Board of Directors ActivitiesMontréal, Canada Sunday, August 12, 2001 |
President Butler called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. A round of introductions was made. Board members present included H. Benitez, D. Bush, J. Butler, L. Carlson, T. Chesworth, L. Cohen, B. Crain, A. Drozd, R. Ford, F. Heather, D. Heirman, D. Hoolihan, T. Hubing, E. Joffe, W. Kesselman, M. Montrose, J. Muccioli, J. O’Neil, H. Ott, J. Perini, A. Podgorski, C. Sartori, D. Smith, K. Williams, and T. Yoshino. Board members absent included D. Millard and G. Pettit. Guests present included B. Nadeau, K. Gonschorek, M. D’Amore, R. Goldblum, D. McLemore, M. Mohd, W. Gjertson, B. Wallen, and V. Arifles. President Butler welcomed all Board members and guests present. The agenda was then distributed. The agenda was approved as presented.
Treasurer Warren Kesselman presented his report. The Society remains financially sound with a net worth of $1,220,830. Regarding year 2001 operations, as of June 30, 2001, the EMC Society 2001 overall operations were approximately on budget with a forecast of a net surplus of about $40,000. However, IEEE’s 2001 year end corporate infrastructure charge will no doubt impact the 2001 net. An estimate of the EMC Society infrastructure share might be in the order of $315,000. If this were the case, then the EMC Society would have a 2001 deficit of $275,000. Mr. Kesselman reviewed some of the actions the IEEE will take to revitalize their financial health. The Board approved the Treasurer’s report.
Secretary Janet O’Neil presented the minutes from the Board meeting on June 15, 2001. No changes were required. The Board approved the minutes as presented.
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Past member of the EMC Society Board of Directors, Norm Violette of Violette Engineering Corporation, visited the exhibit area in Montréal with his wife Bette (right) and Joanne Dorsey of Washington Laboratories. |
During the Board of Directors meeting in Montréal, Treasurer Warren Kesselman (standing) presented a financial report on the EMC Society. Attending the Board meeting were (from left) Jim Muccioli of Jastech EMC Consulting, Ray Adams of Boeing Satellite Systems who is Chair of the Los Angeles EMC Chapter, and Board member Bruce Crain of Northrop Grumman. |
Don Heirman, Vice-President of Standards, presented his report. It was noted that the webpage (https://www.standards.ieee.org) for EMC Standards is now operational. Standards activity covers three major areas: The Standards Education and Training Committee (SETCom) chaired by Hugh Denny, the Standards Advisory and Coordination Committee (SACCom) chaired by Elya Joffe and the Standards Development Committee (SDCom) chaired by Steve Berger. Mr. Heirman briefly reviewed the activities and goals of the Standards committees. The focus of this year’s meetings will be on the currently active efforts to develop new standards and to revise/reaffirm existing ones. There are currently eight active working groups, which include three on the development of new standards. All standards are currently active. They will also explore an opportunity to provide coordination on the proposed Federal Election Committee voting equipment standard. The committee has contributed articles to the EMCS Newsletter on various EMC standards. Regarding SETCom, they will hold a workshop on “Processes and Procedures for the Development of EMC Standards” at the Montréal Symposium. Included will be a presentation by the IEEE Standards Office on the electronic balloting process for standards. Elya Joffe, the SACCom chairman, invited all Board members to attend the annual RAC/SACCom luncheon that will be held at the Montréal Symposium. All members of the Representative Advisory Committee will be present to provide brief reports on their respective activities.
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Immediate past President of the EMC Society, Dan Hoolihan of Hoolihan EMC Consulting and Benoît Nadeau of Matrox (L-R), toast to their shared commitment to the EMC Society’s annual symposia. Mr. Hoolihan is Chairman of the 2002 EMC symposium while Mr. Nadeau was Chairman of the 2001 EMC symposium. |
Len Carlson, Vice-President for Communication Services, presented his report. He introduced Professor Marcello D’Amore, Transactions Editor-in-Chief, who then gave his report. He reviewed his activities of the past year and plans for next year. They have two special issues planned for publication in 2001/2002; one will be a special issue on printed circuit boards (PCBs), the other will be a special issue dedicated to the late Transactions editor, Moto Kanda. The special issue on PCBs will be published in November 2001 with Flavio Canaverio as guest editor. The special issue in honor of Moto Kanda will be published in February 2002 with guest editors being Chris Holloway and Perry Wilson. He has organized a special session to be held during the Montréal symposium which addresses the Transactions on EMC. All Board members were invited to attend this session. His report provided topic statistics of the papers included in the 1998 issues of the Transactions on EMC. Statistics included 0% of papers on numerical techniques to 21% of the papers on EMP, lightning, ESD and HIRF and 21% on antennas and propagation. In 2000, the topics ranged from spectrum utilization at 0% to shielding and filters at 17%. Numerical techniques amounted to 7% in 2000. His report also discussed the review process time of the papers submitted to the Transactions. A breakdown was provided of the papers published over the years 1998 to 2000 from the various IEEE Regions. The impact factor of the Transactions on EMC was discussed. Flavio Canaverio, the managing editor of the Transactions on EMC, is evaluating the electronic handling of Transactions papers using the IEEE Manuscript Central procedures. The “TEMC Manuscript Central” site www.temc.manuscriptcentral.com will be activated by the end of September 2001. Regarding the EMC Society Newsletter, Editor Janet O’Neil verbally reported that the current issue (Summer 2001) is 48 pages. Three practical papers were included in the issue as well as several letters to the Newsletter. There will be a special session at the Montréal symposium on the Transactions and the Newsletter. Papers will be solicited for the Practical Papers section of the Newsletter. Advertising for the Newsletter in 2002 will be solicited during the symposium by Susan Schneiderman of IEEE Media who will be walking the exhibit floor. She will also solicit advertising at the exhibitor’s breakfast. A meeting will be held with Ms. Schneiderman, Len Carlson and Andy Drozd during the symposium week to coordinate advertising promotions on the EMCS website and in the Newsletter. Mark Montrose next presented his report as IEEE press liaison. There has been little activity at the IEEE Press since the last Board meeting, except for the acquisition of new authors and editing of texts in the pre-production cycle. Links have been established to refer customers from the IEEE’s Online Store and Catalog and Wiley’s online catalogue, where IEEE Press titles are now displayed. All books currently sponsored by EMC have been included. Proposed books for EMCS sponsorship include “Electromagnetic Anechoic Chambers” by Leland Hemming which has an expected release date of June to August, 2002. Andy Drozd presented his report as the Society Webmaster. He advised that the committee was formed in late 1999 to maintain the EMCS website and coordinate activities among the various EMCS technical and administrative committees. A web counter was uploaded and checked by Doug Smith. There have been some 3,700 hits since the counter was installed in June. The committee is reviewing different proposals from graphic designers to create a new look for the site. There are no new advertisers for the website. Lastly, Tom Chesworth advised that he had no news to report on the activities of his Public Relations committee since the last Board meeting in June.
Andy Drozd, Vice-President for Membership Services, presented his report. Currently there are 4,907 active members of the EMC Society, a slight decrease from 2000. He introduced Bruce Crain who will be in charge of setting up the membership booth at the EMCS annual symposia. Mr. Crain advised that the Society would have two booths at the Montréal EMC Symposium. He acknowledged the efforts of the local symposium committee in helping to set up and organize the booth. They will offer free memberships in the EMC Society to all who sign up for IEEE membership at the symposium. Regarding senior members, it was suggested that authors who are presenting papers at the symposium could be candidates for senior membership. Mr. Crain has complete information for signing up for senior members so he encouraged Board members to give him e-mail addresses for potential senior members. The EMCS is at 7.14% of its goal for the number of senior members. Andy Drozd then reported for Lee Hill, chair of the DL program. The three new DLs for 2001-2003 were introduced in the last issue of the Newsletter. Applications for new DL candidates have been solicited and were sent out as requested. Henry Benitez reported on Awards. It was voted not to present a President’s Memorial Award this year. The awards will be presented as a two-part event at the Montréal symposium. Some of the awards will be presented on Tuesday night at 5:30 pm prior to the welcome reception. During the awards luncheon on Thursday, a video will be shown of the awards presented on Tuesday evening. All people who will receive awards have been so notified so it is expected they will attend the awards events. His report included a complete listing of the awards to be presented as well as the notification letter award recipients have received. Mr. Drozd then reviewed Ghery Pettit’s report on Chapter Activities. This includes a spreadsheet listing the activity status of each international chapter. The Chicago, Pikes Peak, and Washington (Northern Virginia) chapters are in the verge of being dissolved by RAB in November due to three consecutive years of inactivity and lack of reporting. He noted that the German chapter would receive the best chapter award this year. No chapter was eligible for the Most Improved Chapter award this year. Andy Drozd will chair the Chapter Chairman’s Luncheon this year in the absence of Ghery Pettit. Elya Joffe presented the Region 8 report. EMCS membership material was distributed at the St. Petersburg, Russia, International Symposium on EMC June 19-22, 2001. The EMCS was a technical co-sponsor of this symposium. The Society will also be a technical co-sponsor of the EMC Europe 2002 conference in Sorrento, Italy and the International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA-01) in Torino, Italy. Regarding the conference in Russia, he noted that there is a strong language gap in Russia and all of the technical sessions had simultaneous translators. It appears that new membership in this country is also limited not just by the cost of joining, but also the limited benefit of all English publications such as the Newsletter and the Transactions on EMC. Jose Perini presented his report on Region 9. He advised that these are extremely difficult times financially in Argentina so he is focusing his outreach efforts in Brazil where EMC activity is at an all time high. He plans to visit Rio de Janeiro to give several EMC presentations over two weeks to various groups. Carlos Sartori advised that there is a group who will hold an EMC conference in November 2002 in Brazil. They expect some 300 people. The Board discussed holding its November meeting in Brazil in conjunction with this conference. Takeo Yoshino then reported on EMC activity in Region 10. He noted that there is a low level of EMC activity in Thailand, but this may change soon as there is an EMC conference planned for July 25-26, 2002 in Thailand. There will also be an AP/EMC/EMT joint conference in Korea on September 10, 2001. Over 400 people are expected. Dan Hoolihan, the Nominations and Bylaws Committee Chair, advised that the ballot for new Board members for 2002-2004 would be mailed to EMCS members in mid August. There are 11 candidates on the ballot. Ballots are due back at IEEE by October 1. Official results will be announced shortly thereafter. There are no changes required to the by-laws. Regarding the Fellows Search Committee, Mr. Drozd reported for Bill Duff that six Fellow nominations were received this year. They expect two to three candidates from this nominations list will receive the Fellow award next year. Mr. Drozd advised that there was no report submitted by the PACE chair, Bill McGinnis. Dick Ford next discussed the annual symposium survey. This will be distributed during the symposium and IEEE EMC Society mugs will be given to those who return the survey. There has been no activity on the formal IEEE EMC Society survey since the last Board meeting in June. He solicited volunteers from the Board to help him review this survey data with the goal to nurture new members and make them more active participants in the EMC Society. Regarding his work as the EMC Society photographer, Mr. Ford will take photos in the exhibit area and during the awards events. Video will also be taken during the awards events. The video of Doug Smith performing an experiment will be shown during the break. This video will also be shown in the membership booth during the symposium.
Kimball Williams, Vice President for Technical Services, presented his report. The Technical Committees are attempting to pursue meetings on line. The formation of a new TC-10 on Signal Integrity is underway. The Product Safety Committee (TC-8) continues its evolution into its own IEEE Society. Andy Drozd and David Southworth are working to encourage more use of our web pages to communicate within the elements of EMCS. The symposia electronic paper review system is moving towards a cooperative implementation in conjunction with TC9, and the Antennas and Propagation and the Microwave Theory and Techniques Societies. Mark Montrose reported on his efforts to promote TC-8 (Electromagnetic Product Safety) and TC-10 (Signal Integrity and Microelectronics Technology). He will provide a thorough report on the activities of these committees during the symposium at the Thursday evening Board meeting. Maqsood Mohd next presented his report as Chairman of the Education Committee. He introduced Virgilio Arafiles who reported on Student Activities. The student paper contest was a big success this year. They received 22 papers this year versus 13 last year. They sent out 37 kits for the student design competition, however, only three were returned for the competition. Regarding the NARTE subcommittee, they are working closely with NATRE to review all their EMC examination questions. They have set up a committee to formally review these questions. Regarding the Experiments subcommittee, they have scheduled a record number of 25 experiments for the Montréal Symposium, including 23 software demos which are being included for the first time under the heading “Modeling and Simulation.” The University Grant subcommittee has expanded their outreach efforts to include non-US universities. The Tutorials subcommittee will continue providing tutorials at the symposium with speakers who are leaders in their respective fields. Mr. Williams reported for RAC Chair Dave Case. They have organized their traditional RAC/SACCom luncheon at the Montréal EMC Symposium. The RAC report includes a budget review and cost reduction efforts. RAC is hosting a special session on “Wireless” at the Montréal EMC Symposium. Lastly, Mark Montrose reported that he would attend the Nano Technology symposium in Maui, Hawaii. There will be a meeting of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Council which Mark Montrose will also attend as a representative of the EMC Society.
Henry Ott, Vice President for Conference Services, presented his report. Mr. Ott then called upon Barry Wallen, Chair of the International Symposia Committee. Mr. Wallen reported on the various upcoming symposia as follows: 2000 Washington DC: The audit should be completed by the IEEE in August. The projected surplus is expected to be approximately $189,000; 2001 Montréal: The committee expects to meet the attendance levels of the Seattle symposium, and 80% of the attendance at the Washington DC symposium. 251 booths have been sold, 14 table top display tables have been reserved. They expect to meet their 20% surplus projection; 2002 Minneapolis: There will be a booth for this symposium in the exhibit area. The symposium website address is www.2002-ieee-emc.org. The committee will undertake considerable marketing efforts to promote the symposium early on. The committee is requesting a greater advance to fund their aggressive marketing approach. The Board approved sending a $30,000 advance to the 2002 IEEE Symposium on EMC in Minneapolis steering committee. Mr. Ott noted that this would be an addition to the $10,000 advance already received by the committee, for a total advance of $40,000; 2003 Boston: Jon Curtis of Curtis-Strauss is the new chairman for the 2003 Boston Symposium Steering Committee. They have contracted with IEEE Conference Management Services to run this symposium. All of the hotels are within walking distance of the Heinz Auditorium where the symposium will be held; 2005 Chicago: There are communication problems with the steering committee and these will be resolved before the next Board meeting; 2006 Location to be Determined: Mr. Ott reported that the location for the Symposium in 2006 has not been determined to date. He introduced Karl Gonschorek of the German EMC Chapter who gave a presentation on their proposal to host the EMC symposium in 2006 in the city of Dresden. 2006 marks the 800th anniversary of the city of Dresden. It is visited by large amounts of tourists every year, it has many large hotels and a large convention center. A copy of a letter from the German Chapter Chairman, Heyno Garbe, was circulated. This formally renews their invitation from 1998 to the EMC Society to hold the International Symposium in Germany. Regarding the 50th Anniversary of the EMC Society, Dan Hoolihan advised that the committee is looking at two possible locations for this anniversary symposium in 2007, including Las Vegas and Hawaii. Other locations suggested were Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mr. Hoolihan will write an article for the Newsletter which solicits suggestions for locations, themes, etc. to celebrate the anniversary. He is also working with the IEEE History Center to ensure EMC Society history is represented at the symposium. Global Symposium Coordinator Elya Joffe next presented his report. Regarding recent global activities, the EMCS held a special workshop at the EMC conference in St. Petersburg during June 19-22, 2001. Speakers included Jose Perini, Mark Montrose and Elya Joffe. There were 35 international participants and 72 local participants. 133 papers were published. Future global activities for the committee include the EMC conference in Torino, Italy on September 10-14, 2001; the EMC Symposium in Beijing, China on May 21-24, 2002; the Wroclaw EMC Symposium on June 25-28, 2002; EMC Europe 2002 in Sorrento, Italy on September 9-13, 2002; the Zurich 2003 EMC Symposium in February 2003; and the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on EMC in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mr. Joffe has created a document on “How to Obtain EMCS Co-Sponsorship” for global EMC symposia which are not organized by the EMCS. This document is available for viewing from the EMCS website on a password protected basis by members of the Board. Mr. Joffe solicited comments from the Board. Mr. Joffe’s report also included a proposal for support of symposia and scientists in low-income countries. Travel expenses support and IEEE membership dues were reviewed and discussed. Janet O’Neil presented her report as Exhibitor Liaison. Ms. O’Neil has gathered data from Dev Sharma of JPdL, the Montréal symposium management company, about the “gray areas” in the point system policy for exhibitors. She then met with Barry Wallen to discuss some modifications to the policy to address these gray areas. They would like to have this revised policy reviewed by an “exhibitor advisory committee”, so to speak, for comment/critique and then have this reviewed by IEEE’s legal department. Then, the material would be posted to the EMCS website along with the updated point allocation grid (which will be updated after the symposium). The “exhibitor advisory committee” would be small and would be composed of members who represent long time and brand new exhibitors, large companies and small companies, so there is balanced representation. The exhibitor’s breakfast plans are underway and this will be held on Thursday, August 16 at the Palais de Congrs. Speakers at the breakfast include the Montréal symposium chairman, Benot Nadeau, this year’s exhibits personnel and JPdL management, as well as next year’s IEEE management for the Minneapolis Symposium. Elya Joffe will distribute the exhibitor’s kits for the Tel Aviv Symposium and make a presentation about the facility for exhibits. Future considerations for the Exhibitor Liaison include the points to be awarded in 2003 to exhibitors who exhibit in Boston and/or Tel Aviv and also the institutionalization of the program advertising/sponsorship component of each symposia committee. Janet O’Neil also presented her report as Regional Conferences Chair. There are no plans for table-top/regional conferences in the summer months. (Five were held from April to June 2001.) The Rocky Mountain EMC chapter has scheduled one for October 3, 2001. The speaker will be Clayton Paul, among others. No other table top shows are planned as of this date for the fall months. The table-top/regional conferences are posted in a separate section of the EMC Society Newsletter and conference chairmen have been advised in advance that they can place free ads in the Newsletter to promote their respective shows if they so desire. There currently is an ad for the Rocky Mountain EMC chapter show on October 3 in the Spring issue and one will run in the Summer issue. Lastly, Larry Cohen advised that the AMEREM conference on high power electromagnetics would be held on June 3-7, 2002 in Annapolis, Maryland. Don McLemore, Chairman of TC-5 (High Power) supports this proposal for the EMC Society to be a technical co-sponsor of this conference. He gave a presentation on AMEREM (American Electromagnetics) to the Board. AMEREM deals with HPEM (High Power EMC) and UWB (Ultra Wide Band).
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Following the EMC Society Board of Directors meeting on Thursday night in Montréal, a few Board members gathered to celebrate Don Heirman’s birthday, including (from left) Dan Hoolihan, Henry Ott of Henry Ott Consultants, Don Heirman of Don HEIRMAN Consultants, Lois Heirman, and Todd Hubing of the University of Missouri at Rolla. |
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Before the start of a hectic symposium week, a few Board members enjoyed a quiet night in Montréal. Shown from left are Myrthes Perini and Board members Jose Perini, Carlos Sartori of the Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil and Janet O’Neil of ETS-Lindgren. |
The following item was discussed under Old Business: ELECTRONIC MOTION: Andy Drozd spoke about the motion he submitted electronically about the policy regarding distribution of the excess EMC symposia CDs, programs, etc. The motion passed by a simple margin, however, there were enough comments received with the no votes that he withdrew the motion. He also asked IEEE to review the motion and they had comments regarding legal implications of the distribution of this material. Mr. Drozd would like to incorporate these comments into a new policy and have IEEE review this. Then, he will prepare a new motion for presentation at the November Board meeting.
The following items were discussed under New Business: ELECTRONIC SECURITY ISSUES: Doug Smith discussed potential problems with viruses on computers that are received via e-mail attachments. He addressed security issues as well. Andy Drozd suggested that this fall under the Webmaster Committee, which he chairs. Jose Perini and Doug Smith volunteered to help Mr. Drozd with this work. TIP CODES: Joe Butler asked about the IEEE TIP (Technical Interest Profiles) Codes that are included on the IEEE Membership Applications. These codes are used by IEEE to capture and reflect the primary technical interests of each IEEE member. More than half of the TIP codes shown on the IEEE form are never selected. Thus, the IEEE would like to hear from the EMC Board of Directors to help them consolidate and eliminate the TIP codes. The Board indicated that they did not use the TIP Codes, with the exception of Don Heirman who advised that he’s used the TIP code information when working on Standards.
The Board adjourned for the day at 5:00 pm on August 12. The Board reconvened on August 16 at 6:00 pm.
President Butler welcomed everyone to the continuation of the August Board meeting. A round of introductions was made. Guests for the evening included Vita Feuerstein, Maqsood Mohd, Bob Hofmann, Markus Heidemann, Gao Yougang, Benoît Nadeau, and Ray Adams. The agenda for the evening meeting was distributed. Mr. Butler requested that the Vice-Presidents present an overview of their respective activity during the symposium week before continuing with New Business on the agenda.
Don Heirman advised that SDCom met on Monday morning. All 14 committee members were present for the meeting chaired by Stephen Berger. There were six guests present. They gave a presentation on each standard that the committee is working on for the benefit of the guests present. This new format worked well. Several standards working groups met during the week. The SACCom meeting chaired by Elya Joffe was also well attended. Meetings will also take place on Friday of the symposium week. Elya Joffe reported that 25 people attended the annual RAC/ SACCom luncheon.
Kimball Williams advised that all of the Technical Committees met during the symposium week. Some were not as well attended due to travel restrictions and also committee members dropping out. The succession planning for each committee is well underway. The video program was reviewed in relation to producing in PAL or CD. They will survey potential users of their video to see what format is the most popular. This effort to produce the video will start after January 1, 2002. By the November meeting, Mr. Williams expects that the plan for teleconferencing/synchronic type will be ready for a demonstration for the Executive Committee. There will be a web training workshop at the Minneapolis symposium for the TC chairs and others who would like to post material to the EMCS website. Regarding electronic paper reviews, Mr. Williams suggests that we work with the MTT and AP Societies to write a specification for what our Society needs in this area from IEEE so that we get a product that is tailored to our needs. Electronic paper review of the symposium papers is expected to happen soon. Maqsood Mohd advised that the experiments area provided for this symposium was the best ever. The students present at the symposium commented that they really enjoyed the demonstrations.
Andy Drozd advised that the week went well. The awards reception on Tuesday night was well attended. The new video effort of the awards program was well received. Mr. Drozd thanked Mr. Ford for his efforts with the video. Regarding the surveys, to date Mr. Ford has received 68 completed forms. As photographer, he attended the exhibitor’s breakfast and learned that only one exhibitor requested a photo from those he’s taken at last year’s symposium. He took several photos in the exhibition hall and during the awards luncheon. Several exhibitors requested that he send photos to them. Regarding the membership booth activity, Bruce Crain advised that 13 new IEEE members signed up at the symposium. Two students signed up to join IEEE. 11 members took advantage of the Senior Member campaign. Four existing IEEE members joined the EMC Society to get their first year membership in EMCS for free.
Len Carlson advised that he met with Susan Schneiderman of IEEE Media during the symposium week. Andy Drozd and Janet O’Neil also attended the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss advertising on the EMCS website as well as the Newsletter. A bundling of opportunities and fees were discussed to promote both advertising mediums.
Henry Ott advised that there were several new programs implemented at the Montréal symposium, including a children’s program that was well received. There was also discounted pricing on the tours for children. Several issues concerning customs and bringing in printed matter and paying duties were discussed.
The following additional items were then discussed under New Business:
Benoît Nadeau, Chairman of the Montréal Symposium, advised that the chapter was only three years old when their request in 1993 to host the 2001 symposium was approved by the Board. The chapter has come a long way since their formation in 1990. Some of the new programs implemented during the symposium, including the Press Room, were very well received. Several press representatives visited the press room and took advantage of the information on EMC that was available. He commented that 1,574 people attended the symposium and of this number, there were 489 fully registered IEEE members and 301 fully registered nonmembers. They received several favorable comments on the audio-visual equipment that was provided during the technical sessions. Don Heirman advised that the technical program was very well organized. The session chairs were appropriately selected for the sessions and the local committee worked well with the technical committees.
Dan Hoolihan reported that the ad hoc committee has reviewed a draft of this policy that was prepared by Warren Kesselman. It concerns reimbursements for Board member travel, entertainment, funding of special sessions presented at various EMC conferences, etc. The goal is to have one document/policy that will address the various requests for funding by Board members. Mr. Hoolihan advised that the committee would have a report for the November meeting.
Dick Ford advised that Bob Goldblum would like to join this ad hoc committee, which includes members Larry Cohen, Ghery Pettit and Jose Perini. The committee had a teleconference meeting recently on this issue. They would like to conduct a one-hour interview with Dan Senese of IEEE. They would like to obtain information from the IEEE that they can publish. Mr. Carlson suggested that the committee go through the proper channels to gather this information. For example, the committee should interview the IEEE volunteers to whom the IEEE staff report. The TAB VP or Division IV Director should be contacted instead of Dan Senese who is an IEEE staff member. The committee will meet in San Diego in November in conjunction with the Board meeting. Mr. Podgorski asked if academia, industry and government were represented on this committee. Mr. Ford replied that anyone is welcome to join this committee. The Board approved adding Bob Goldblum to the IEEE Disassociation Committee. The Board then approved suspending the activities of the Disassociation from IEEE Committee until the November 2001 Board meeting.
Mark Montrose advised that the new TC-10 on Signal Integrity held a very successful workshop in Montréal. There were 90 people present for all four speakers. The TC-10 committee meeting had 19 attendees. The committee elected Chas Grasso as chair, Franz Gisin as vice-chair and Jim Drewniak as secretary. The committee drafted the following mission statement: TC-10 is concerned with the design, analysis, simulation, modeling, and measurement techniques useful in maintaining the quality and integrity of electrical signals. These activities encompass all aspects of signal integrity from the integrated circuit level to the system level. A workshop on TC-10 was slated for the Minneapolis symposium and speakers are now being recruited. The Board approved validating the efforts of TC-10 and formalizing this new Technical Committee. Regarding TC-8, the group advised at their committee meeting that they are attempting to become a Technical Council of TAB. Mr. Montrose contacted Mary Ward Callahan of the IEEE to pursue this matter. The TC-8 workshop on Product Safety was well attended. Mr. Benitez commented that this committee needs guidance in putting down on paper their plans and timelines to become their own independent entity within the IEEE. Mr. Montrose will now redirect his efforts from TC-10 to TC-8 to accomplish this task.
Todd Hubing, EMCS President-Elect, discussed the schedule for the Board meeting in November. The Board approved extending the November Board meeting to include one full day on Tuesday, November 13 and the morning (half day) of Wednesday, November 14.
Carlos Sartori advised that there would be an Abericen (Brazilian Association of EMC) international EMC symposium on November 25-26, 2002. The local EMC chapter, of which Mr. Sartori is chairman, will support this conference. This will feature invited papers/lecturers. Mr. Hubing would like to hold the Board meeting on Sunday, November 24 in order that the Board can get involved and participate in the symposium. The location will be in downtown Sao Paulo at a large hotel. There will also be an exhibition with the technical program.
Kimball Williams advised that he is working on this document with Janet O’Neil. It will be ready for the Board to review at the November meeting.
The Board approved the request of AMEREM for the EMC Society to be a technical co-sponsor of their conference that will occur on June 3-4, 2002. During discussion of this co-sponsoship, President Butler commented that the EMCS is currently a technical co-sponsor of the following EMC conferences next year: Beijing, Wroclaw, and Sorrento. Mr. Hoolihan shared his concerns that the EMCS is becoming saturated with technically co-sponsoring several EMC conferences each year. This has the potential of diminishing attendance at the Minneapolis 2002 EMC symposium, for example. The financial implications of the Board supporting these various conferences, which it technically co-sponsors, were also discussed. Treasurer Kesselman discussed the costs associated with the EMCS being a technical co-sponsor, including a flat $50 fee for maintaining the IEEE database.
President Butler reviewed the action items discussed during the meeting and those assigned at past meetings.
The next meeting of the EMCS Board of Directors will be on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 in San Diego, California from 9 am to 5 pm. The long range planning session of the meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 14 from 8:30 am to noon.
There being no further business, the meeting then adjourned at 8:55 pm.
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Janet O’Neil Secretary, EMC Society Board of Directors
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