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The EMC Society Board of Directors hosted a reception and dinner for the members of the Montreal EMC Chapter. Christian Dube, Vice-Chairman of the steering committee for the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on EMC in Montreal, (left) joined Harriett and Henry Ott, Vice-President for Conference Services, during the reception. |
President Butler called the June 9, 2000 meeting of the EMC Society Board of Directors to order at 8:30 am. A round of introductions was made. Board members present included H. Benitez, D. Bush, J. Butler, L. Carlson, T. Chesworth, L. Cohen, A. Drozd, F. Heather, D. Hoolihan, T. Hubing, E. Joffe, W. Kesselman, D. Millard, M. Montrose, J. O'Neil, H. Ott, J. Perini, G. Pettit, A. Podgorski, D. Sweeney, K. Williams and T. Yoshino. Board members absent included M. Kanda, F. Mayer, D. Heirman and D. Smith. Guests present included B. Wallen, H. Denny, R. Ford, R. Carstensen, B. Nadeau and W. Duff. The meeting agenda was approved as presented.
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The reception was held in "Les Voutes" (The Vaults) of the Intercontinental Hotel, site of the Board of Directors meeting in historic "Old Montreal". The vaults date back to the early 19th century. Some maintain that the vaults date back to the 18th century fortification walls that encircled the old city of Montreal. Enjoying the unique ambiance are Elya Joffe, Janet Nichols, and Takeo Yoshino. |
Also enjoying the reception are Montréal EMC Chapter members (L-R) Pierre-Marie Wecowski, of Nortel Networks, Jean-Jacques Laurin, Professor at École Polytechnique of Montréal, Zhongfang Jin, Doctorate Student at École Polytechnique of Montréal and EMC Society Board member Andrew Podgorski, ASR Technologies. Professor Laurin and Dr. Podgorski are members of the steering committee for the Montréal EMC symposium serving as Technical Papers Chair and as Treasurer, respectively. |
President Butler introduced Russ Carstensen who was present to address the NARTE MOU. Mr. Carstensen distributed a copy of the draft MOU for the Board to review. (This was discussed later in the meeting.) President Butler also advised that Henry Benitez would be soliciting nominations for awards to be presented at the Washington DC symposium. He encouraged the Board to consider nominating a peer for an award. Mr. Butler noted that there is a surplus of IEEE EMC Society CDs as well as Seattle Symposium Records. He solicited volunteers to sit on an ad hoc committee to determine what to do with this material. Todd Hubing, Dave Millard, Don Bush and Hugh Denny volunteered to sit on this committee. The committee was requested to present a report via e-mail by July 31, 2000.
Treasurer Warren Kesselman distributed his report that included the 2000 Operations Summary from January 1 to April 30. Current cash reserves as of April 30 were $465,350. The long-term investment market value as of April 30 was $808,500. The Board approved the 2001 budget for Committee and Other expenses of $312,100 for the EMC Society. President Butler requested that Mr. Kesselman present a detailed financial report for the next meeting showing a comparison between YTD actual versus YTD budget figures.
Secretary Janet O'Neil presented the minutes from the Board meeting on March 24, 2000 for review. Changes were required. The Board approved the minutes as amended.
Todd Hubing, Vice-President for Membership Services, presented his report. Henry Benitez reported on Awards. The Society is now soliciting nominations for awards to be presented at the Washington DC symposium. Mr. Benitez listed the names of the candidates to receive awards and briefly explained why the people were so nominated. Ghery Pettit reported on Chapter Activities and advised that there is now a list server created in order to communicate to all chapter chairmen. The address is emc-chapter-chairs@ieee.org . He has used this to communicate to the chapter chairmen regarding the awards luncheon in Washington DC. Dick Ford reported for Video Productions. He showed the recently produced video of Clayton Paul performing an experiment at the Seattle EMC Symposium. The video is approximately eight minutes long. The intent of the committee is to film additional experiments in order to compile a video library of demonstrations. Mr. Ford also advised that the membership survey is now being conducted by the IEEE. It will be completed by the August 2000 symposium in Washington DC. Results will be presented by the IEEE at the August 2000 Board meeting. Any follow up activity required for the survey will be done between the August and November Board meetings. Mr. Ford will make the concluding report on the survey at the November Board meeting.
Regarding Membership, Andy Drozd reported that he has ordered all the IEEE materials necessary for the EMCS booth in Washington DC. The booth itself will be shipped to the symposium.
Elya Joffe reported as EMC Region 8 Membership Committee Chairman. He will take the EMCS membership booth to various Region 8 EMC conferences this year, including the Wroclaw symposium, the Millennium Workshop in Greece, and the Brugge conference.
Jose Perini reported on EMC activities in Region 9. He has been to Brazil and notes that there is increasing EMC activity there. A chapter is in development in San Paulo and a regional EMC conference is being planned there for 2001. There is also activity in the southern part of Brazil. In Argentina and Mexico, EMC activity is also increasing. Mr. Perini plans to visit these countries to foster the development of EMC.
Mr. Hubing then introduced Takeo Yoshino who recently accepted the position of EMC Region 10 Membership Committee Chairman. Mr. Yoshino advised that some of the countries in Region 10 have little industry involvement in EMC. Australia has shown interest in forming an EMC chapter, for example. Mr. Millard advised that there is EMC activity in India and he has contacts there that he will pass along to Mr. Yoshino. The Board discussed the issue of potential IEEE EMCS members in Regions 8-10 not joining due to the relatively high cost of membership dues. President Butler advised that the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) is addressing this issue now. He will report on the status of developing IEEE policy in this regard at the August meeting. Mr. Hubing requested that if any Board members are attending international EMC conferences, that they let the appropriate Region 8, 9 or 10 chair know so that outreach efforts may be coordinated.
If Board members are attending US EMC conferences, they should contact Mr. Drozd. Bill Duff next reported that he has received three Fellow Award applications this year. The awards will be presented at the Washington DC symposium. Tom Chesworth was recently appointed chair of the Fellows Search Committee. Todd Hubing reported for Lee Hill, chair of the Distinguished Lecturer (DL) program. DL activity is at an all-time high and the budget for this year in June is close to being fully allocated. There have been more trips overseas by the DLs. He thanked Elya Joffe and Mark Montrose for their support as DLs who have traveled overseas.
Lastly, Dan Hoolihan presented his report as chair of the Nominations and Bylaws Committee. He advised that the Call for Board nominations was printed in the Winter 2000 EMC Society Newsletter. There is a total of 12 candidates, including seven candidates from Regions 1-6, one candidate each from Regions 9 and 10, and two candidates from Region 8. This is the first time a member from Region 9 has been included on the ballot. There is no candidate from Region 7.
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Joining the Board for dinner are Montreal EMC Chapter members Elise Lin and Mark de Payrebrune of EMS Technologies Canada, the Space Division of EMS Technologies headquartered in Atlanta. Elise and Mark are dubbed the "The EMC Couple" as they work together looking after the EMC aspects of the RADARSAT-2 satellite program and, yes, also happen to be married. |
Elya Joffe reported on Standards activities in the absence of Don Heirman, Vice-President of Standards. It was noted that the webpage 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 Committee (SACCom) chaired by Mr. Joffe and the Standards Development Committee (SDCom) chaired by Steve Berger. Each committee met prior to the Board meeting. Regarding the SDCom, all standards are currently active. However, Standard 140 must be reaffirmed by October of this year. A PAR for the update of 187 has been submitted to IEEE REVCOM. The revision will expand the standard to address digital television systems as well as analog systems. Regarding SETCom, a workshop has been scheduled for Monday afternoon, August 21 during the DC EMC Symposium. Speakers include Don Heirman, Sue Vogel of the IEEE, and Hugh Denny. Articles on standards will be a regular feature of the EMCS Newsletter. Regarding SACCom, a new liaison has joined the committee from IEC TC46 (copper cables, EMC test methods). A proposal for liaison with CENELEC TC210 has been received. An additional liaison is being negotiated with ISO WG for Space Systems EMC standards. At their recent meeting, various representatives present reported on EMC activity in their respective areas.
Henry Ott, Vice President for Conference Services, presented his report. Mr. Ott made two announcements. First, that he was pleased to report that the Montreal EMC Symposium Committee has made great strides in becoming an effective committee. Second, he advised that Janet O'Neil has assumed the responsibility of Exhibitor Liaison in place of Glen Watkins. Mr. Ott then turned the floor over to Barry Wallen, Symposia Committee Chair, who summarized activity of recent symposia. The Board approved the audit report of the Denver 1998 Symposium which showed a net surplus of $96,847. In reference to the Seattle 1999 Symposium, the expected surplus is $291,888.95, this represents a 29% surplus. The IEEE audit of the symposium is now underway. Chairman Bill Duff presented a report on the Washington DC 2000 Symposium. Regarding the 2001 Montreal Symposium, Benoît Nadeau, Chairman, presented his report. Since April they have had four committee meetings and have developed a time line for the symposium actions required. They have contracted with a local firm to be their show managers. There will be multiple hotels serving the symposium attendees. The symposium website is under development and is expected to debut in one month. Electronic registration will be available on site. Regarding the Minneapolis 2002 Symposium, Dan Hoolihan advised that their committee will present a preliminary budget for approval at the August Board meeting. Regarding the Boston 2003 Symposium, Mr. Wallen advised that the symposium chairman, Mirko Matejic, is requesting a $20,000 advance. Mr. Wallen and his committee are evaluating this request. Elya Joffe, Chairman of the Israel 2003 Symposium, advised that the preliminary budget for this event will be presented at the next Board meeting. His committee has conducted considerable international advertising to promote this event. They are trying to have various international committees, such as TC-77 and CISPR, meet in Israel in conjunction with their symposium to build attendance. Regarding various symposia issues, Mr. Wallen reviewed the issuance of the "Call for Papers", the timeframe for sending them out, reviewing these, etc. Sending out the call for papers in April, roughly 16 months prior to the symposium, for example, will give the membership more time to respond and add more time to review the papers. The current time frame is too tight for meeting the advance program print deadlines. The Board approved mailing the call for papers in April prior to the following year's symposia. Mr. Wallen will report at the August Board meeting on the status of the ad hoc committee of the symposia task force, formerly chaired by John Osburn. Janet O'Neil reported on regional EMC conferences. Several conferences have been held by EMCS chapters this spring. Basically, the chapters enjoy hosting these regional conferences as they provide funds for future chapter activities and they also provide EMC education to their members. The participating vendors appreciate the low cost and effective way of meeting new potential customers. However, the vendors have requested more coordination of scheduling these one-day conferences so that two do not fall on the same date or are scheduled too close in time. These regional conferences will be discussed at the Chapter Chairmen's luncheon in Washington DC. Global EMC Symposia Coordinator Chairman Elya Joffe advised that this newly created committee's task is to represent and promote the interests of the EMCS at non-US, non-EMCS organized EMC symposia. The membership booth will be present at these conferences.
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Following dinner, Board member Todd Hubing was the featured speaker at the Montreal EMC Chapter meeting. Todd enthusiastically discussed embedded capacitance. Following the meeting, Montreal EMC Chapter Chairman, Benoît Nadeau, Conformity Group Manager at Matrox, (right) joined Barry Wallen, EMC Symposia Committee Chairman, (center) and Bill Duff for some "symposia talk". Mr. Duff is the chairman of the steering committee for the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on EMC in Washington DC while Mr. Nadeau is the chairman of the steering committee for the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on EMC in Montreal. |
Len Carlson, Vice-President for Communications Services, reported in the absence of Moto Kanda, Transactions Editor. Mr. Kanda has resigned his position effective June 1, 2000. Marcello D'Amore of the University of Rome, "La Sapienza", was approved as the new editor of the Transactions on EMC. Professor D'Amore has assigned a managing editor, Flavio Canavero, to assist him with the publication. Newsletter editor Janet O'Neil advised efforts continue to "fatten up" the Newsletter with more practical papers and articles of interest to the membership. Ms. O'Neil advised that she had attended the IEEE Panel of Editors meeting in Newark on April 7 and 8. She met many fellow editors of IEEE Society magazines and newsletters. It was a good educational experience. Mark Montrose presented his report as IEEE press liaison. Royalties paid to the EMCS through this program amounted to $5,587.54 in 1999. On Mr. Montrose's behalf, Hugh Denny attended the IEEE Press Editorial Board meeting in Savannah, GA on June 2-3, 2000. "General Interest" books remain the biggest sellers.
Public Relations Chair Henry Benitez reported that they are planning a chapter information packet that would help to promote chapter development and the formation of new chapters. It was clarified that the material that was once included in the chapter chairman handbook is now included on the Society's website. Thus, Mr. Benitez and his committee will develop a new product for chapters. EMCS webmaster Andy Drozd reported on his recent activity with the EMCS website. He is working with the IEEE to develop a website advertising policy. The hosting of the website is still in process to transfer this from the University of Missouri, Rolla to the IEEE. The IEEE hosting of the website will be provided at no charge. The issue of including a counter on the website to determine the number of "hits" received daily was discussed. Several vendors have signed up for advertising on the EMC Society website. Mr. Drozd will follow up on the issues raised during the discussion as the policy is developed. Regarding the individual TC websites, Mr. Drozd is continuing his work to review and evaluate the sites to ensure that they present a consistent look and information.
Kimball Williams, Vice-President for Technical Services, presented his report. He relayed the report of Maqsood Mohd, Chair of the Education Committee. The committee received a good response to the Student Paper Contest to be held during the Washington DC symposium. It will be difficult to determine the winner. They are planning on 20 experiments this year at the symposium over Tuesday-Thursday of the symposium week. Next year they will formalize the experiments process by developing a "Call for Experiments." Regarding the video production committee, they have produced the eight-minute Clayton Paul experiment video. Mr. Williams would like to see this distributed to all IEEE student chapters globally. The Student Design Contest is reviewing the four entries they have received. The University Grant committee received three requests from various universities. The Grant will be awarded at the Washington DC symposium. Chairman Andrew Podgorski presented the Technical Activities Committee (TAC) report. The TAC Matrix has not been changed since it was distributed at the March Board meeting. Several of the TCs are preparing special tutorials for the Washington DC symposium. TC-8 is slowly moving towards becoming an independent society. Mr. Butler advised that he has not received any formal request from TC-8 to assist them or support them in this effort. Until the Society is approached officially by TC-8, Mr. Butler does not recommend taking any action on this. He requested that Mr. Podgorski stay abreast of their continuing activity, however. Regarding the request for a special TC-10 on Signal Integrity, President Butler advised that the consensus of the Executive Committee was not to create a special TC-10, but rather to expand the scope of TC-4 to include signal integrity. He requested that Mr. Podgorski revise the mission statement for TC-4 to accomplish this plan. Mr. Williams advised that Dave Case, the Representative Advisory Committee (RAC) Chairman, has organized a special RAC session, entitled "Testing and RF Hazards" for the Washington DC symposium. Russ Carstensen, Executive Director of NARTE, discussed the MOU between his organization and the EMCS. Basically, NARTE wishes to formalize its relationship with the IEEE EMCS such that the EMCS is the official "body of knowledge" for technical matters relating to EMC. The Board requested some changes be made to the document, including a request that the document also be reviewed by legal counsel (including IEEE lawyers) before it is brought before the Board in August. President Butler requested that Mr. Williams and Mr. Carstensen clarify some of the issues regarding the NARTE exam questions raised at the meeting. Mr. Williams reported that the effort with the NANO Technology Council is evolving slowy, but progress will continue to be monitored. Mr. Williams closed his report by briefing reviewing the budget of the Vice-Presidency of Technical Services.
Regarding the IEEE Sensors Council, Mr. Podgorski advised that they have reached a formal agreement. He will present a report on this via an article in the Newsletter (see page 12 of this Newsletter).
Regarding the Brugge conference, Mr. Butler informally polled the Board to see who was planning to attend this conference. In Focus Corporation has been approached for a donation of an LCD projector for Board activities. Mr. Butler would like to see the Board have access to this technology for meetings and chapter activities. Mr. Butler advised that there is an IEEE Region 8 and Division I and IV Chapter Chairs meeting in Paris, France on October 1, 2000. Regarding Awards, Mr. Benitez presented the slate of potential award recipients. The Board will electronically vote upon the slates presented. Regarding the spring Board meeting for 2001, Mr. Hoolihan suggested holding the meeting in Minneapolis so that the Board could tour the 2002 symposium facilities.
Secretary Janet O'Neil reviewed the action items assigned during the meeting and those open from previous meetings. There being no further business, the meeting then adjourned at 5:40 pm. EMC
Janet O'Neil
Secretary,
EMC Society Board of Directors