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Wednesday October 9, 2002
Location: Allie's American Grill, Tyson's Marriott.
Meeting following the NoVA Administrative Committee Meeting and Dinner.
1. Call to Order, Welcome and Approval of Agenda
Call to order at 8:00 PM.
2. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
No Minutes were available for approval.(They were e-mailed to the officers later, and were approved.)
3. Chairman's Remarks
3a. Continuing Education course on Modeling and Simulation. Saj had presented the following at the NoVA Meeting. The course had been attended by 15 people, each paying $ 100, and they had rated it high. The U of MD had allowed us to use their labs free of charge; we had made a surplus after covering all expenses and paying a nominal honorarium of $ 500 to the instructor, Dr. Haik Biglari. His son, Dorek had helped us running the course pro bono. At my request, Dorek had prepared a proposal for on-line delivery of future courses through his company, Simomatics, and I had forwarded the proposal to Officers of both Sections. I asked NOVA to name a Continuing Education. Chair or other contact person, so that we can pass on the info to him. Mike, current NoVA Chair, said that Scott Goldstein, Incoming NoVA Chair, will do so in December.
3b. NoVA proposed Withdrawal. Saj stated that the report from the RAB Committee, chaired by Moshe Kam, had been due in mid September but was delayed. It might be available at the Region 2 Committee meeting on Oct. 21/22, but no formal action will be taken till RAB meets in November.
3c. Brainstorming. Saj noted that we should identify what needs to be done in the next two months, assuming that the Council may not exist next year. All attendees gave their perspective on what had happened this year, and everyone agreed that both Sections will continue to need several joint activities, e.g., Joint Office, Banquet, Newsletter, and Continuing Education. However, no new suggestions came up for specific action.
4. Publications - SCANNER.
Saj emphasized that plans for the January-February issue of the SCANNER need to be finalized by the end of November. This is urgent, especially if NOVA wishes to go electronic while WS wants to retain a paper version. Mike said that he will contact Xianhua about it.
5. Next Month's Meeting:
The next meeting will be held after the NoVA AdCom meeting on November 13, and the last meeting of the year will take place in conjunction with the WS AdCom on December 3.
6. Adjournment
Motion to Adjourn in due course.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted (according to notes from the Chair)
Jan Aminoff
Secretary, NCAC
j.aminoff@computer.org
Saj Durrani, Chair, NCAC
Jim Allen, ViceChair, NCAC
Mike Cardinale, Chair, NoVA
Pete Sypher, Chair of NCAC Finance Committee
John Margosian, Chair, Life Member Chapter