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3) The meeting commenced with a reminder of the sad news concerning the death of the Vice
Chairman, Mr. Don VACHON who had passed away shortly after the 18th TSMAD meeting that
had been hosted by the Canadian Hydrographic Service in May. Don VACHON had been a strong
advocate for the development of the S-100 standard, and was the first chairman of the subworking
group set up to undertake the work of this new standard. Jean-Luc DÉNIEL from the
French Hydrographic Office (SHOM) was unanimously elected as the new TSMAD Vice
Chairman.
4) After several years of development work, it was reported that the S-100 standard had been
completed and had been endorsed for release by the HSSC.
5) During 2009 TSMAD also produced a new version of the S-58 publication - Recommended ENC
Validation Checks and a new S-57 Supplement. The primary focus of future TSMAD work will
be the production of the next S-101 ENC Product Specification.
10th and 11th MEETINGS OF THE STANDARDIZATION OF NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS
WORKING GROUP (SNPWG)
Norfolk Virginia, 23 to 27 February
Chair:
Deputy Chair:
Secretary:
Mr. ACLAND (UK)
Mr. NYBERG (USA), then
Mr. SCHROEDER-FUERSTENBERG (Germany)
Mr. AAGAARD (Denmark)
The 10th SNPWG meeting took place at the Nauticus Museum in Norfolk Virginia, USA. Members
from Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, UK and the USA attended. Representatives
from CARIS, Jeppesen, IS Interschalt Systems and the University of New Hampshire (CCOM) also
participated in the meeting.
The Chair, Mr. ACLAND (UK) highlighted several initiatives that could influence the future direction
of the working group. These included the IALA e-navigation work relating to the use of virtual
navigational aids (e.g. buoys), and the International Association of Harbour Masters Association work
to standardize the reporting of harbour information.
The deputy chair Mr. NYBERG (USA) informed the meeting that he would no longer be able to
participate in the WG meetings due to work commitments. He has been an active member since its
inception. Mr. SCHROEDER-FUERSTENBERG (Germany) was unanimously elected as the new deputy
chair.
SNPWG10 – aboard the USS WISCONSIN