Uploaded April 9, 2002 to ncac/minutes as ncac0213final.html
Wednesday February 13, 2002
Location: Allie's American Grill, Tysons Corner Marriott, McLean VA.
Time: Section & NCAC meetings beginning at 6:30 PM
1. Call to Order, Welcome and Approval of Agenda
Call to order after the NoVa meeting at 8:45 PM.
2. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
Concerning the minutes of the NCAC meeting of January 8, 2002.
Motion to Approve: Howard Needham, seconded: Jim Allen
The minutes were approved unanimously.
3. Chairman's Remarks
Saj Durrani presented the situation with regard to documents that formally govern the NCAC and its relations with
RAB and the sections. In order to harmonize these, some amendments are needed. Saj will meet with the section chairs
and present the conclusions at the next meeting of NCAC.
The NCAC budget was discussed as it is reflected in the NoVa budget and was approved with minor revisions by the
NoVa AdCom. NoVa will provide $12,691 for NCAC for 2002.
Saj also introduced Bill Jackson, General Chair of the IECEC 2002 conference. Bill provided a fairly detailed budget
that appears to result in a surplus consistent with previous IECEC conferences. NoVa will provide seed money for
the conference in the same amount as the Washington Section, $5,000. This amount is in addition to the NCAC budget
approved by NoVa as noted above. The funds will be provided after NCAC has negotiated a MOA with the conference
Chair and will be repaid around October 2002 together with a 10% share of the surplus after repaying the loans,
which is estimated to be around $ 19,000. Thus, each Section may get their loan back plus about $ 850 - a very
good return on their investment of $ 5,000 in about six months.
4. Treasurer's Report
Howard Needham presented the Treasurers report for January. The present balance is $12,113.73. Upcoming expenses
include the Scanner that goes to press shortly. Howard will track Scanner expenses in view of the uncertainty resulting
from the resignation of the advertising manager.
5. Other Reports
5a. NCAC Officers (Vice-Chair, Secretary)
Jan Aminoff reported that he will take over the responsibility for the NCAC web site from Don Rickerson. The site
will be updated and brought up to date. Links will be provided to the web sites of the sections, but any other
section related information will be provided in consultation with the sections.
5b. Publications - SCANNER
Saj Durrani relayed a message from Bill Kelly, stating that there was a large amount of material for the Mar-Apr
issue - eulogies for Tom Doeppner, calendar and diamond stories, messages from Saj and Mike, etc. Thus, the total
would exceed 8 pages, but since there were very few ads, he wanted to keep it within 8 pages, and he asked for
guidance on what should be deleted. Saj will provide the guidance in consultation with the sections.
Saj stated that an Ad Mgr was needed urgently but he had not succeeded in finding one, and asked for help from
those present. Mike said that he believed Ed Gordon had agreed to take on this function. Saj said he will follow
up with Ed.
6. Liaison Reports:
6a. Northern Virginia
See Minutes from NoVa.
6b. Washington Section
Nothing to report.
6c. Consultants Network
Tuesday, February 19. Wally Lee will discuss the results of a NSA briefing for potential consultants. See
https://www.ieee-consultants.org
7. Unfinished Business
Nothing to report.
8. New Business
Nothing to report.
9. Next Month's Meeting:
NCAC/Washington Section Joint Meeting on March 5th, 2002.
10. Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Howard Needham; Second by Jim Allen
Meeting adjourned at 9:15 PM.
Respectfully Submitted
Jan Aminoff
Secretary, NCAC
j.aminoff@computer.org
Attendance list provided by Mike Scheidt, NoVa
Vince Williams Past Chair NOVA
Mike Cardinale NOVA Chair
Mike Scheidt Secretary
Pete Syhyer NOVA Director
Amarjeet Basra PACW Student Activities
Jan Aminoff Secretary NCAC
John Margosian Chair LMC
Murty Polavarapu NOVA Treasurer
Jim Allen NCAC Vice Chair
Scott Goldstein NOVA vice-chair
Scott Reichtert GMU Chapter President
Saj Durrani NCAC Chair
Jason Bales GMU Student Chapter
Ed Gordon Director
Susmit Patel Director
Matt Giltner COMSOC Chair
Jan North Guest