NSSRA represents ski shops at the twice-yearly meetings of the ASTM F27 Committee on Snow Skiing. ASTM international, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world, develops standards, practices and guidelines for more than 130 areas. In particular, the F27 Committee is responsible for the guidelines that evolve into the shop practices specified by manufacturers in the technicians' manuals. NSSRA works to assure that standards being developed by the Committee lead to procedures compatible with ski and snowboard shops' day-to-day operations.