March 2000
Prof. Obasi Secretary-General of
World Meteorological Organization
(WMO) wrote a letter, bringing to the attention of
manufacturers of instruments and equipment the possibility of establishing
an association of manufacturers as a way to enhance
collaboration with WMO.
October
2000
First informal
meeting was called by Dr. S. K. Srivastava, during CIMO Technical
Conference in Beijing.
Organizing committee was established.
January 2001
Second meeting
was arranged during the AMS Annual Meeting in Albuquerque.
The organizing
committee was asked to develop the rules and procedures.
Preparations made for the establishment of the Association during EMS 2001, Sept 2001 in Budapest.
Constituting
Meeting, Budapest, Sept 2001
Articles of
Association were adopted
Rules of
Procedure were adopted
Council
of 8 members was elected
September 26th 2001
Formal establishment of the Association at
the conference of the European Meteorological Society (EMS) took place in
Hungary.
January 2002
The
speech of Prof.
Obasi, Secretary-General
of WMO, at a meeting of the HMEI, held during the AMS Meeting in
Florida, recognized the formal establishment of the HMEI.
June 2002
Consultative
status at the WMO was granted to HMEI at the 54th Executive
Council of WMO.
February 2003, General Assembly
Meeting of HMEI.
The
first HMEI General Assembly, was held during the AMS Annual Meeting, in
Long Beach, California, with an opening address by Prof. G.O.P. Obasi,
Secretary-General of WMO.
June 2003
In
June 2003 the HMEI office was established in the WMO building in Geneva,
Switzerland, with Bruce Sumner as the new HMEI Executive Secretary.
January 2004 HMEI General Assembly at Seattle AMS
HMEI
now established with over 20 member companies and continuing to grow, is
addressed at its General Assembly 2004 by the new
Secretary-General of WMO, Michel Jarraud.
September
2004
HMEI attended its first International Organization for Standardization
meeting, the ISO/TC 146 Air Quality -
Sub-committee 5 in Sweden, and is invited to become a Liaison Member of ISO.
