1. SC 18 Liaison Report Winter 2012
Mike Briggs

2. TG2 - API Spec Q1 Revisions
Charge: To develop the next edition of API Spec Q1 independently of ISO TS while meeting or exceeding the requirements ISO 9001, the intent of API Q1, 8th edition and maintain close alignment in structure and language with API Q2

3. TG3 - Task Group on Recommendations for Improvements to the API Monogram Program
NWI 3002 – Have a study conducted and recommendations made on the appropriate licensee classifications which organizations should be qualified per a given specification, e.g., assembler, steel manufacturer, etc. 
NWI 3007 – Review Guest / Host licensing currently being offered by API and provide User input and recommendations to API.  API Monogram program is discontinuing the Guest Host licensing program

4. TG5 - Quality Management System for the Service Sector
 Document was published Dec 15th 2011
Forum scheduled in Houston 23 Feb 2012 to discuss questions about certification of service providers to this specification

5. TG6 - Welding Requirements in the API Product Specifications
Plan to identify baseline requirements for auditors to use in the monogram audits based on key criteria recognized by the task group and to created benchmark requirements where they do not currently exist. The report will be vetted by a peer review from SC18 and will provide guidance to the auditors for auditing. The hope is to have the document ready by the summer meeting

6. Task Group 7 (TG7) – Product Life Cycle
The document should provide the means of identifying the continued compliance of a product to its original and/or current manufacturing and design requirements and the ability to demonstrate product compliance to original and/or current product standards and industry/product-specific technical and regulatory requirements throughout the product lifecycle.