The National Weighing & Sampling Association (NW&SA) is the leading bulk material weighing & sampling organization of North America. NW&SA is a non-profit organization for individuals, companies and other organizations interested in the advancement of proper weighing & sampling practices and the state-of-the-art in these technologies in industrial applications.

Our premier event is the NW&SA Annual Technical Meeting which takes place in August of each year. An initial announcement on the NW&SA Annual Technical Meeting is attached.

Additional information may be obtained by contacting me or through the NW&SA website at http://www.nwsassn.org

Armistead Long

512/441-7570

Phone 512/441-7570

Fax 512/441-0070

http://www.jblco.com

ANNUAL TECHNICAL MEETING

August 19-21, 2002

The Chattanoogan – Chattanooga, Tennessee

PRELIMINARY MEETING AGENDA (as of 4/5/02)

Monday, August 19, 2002

11:00 AM Registration

1:00 PM Welcome & Introductions by Attendees

Richard Desollar - National Weighing & Sampling Association

1:15 PM Tennessee Weights & Measures

2:00 PM Weighing & Sampling in the Grain Industry

Brian McKee - USDA/GIPSA/FGIS/FMD

2:45 PM Break

3:00 PM Light Bulk & Powder Sampling Equipment

Dick Bassett / Gustafson, Inc.*

3:45 PM Impact Flow Meters

Antoine Deproost - Thermo-Ramsey

4:30 PM Coal By-Products & Their Uses

Cheri Miller / Mike Sutton – TVA By-Products Division

5:30 PM Social Hour

Special live bluegrass music by ‘The Possum Hunters’

Tuesday, August 20, 2002

7:00 AM Continental Breakfast

Available outside the Amphitheatre Conference Room

8:00 AM A New Method of Scale Testing

Dan Earl - Rail Scale, Inc.

9:00 AM Apron Feeder Design & Application

Martin Yester - METSO Minerals

9:45 AM Weighing & Consuming Tires at LaFarge Cement

Filiberto Morales - LaFarge* ■