The American Welding Society (AWS) Board of Directors has adopted a policy whereby all oficial intepretations of AWS standards are handled in a formal manner. Under this policy, all oficial intepretations are approved by the technical committee that is responsible for the standard. Communication concerming an official interpretation is directed through the AWS staf member who works with that technical comittee. The policy requires that all requests for an official inter- pretation be submitted in writing. Such requests will be handled as expeditously as possible, but due to the procedures that must be fllowed, some requests for an ficial intepretation may take considerable time to complete.
