IANGV normally holds two meetings for its members at the time of the conference.  These are scheduled as follows (subject to confirmation):

• Monday 2 June 9am to 4pm Technical Committee meeting at IBP Headquarters.  Transport will be arranged from hotels.
• Friday 3 June 9am to 4pm General Meeting of Members (Council Meeting) at Sofitel Hotel.  Transport will be arranged from hotels.

All IANGV members and guests are invited, indeed implored to attend these meetings.  These are the meetings at which the real business of the association is conducted and at which important technical issues affecting the NGV industry are discussed.  The participation and feedback of members at the meetings is of great importance to IANGV and its executive.

At the Technical Committee meeting, items to be placed on the agenda include progress with international harmonization of standards and new standards, heavy duty vehicles, the appropriate names for our fuel and vehicles, and incidents.

Every two years, IANGV members elect or appoint new office bearers for the Executive Committee.  This normally happens at the Council meeting which this year will be on Friday 7 June in Rio de Janeiro directly after NGV2008.  Office bearers to be elected are:

• President
• Senior Vice President
• Vice President
• Treasurer

In order to give IANGV a higher profile in Europe and to facilitate representation with international organizations that have headquarters  in Europe, IANGV has opened a branch office in Brussels.  For many years, IANGV, with the support of ENGVA has attended a variety of meetings or has made representations to international organizations including: – International Gas Union (IGU now in Norway); UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE, Geneva); International Standardisation Organisation (ISO, Geneva);Committee of European Normalization (CEN, Brussels); Organisation Internationale Metrologie Legale (OIML, Paris); amd the International Energy Agency (IEA, Paris), European Union (EU, Brussels). 

Conferences are an important tool in disseminating information and expertise related to NGVs. IANGV holds its own conference and exhibition every two years.  This is a very well attended event regardless of where in the world it is held.  There are however many other conferences organized by many different groups.  Sometimes they are specialized workshops.  Others are regional or local conferences designed to make people aware of NGV industry opportunities in a particular locality. 

March of this year will mark NGV Global’s third birthday. In tandem with the primary www.iangv.org website we’ve got a number of new changes to look forward to this year. Now that we’ve breached the $100 per barrel oil milestone, the importance of methane as an alternative fuel has been reinforced.

Dates set for January meetings – stakeholders invited

NGV Global on Oct 23 published an article advising that ENGVA in early 2008 would be replaced by a new European NGV association. It is now time to provide some further news in this regard. At the ENGVA Board of Directors (BoD) meeting held on November 15 discussions were held both about the winding down in 2008 of ENGVA, and the new organisation (agenda, structure, location, manning and statutes)

IANGV and ANGVA members are reminded that there is an IANGV Technical Committee meeting on Monday November 26th to coincide with ANGVA 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand. Meeting commences 9 am at PTT Head Office. See here for agenda and location details.

Meeting of IANGV TECHNICAL Committee in Bangkok The IANGV Technical Committee will meet in Bangkok on the day preceding the ANGVA 2007 Conference and Exhibition, 26 Nov 2007 (time to be confirmed). The meeting will be held at the head office of ANGVA 2007’s Host Sponsor, PTT and will be the first time the committee has met at an ANGVA Conference. Meetings held at other regional association meetings in the past have been well attended and very useful and informative.

The IANGV Technical Committee will meet in Bangkok on the day preceding the ANGVA 2007 Conference and Exhibition, 26 Nov 2007 (time to be confirmed).  The meeting will be held at the head office of ANGVA 2007’s Host Sponsor, PTT and will be the first time the committee has met at an ANGVA Conference.  Meetings held at other regional association meetings in the past have been well attended and very useful and informative.

USA

Six National NGV Achievement Awards and one NGV Industry Lifetime Achievement Award were presented at a luncheon ceremony Monday October 15th in conjunction with the National NGV Conference-Summit in Reno, NV.  The six NGV Achievement Award winners are: