The five-year review ballot for T 553 "Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper) went out in July and was due on September 5, 2014. At the time of the ballot, there were 10 members on the Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG), which is the minimum required to validate the SSIG.
When the ballot was tabulated, one member was dropped for missing three consecutive ballots in a row, which means that now we are short at least one member on the SSIG. A ballot cannot be validated until we have the required number on the SSIG.
If you would like to join this SSIG, please send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than October 15, 2014.