Board of Directors Activities
Zurich, Switzerland
Friday, February 23, 2001
CALL TO ORDER
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, L. Cohen,
B. Crain, A. Drozd, R. Ford, D. Heirman, D. Hoolihan, T. Hubing, E. Joffe, D. Millard, M.
Montrose, J. O'Neil, J. Perini, G. Pettit, A. Podgorski, C. Sartori, D. Smith, K.
Williams, and T. Yoshino. Board members absent included T. Chesworth, F. Heather, W.
Kesselman, J. Muccioli, and H. Ott. Guests present included E. Bronaugh, W. Gjertson, G.
Meyer, G. Mays, and R. Vahldieck. Mr. Butler thanked Dr. Gabriel Meyer for making the
arrangements for the Board meeting in Zurich. The agenda was then presented. Several items
were added to the agenda. The agenda was approved as amended.
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Barry Wallen of TUV Product Service and Bruce Crain of
Northrop Grumman (L-R) attended the EMCS hosted cocktail party following the Zurich
Symposium. Mr. Wallen reports to the EMCS Board of Directors as the Society's Chairman of
the International Conference Committee. Mr. Crain recently began his three-year term as a
member of the Board.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roland Danieli enjoyed the "calm"
(the Board party) after the "storm" that was the Zurich Symposium. Erika Danieli
was in charge of the social program while Roland handled the local arrangements. This kept
them very busy!
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Mr. and Mrs. Martin Alexander (he is with the National Physical
Laboratory in the United Kingdom) brought their daughters Eleanor and Catherine (L-R) to
the Board party following the Zurich Symposium.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Treasurer Warren Kesselman's report showed an estimate that the EMC Society's net
operational surplus for 2000 will be in the order of $60,000. The Society remains
financially sound with an estimated million dollar net worth.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
Secretary Janet O'Neil presented the minutes from the Board meeting on November 16,
2000 for review. The minutes were approved as amended.
VICE PRESIDENT'S REPORT OVERVIEW
President Butler requested that each Vice President provide an overview of their
respective activities for the benefit of the meeting guests present.
Andy Drozd, Vice-President for Member Services, provided an overview of the activities
under his Vice-Presidency. He noted that there are approximately 5,237 members in the EMC
Society. He showed a list of EMC related conferences in IEEE Regions 7-10 in 2001 and
discussed the Distinguished Lecturer and Angel programs. One of the goals for 2001 is to
reinvigorate some of the inactive existing EMC chapters. Also, they would like to
outreach/recruit new members and thereby create new EMC chapters. There is new chapter
activity in Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Wroclaw, Romania, and Georgia (Russia). There is an
active chapter now in Turkey. The newest chapter to join the EMC Society is based in
Singapore. Expected EMC Society membership growth outside the USA is estimated at 5-10%.
Len Carlson, Vice-President for Communication Services, provided an overview of the
activities under his Vice-Presidency. One key goal to be realized in 2002 is the
publication of the new EMC Society magazine. Janet O'Neil will be the managing editor and
Bob Olsen will be the technical editor. The Transactions on EMC has a new editor, Marcello
D'Amore, and he is reorganizing the structure of associate editors and reviewers in order
to expedite the review and publication process. Regarding the internet, Andy Drozd as the
EMCS webmaster, has made tremendous progress in posting material to the website, keeping
material on the site updated and current, and he has developed the paid advertising
program for EMC vendors for the website. The History Committee, while currently inactive,
has in the past published the CDs containing the 40 years of EMCS symposia records. This
committee will work with the EMCS 50th Anniversary Committee to prepare a special
celebratory event in 2007. Future tasks of the History Committee currently under
consideration include placing back issues of the Transactions on EMC on CDs. The IEEE
Press Liaison also falls under this Vice-Presidency. EMCS books are published with a
percentage of sales being returned to the EMCS.
Janet O'Neil reported in the absence of Henry Ott, Vice-President for Conference
Services. She provided an overview of the activities under his Vice-Presidency. This
includes the International Conference Committee chaired by Barry Wallen, the Exhibitor
Liaison (Janet O'Neil), the Global Symposium Coordinator (Elya Joffe) and the Regional
Symposia Coordinator (Janet O'Neil). Mr. Wallen oversees the activities of the annual IEEE
International Symposia on EMC. The Exhibitor Liaison is the consistent EMCS representative
from year to year who works with the vendors participating in the annual IEEE
International Symposia on EMC. The Global Symposium Coordinator works with the non-IEEE
EMCS organized EMC symposia/conferences worldwide to orchestrate cooperation and
co-sponsorship with the EMCS. Finally, the Regional Symposia Coordinator works directly
with the EMCS chapters to organize one-day EMC conferences which are regional, i.e. local
to the host chapter.
Don Heirman, Vice-President for Standards Services, provided an overview of the
activities under his Vice-Presidency. This includes 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. They try to work with the IEC, CISPR and other international EMC
organizations in order to maintain EMCS representation worldwide on various standards
making committees. They educate and train EMCS members and others about writing and
developing standards. They publish standards. The IEEE Standards website is very active
and easily accessible for purchasing and downloading EMC standards on-line ( https://standards.ieee.org ).
Kimball William, Vice-President for Technical Services, provided an overview of the
activities under his Vice-Presidency. The vision of Technical Services is to promote the
growth of the worldwide EMC technical community for the benefit of all mankind. He focused
on three main subcommittees and how they carry out this vision: the Education and Student
Activities Committee chaired by Maqsood Mohd, the Representative Advisory Committee (RAC)
chaired by Dave Case, and the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) chaired by Andrew
Podgorski. The Education and Student Activities Committee's goal is to establish an
awareness of EMC fundamentals throughout industry and academia. They also attempt to
enhance EMC education through the development of improved education techniques, materials,
opportunities and communications. RAC provides a communications linkage between the EMCS
Board of Directors and other non-standards bodies within the larger EMC community. TAC
promotes the technical advancement of the IEEE EMC Society as a whole.
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EMCS President Joe Butler visited with Tomas Dvorak,
Zurich Symposium Honorary Chairman, during the Board party on Thursday evening of the
Zurich Symposium week. The next day, bright and early, President Butler ran the EMCS Board
of Directors meeting held at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ).
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EMCS Board members Jose Perini and Carlos Sartori (from
far left) enjoy the ambiance of the Board party. They are joined by Mr. and Mrs. Takeo
Yoshino (third from left and far right) and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leuthold.
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WELCOME REMARKS BY NEW ZURICH SYMPOSIUM PRESIDENT
President Butler welcomed the new Zurich Symposium President, Dr. Ruedigues Vahldieck.
Dr. Vahldieck thanked the Board for holding their meeting in Zurich in conjunction with
the Symposium. He talked about some of the challenges facing the Zurich Symposium
organizing committee as they enter the new millennium. Some of the challenges include
"competition" from other EMC conferences in Europe and globally, as well as a
decline in the number of exhibitors present due to the consolidation of companies.
Nevertheless, Dr. Vahldieck is optimistic about the Zurich Symposium on EMC retaining its
reputation as having the premier technical program. As a bit of background, he noted that
his interests involve antennas and propagation, and microwave theory and techniques.
President Butler thanked Dr. Vahldieck for taking the time to attend the Board meeting.
LONG RANGE PLANNING
Todd Hubing, EMCS President-Elect, spoke about the Long Range Planning for the Board of
Directors. He asked, "Why are we doing what we do?" He quizzed the Board on its
mission statement. He stressed the importance of serving our EMCS membership. The Long
Range Planning initiatives are threefold: 1) Globalization, 2) Organization and 3)
Technical Activities. These three items will be addressed further at future Board
meetings.
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Lothar "Bud" Hoeft, an EMC Consultant from Albuquerque, New
Mexico (bearded gentleman in the center) attended the Zurich Symposium and enjoyed getting
lost in the crowd at the Board's party.
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MEMBER SERVICES REPORT
Andy Drozd presented the report of Membership Services. He advised that the Society
will have two booths at the Montreal EMC Symposium and the booth will have a new banner.
Currently there are 5,237 active members of the EMC Society and 869 members in arrears.
Mr. Drozd then reported for Lee Hill, chair of the DL program. Two new lecturers were
proposed for the 2001-2002 term. Their respective resumes and lecture topics were
circulated to the Board. The Board approved Colin Brench and Maria Sabrina Sarto as
Distinguished Lecturers for 2001-2002. Mr. Brench and Ms. Sarto will replace DLs Werner
Schaeffer and Doug Smith whose terms expire at the end of this year. Henry Benitez
reported on Awards. The awards nomination process needs to be revised. Don Sweeney
previously volunteered to create a template for each award category. The award nominations
forms were created and will be used this year. Mr. Benitez presented the new timeline for
the awards process. He advised that there would be a new balloting process. Regarding
Chapter Activities, Ghery Pettit advised that efforts continue in establishing new EMC
chapters in Georgia and Singapore. The Georgia chapter is a "self proclaimed"
chapter and efforts are underway to correct their status. He reported on the Haislmaier
Angel Fund policy wherein chapters may request $500 USD once yearly to support chapter
activities. He presented a formal policy on this. The Board approved adopting this
"Angel Fund Policy Proposal" as presented by Mr. Pettit. Regarding International
Chapter relations, Mr. Drozd invited Graham Mays to address the Board. Mr. Mays is
Secretary of the UK EMC Chapter. He reviewed the trouble their chapter is having
communicating with the IEEE. They have requested the status of EMC Society members in
their region from IEEE, but have not received a response to date. Mr. Drozd volunteered to
obtain this information from the IEEE. Elya Joffe reported on Region 8 activity. He
staffed the EMCS membership booth in Zurich during the conference. Seven new members were
recruited. Future activity in Region 8 during 2001 includes participation in the St.
Petersburg EMC Symposium on June 19-22, and the International Conference on
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications in Torino, Italy from September 10-14. New
chapter activity is underway in Turkey (active), Belgium (in process of petition), Greece
(delayed due to personal constraints of the founding chair), and Georgia (the former USSR,
is being reviewed due to their "self proclaimed" status). In presenting the
Region 9 report, Jose Perini advised that he has arranged to visit four cities in Brazil
this spring. He will also visit Mexico City in conjunction with this trip to Brazil. He is
working with Elya Joffe on a special IEEE EMCS workshop to be held during the St.
Petersburg Symposium. Takeo Yoshino reported on EMC activity in Region 10. He showed a map
of China that outlined the areas of EMC activity, including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing,
Wuhan, Shenzhen, and Chendu. The area of Shenzhen is developing the most quickly with
growth in industry and electronics. The number of members in each area was reported on the
map. He noted that the incomes of these EMC engineers are very low as outlined in his
report and this must be taken into account when recruiting new members. Dan Hoolihan
reported on Nominations and Bylaws. The "Call for Nominations" will be included
in the Winter 2001 issue of the EMC Society Newsletter. He expects to have a well-rounded
slate of candidates for the EMC Society Board of Directors for this year's ballot.
Regarding the Bylaws, Mr. Hoolihan advised that the previous Board approved Bylaws change
regarding the scheduled dates for the Director-at-large election cycle will appear in the
Winter 2001 Newsletter as required by the IEEE. Lastly, regarding the Fellows Search
Committee, Mr. Drozd advised that last year two Fellow candidates, Donald R. Pflug and
Daniel J. Kenneally, were elected to the grade of Fellow.
COMMUNICATION SERVICES
Len Carlson, Vice-President for Communication Services, presented a proposal for the
new EMCS magazine. This responds to the TAB questions he received. The first issue of the
magazine will be issued in February 2002. It will replace the existing EMC Society
Newsletter. The proposal outlines the scope of the magazine, intended audience, and
production details, among other items. Mr. Carlson reported for Professor Marcello
D'Amore, Transactions Editor-in-Chief. He discussed the IEEE's publication service for
electronic review of papers called the "Manuscript Central Pilot Program." It is
hoped that this service will expedite the time from paper submittal to publication in the
Transactions on EMC. The program appears to be very promising for the editors of
Transactions within the various IEEE Societies. Newsletter Editor Janet O'Neil reported
that the practical paper in the Fall 2000 issue by Art Glazar titled "A Software
Implementation of TL Field-to-Cable Coupling Equations" has generated the greatest
number of letters to the editor to date. Comments continue to come in. Regarding the
Winter 2001 issue, this is 44 pages and includes an article by our COMAR representative
Dan Hoolihan on the issue of cell phones and human health. There are two practical papers
by non-US authors that were originally presented at the Wroclaw EMC Symposium. The issue
also includes profiles of the newly elected Board members, the call for Board nominations,
and the announcement of the proposed bylaws change among other articles. The Institutional
Listings on the back cover were updated for 2001. Mark Montrose presented his report as
IEEE press liaison. The IEEE is nearing the end of negotiations with John Wiley and Sons,
New York, to enter into a publishing partnership. Production responsibilities would be
transferred from IEEE Press to Wiley, while the IEEE would continue to work with authors
and editors to generate proposals and develop manuscripts. The goal of the alliance is to
increase the audience for the IEEE books, while reducing IEEE costs in order to ensure the
financial viability of the program. The IEEE Press recently released the EMCS sponsored
book "Engineering Electromagnetic Compatibility", 2nd edition, by Kodali.
Revenue figures for the program for the year 2000 will be available shortly. EMCS
Webmaster Andy Drozd presented his report detailing updates to the EMCS website. New web
pages for the RAC and Education Committee were forwarded to the respective committee
webmasters and secretaries for review and comment. The web advertising policy is fully
operational and advertisers are being solicited. Mr. Drozd wrote an article on Webmaster
activity for the Fall 2000 issue of the EMCS Newsletter.
STANDARDS SERVICES
Don Heirman, Vice-President of Standards presented his report as a Power Point
presentation. It was noted that the webpage ( https://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. SDCom has 14 active projects and
standards. There is special attention being paid to the new wireless LAN activity
including Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 standards. SETCom has 6 members now and is finishing
up the plans for their second workshop on the development of standards at the Montreal
Symposium. Regarding SACCom, Elya Joffe presented his report. The committee activities are
"on track". Three new members have joined the committee including Ron Petersen,
Chair of SCC 34 (SAR measurements), Arnold Greenspan, Chair of SCC 20, and Dave Baron,
Chair of SCC 28 (Dosimetry). The website for SACCom is active and populated regularly with
data emerging from the activities of the Committee. All three standards committees are
meeting in March in Hilton Head, South Carolina in conjunction with two meetings: the IEEE
Standards Association Standards Board series of meetings and the IEEE 802 committee
meeting. Steve Berger gave a special presentation at the 802.11 meeting to foster
coordination efforts on EMC aspects of 802.11 usage. It was well received. Mr. Heirman
reported that he appointed Steve Berger to the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board
new standards committee (NesCom) which is responsible for recommending approval of project
authorization requests (PARs).
CONFERENCE SERVICES
Barry Wallen, International Conference Committee Chair, reported in the absence of
Henry Ott, Vice President for Conference Services. He called on the various Symposia
representatives in attendance at the meeting to present their respective reports as
follows: 2001 Montreal: Andrew Podgorski, Treasurer of the Montreal Symposium Steering
Committee, relayed the report of Benoit Nadeau, Chairman. The technical program is largely
defined with four parallel sessions. 82% of the papers submitted were accepted. 200 booths
have been sold to date. The advance program is now being prepared. Ads for the symposium
have been included in five industry trade magazines. The committee is sending promotional
material to all the IEEE EMC regional events scheduled for early 2001. The symposium
website (www.2001emcmtl.org) is being used
extensively to make available useful information on the Symposium and Montreal. There is
also a family page of selected activities for people coming to Montreal with children;
2002 Minneapolis: Dan Hoolihan reported that the symposium will be held at the Minneapolis
Convention Center with the main hotel, the Hyatt Regency, being located across the street.
The Board will meet at the Hyatt in June and will take a tour of the hotel and convention
center while in town. He showed a preview of their website home page; 2003 Boston: No
report was available; 2003 Israel: Elya Joffe reported that this Symposium will take place
May 11-16. The "Call for Papers" will be distributed in the Mon-treal 2001
Symposium Record. They will have a promotion booth in Montreal. The Symposium website is
www.ortra.com/ emc2003. It is updated regularly; 2004: Santa Clara: Mr. Wallen reported
that Franz Gisin advised they are having difficulty getting reasonable hotel rates in the
Silicon Valley for the Symposium week. This is their major concern at this time; 2005:
Chicago: No report was available; 2006: Mr. Wallen reported that the location for the
Symposium in 2006 has not been determined to date. The EMC Society has been approached by
the German EMC Chapter to hold the Symposium in Germany. The Board will make a decision on
this in November 2001. If the location of Germany were approved, there would not be a
Symposium in the USA in 2006. Next, Global Symposia Coordinator Elya Joffe reported that
the EMC Society organized a successful special workshop in Zurich titled "EMC
Measurements Including Those Above 1 GHz and Associated Uncertainty." The Chairman
was Don Heirman; Ed Bronaugh was the Co-Chairman. The IEEE EMCS will organize a special
workshop for presentation at the St. Petersburg Symposium in June. This will be a two-part
workshop on the topics of "PCB Design Techniques" and "EMC
Measurements." The EMC Society has agreed to be a technical co-sponsor with the EMC
conference in Torino, Italy from September 10-14, 2001. The EMCS has also agreed to
technically co-sponsor the 3rd International Beijing EMC Symposium May 21-24, 2002, as
well as the EMC Europe 2002 Symposium in Sorrento, Italy, September 9-13. In order to
avoid misunderstandings such as those that can occur with the misuse of the EMCS logo and
name, Mr. Joffe prepared a draft document titled "How to Obtain IEEE EMCS
Co-Sponsorship." He requested comments from the Board on this document.
TECHNICAL SERVICES
Kimball Williams, Vice President for Technical Services, presented his report. The
Technical Committees are considering having papers reviewed electronically in the future.
A detailed review of this plan was included in his report. The goal is to provide a rapid
document turn around with confirmation to everyone involved. It also allows the reviewers
to provide direct input with rapid reviews. The problem lies with finding the talent
needed to create a programming system not currently available in the EMCS. The Antennas
and Propagation Society is currently working with commercial software, for example. The
Technical Activities Committee will create an interim manual system for now and will
conduct a cost/benefit study by March 15. Regarding the Education and Student Activities
Committee, Maqsood Mohd's report advised that the Best Student Design Competition Award is
being formalized and paperwork is being prepared for submission to the IEEE headquarters.
The cash award will be the same as the Best Student Paper Award.
OLD BUSINESS
The following topics were addressed under Old Business:
TC-8/PRODUCT SAFETY SOCIETY ACTIVITIES – Mark Montrose reports that this
group is very active and has a large database of a few thousand members. They have
scheduled a special workshop at the Montreal Symposium. They have a full time Webmaster.
It was suggested that the EMCS site be linked to the Product Safety site www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ .
(Subsequent to the meeting, this link was established.)
TC-10 ACTIVITIES – Mark Montrose advised that the special workshop on
signal integrity that they have planned for the Montreal Symposium was approved.
IEEE WORKSHOP ON NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES – Dan Hoolihan reported
that he attended this workshop held at Rutgers University on January 18 and 19, 2001. Five
key topics were covered during the workshop: Photonics, Wireless Technologies, New
Materials, Systems-on-Chip, and Nanotechnologies. The speakers were varied and talented,
representing industry, academia, and government. Mr. Hoolihan noted that EMC and EMI were
mentioned specifically only four times during the two-day workshop. The first two times
EMI was mentioned was in the Wireless Technologies section of the workshop; the first time
happened when the speaker recommended, "using low power base stations to prevent
interference problems." The second occurrence was the statement a few minutes later
in the workshop that "metal covers on RF modules are good for EMI/RFI
shielding." The third mention of EMI occurred with the topic of Time Difference of
Arrival (TDOA) in Wireless where it was mentioned that "most cellular systems are not
range or gain limited; they are interference limited." The fourth incident was in
regards to "Smart Antenna Technologies." It was stated, "steerable antennas
reduce electromagnetic interference." (A steerable antenna is basically an antenna
that can change its principal focus of direction.) One of the questions raised at the
workshop was "What should the IEEE's strategy be for new Technologies?" No clear
answers were provided. It was thought, however, that more cooperation between the
individual societies in the IEEE will be necessary to address some of these new and
emerging technologies. (A complete report on this workshop is available from Mr. Hoolihan
via e-mail to d.hoolihan@ieee.org)
NARTE MOU – President Butler advised that IEEE's legal department is
reviewing this document and the review should be completed shortly. He will send the
document to the Board after he has received it from the IEEE.
50th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE – Dan Hoolihan, Chair of this committee,
advised that activity has been relatively quiet. The committee will work in earnest once
the 2006 symposium location has been determined. The committee is investigating having a
special anniversary IEEE Transactions on EMC issue as well as a special EMCS Magazine
issue. Any suggestions related to the 50th Anniversary of the IEEE EMC Society to occur in
2007 should be directed to Mr. Hoolihan.
BYLAWS – Dan Hoolihan revisited the discussion tabled at the last Board
meeting regarding advising candidates for election to the Board of Directors about the
voting results. The Board approved adding the following new paragraph to the existing
Bylaws: 4.9 Unsuccessful candidates for the Board shall be notified by private letter from
the President to the unsuccessful candidates. The letter shall contain the number of votes
accumulated by the candidate and it shall also contain the minimum number of votes that
were needed to be elected to the Board.
NEW BUSINESS
The following topics were addressed under New Business:
REVIEW OF IEEE SURVEY OF EMCS – Dick Ford discussed the survey. He noted
the survey definition of an "active" member which is basically a member who does
something for the Society and one who attends three or more chapter meetings a year. He
would like to relook at the survey in terms of defining a new set of "quality"
members in order to determine at what age we can influence growth in membership. We can
also look at "lapsed" members and maybe regain them. Mr. Ford will send a copy
of the official EMCS survey to any Board member who sends him an e-mail so requesting this
document.
IEEE MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT RETREAT – President Butler advised that
Bruce Crain and Andy Drozd will attend this event and will report back to the Board on
their findings.
2001 SOCIETIES WEB-ED WORKSHOP – President Butler advised that Maqsood Mohd and
Andy Drozd will attend this event and will report back to the Board on their findings.
IEEE WIRELESS WORKING GROUP – President Butler advised that Don Heirman
volunteered to be the EMCS representative to this newly formed group.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MOBILE COMPUTING – President Butler advised that the
IEEE has received an overwhelming response to this special Transactions. Several Societies
are participating as either a "key" or "technical sponsor" (the latter
requiring no significant time contribution in terms of providing qualified editors and
authors). The Board approved having the EMC Society be a technical sponsor on the IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing.
IEEE NOMINATE A SENIOR MEMBER PROGRAM – Andy Drozd advised that the
IEEE's program regarding nominating Senior Members has been very successful and will
continue through 2001. The EMCS will receive $10 for each member who is elevated to the
Senior Member grade. The elevated member will receive a plaque celebrating his/her
elevation and a $25 certificate good towards joining a new Society.
FUNDING FOR ELECTRONIC PAPER REVIEW – Kimball Williams discussed the
problems associated with electronic paper review including the lack of software available
for this purpose. The MTT and AP Societies as well as the Zurich symposium committee have
partial software packages for electronic paper review. He will study what's available and
will report back to the Excom by March 15. The current estimate for this program is
$45,000 for year one, plus $1,000 / year thereafter for maintenance. The Technical
Activities Committee expects to review papers electronically for the 2002 IEEE EMC
Symposium. Papers will be reviewed via e-mail in the interim until the software is ready.
STUDENT DESIGN AWARD – Kimball Williams discussed the new Best Student
Design Award. The Board approved equating the cash prize for the Best Student Design Award
with the Best Student Paper Award.
USE OF EMCS LOGO – Todd Hubing led a discussion on the use of the EMCS
logo. He presented a proposed policy for adoption by the Board. The Board approved
adopting this policy, provided it is reviewed and approved by IEEE's legal department, and
grandfathering is allowed in 2001 regional EMCS colloquia.
DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS EMCS MATERIAL – Andy Drozd distributed a report on
the excess EMCS material, including CDs, Symposia records, etc. The Board was asked to
provide comments to Mr. Drozd.
MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2002 – Todd Hubing led a discussion on the schedule
of Board meetings for next year. After much discussion, the board approved having the
February 2002 meeting a full Board meeting and not just an Excom meeting. The date of
February 13, 2002 was selected. The location will be in Tempe, Arizona, site of the TAB
meetings. Further discussion on future meetings in 2002 was postponed until the June Board
meeting.
ACTION ITEM REVIEW
President Butler reviewed the action items discussed during the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting then adjourned at 4:55 pm.
Janet O'Neil
Secretary
EMC Society Board of Directors
EMC
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