Inter-Society Activities

RAC/SACCom Annual Joint Luncheon

By Elya Joffe, SACCom Chairman

Tyler David Case made his debut on August 11, 2001, just days before the start of the Montréal EMC Symposium. Congratulations to proud parents Teresa and David Case!

As tradition carries on, the IEEE EMC Society RAC (Representative Advisory Committee) and SACCom (Standards Advisory and Coordination Committee) held their joint luncheon on August 13th, during the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on EMC in Montréal.

This meeting and luncheon is hosted in alternate years by RAC and SACCom, and this year it was SACCom’s turn to host the meeting.

This meeting serves as a great opportunity for members of the two committees, all representatives of various organizations, to sit together, hear and discuss activities of mutual interest in both organizations, and, in some cases, even find common interests and activities.

RAC, chaired by Dave Case, is a committee of representatives of Non-Standardization organizations and societies that deal with various aspects of electromagnetic compatibility and associated fields. Such organizations include COMAR (Committee on Man and Radiation) and ACES (Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society).

SACCom, chaired by Elya B. Joffe, on the other hand, is a committee of representatives of Standardization-related organizations, both IEEE and non-IEEE related (including EMC-related committees, of course). Such organizations include IEC/TC-77, CISPR, SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), RTCA, and others.

27 members of both the RAC/ SACCom committees, as well as members of the EMC Society Board of Directors, enjoyed the luncheon and the lively discussion and exchange of information between the attendees.

Regretfully, Dave Case, Chairman of RAC could not attend this Symposium (and luncheon), for the first time in many years — however — for a good reason: Dave and his wife were awaiting the arrival of the stork in August. Congratulations to Dave and Teresa upon the birth of Tyler David Case.

So, Dave, congratulations, and all the best! Remember, in 2002, it is RAC’s turn to host the luncheon. EMC

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