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3. BUSINESS MEETING
3.1 LIASON REPORTS
3.1.1 Alkaline Pulping – John Brazil (Jeff Bennett)

No report this time.

3.1.2 Mechanical Pulping – Irene Yaraskavitch

Daniel Ouellet, Paprican, Vancouver is the new Chair as of January 2001. The Spring 2001 Meeting was held jointly with the TAPPI Mechanical Pulping Committee in Ottawa April 23 - 25. Total attendance was 81. There were about 15 attendees from the TAPPI Committee with only 2 people from a mill (the same one no less). The technical agenda encompassed on-line instrumentation, energy, bleaching, and enzyme pitch control. The mill visit was to the new TMP facility at Papier Masson in Masson, Quebec. The Fall 2001 Meeting is being planned for the end of September in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, with mill visits to Abitibi-Consolidated, Stephenville, and Corner Brook Pulp & Paper (Kruger).

3.1.3 Energy – Murray Walters

Energy Committee Liaison Report

Spring Meeting at Irving in St. John in May 2001.

Sponsoring 3 day Energy Tech Course with PAPTAC starting October 31 in Toronto.

Committee Chair is Tom Browne of Paprican. ([email protected])

3.1.4 Environmental – Murray Walters

Environment Committee Liaison Report

Co-sponsored Environmental Conference with TAPPI in Charlotte in April 2001, will do again for Montreal meeting in 2002.

Next meeting will be held in The Pas in Fall 2001.

Actively seeking papers to sponsor for Paperweek 2002.

Ron Fujino of Northwood is the Committee Chair ([email protected])

3.1.5 Research – Jean Bouchard

The group met during the Montreal PAPTAC Annual Meeting but there is nothing to report.

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3.1.6 TAPPI Bleach Committee – Dennis Owen

Dennis had not received minutes from the last TAPPI Bleach Committee meeting.

He reported that the last meeting was in Duluth. There was no agenda. Only 4 mill people, 2 from the same mill, attended. Dennis found the meeting overall to be disappointing. There were two good technical presentations, however, and some good sharing of information by one mill member. A joint meeting between TAPPI and PAPTAC Bleach Committees was suggested. Jacksonville, FL is the next meeting place.

3.1.7 Process Control – Laurier Morisette will be new liason

No report this time.

3.1.8 PAPTAC Professional Development – Rae Cunnington

Had to cancel their proposed session at the 2001 annual meeting because of lack of papers. May have a panel discussion at the 2002 meeting to address specific issues important to professional development, as well as a paper session on "Delivering Results Through Training and Professional Development Innovation".
TECH 2000 program enrolment was good at 360 versus 180.
They are still actively considering the implementation of computer based courses, either conversion of all/part of the current TECH course or the launching of new short courses in that format. The upcoming energy course requires participants to bring lap top computers to perform assignments as a major portion of the interactive course.

The concern here is that PAPTAC do not want to alter the "in person" and "networking" components of the TECH program which are consistently rated key success factors for the participants.

There is a push on to expand the membership of this committee.
Observation that TAPPI bleaching and pulping seminars were experiencing notable declines in enrolment and there is a concern this may carry over into PAPTAC courses as a trend in the industry.

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3.1.9 Secondary Fibre – Dan Davies

Summary of January 29, 2001 Recycling Committee Meeting

Location: QE Hotel, Montreal PQ

Chair: John Allen (Retiring)

Jim Merza (Incoming)

Vice-Chair: Garnet Bremner

2001 Recycling Symposium

Oct 1 – 3, with mill tours available Oct 4

2001 Annual Meeting

Finding it more difficult to get papers from R&D, due to lack of funding. Looking for more support from suppliers and mills. Will rely more on co-authored papers and panels in the future.

Supplier Sponsored Survey or Audit

Voith is sponsoring and managing an audit of stickies. Gather data and perform analysis. Have previously done similar work with ink.

Website

Planning to prepare a Committee website, based on the PAPTAC site.

Future Meetings

(1) During Recycling Symposium (Oct 1^st – 3^rd)
(2) During PAPERWEEK 2002 (Probably the Monday of PAPERWEEK)
(3) Alliance Coosa Pines Mill Tour, Alabama (Fall of 2002)

3.1.10 Fibre Quality – Jay Chen

No report this time.

3.1.11 Congrès Francophone du Papier – Jean Bouchard

Jean has promised to keep us current re: technical activities in the francophone pulp & paper community.

He reports that the " Congrès Francophone du Papier" was held in Québec city last June. It is a new (more international) format replacing the "Conférence

Technologique Estivale"

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3.2 STEERING COMMITTEE REPORT

Included as Section 4. Steering Committee.

3.3 NEW MEMBERS

Paul Herar, Robert Jude and Paul Earl will be Probationary Members.

3.4 FINANCIAL

Included in Section 4. Steering Committee.

3.5 NEXT MEETING

Halsey, Oregon for Fall 2001. Dates to be reviewed by Dave Thiereault and Mill Mgmt. include: October 22^nd by preference with October 1^st as back-up. Want to avoid Canadian Thanksgiving, October 8^th and Nov. 5 – 8, Bleach Course and October 15 – 18^th.

3.6 NEXT TECHNICAL SESSION

Washing.

Rae asked for help. Jean Bouchard will give info. re: recycle work at Paprican, Dave Willis, Murray Walters, approach Crestbrook, Alpac's Ralph MacDonald & Halsey's Dave T., Gerry Pageau, Jim Oei, Stan H., Larry Wasik from Aurel, drum performance simulator, WINGEMS – Dave T. to find out if have model, Pacific Simulation, Eugene,

Washing in O2 delignification, filtrate recycle, etc. .
Energy reduction strategies
Training
Focus on the 3^rd Bleach Stage
Kappa Factor control
MIS

Business, PAPTAC, Bleach Committee Meeting Minutes, May 27-30, 2001.doc