - A new standard was developed by ASTMs committee on 3D imaging systems that will help evaluate the performance of laser scanners used in 3D imaging. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration adopted two ASTM nanotechnology standards to its List of Recognized Standards. Global Outreach Supports Economic Development and Global Trade: In line with World Trade Organization principles, ASTMs open standards development process and its state-of-the-art internet-based tools welcome and support stakeholder participation from all nations. In addition, ASTM proactively reaches out to developing countries to help them establish strong standards infrastructures. More broadly, thousands of ASTM standards are cited by governments and others worldwide, helping strengthen global trade. In 2015, ASTMs global outreach efforts were very active in encouraging international contributions to and use of ASTM standards. - Our Memorandum of Understanding program (with nearly 100 participants) encourages the participation of technical experts from around the world in the ASTM standards development process and broadens the global acceptance and use of our standards. In 2015, MOUs were signed with: 1.) The African Organization for Standardization 2.) The Angolan Institute of Standardization and Quality 3.) The Institute for Standardization of Montenegro - ASTM also has programs that welcome staff members of MOU signatories for training stints at our headquarters. In 2015, we trained representatives from Costa Rica, Indonesia, Kenya, and Korea. - ASTM staff and volunteer technical committee members participated in 2015 in industry events around the world, raising awareness of our standards and encouraging participation in our process. Notable outreach was undertaken in the Middle East, Latin America, Asia Pacific, India, South Africa, and Europe. Outreach to Students and Teachers: Faced with limited classroom time and ambitious curricula, professors need easy ways to fit the critical subject of standardization into their syllabi. ASTMs academic outreach program helps educate the next generation of technical experts and leaders about the importance of standards. Some notable examples in 2015 include: - The development of a new, multilingual toolkit for professors, providing all the tools educators need to teach about standards: education modules and presentations, curricula, videos, and more. - The awarding of three $10,000 scholarships to deserving graduate students, and several additional smaller project grants. - The launch of a pilot program to encourage the participation of emerging professionals in ASTM technical committee activities. About ASTM International: ASTM International provides a global forum for the development and publication of international voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems and services. Known for their high technical quality and market relevance, ASTM standards are used in research and development, product testing, codes, and quality systems. Combined with our innovative business services, ASTM standards are a critical element of the information infrastructure that guides manufacturing and trade in the global economy. ASTMs membership comprises 30,000 technical experts from over 140 countries. These technical experts serve on one or more of ASTMs 145 technical committees, developing standards for a broad range of areas including metals, paints, plastics, textiles, petroleum, construction, aviation, energy, the environment, consumer products, electronics, medical services and devices, computerized systems, homeland security and much more. Over 12,000 ASTM standards are published each year and can be found in the 80+ volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards or online on the ASTM website. 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Thomas received his Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Distribution in 2015 in accordance with the terms of his Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan. Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions When ASTM pays for a companion to travel with either the President or the Chairman of the Board, the amount is included in the President's W-2 or a 1099 for the Chairman of the Board. Part I, Line 4B The following individuals, Participate in a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan as part of their deferred compensation. The individuals are listed below and the amount of the deferred compensation is reported on Schedule, J, Part II, Column C. John Pace, VP Publications & Marketing Thomas O'Brien, VP General Counsel Katharine Morgan, Executive Vice President Part I, Line 7 The organization provides the opportunity for certain non-fixed payments to employees, described as follows. The executive committee of the board may set certain annual non-financial goals and metrics for the organization. If those goals/metrics are met, then an incentive is paid. No incentive or other non-fixed payments are contingent upon the financial performance of the organization. Robert Morgan Family Relationship 174433 Payroll false Melissa Thomas Family Relationship 82792 Payroll false James S Thomas Family Relationship 320864 payroll false Julia Lively Family Relationship 55558 payroll false Part IV, Line 1 Katharine Morgan, VP Tech Comm Oper, is the sister-in-law of Robert Morgan, Technical Committee Operations. Part IV, Line 2 James A. Thomas, President, is the father of Melissa Thomas, Meeting Manager. In addition to the above, James S. Thomas, Director international sales is the brother of Melissa Thomas. Part IV, Line 3 James A. Thomas, President, is the father of James S. Thomas, director international sales. Part IV, Line 4 Philip Lively, VP Info tech Development, is the father of Julia Lively, employee. X Donated Oil (See Part II) 0 941329 Averaging false false false Part I, Line 25, Donated Oil, Attachment 1 The donated oils are used for several purposes including calibrating equipment, researching new oils, and developing new test methods. Form 990, Page 1, Item G, Gross Receipts Per the Form 990 Instructions Gross Receipts in calculated as follows: Total Revenue (Part VIII, Line 12, COl A) $84,746,299 Add: Total Cost Basis of Assets Sales (Part VIII, Line 7b) 79,073,268 ------------ Total Gross Receipts $163,819,567 Form 990, Part I, Line 6 Volunteers - 23,645 The total number reported on Form 990 Part 1, Page 1, Line 6 represents the number of volunteer technical committee members and organizational committee members of ASTM International who have an active role in our standards development process. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 James A. Thomas, President, is the father of James S. Thomas, Assistant VP Sales & Marketing. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Lines 6, 7A & 7B The organization has members, who join by purchasing a membership or qualifying for a free membership from the organization. A nominating committee consisting of six Members appointed by the Board of Directors and three past chairmen of the Board of Directors select nominees for open board positions. All qualified members then vote on the nominees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B ASTM Board procedures 3.3 require, in part, that the finance and audit committee is responsible for "review and approval of return of organization exempt from income tax (IRS Form 990) and that each board member will have the opportunity to review and comment on the draft Form 990 prior to filing. An electronic draft of Form 990, including required schedules, is provided to each voting member of the ASTM Board prior to its filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b ASTM has a written conflict of interest policy. The conflict of interest policy defines conflicts of interest, identifies the classes of individuals within the organization covered by the policy, facilitates disclosure of information that may help identify conflicts of interest, and specifies procedures to be followed in managing conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15A & 15b Compensation of President and VP's: Pursuant to ASTM Board procedure 2.4 the Executive Committee is responsible for administering the President's employment agreement and compensation program; and pursuant to ASTM Board procedure 3.3 the finance and audit committee is responsible for monitoring ASTM employee benefits and salary administration programs and for making recommendations to the Board of Directors for such modifications as may be necessary. To that end, the Executive Committee of Board of Directors is authorized to contract, negotiate and set the salary and benefits package of the president. The practices and the procedures used to set the salary and benefits package are as follows: - Every year the executive committee receives salary/benefits survey information from American Research Company's National Compensation Study of Association Chief Staff Executives. - In addition to the annual American Research Company's National Compensation Study of Association Chief Staff, every 3rd year the Executive Committee Authorizes a salary and benefit benchmark report for the President's position from one of the major benefit consulting firms in the US (i.e. AON, Watson Wyatt. E&Y, Mercer, etc.) - All of the ASTM International staff positions are benchmarked at least every 3rd year by a major benefit consulting firm in the US. (1/3 of all positions are benchmarked every year) - This information is provided to the executive committee and the full Board of Directors during the annual budget review as part of the budget review process. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Pursuant to IRS Regulations, ASTM, upon request, makes the following available for public inspection: - Original and Amended, if any, annual information returns; - Application for tax exemption including its governing instruments, supporting documents and all IRS correspondence pertaining thereto; - Conflict of interest policy; and - Financial Statements. Form 990. Part VII, LINES 1A-1H COL. (A) AND PART IX, LINE 25 COL. (D) The American Society for Testing and Materials, a voluntary consensus standards developing organization, derives most of its funding from the sale of standards and related technical information. The organization does not do any formal fundraising. The organization does not actively solicit contributions from the public. Any contributions are solicited by our members for research projects, meeting expenses, and awards or scholarships. Form 990. PART XI, LINE 9, OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS Change in Retirement Benefit Obligation $2,053,876 Form 990, PART VII Due to the retirement of Margaret M. Cassidy, as of January 4, 2016, Philip L. Lively was named Treasurer of ASTM International. ASTM International LLC 100 Barr Harbor Drive Conshohocken PA 19428 412221144 See Part VII DE 798 698780 ASTM Int'l ASTM International EU LLC 100 Barr Harbor Drive Conshohocken PA 19428 452060975 See Part VII DE 0 0 ASTM Int'l Primary Activity ASTM International, LLC is primarily responsible for the promotion of ASTM standards activities and membership benefits in China. ASTM International EU, LLC is primarily responsible for the promotion of ASTM standards activities and membership benefits in Europe and Middle East.