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I have been treated for 3 years with Truvata and Isentress, which has maintained an undetectable viral load. However, after 3 years, my CD4 count still remains low, between 140 and 200, and between 12 and 14%. My doctor added selzentry to my other drugs for one year to see if it would help increase the CD4 count. It did not and it has been removed from my treatment. Now she would like me to add either Prezista or Reyataz (with Norvir) to my regimen of Truvata and Isentress to see if that increases my CD4 count. Is this really a good idea? Truvata and Isentress have maintained an undetectable viral load, which I believe is the purpose of treatment. Should I keep adding more drugs to see if it helps increase the CD4 count or is there something else to try instead? Thanks for your thoughts.
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None of the above. Despite the understandable anxiety (or at least wish-list), adding a 4th or 5th medication to treatment regimens really doesn't do much to increase CD4s. Multiple studies have shown us so. Yes, some regimens (most recently integrase inhibitors) are associated with statistically significantly increased CD4s, but only very modestly so and furthermore, don't appear to be associated with similar differences in CD4%-- so I'm not sure that the difference means anything.
What's the real issue is that starting HIV treatment late (ie., with very low CD4s) gives treatment a serious handicap in raising CD4 counts- the immune injury is much more severe, and takes longer to recover, and often doesn't recover to the same extent. While that's sobering news, it doesn't mean that giving treatment and your body time to recover won't result in increased counts, just to be patient. These counts do increase, if sometimes imperceptibly so.
If your health and well being is otherwise good, I'd focus on these things, rather than just a lab test. Stay with the adherence, good diet and exercise, and good things will come. I've seen it repeatedly.
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U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer on Thursday toured the 515-acre site of the proposed Tryon Technology Park and Incubator Center, urging the Northern Border Regional Commission to provide federal funding for the project.
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How to Handle a "No" So You Sell More Seminar Seats
Posted in Marketing Mindset on August 14, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
Principle #7 of Jack Canfield's "The Success Principles" contains a particularly valuable lesson for speakers, consultants, coaches and other experts who promote seminars, workshops and other forms of training – Ask Repeatedly.
As Jack says, "One of the most important principles of success is persistence, not giving up. Whenever you're asking others to participate in the fulfillment of your goals, some people are going to say no. They may have other priorities, commitments, and reasons not to participate. It's not a reflection on you."
This is a valuable reminder to protect yourself from the inevitable rejection that comes when trying to persuade someone to invest their time and money to attend your seminar. (Selling training can discouraging if you let low response rates get to you.)
But it's also an important guideline to follow when creating your marketing schedule and deciding who should receive your promotions.
Things change. Just because an individual doesn't want to attend your event today doesn't mean he'll say no next week, next month, or even next year. Keep asking, and you might get a yes when your prospects ...
... aren't so busy.
... don't have a vacation planned the same weekend as your event.
... have more money to invest in training.
... feel like they know and trust you better.
... resonate more with your marketing copy.
... are more familiar with your expertise.
... have heard more positive reviews about your work.
... decide that the problem you'll help them solve needs to fixed NOW, not someday.
If response rates aren't where you want them to be, first stop and make sure you aren't interpreting the "no's" as rejection of you and your expertise.
Then look at ways you can help prospects turn their "no" into a "yes." Perhaps you can arrange childcare, so attendees can bring their kids along. Perhaps you offer a payment plan to make the tuition easier to afford. Perhaps you shift the schedule and end early
on the last day, so attendees can fly home that night.
Above all, be persistent. Keep inviting prospects to attend your training. When someone's "not right now" becomes "OK, I want to proceed," you want to be there ready to take the registration.
Many marketers find that it is easiest to get new prospects to say yes to their offers. The reason is that when someone raises their hand to indicate interest in your expertise, they are often doing so because they are actively searching for a solution to a pressing problem.
You may find this to be true with your prospects, as well. You may want to invest more of your promotional dollars and time into marketing to these hot leads.
However, don't make the mistake of completely dismissing people who haven't attended your training or purchased a product. Stay in touch with them on a basic level, using low-cost marketing methods, such as a newsletter or e-zine, email promotions, and social media. By maintaining a presence in all of your prospects' lives, you'll find yourself in the right place, at the right time, with the right offer when your long-time prospects are finally ready to buy.
Using Testimonials to Promote Seminars
Posted in Copywriting on August 06, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
Testimonials are an invaluable component of any seminar promotion. They help reassure prospects who are considering attending your event that yes, in fact, other people have also found your offer to be compelling enough to commit their time and money in your event.
You can get the greatest mileage from your past attendees' comments by following these tips:
An easy way to capture testimonials is to have a video camera set up at your event and invite participants to record their thoughts. You also can set up a testimonial recording line with a service like AudioGenerator to capture audio testimonials. Once you have the video or audio testimonials, transcribe them. That way, you can include some of the verbiage in your written sales copy, as well as have the audio or video testimonials for prospects who want more.
In addition to including testimonials in a section titled "Rave Reviews" or something similar, sprinkle them throughout your copy. Add testimonials after major sections of copy, on name-squeeze pages, order forms and thank you pages, as well as email and direct mail promotions.
Above all, never stop collecting testimonials. You can never have too many examples of this form of proof.
5 Ways to Support Seminar Affiliates
Posted in Affiliate & JV marketing on July 30, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
Affiliate marketing is a proven tool for filling seats at seminars, teleseminars and webinars. With this marketing model, you pay promotional partners a commission for every registration they generate by promoting your event to their mailing lists.
Affiliates may be your direct competitors. They also may simply be other experts or companies who have relationships with your target audience.
Affiliate marketing allows you to leverage the credibility and good will that other professionals have with your target audience. In essence, they are vouching for the quality of your event by recommending it to their lists.
To be effective at affiliate marketing, however, takes persistence and follow-up. Here are 5 tips to help you generate greater results.
Supporting affiliates involves time and resources. However, it is well worth the investment. Affiliate marketing can help you reach tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of additional prospects – people who may otherwise not hear anything about your seminar, teleseminar or webinar.
What is your best tip for boost results from affiliate marketing? Share your thoughts below. ~ Jenny
7 Places to Find Affiliates for Seminars, Teleseminars and Webinars
Posted in Affiliate & JV marketing on July 16, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
Affiliate marketing is an excellent and proven way to fill events, particularly if your list is not big enough or responsive enough to fill your seminars, teleseminars and webinars.
Affiliates are individuals or companies who promote your seminar in exchange for a commission for every registration they generate. For best results, look for affiliates who already market to your target audience.
Marketing your event through affiliates allows you to leverage the relationships that they have already built with your target audience. When they promote your event to their lists, they are lending credibility to your seminar, essentially endorsing it and recommending it to their subscribers.
Here are 7 places you can search for potential affiliates.
Affiliates can be your direct competitors. However, they don't have to be. The key is that your promotional partners have relationships with prospects who are likely to need, want and pay for your seminar.
What is your favorite way to find affiliates? Share your ideas below. ~ Jenny
Recognize Your Most Valuable Customers
Posted in Latest Updates on July 09, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
Customers who have attended one or more of your past seminars are extremely valuable to your business. Most seminar promoters recognize that marketing to this audience is much easier than marketing to prospects; because they've already experienced one of your events, persuading them to sign up for another is generally easier.
However, they can also serve another purpose that's often overlooked: that of evangelist and general goodwill ambassador. These are the folks you want front and center to help overcome the skepticism and reserve of other, first-time attendees – especially if they've taken their relationship with you from mere seminar attendee to coaching or consulting client.
Some ways you can draw attention to these premier clients include:
Before marketing your next event, take stock of what you do to leverage the relationship you've built with your best clients. Chances are that there are things they can do to help you promote your events – and that they'll be more than willing to help.
How do you acknowledge your best customers? Share your ideas below! ~ Jenny
What I Learned During EzineArticle.com's HAHD Challenge
Posted in Marketing Mindset on July 03, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
When my friend and colleague George Huang suggested that we do Ezinearticles.com's "Hundred Articles in a Hundred Days" challenge together, I was a little hesitant. It sounded like a big commitment. But I concluded that the time would be well-spent, as I'd generate valuable content to use in my article marketing efforts.
This is the last article I wrote (technically, article #101 to meet my personal goal). I have the content I envisioned when I started out … and much more. Here are some of the valuable lessons I learned:
One partner was diligent about checking in with me even though she decided not to finish. She knew that the goal is important to me. Her calls kept me encouraged and focused. My husband, who helped out by submitting the articles, was invaluable in keeping me on course, especially as the deadline grew closer. There were times where I was tempted to drop out and use the time I was spending writing articles to do something else instead. He was my backbone during those periods, holding me accountable to achieving this public goal.
Working ahead is a strategy you can apply to all areas of life, whether it's saving a little bit of every dollar that comes in or taking advantage of downtime to run an errand.
The Google Panda update, which reduced the effectiveness of article marketing for SEO, was released when I was 30 articles away from achieving the HAHD goal. One colleague asked if it made sense to finish. My response: "I don't care what Panda does to the effectiveness of this project. I'm finishing this goal for ME."
One of the most important things I've learned from studying the work of Jack Canfield, "America's #1 Success Coach" and author of "The Success Principles" is the importance of truly celebrating your successes, no matter how small. So now, with the HAHD project complete, I'm turning over this article to my husband for placement, and I'm off to celebrate. Thank you, Ezinearticles.com, for such a valuable experience!
What's the most important lesson you've learned by pursuing a big goal? Share your ideas below. ~ Jenny
3 Leaks to Plug in Your Seminar Lead-Generation Process
Posted in Lead Generation on June 25, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
Many seminar promoters assume that big, bold action and massive change is required to put more butts in seminar seats. In fact, increasing seminar registrations is often accomplished with surprisingly small changes. If you make dozens of small changes, their cumulative impact can be powerful and dramatic.
How you capture and follow up with prospective seminar attendees is one area in which tiny changes can produce big results. Here are some questions you can ask to identify areas for improving your lead-generation process:
1. How many ways do you invite people into your business? Too often, seminar promoters' web sites include the standard "contact us" page or "join our mailing list" opt-in box. But if this is all you're doing to capture leads, you are letting prospects slip through your fingers. Unless prospects have a pressing need to talk to you, they are not likely to fill out a "contact us" form, even if they would be interested in hearing from you in the future.
"Join our mailing list" is straightforward, but not very enticing. In essence, this offer says "give me your contact information so I can send you junk mail." If someone really is passionate about what you offer and sees that this is the only way to stay in touch, they may opt to join your list. You'll get better results, though, if you offer valuable content in exchange for the opt-in.
2. Where are good leads already coming into your business ... and where are you failing in your follow up? Do you have a system in place for capturing and systematically following up with every lead? When someone fills out your "contact us" form, what happens? Do they get an email reply? A follow up phone call? Where does their data get recorded? Are they guaranteed to hear from you again?
One client I worked with discovered that hungry leads who were writing to request information about upcoming seminars were not receiving any sort of follow up -- their names, email addresses and phone numbers were sitting in an unmonitored inbox.
Another good area to examine are past event attendees. People who have signed up for earlier educational offerings are ideal prospects for your future events. They've already demonstrated that they are interested in learning. Plus, they are familiar with your content and teaching style. What system do you have in place to follow up with students once a program has ended? How do you invite them to continue their education?
3. What do you do with prospects who have questions? You should be giving students a way to contact your office if they have questions about your program. Although it's great when your promotional materials do the full job of selling seminar seats, some prospects will need a little bit of reassurance from a live human that they are making a good decision by investing in your seminar.
Make sure that you are capturing contact information for every person who calls or emails with questions about your event. If they are interested enough to ask questions, they are a more qualified prospect than the average person on your list. Sometimes a quick follow-up courtesy call is all that's needed to push them off the fence and onto your registration list.
Before you spend too much time and effort expanding your lead-generation efforts, make sure that you have done your best to plug the leaks in your existing system. Not only will this easily increase your registrations, it also will allow you to get a bigger return on your investment into more lead-generation efforts.
What leaks have you found in your system? Share your insights below. ~ Jenny
Testing the Seminar Waters
Posted in Seminar marketing | for-fee events on June 11, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
Marketing and producing your own seminars can be time-consuming, costly and risky. Wouldn't it be nice to have a crystal ball to predict whether prospects are interested in your seminar before you start marketing and producing your own seminar? Use these tips to gauge prospects' interest in your event:
If you get "no's," ask prospects why they wouldn't attend. Probing into the "no's" that you get can turn up some interesting information. You might find that your list prefers teletraining instead or that they have no interest in your topic because they rely on their vendors for the skills you'll be teaching.
Free live events are typically most successful when marketed locally, while teleseminars are best used when marketing to a nationwide, and even worldwide, audience. However, this rule of thumb doesn't mean that you can't market a teleseminar locally, nor does it mean that you can't market a free preview event on a national basis.
Do you have to test the waters? Of course not. Some promoters believe strongly in their content and commit to offering seminars and workshops right off the bat. They figure that if the response isn't what they want initially, it's simply a matter of time and fine-tuning to begin generating the registrations they want.
But you aren't "whatever it takes"-committed to holding your own seminar or if you can't absorb the loss if your marketing doesn't work as planned, testing the waters is a smart idea. Use these ideas to gauge whether your audience is receptive enough to your idea to want to attend (and pay for) a live event.
What do you do to gauge prospects' interest in your seminars and other events? Share your ideas below. ~ Jenny
Post-Seminar Marketing Strategies to Boost Event Revenue
Posted in Platform Selling on June 04, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
You've reached the end of your seminar. Participants were delighted with the content, and several decided to invest in the yearlong coaching program you offered. Now it's time to go home and follow up with the attendees who will be continuing to study with you.
If you're like many seminar promoters, this is where your post-seminar follow-up splits. Attendees who made a purchase – whether of products, another seminar, or a coaching program – get your attention. Those who didn't buy something won't hear from you until it's time to promote your next event.
Sound familiar? You're not alone. Live events are optimal selling environments. Many promoters believe that if participants don't buy something at a seminar – when they are pumped up about you and your content, feeling the enthusiasm of your sales presentation, and surrounded by social proof (i.e., pressure to conform) by other people who are signing up – they certainly aren't going to buy when they are back home in their normal environment.
It's true that people are more likely to buy from you when they are at your event. However, it's false to believe that once someone walks out the door without making a purchase, they are a lost cause.
Some attendees make decisions more slowly. Others may want to check with their partners, spouses or supervisors before making an investment; they may even be counseled by the folks at home to sleep on their decision before making an investment.
Others know from experience that it's easy to get swept away in the heat of the moment, leaving them with thousands of dollars spent on products and services they'll never use. They leave their credit cards locked up and refuse to get swept away by the frenzy of excitement that can happen when speakers make a pitch from the stage.
If you don't follow up with the non-buyers after they return home, you're losing the opportunity to pick up a few extra sales. After the excitement of attending your seminar dies down, some prospects will realize that they still have a need and desire for the products you were selling. Some will talk it over with people they trust and realize that your next seminar would be a smart investment. Others will try to implement your content on their own and realize that they want the additional support you were offering in the form of a coaching program is something they need to achieve their goals. If these slow-buying attendees don't hear from you, they may not be motivated enough to contact you … and they may even feel ignored.
At the very least, send seminar participants a thank you note or email for attending your event. Be sure to invite them to contact you about the products, events and services you mentioned at the event.
If you have the time, interest and resources, do more. Send out multiple emails after the event. Include tips for implementing the content … and then remind participants of the offers you made at the seminar. You may even want to make phone calls to the people who attended, but did not make purchases.
Every person who attends a seminar is invaluable, because they have already made a decision to invest their time and money by participating in your event. Although you may be able to get more people to buy while at your seminar if you improve your ability to sell from the stage, recognize that some buyers simply will not buy at your event. Attending your seminar may be as far as they are meant to go in their studies with you. For others, making a snap decision in the frenzied, high-pressure environment of a seminar is not comfortable.
By following up with these individuals after the event, you may find that they have decided on their own that continuing to study with you is the right decision. One or two post-seminar touches with non-buyers may be all it takes to add thousands of dollars to your profits.
Do you follow-up with attendees after your event? Share your ideas and tips below. ~ Jenny
Leveraging Summer for Better Seminar Marketing
Posted in Marketing plans on May 28, 2014 by Jenny Hamby
When summer arrives, you may be tempted to slow down on your seminar marketing efforts. After all, it's not unusual for response rates to drop a bit in summer as prospects take vacations or, in later summer, get busy preparing their kids to go back to school. And let's face it, it's nice to take a breather.
But taking your foot off the accelerator doesn't mean your marketing efforts should come to a screeching halt. There's plenty to do during the summer to ensure that the remainder of your year goes smoothly – and achieves optimum results. Here are 10 ideas:
Right now, it's easy to relax and think you have plenty of time to think about your fall marketing calendar. But summer will be gone before you know it. If you want to primed and ready to kick your marketing into high gear as soon as Labor Day is done, take advantage of the next 3 months to get your plans in place and resources lined up.
What others tips do you have for leveraging the summer months for better event marketing results? Share your thoughts* below! ~ Jenny
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Report of the FAO forestry mission to Austria
Regional meeting on standardization of timber
Ninth session of the FAO Council
European forestry and forest products commission - Subcommission on Mediterranean problems
Preparations for technical assistance program
Forestry equipment
United Nations mission to Bolivia
While in Vienna in July 1949 the Director-General of FAO was approached by the Austrian Government with for an FAO forestry mission to advise on programs for the development and improvement of Austria's forest resources and industries. The Director-General appointed two permanent staff members of the Division of Forestry and Forest Products: Dr. Egon Glesinger, Deputy Director of the Division, and Mr. D. Boy Cameron, Chief of the European Working Group, to form that Mission. They arrived in Vienna in January 1950 and in April a report was presented to the Austrian Cabinet by Mr. A. H. Boerma, Regional Representative of the Director-General in Europe.
The report of the FAO Forestry Mission to Austria is an important document because: (1) it is the first time that an international organization has made a comprehensive investigation of the forestry situation in a country, including the status and potentialities of the industries dependent on the forest resources for their raw material supplies, and (2) the report makes far-reaching recommendations, the implications of which affect the whole national economy.
On the basis of proposals formulated by Austrian forest owners and manufacturers, the Mission has recommended for the next three years an investment of 1,700 million schillings (corresponding roughly to 80 million dollars) for the improvement and modernization of the country's forest resources and industries. Such an investment would raise the annual output of primary and secondary products derived from Austrian forests which now represent approximately 9 percent of the annual national product, to 2,800 million schillings, i.e., by more than 30 percent. It would enable Austria to increase annual exports of forest products by 600 million schillings, or almost 60 percent, between 1949 and 1952, assuming no radical change in present price levels. The importance of such a development is best illustrated by the feet that in 1949 forest products exports attained a value of 1,100 million schillings, corresponding to 32.6 percent of Austria's total exports. The anticipated expansion of forest products exports would thus go a long way in closing the present gap in Austria's balance of payments.
It was peculiarly fitting that Austria should be the first location of an international forestry mission, because of the long tradition of leadership in the science and art of silviculture accorded that country by the world. Furthermore, forests are Austria's most important natural resource and the rehabilitation of the national economy must depend in large measure on the efficient development and expansion of its forest industries.
Fortunately the special ECA Mission to Austria recognized this feet promptly and expressed its willingness to further in any way possible large-scale and long-term plans for the modernization of forest industries.
The Austrian Government was also aware of the opportunity afforded for additional capital investments which the European Recovery Program assistance made possible. A very comprehensive long-term forestry program was prepared by the Austrian authorities, and the various industrial associations compiled briefs indicating their plans for expansion and the financial commitments which these would necessarily involve.
The work of the Mission therefore consisted primarily in the analysis of these plans, their correlation with the assessed productive capacity of the Austrian forests, and their integration into an overall investment program for forestry and forest industries.
The report of the Mission is in two main parts. Part 1 contains a summary of its conclusions and four important recommendations. Part 2 is a detailed discussion of the individual items in the program. It deals first with the forestry aspects and then formulates the Mission's proposals with respect to each section of the forest industries.
In its general recommendations in Part 1, the Mission had to take into account the feet that the financial assistance which could be made available under the ERP program must end with the termination of the Marshall Plan in 1952. On the other hand, the investment requirements, particularly for forestry, must continue over a term of years. Furthermore, the productive capacity of Austrian forest industries requires a raw material supply considerably in excess of the yield capacity organized as at present.
The Mission's first two recommendations concern the financial basis of the investment program. The first recommendation proposes the creation of a government-controlled Forestry and Forest Industries Finance Corporation. This Corporation would operate through four technical committees for forestry, sawmills other wood-working industries, and pulp and paper. These committees would have the responsibility of initiating action on investment projects and approving loan applications which would be made directly to them. The chairmen of the committees would sit on the Board of Directors, which would also include members of the Cabinet, heads of Ministries interested in the program, and representatives of the leading national political parties. The General Manager of the Corporation would be responsible for the actual completion of loans approved by the committees.
The Mission's second recommendation is for the establishment of a revolving fund to meet the long-term investment requirements. Into this fund, which would be administered by the Corporation would go all the interest and amortization charges of loans to be made under the program. It would also receive at the termination of Marshall Aid in 1952 all unused balances from allocations for investments expenditures made during the life of the ERP.
The third recommendation proposes an expansion of Austrian research facilities both in forestry and forest products. For forestry it recommends the establishment of a new research center to which should be attached a demonstration forest. The present institute at Mariabrunn would be continued as a branch station, A forest products laboratory is also proposed, to work on problems of applied research designed to service the requirements of Austrian forest industries. In addition' a continuing subsidy is recommended for the Austrian Society of Wood Research which will be engaged more particularly on problems of a more fundamental, scientific character.
The Mission's fourth recommendation is for the establishment of an Austrian Forestry Commission, to be responsible for the heavy investment program required to rehabilitate Austrian forests which have suffered from two wars and a major depression. This Commission would have as its chairman the Minister of Agriculture, who is in charge of forestry affairs. It would report directly to the Cabinet and would have the status of a Ministry. The Mission suggests that the Commission should have as its chief executive officer a Director General, and be organized in six major divisions namely management, utilization, economics and service, research and surveys, torrent control, and State forests. The proposal that the State forests should be integrated in an over-all administration involves a fundamental organizational change in Austria. This will take some time to effect because of complications connected with the constitution of the Federal Republic. The Mission points out, however, that State forests must in the future play that part which over-tall forest policy demands, even: though this may not be the most profitable from the standpoint of the State forests then selves. Particularly, reductions or increases in the volume of fellings should take into account the essential needs of industry rather than be dictated primarily by price trends.
In addition to its four main recommendations, the Mission makes in Part 1 certain additional suggestions concerning the better use of thinnings to be made available in large quantities through forest improvements and the maximum utilization of wood waste by the pulp and paper and wallboard industries. It also points out the desirability of changes in the incidence of taxation to encourage industry to take advantage of the loan facilities available under the investment program.
From the standpoint of the long-term economic prosperity of Austria, the recommendations with regard to forestry are perhaps the most important. The Austrian forests have been seriously depleted and their productive capacity impaired. Since World War I, overcutting is estimated to have amounted to 70 million m³. Still worse, there has been an accumulation of cutover lands which it has been impossible to replant and thus return to production. Over 300,000 hectares, or approximately 10 percent of the potential forest area, have now been reduced to this category.
As a result, the productive potential, which in 1936 was estimated at 9.5 million m³, has fallen to what Austrian forest authorities place at around 7,700,000 m³ at the present time. The Mission has proposed an allowable cut after 1952 of 9 million m³. The justification for this higher figure is the feet that current statistics are admittedly incomplete in that they do not include important quantities of wood going into construction or fuel-wood for domestic use on farms. Secondly, the forest improvement program will make available large additional volumes of thinnings from areas now economically inaccessible and where as a consequence proper silvicultural treatments have not been possible.
The two most important elements of the forestry program proposed by the Mission are reforestation and increasing forest accessibility. The planting program prepared will be deferred until after 1952, but the remaining period of Marshall Plan aid should see the installation of the additional forest nursery stock and the purchase of all necessary modern equipment. The Mission's proposals call for an expenditure of 38.5 million schillings per annum for reforestation for a 16-year period following 1952.
The forest improvements program is designed to open up an area of over 143,000 hectares of timber by the construction of roads and permanent cable ways. It is proposed that practically the entire construction program should be initiated within the life of the ERP. About 90 percent of the expenditure will be in the form of loans, the proceeds of which will constitute an important part of the Revolving Fund, most of which will eventually be used in the reforestation program.
Another important element in the forestry program is the preparation of a forest inventory. In the initial stages this will have to be conducted by ground survey methods. However, as soon as the Austrian Peace Treaty is signed and the use of aircraft can be sanctioned, aerial survey methods will be introduced.
The Mission has also endorsed the recommendations of the Austrian authorities for a number of minor projects designed to increase the proportion of industrial wood coming from the country's forests. These include the replacement of wooden shingles by tiles in house construction, improved wood-burning stoves, preservative treatment of wood for external use, and the development of peat production.
In the industrial field the Mission was particularly concerned with the modernization and expansion of the sawmilling and pulp and paper industries, and the possibilities of integration between them. Today these two basic primary forest industries exist as competitors and there is little if any systematic co-operation between them. In the sawmilling industry the equipment of most mills is deficient and manufacturing processes obsolete. Owing to the mountainous nature of the country there, will always be necessity for a large number of small mills to service local needs. There is, however, room for modernization of a relatively small number of larger units producing for the export trade, which with better manufacturing and lower costs could be greatly expanded. The Mission report stresses that well-equipped medium-sized mills, which can obtain their log supply relatively close at hand, will best serve Austria's economy. The report recommends capital investments for this purpose.
Modernization is also essential in the pulp industries and would permit a reduction of around 20 percent in production costs. Large increases in industrial capacity are not warranted in view of the limitations of raw material supply. The Mission's report therefore recommends two small expansions only, one to provide for the manufacture of some 60,000 tons of ground wood pulp and the other for the establishment of a new factory for the manufacture of sulphate pulp.
The Mission sees in the wallboard industry prospects of an increasingly important asset in the country's economy, more particularly as this industry may be organized to utilize a large quantity of sawmill waste now serving no useful purpose. The report recommends the building of two additional factories and modernization of existing equipment. Comparatively small capital investments are also recommended for the other primary industries, veneers and plywoods.
In the secondary industries particular attention is paid to paper and cardboard where total capital investments totaling over 280 million schillings in the first priority are recommended. An equivalent amount is placed in the second priority. These capital investments are designed to raise the manufacturing capacity of the industry by 120,000 tons per annum or 42 percent over 1949. Total export supply by 1952 should exceed 200,000 tons and make an important contribution to the national economy.
The manufacture of containers and crates for export has reached sizable proportions in Austria. The Mission has recommended investments for capital equipment which in the opinion of the industry will enable it to accept large-scale orders and thus better meet competition in this field.
Austria has a high reputation as a producer of prefabricated houses After enquiry into this industry, the Mission concluded that further expansion of capacity was not desirable. However, it endorsed proposals for restively modest capital investments for the introduction of modern equipment for further increases in efficiency and for possible adjustment in output towards the manufacture of sash and doors and other mill work. Similarly with regard to furniture, for which Austria is well known, modest scale investments were endorsed for modernization of existing production capacity.
A technical meeting on nomenclature, terminology, testing methods, grading, and dimensions, of timber was held at Dalat, Viet Nam, from 3-7 April 1950 and was attended by 18 delegates and observers representing the French Union (Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos) Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaya, Thailand, SCAP (Japan), and the United States of America.
FAO was represented by Mr. W. H. Cummings, Regional Representative of the Director-General, and Mr. C. Purkayastha. Dr. M. A. Huberman, Chief of the Forestry and Forest Products Working Group for Asia and the Far East, acted as Secretary of the meeting.
Papers submitted for consideration at the meeting included grading rules for logs and lumber, and material on nomenclature, terminology, testing methods, and dimensions. These were submitted by Burma, the French Union, India, Indonesia, Malaya, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Consideration of this material, together with the proceedings of the first Conference on Mechanical Wood Technology held at Geneva in September 1949, and also the report of the Mysore Conference on Forestry and Timber Utilization held in April 1949, resulted in the adoption of the following recommendations:
The Meeting
1. - Recommends that the participating countries should group their timbers into five categories, as follows: (1) Teak (Tectona grandis); (2) Conifers; (3) Primary (durable) hardwoods; (4) Secondary (a) General utility hardwoods. (Primary hardwoods are heavy constructional timbers that will normally last more than five years if used in an untreated condition in contact with the soil in termite-infested areas. Secondary hardwoods are also generally suitable for heavy construction but must be treated with preservatives if they are required to last more than five years in contact with termite-infested soil. General utility hardwoods are those relatively light timbers that are in general use for interior construction and purposes such as packing eases, sheltering, etc.).
2. - Recommends that countries agree to send to the FAO Regional Office at Bangkok a list of the trade names of their commercial timbers classified as far as possible as recommended in the first resolution. An appendix to this list should contain details of the density, durability, color, and ease of sawing of each commercial timber.
3. - Recommends that timbers of similar characteristics should be grouped under one trade name.
The Meeting agrees to the definitions of defects and of the more important terms used in the timber trade that are set out in the Malayan Grading Rules, with the proviso that they may submit additional definitions and amendments to the FAO Regional Office at Bangkok for incorporation in this list if agreed upon at a future conference.
Testing Methods
The Meeting
1. - Agrees with the Resolutions regarding methods of timber-testing passed at the first Conference on Mechanical Wood Technology at Geneva in September 1949 but recommends:a) That the cross-sectional dimensions of test pieces shall be restricted to 2 x 2 cm. or 5 x 5 cm.
b) That the moisture content of test specimens in an air-dry condition shall be 15 percent, plus or minus 2 percent based on weight when oven dry, and that the results shall be published as obtained at the time of the test.
c) That tests shall be made as far as possible within the range of 25° C. plus or minus 3°.
d) That the tension perpendicular to grain test shall not normally be carried out.
2. - Recognizes the necessity of establishing standard methods of making moisture strength and temperature strength adjustments and, with this object in view, proposes to study the recommendations made at the Timber Mechanics Conference held in Ottawa in 1948.
3. - Recognizes the great importance of achieving as much uniformity as possible in the methods of selection of test material, and proposes an exchange of information through the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok so as to obtain if possible complete uniformity in selection methods within this region.
4. - Agrees that no suitable equipment exists in any of the regional laboratories for the testing of abrasion and recommends that close touch be kept with any new developments which may be made in respect of this test.
5. - Recommends that if any laboratory is to undertake tests on plywood or similar material, a study should be made of the standard methods set out by the American Society for Testing Materials in their A.S.T.M. D.805-47. Furthermore, it is recommended that close attention should be paid to the work being carried out at Dehra Dun, India.
6. - Recommends that an exchange of information on methods of carrying out durability tests should be conducted through the FAO Regional Office at Bangkok to ensure standardization of such tests.
1. - Teak. The Meeting recommends that the Burma Grading Rules should be adopted for the export of teak squares, but recognizing that there are differences in the quality of teak from different countries, considers that no agreement can be reached at present regarding that of very high quality and sawn teak for special purposes. Delegates agreed to forward their specifications for teak for high quality and special purposes to the FAO Regional Office at Bangkok so that studies can be made with the object of attaining a greater degree of standardization.
2. - Conifers. The Meeting considers that as there is very little export trade in conifers, there is at present no need for standard grading rules for this type of wood, particularly as there is such a great divergence in the type of coniferous wood growing in these regions. But it recommends that a study be made of the problems involved in the grading of such timbers.
3. - Hardwood Logs. The Meeting recommends that the North Borneo Standard Grading Rules shall be accepted as a basis for the grading of hardwood logs for export. It proposes that four grades shall be drawn up for presentation at a future conference.
4. - Hardwood Lumber The Meeting recommends that if any country of this region is to start exporting sawn hardwoods, it should grade according to the Malayan Grading Rules and that those countries which already have an export trade in sawn hardwoods should study these rules and conform to them as closely as possible. However, it invites countries to make a comparative study of the method used in the Malayan Grading Rules with that developed in France. It is noted that the Philippine Islands wish to retain their rules for grading Philippine mahogany for export and that North Borneo does not wish to change its existing rules at present.
Training of Grading Inspectors
The Meeting, recognizing the importance of the proper training of timber grading inspectors, recommends that arrangements for the training of such inspectors in Malaya or other countries shall be made either directly or through the facilities of the FAO Office at Bangkok.
The Meeting
1. - Agrees that the metric system of measurement of timber has advantages over all other systems but cannot recommend the general adoption of this system at present. However, it suggests that in the region only cubic meters and cubic feet be used to record the volume of timber, and requests the FAO Bangkok Office to draw up a table for converting dimensions in feet and inches to meters and centimeters.
2. - Recommends that all countries send to the FAO Office at Bangkok lists of the standard dimensions of timbers for export and requests that office to draw up a table including all these dimensions so that some common standards may eventually be evolved.
3. - Recommends that all timber for export should generally be cut oversize to allow for shrinkage.
These recommendations will be submitted to the first session of the Forestry and Forest Products Commission for Asia and the Pacific, to be held in October, and will form a basis for the Commission's policy decisions.
The Council of FAO, meeting in Rome 8-17 May, made financial and administrative arrangements for transferring the Organization from its temporary home in Washington to its permanent seat in Rome early next year. It also set 3 November 1950 as the time and Washington as the place for a session of the full Conference to approve the final arrangements for the move. The Council is an interim governing body composed of 18 of the 63 member governments, and is under the independent chairmanship of Lord Bruce of Melbourne.
In connection with the program of technical assistance, the Council laid great emphasis upon the need for integrated action among the various participating agencies, including not only FAO, but also the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organisation the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and, the United Nations itself It urged discrimination among the numerous possible projects and the closest liaison with governments.
The Council also put under way a study of the work of various international organizations as this relates to FAO's program, looking toward avoidance of: duplication and more effective co-operation..
The Mediterranean Subcommission held its second meeting at Algiers 8-13 May 1960, with the following countries represented: France, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The International Union of Forest Research Organizations was also represented.
Professor Aldo Pavari, Director of the Forest Research Station at Florence, and Jean Paul Challot, Conservator of Forests in Morocco, were unanimously reelected to the posts of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
The Subcommission examined the report presented by Messrs. Pavari and Birraghi of the Italian delegation on the problems raised by chestnut blight (Endothia parasitica) in the Mediterranean area. It was deemed advisable to await the results of the International Chestnut Congress, to be held in France in September, before drawing any specific conclusions. Liaison with the Congress will be maintained by the Secretariat.
As decided at the Subcommission's first meeting in Rome in December 1948, a provisional map had been compiled indicating (a) the boundaries of the European-Mediterranean area and (b) the boundaries of the transition countries. The criteria adopted have been set forth in previous reports and discussions. The provisional map will be sent to each of the countries concerned, and corrections and comments made thereto will then be used in drawing up a definitive map. The Subcommission requested the interested countries to send the Secretariat all pertinent documentation which might serve in the compilation of this map, which will then become the official map of the Subcommission.
The Subcommission also requested the countries to submit to the Secretariat all documentation which would help in making the detailed ecological map called for by the Rome meeting.
In connection with cork research and production, three points were raised:
(1) Permanent markets. Will there still be a world market for products from these stands of cork-producing trees 30 or 40 years hence? The answer to this question seems to be in the affirmative.
(2) Production statistics. The study of statistics was the first point stressed in the report on the promotion and protection of the Mediterranean cork-growing industry which was presented by the Portuguese delegation. The report was adopted by the Subcommission as constituting an acceptable summarization of its work in this connection.
(3) Methods of increasing and regularizing production. The above report also summarized all questions which might arise in connection with cork production. All are of great interest, and it is necessary to establish an order of priority for treating these research problems.
The Subcommission was of the opinion that technical matters should be given immediate priority; it therefore decided to establish a permanent Working Party, presided over by Mr. J. V. Natividade (Portugal).
Finally the Subcommission considered reforestation, soil conservation, and land use, and, after hearing several reports, reaffirmed the conclusions reached at the Rome meeting. However, since a' program of reforestation for rehabilitating steep slopes involves the control of grazing and the shifting and re-establishment of populations, and since it can only begin to influence water run-off after a considerable time, the Subcommission believes that steps must also be taken to ensure that: (1) the ground is so treated that the effects shall be the same as a forest cover as far as soil conservation and water regulation are concerned; (2) an intensive utilization of the soil is made possible so as to help raise the living standards of the populations in mountainous areas.
Following an inspection of the vast embankment works completed in Algiers by the Soil Protection and Restoration Service, the Subcommission found that the technique evolved for establishing "infiltration embankments" seemed to provide one of the best solutions thus far offered for carrying out reforestation work in the Mediterranean region. The Subcommission called the attention of all other governments to this technique, which has already been successfully applied here on a very large scale (almost 20 thousand hectares so far) and is worth copying. It recommended wider dissemination among governmental and technical circles of the interesting reports submitted, in order that all Mediterranean countries might benefit quickly from the experience already gained. It again pointed out to governments the danger implicit in any policy of land utilization involving the further clearance of forests on the pretext that, with modern soil restoration techniques, additional land can now be safely placed under cultivation. It recommended:
(1) That a firm policy of conservation and improvement of existing forests be followed
(2) That soil restoration work be confined to areas where the forest vegetation has already disappeared and to agricultural land already denuded by or threatened by erosion;
(3) That reforestation combined with soil restoration methods be applied in areas where soil conditions so require.
No definite location or time for the next meeting was fixed, but the Subcommission agreed to place on its agenda a study of the need to restrict grazing in order to establish a proper equilibrium between grazing and forest lands, with a view to restoring the forests and ultimately obtaining the maximum yield from the land.
From 15-19 May, excursions were made to various places of interest in Morocco, where the delegates were greeted by M. Grimaldi, Director of the Forest Service M. Challot, Director of the Soil Conservation Service, and M. Metro, Chief of the Research Station at Rabat. Much useful information was obtained on the work being carried out on silvicultural treatment of cedars, planting of eucalypts and acacias, management of cork-oak forests, and ecological problems.
The full report of the Subcommission is issued by FAO from Geneva.
As point four of his message of 24 June 1949, the President of the United States recommended to Congress the enactment of legislation authorizing an expanded program of technical assistance to underdeveloped areas. The United Nations and the specialized agencies which already have devoted much time and effort to assisting countries in their social and economic development, is also assuming part of the task of making such technical assistance available.
Pending legislative authorization and the necessary appropriations, a great deal of constructive planning has been done within the United Nations and the specialized agencies preparatory to the selection of projects for the program. The UN Economic and Social Council has provided for the establishment of a Technical Assistance Board (TAB), composed of executive heads of UN and the specialized agencies, with such functions as will assure co-ordination of the various activities under the program. The work of the Board is subject to review by the Council, which has established for this purpose the Technical Assistance Committee (TAC), a special committee of delegates from member countries.
Within this framework, the various specialized agencies will receive allocations in prescribed proportions when funds have been made available through contributions by participating governments. Of these contributions, which will be paid into a special account set up by the UN Secretary-General, FAO will receive the highest percentage (29 percent). This is an indication of the important task which awaits FAO, particularly in the early years of economic.
A special Technical Assistance Conference was held at Lake Success, beginning 12 June, to ascertain what contributions governments were prepared to make, to decide on all administrative arrangements, and to review the proposed programs of technical and economic development.
It is now assumed that some contributing governments will make their first payments for the initial financial period (July 1950-December 1951) in July of the current year, so that funds will be available by that date to cover specified projects based on formal requests by governments.
In FAO a working group on the level of divisional directors, presided over by the Director-General or the Deputy Director-General, has been established since 1949 to determine general policy regarding technical assistance and to coordinate the work within FAO and with UN and the other specialized agencies. Details of planning are carried out by an interdivisional working party in which each division is represented by an officer specifically in charge of technical assistance.
This working party examines the preparatory work done by the divisions considers administrative problems to be anticipated; devises methods of coordinating FAO work with that of other agencies; suggests procedures for consultation with governments; prepares agreements with recipient governments; prepares proposals for establishing adequate registration and filing systems for Technical Assistance projects, keeps FAO's progress in this field continuously under review.
The Division of Forestry and Forest Products has given special attention to technical assistance programs. Its regional offices have aided interested governments in drawing up well-considered programs covering all projects for which technical assistance would be requested. These programs, after review and coordination at Headquarters, are now serving as basic documentation for the formal requests which are required from governments for any financial allocation from the Secretary-General's Special Account. The recipient governments, must also give reasonable assurance that they will adhere to the guiding principles recommended by the Economic and Social Council and approved by the General Assembly to facilitate the implementation of technical assistance furnished. This means that they commit themselves to help the experts to obtain the necessary information about the problems on which technical assistance has been requested, to give full and prompt consideration to the Technical advice received to maintain or set up as soon as practicable such governmental co-ordination machinery as may be needed to utilize its own Technical natural, and financial resources, so as to improve the standard of living of its people and ensure the effective use of any major international technical assistance, to undertake the sustained efforts required for economic development, including continuing support and progressive assumption of financial responsibility for the administration of projects initiated at its request under international auspices.
The successful operation of such a broad program will increase the prestige and effectiveness of the recipient countries in proportion to the results obtained. The Technical Assistance Program will strengthen the UN and its specialized agencies in the accomplishment of one of its fundamental purposes: constructive international action for improving the standard of living of the world's peoples.
The introduction of mechanized equipment has been one of the most revolutionizing factors in modern agriculture. For some time now this development has become evident also in forestry, yet forest utilization and especially logging operations are still carried on in most places by manual labor or the use of draft animals. Even when large-scale operations are undertaken very few of the operations are carried out with mechanized equipment, and then it is usually only the transportation phase that is modernized. As a result of this situation not only is the cost of harvesting the product very high, but also the working and living conditions of forest workers have been, in most eases, way below standard.
In order to let member countries reap the full benefit of the possibilities opened up by mechanization, the 1948 session of FAO's Conference recommended that all possible assistance should be given to governments to ensure that they could avail themselves of progress in this field. The response to this recommendation has been immediate. The advantages are evident not only for countries where forestry is well developed - since additional mechanization may bring forests formerly considered "inaccessible" within the orbit of commerce (inaccessibility, in most eases, is a matter of cost, i.e., transporting the wood from the forests) - but also for underdeveloped countries where large-scale forest utilization would not otherwise be possible because of working conditions, manpower shortages, and economic factors.
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I visited one of your service stations today. I am not going
Riding a motorcycle onto the forecourt I checked all the
notices on the pump. There was no notice regarding helmet removal and as a
result I did not even consider this to be an issue. Regardless, there was no
place to put it (space on the pumps yes, but the height was insufficient) and
so I carried on regardless. Checking my wallet to ensure I had enough cash I
then proceeded to place nozzle into bike and attempted to begin fuelling. The
sound over the tannoy of "number 4 helmet remove please" made me feel a) a
criminal, b) embarrassed and c) really could do with some proper grammar. The
cashier explained without any provocation from me that it is what they have
been told to do. This is fair enough however motorcyclists make up a large
proportion of pleasure drivers often with bikes doing very few miles to the
gallon – this kind of attitude is going to hurt you come summer time. The main
reason I come to Shell is the pay at pump system which hasn't worked for
months. Why did you even bother changing it from the previous system which
worked just fine? It's a basic 'pull factor' for your business (especially for
those in protective clothing who don't want to sweat waiting in a queue) and
you can't get it working in a timely fashion – people need petrol so they'll
obviously have to come into your shop – again this shows contempt for those who
keep your business running rather than keeping a basic (and very good) system
running for the customer's benefit.
Now it's not that I disagree with protecting your staff –
that is fine and I appreciate why you are now asking people to remove helmets.
To do this with contempt for the people who hand over their money is another
thing entirely. Did anyone think that a change in policy which requires a
customer to partially undress would be useful to point out with a sign? There
are plenty of notices around – another would not be an issue and would placate
customers who did not see it originally and forewarn those who did, without
embarrassment or making a minority feel like they're suspected of being about
to rob the joint. Also, consider the needs of the customer. If you're going to make
them take off clothing then ensure there is somewhere to put it – balancing it
on a bike seat or mirror is precarious at best. If the helmet falls then it needs
replacing. A potential 4% of your customers are going to be getting
progressively more infuriated by this attitude (during summer weekends
potentially far more than 4% - it's very easy to go through two or three tanks
of petrol in a weekend on a motorcycle). A change in policy needs consideration
as to how this change might affect customers and more importantly what you can
do to negate any negative effects. Your company makes a fortune but you're in a
competitive market where simple consideration of a customer's needs will make a
massive difference over who goes to which company. Pay at pump made me choose
Shell. Now that has gone and you've instigated a policy which makes
motorcyclists feel as though we're under suspicion all the time. Your company
has the money to invest to ensure things work and are suitable for ALL your
customers, not just those in cars – this investment speaks to customers and
shows whether you care about how they view your service. A quick resolution of
any issues with pay at pump would have been impressive and said to customers
that future problems would be fixed swiftly. All you've said to me is "you need
us for fuel and you'll do what we say".
I'll be going down the road to fill up in future.
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