John and all, I work in an industry where the following standardization labs are seen: ASI, UL, CSA, ETL, CE, ATEX, GOST, ABS, NSF, API, MSHA, NFPA?and USCG. I know what each does and what the acronym stands for but?that is not germaine to my opinion that they all are an approval mafia that can overstep their bounds and increase the burden throughout an entire supply chain. On many levels I'm ok with that. I want the USCG inspecting vessels. I want UL to do independent tests on hazardous location electrical products. I want the Common Europe standards to bring the electrical bits into conformity for their community. Alot of them are experts at what they do and want to standardize their community to excellence. Alot of them are fat and lazy organizations that cost you and me time and money and offer little but their protection racket liability gig.?Every bureaucracy once formed wants more. More and more. UL now does file maintenance which has vastly increased the costs of the independent tests they keep for manufacturers. There are alot of complaints from many prominent players and the people who pay for their stuff. I don't know what ABYC does for the kayak community. A rec boat is designed to be tilted on its side and laid against a wall of the house for 364 days a year. On?the other?day it is meant to tip over, fill with water, sink and make the guy in cotton sweatshirt, jeans and cowboy boots swim to shore to think long and hard about what he just did. If he can make it. ABYC will do nothing for him or you as a manufacturer. They are another bureaucracy staffed by inexact people with their hands in your pocket (that you pass on tho the consumer)?that bring nothing to the table. The lawyer of the family for the guy who doesn't make it to shore will sleep easily whether or not H-29 or ABYC is on the job. Good luck! Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 27 2008 - 05:04:22 PDT
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