President Hoolihan called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm. He welcomed everyone to Japan. A round of introductions was made. Board members present included Dan Hoolihan, Janet O’Neil, Len Carlson, Todd Hubing, Don Heirman, Kimball Williams, Bill Gjertson, Joe Butler, Andy Drozd, Tom Chesworth, Dick Ford, Henry Benitez, Mark Montrose, Don Sweeney, Dave Traver, Takeo Yoshino, Elya Joffe, David Millard, Don Bush, Ghery Pettit, and Doug Smith. Absent Board members were Warren Kesselman, Norm Violette, Henry Ott, Ferdy Mayer and Bill McGinnis. Guests included Gao You-gang and Shuichi Nitta. The agenda was presented and approved as modified.
During the reception the EMC Society Board of Directors hosted
in Tokyo,
President Dan Hoolihan had the opportunity to informally socialize with the
Chairman of the EMC ‘99 Tokyo conference, Professor Nitta (L) and
Professor Takeo Yoshino (R), EMC Society Board member.
President Hoolihan reported on the various Board activities during the week, including the demonstrations arranged by Andy Drozd and the technical workshops presented by Henry Benitez and Mark Montrose. The Board hosted reception was well attended and resulted in many new acquaintances for Board members with the international EMC community.
President Hoolihan thanked Professor Yoshino for his assistance with all arrangements for the reception and the Board during the EMC conference. President Hoolihan reviewed the results of the Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 18. The Board meeting schedule was determined for the year 2000. Doug Smith and Elya Joffe volunteered to speak to the chapters during any chapter meeting scheduled in conjunction with the Board meetings. Don Heirman advised that there would be a four-hour Standards Committee meeting prior to the Board meetings scheduled in the year 2000.
Regarding the IEEE Millennium Awards, Pre- sident Hoolihan advised that the EMC Society is entitled to 17 awards. The deadline for the award submittals is October 1. Send any comments or criteria ideas for recipients of these awards to President Hoolihan. More information about the awards and criteria, etc. may be found by visiting the following IEEE Web Page: mmedalsnom.txt@ieee.org.
The demonstrations provided a unique opportunity for EMC
Society Board
members to interact with international EMC engineers who attended
EMC ‘99 Tokyo. Elya Joffe, Y. Fukumoto, Henry Benitez and K. Takahashi
(front, left to right) found that the EMC “language” is truly universal.
Professor Hokama, President of Chuo University,
delivered the EMC ‘99 Tokyo welcome address.
Thanks to the efforts of EMC Society Board members Andy Drozd
and
Dave Traver, among others, the EMC Society organized the popular
EMC demonstrations during EMC ‘99 Tokyo. Shown viewing the action are
(front row left to right) Don Bush, K. Takahashi, T. Watanabe, T. Chiyojima,
and Y. Fukumoto. Seated behind are E. Baum and Elya Joffe. Standing are
M. Stecher, D. Hansen, and G. Mryzynski who all traveled from Germany to
attend the conference.
Rosemary and Dan Hoolihan really got around on the Tokyo
subways during their visit to EMC ‘99 Tokyo.
President Hoolihan presented the Treasurer’s Report in the absence of Treasurer Warren Kesselman. The 2000 budget meets the IEEE guidelines to show a projected increase in surplus of 3%. For the EMCS, this equates to a net surplus of $148K. The 2000 budget will be formally approved at the August Board meeting.
A new EMCS “Travel Policy” was discussed wherein Directors and Officers residing in IEEE Regions 8, 9, or 10, may be granted a subsidy equal to 80% of reasonable total costs for transportation, lodging, associated EMC conference registration, and food expenditures to attend Board meetings held in IEEE regions other than the region where they live. Directors and officers residing in IEEE Regions 1 through 7 may be granted a similar subsidy to attend Board meetings in Regions 8, 9 or 10. This policy will be invoked on a trial use basis starting with the August 1999 Board meeting and ending in December 2000. The Board then determined an implementation and exclusion policy to apply to the “Travel Policy.”
Todd Hubing, Vice-President for Member Services, presented his report. He advised that Scott Roleson would like to retire as Chairman of the Distinguished Lecturer (DL) program. Anyone interested in this position should contact Mr. Hubing. The newly elected DLs are Mark Montrose, Michel Mardiguian, and Elya Joffe. Andy Drozd presented a brief report on the IEEE Membership Development Retreat that he attended in February. Mr. Hubing moved to eliminate the International Committee and establish membership committees for IEEE Regions 8, 9 and 10, each having its own chairman. Regarding PACE, Bill McGinnis is the new PACE chairman. He will attend the annual PACE meeting this year and will report at a future Board meeting. Dick Ford spoke about the survey committee. He advised that $10K is required to budget for a survey per the advice of the IEEE’s Henry Shein. This will be performed during the year 2000 and will be budgeted accordingly. Mr. Ford requested suggestions for survey promotional items. Regarding the Constitution and By-laws, Bill Gjertson presented a summary report. As Chairman of the Nominations Committee, his committee has a slate of 12 names for the ballot for new Board member positions for the years 2000-2002. Mr. Gjertson advised that there are three ways for a name to be included on the ballot for the EMC Board of Directors as follows: 1. Nominated by the Board or the Chapter Chairman, 2. Petition for nomination using the 15 signatures required, or 3. Be slated by the Nominating Committee (only item 2 requires the 15 signatures). The cost for the ballot was reviewed. President Hoolihan requested that Mr. Hubing budget for electronic balloting for the year 2000. Michael Adler’s outreach letter detailing the IEEE’s goal of increasing the number of chapters globally, starting with Region 8, was reviewed. Mr. Adler states in the letter, “I believe local activities are a key benefit of IEEE membership and if we expand our base I believe we will also expand our membership.” Regarding Awards, Mr. Hubing made a motion to present the 1999 President’s Memorial Award in memory of Dick Schulz. This was seconded and approved. The IEEE approved the Board’s request to increase the award amount to $2,000.
The EMC ‘99 Tokyo committee held a banquet at the Grand Palace
Hotel for the conference
attendees. The tables were laden with a variety of delicious, traditional Japanese
dishes.
Conference attendees await the presentation by the conference chairman, Professor
Nitta.
Diethard Hansen of Euro EMC Service in Germany visited with
Lih Fang Chew
of Schlegel Systems in Rochester, New York during the Board reception in Tokyo.
The EMC Society Board of Directors held a reception during
the EMC ‘99
Tokyo conference to “network” with the international EMC community.
Board member Elya Joffe (L) is shown with Diethard
and Rosemary Moehr.
Mr. Moehr of Siemens AG in Germany is the secretary of IEC TC-77 (EMC).
At the Board’s reception in Tokyo, Carsten Probol of the
Dresden University
of Technology in Germany (L) is shown discussing an EMC theory with
Jan Adolfsson of SEMKO AB in Sweden.
Len Carlson, Vice-President for Communication Services presented his report. Janet O’Neil, Newsletter Editor, discussed the Newsletter in general and requested the Board’s assistance in encouraging members to contribute practical papers for inclusion in the Newsletter. Andy Drozd, Web Master, presented a report. He is attempting to coordinate all the Society WebPages and set standards/establish guidelines for commercial issues (i.e. corporate logos). Moto Kanda, Transactions Editor, will have a special issue this year on EMC in Germany. This follows what he did last year with his special issue on EMC in Italy (covering lightning). Next year, he will have a special issue on EMC in Japan. Henry Ott, Symposia Chairman, submitted a report, which was presented in his absence by Len Carlson. This included several motions related to EMC symposia activity. Bill Gjertson, Chairman of the 1999 EMC Symposium, gave a brief report. Dick Ford reported for Bill Duff, Chairman of the 2000 EMC Symposium. The Symposium Committee wants to increase student attendance and has plans in place to do this. Extensive media coverage is also planned. Elya Joffe reported briefly on the Israel Symposium in 2003. A brochure for the symposium venue, the David Inter-Continental Hotel, was distributed. Joe Butler reported on the 2003 conference in Boston. He advised that the hotel and venue have been selected. The Hynes Center will house the exhibits.
Standards Vice-President Don Heirman presented his report. He reviewed the activity related to standards during meetings held in Japan. There were 22 people at the meeting so international representation was present. Complete elections will be held at the Seattle Symposium.
The Transactions on EMC Editor, Moto Kanda, attended EMC
‘99 Tokyo
with his wife, Yoko, and his daughter, Carol. Mr. Kanda appreciates
interacting with the global EMC community in order to attract good
papers for the Transactions.
At the EMC ‘99 Tokyo banquet, Dan Hoolihan shared a Japanese
beer with past EMC Society Board member Dr. Risaburo Sato.
Dr. Sato was a “special member” of the conference organizing committee.
EMCS Board member Dave Traver pauses near the
entrance to the EMC ‘99 Tokyo venue, Chuo University,
Surugadai Memorial Hall. The azaleas were in full bloom
in Japan during the conference. Just a hint of these beautiful
flowers is visible in the lower left of this photo.
Kimball Williams, Vice-President for Technical Services, presented his report. He discussed the symposium paper review process in detail. New procedures for this process are being explored. He would like the Board members to review this new process, which includes electronically reviewing the papers. Reviewing the papers electronically can reduce the review process by up to 30 days, which can be required for distributing material via regular mail. RAC will be holding a special session on wireless EMC during the Seattle Symposium. Mr. Williams’ report also includes the VP Technical Services budget through the year 2006.
Secretary Janet O’Neil presented the minutes from the last Board meeting held in November 1998. There was one correction to add the name of Tom Chesworth under “Members Absent” on the cover page of the minutes. The minutes were approved as amended. Next, the action items from the current and previous meetings were reviewed.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:10 pm.
Janet O’Neil
Secretary,
EMC Society Board of Directors