| Minutes of October 14, 2002 Meeting |
| Tuesday, 06 March 2007 | |
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MINUTES OF MINING INDUSTRY COMMITTEE MEETING PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA OCTOBER 14, 2002 The IEEE/IAS Mining Industry Committee met on Monday, October 14, 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the IEEE/IAS annual conference. An attendance list for the meeting is attached to these minutes. 1. John Sammarco served as Secretary in place of Victor Kitts, who was unable to attend. 2. Jim Cawley called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm. 3. The minutes of the 2001 meeting were approved with one amendment; Joe Sottile asked to be added to the attendance list. 4. Mike Yenchek summarized the papers for the technical session. Ten papers were submitted; six papers were accepted, of which four were from government and two were from industry and academia. Two accepted papers were withdrawn by the authors just prior to the June deadline, too late to replace, leaving four papers for the technical session. 5. The four authors who presented papers in Pittsburgh requested that their papers be reviewed for publication in the Transactions. Joe Sottile will expedite the publication review for these papers. Joe Sottile also stated that the 2001 paper concerning lighting propagation by Tom Novak and Tom Fisher won 2nd place for the IAS Outstanding Paper Award. This is especially noteworthy given the small size of our committee. 6. The Salt Lake City, Utah, 2003 call for papers announcement was distributed to all attendees. 7. Nominations were taken for the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary for 2003. The nominations are as follows: Chairman Mike Yenchek Vice Chairman John Sammarco Secretary Victor Kitts 8. Jim Cawley discussed the membership status. Ten people were deleted from last year’s membership list. Five of these people did not wish to renew membership. Four people could not be located. Old Business: The committee membership bylaws (page 8) require that a membership application be filled out each year by each member as a condition of membership. It was agreed that the secretary will send membership applications again this year. 9. New Business: Jim Cawley expressed the need to “widen the net for membership” on an international basis. This enables new mining technology to reach an international audience and to potentially increase industry participation. Tom Novak suggested that next year’s meeting include a “poster session” in order to increase industry participation. This session would consist of presentations but no papers would be written. By relieving the “burden” of writing a paper, it is anticipated that more industry participation would result. Tom Novak will email Mike Yenchek with more ideas and contacts concerning this type of session. 10. With no further business, the Chairman adjourned the meeting. Acting Secretary: John Sammarco Attachment: Attendee list |
