President Butler called the last Board meeting of the year 2000 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. Heirman, D. Hoolihan, T. Hubing, E. Joffe, W. Kesselman, D. Millard, M. Montrose, J. O'Neil, H. Ott, A. Podgorski, J. Perini, G. Pettit, C. Sartori, D. Smith, D. Sweeney, K. Williams and T. Yoshino. Guests present included B. Crain, W. Duff, D. Ford, and J. Muccioli. Ferdy Mayer was the absent Board member. President Butler welcomed the newly elected Board members and acknowledged those who would be leaving the Board. He requested that the newly elected Board members solicit existing Board members to see how they can contribute to Board activities. Every Board member is expected to contribute to one of the working committees under each Vice-Presidency. The agenda was then presented. Several items were added which would be addressed later in the meeting. The agenda was approved as amended.
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Recently elected Board members Jim Muccioli of Jastech EMC Consulting and Carlos Sartori (L-R) with the Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo Brasil enjoyed the Annual Board Dinner following the November Board meeting. |
The annual Board Dinner provides a unique opportunity for the spouses of Board members to get to know the company their husbands are keeping. Myrthes Perini gets to know Board member Henry Benitez of Intel. Her huband, Jose Perini, just finished his first year on the Board. |
Treasurer Warren Kesselman presented his report. As of September 30, 2000, total liabilities and net worth for the EMC Society is $1,445,350. Mr. Kesselman's report also included an EMCS cost center summary (as of October 31, 2000) and year-end forecast. The total expected year-end income for 2000 is $1,902,500, expenses are $1,669,100, with a net of $233,400. Mr. Kesselman advised that the Society is healthy financially. The Board accepted the Treasurer's report.
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(L-R) Dave Millard of the Georgia Tech Research Institute welcomes newly elected Board members Bruce Crain of Northrop Grumman in Melbourne, Florida and Dick Ford from the greater Washington, DC area to the Annual Board Dinner. |
Secretary Janet O'Neil presented the minutes from the Board meetings on August 20 and 24, 2000. The minutes were approved as amended.
Todd Hubing presented the report of membership services. He reported for Lee Hill, chair of the DL program. Two new lecturers need to be appointed for terms beginning in 2001. Mr. Hill will propose these candidates for an electronic vote by the Board. DL activity is at an all time high. Henry Benitez reported on Awards. The awards nomination process needs to be revised. Don Sweeney volunteered to create a template for each award category. The Board was encouraged to seriously consider candidates each year for the Society's most prestigious awards especially. Mr. Benitez agreed to set a timeline for the milestones of the awards process. Mr. Hubing requested assistance from the Board to form an ad hoc committee to assist Mr. Benitez with this effort. Don Bush, Larry Cohen, Don Sweeney, Tom Chesworth, and Dick Ford volunteered to be members of this committee. Mr. Hubing advised that this committee will present their revised awards proposal at the next Board meeting. Regarding Chapter activities, Ghery Pettit advised that there are two new potential chapters. One is a joint chapter in Georgia (part of Soviet Union) which wishes to add the EMC Society to their charter. There is also a new chapter in Turkey which is in the process of being formalized by IEEE. Elya Joffe reported that there is interest in Greece to form a chapter. He is assisting them with this effort. Elya Joffe presented his Region 8 report. He attended the Brugge EMC conference and staffed the IEEE EMC Society membership booth. He encouraged Prof. Johan Catrysse to start an EMC chapter. Two new IEEE and EMCS members were recruited, one new EMCS member was recruited, and interest was generated in others. As a result of the recruiting efforts at this conference, another Israeli attendee successfully recruited five new IEEE and EMCS members a few weeks after the conference. Mr. Joffe feels that the price of IEEE membership is a deterrent to recruiting new members in some countries. He also manned the booth at the EMC Millennium Workshop in Greece and recruited one new IEEE and EMCS member. The distribution of the Seattle EMC Symposium records and CDs were well received. All were distributed free of charge to the workshop attendees. It was suggested that the EMC Society pursue student engineers to attract new members in these countries. In 2001, Mr. Joffe plans to take the booth to Zurich in the spring, summer in St. Petersburg, and in the fall to Torino, Italy for their respective EMC conferences. Mr. Joffe attended the IEEE Region 8 Section meeting in Paris in October and represented the EMC Society. Jose Perini verbally reported on EMC activities in Region 9. He is planning to visit Brazil next year. Carlos Sartori reported that he is assisting the EMC engineers in Sao Paulo in forming an EMC chapter. Dan Hoolihan advised that he spoke with IEEE about offering free memberships in the EMC Society to those who joined the IEEE during 2001 and 2002. Mr. Sartori thought this would be well received. Takeo Yoshino reported on EMC activity in Region 10. He showed a map of China which 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. Mr. Yoshino has made contact with several EMC leaders in these areas to assist them in developing IEEE activity. He noted that the incomes of these EMC engineers is very low and must be taken into account when recruiting new members. He is trying to recruit corporate and/or university IEEE memberships as a result. Regarding the Survey Committee, Dick Ford advised that 100 surveys were collected at the Washington, DC symposium. His report covered survey results from the Santa Clara to Washington, DC symposia. Overall, the DC symposium scored well. The negative comments largely concerned the social aspects of the symposium. There was a very good response to the question asking if registrants/exhibitors were planning to attend Montreal. The Board thanked Mr. Ford for his work on the survey. Andy Drozd presented his report on membership. He advised that we will have two booths at the Montreal EMC Symposium and the booth will have a new banner. He is working with the German EMC chapter to provide various IEEE membership material for their chapter recruiting activities. The IEEE is conducting a telemarketing campaign to contact members in arrears and promote their membership renewal. Currently there are 5,162 active members of the EMC Society, a 5% increase. However, in this total there are 283 student members (a 10% decline over the past six months). Mr. Drozd has been working with the chapter chairmen to ensure that their respective websites are up and running. Regarding the Fellows Search Committee, Tom Chesworth reported that he has contacted the chapter chairmen to solicit their assistance in nominating candidates for the Fellow Award. He received several names for candidates which he will turn over to Bill Duff. The problem lies with filling out the detailed forms required for the Fellow application. No one seems interested in tackling this considerable paperwork. Dan Hoolihan presented his report on by-laws. He suggested a change to the bylaws in order to revise scheduling dates for the Board of Directors elections and a change to notify each candidate for the Board who does not get elected. The first suggestion extends the time to return the ballots (see page 2 of this newsletter for the formal posting of the proposed bylaw change). In the second suggestion, the candidate shall receive a letter from the Society President which includes advising the candidate of the number of votes received and the number of votes required to win a spot on the Board. The Board agreed that these were good suggestions.
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Election of the Board Officers for 2001-2002 is a cause for celebration at the Annual Board Dinner. Celebrating his re-election as Vice President for Technical Services is Kimball Williams of Eaton Corporation (center), his wife Mary Lou, and Board member Ghery Pettit of Intel. |
Don and Marilyn Sweeney enjoyed their last Annual Board Dinner in Tampa, Florida. Don just completed his three-year term as a member of the Board, and he was duly thanked for his service. They can now devote more time to their company, DLS Electronic Systems in Wheeling, Illinois. |
Don Heirman, Vice-President of Standards presented his report. It was noted that the webpage ( https://grouper.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. Regarding the SDCom, all standards are currently active. Regarding SACCom, Elya Joffe presented his report. Several new members have joined the committee including Dave Traver (liaison with EIA R1/R2), Noel Sargent (liaison with TC20 and SC 14 Space Systems), Steve Berger (liaison with RRSNA) and Arnold Greenspan (liaison with IEEE SCC 20). There are currently still openings for representatives to the following three organizations: CENELAC, ASTM C09.12.14 (shielding effectiveness) and ASTM E06-53 (reusable structures). Mr. Joffe's report included a complete roster of the representatives and their e-mail contact information as well as compilation of their respective reports. Contact Mr. Joffe at eb.joffe@ieee.org if you are interested in participating in the SACCom. The Standards meetings scheduled for 2001 include March 13 in Hilton Head, NC in conjunction with the IEEE Standards Association, August in Montreal in conjunction with the IEEE EMC Symposium, and November in conjunction with the EMCS Board of Directors meeting.
Henry Ott, Vice President for Conference Services, presented his report. He advised that the papers for TC-9's special session were inadvertently not included in the Washington, DC symposium record. They will be included in the Montreal symposium record and the EMC Society will fund this expense. The Board then held a general discussion upon commercialism within the symposium papers. The Board agreed to follow and enforce current policy concerning commercialism. Next followed several reports on upcoming EMC symposia: 2000 Washington, DC: Bill Duff reported on this symposium. The expected net surplus is approximately $260,000. The Board thanked Mr. Duff and the members of the Washington, DC symposium steering committee for organizing a wonderful symposium; 2001 Montreal: Henry Ott reported that everything is under control with this symposium. They have received over 300 papers. They have over 160 booths sold to date; 2002 Minneapolis: Dan Hoolihan reported that the symposium will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center with the main hotel being located across the street. He showed a preview of their committee logo. The committee has contracted with ITCMS to manage the symposium; 2003 Israel: Elya Joffe reported that they now have a fully operational symposium steering committee. The MOU with the EMCS is being negotiated. The call for papers will be distributed at the Montreal EMC symposium and will be mailed to all EMCS members. The website is now available (www.ortra.com/ emc2003). They have invited the EMCS Education committee to participate in and support their symposium. This includes having the experiment demonstrations during the symposium. Elya Joffe then presented his report as the EMCS Global Symposia Coordinator. The Board agreed to organize an EMCS sponsored workshop/technical session during the St. Petersburg EMC symposium, June 19-22, 2001. Jose Perini volunteered to chair an ad hoc committee to put together this program. He will work with Elya Joffe on this. The Board requested a report on the program at the next Board meeting. The Board also approved the suggestion for President Butler to organize a presentation on IEEE EMCS activities at the St. Petersburg EMC symposium. Regarding the Beijing EMC symposium, Mr. Joffe advised that he had received a letter from the organizing committee about their misuse of the EMC logo. He will draft an outline for the process of obtaining technical co-sponsorship from the EMC Society with foreign conferences. This will be posted to the EMCS website. The Board approved the request to be recognized as a technical co-sponsor of the 2002 Beijing EMC symposium. Regarding the EMC Europe conference in September 2002, this will be held in Sorrento, Italy. The Board approved the request to be recognized as a technical co-sponsor of the 2002 EMC Europe conference in Sorrento.
Len Carlson, Vice-President for Communication Services, verbally presented his report. He reported for Professor Marcello D'Amore, Transactions Editor-in-Chief. Prof. D'Amore has set up a new editorial board which will be detailed on the inside front cover of the next issue of Transacations. Regarding the Newsletter, Editor Janet O'Neil presented her report. Bob Rothenberg has retired as Associate Editor for Practical Papers. Bob Olsen of Washington State University in Pullman is doing a fine job as the new Associate Editor for Practical Papers. The last issue for 2000, the Fall issue, featured the Washington DC symposium and is 48 pages, the longest issue yet since Ms. O'Neil has been editor. It features four pages of color photos of various symposium activities. Regarding Public Relations, Tom Chesworth advised that there is no activity to report since the last meeting. He requested ideas from the Board on what we need to do in the area of public relations. He suggested the Board consider placing ads in related trade magazines and other related IEEE Society newsletters to promote membership in the EMCS. It was suggested that the EMCS brochure be updated. Mr. Chesworth advocated for a more proactive approach to public relations. IEEE EMCS Webmaster Andy Drozd reported on his recent activity with the EMCS website. Most of the TCs have updated their websites. He has provided guidelines to the TCs on material they should consider posting to the website. He is in the final stages of implementing the EMCS website advertising policy. Mr. Drozd wrote an article for the EMCS Newsletter about the website activities. He then showed actual pages of the website so the Board could view the graphics, layout used, etc. Mark Montrose next presented his report as IEEE press liaison. There are eight EMC books. There are five books that are permanently out of stock. Royalties received up to December 31, 1999 were $5,587.54. The amount of total royalties accrued so far for 2000 will not be available until March 2001. Mr. Carlson then closed his report by presenting a financial statement for the proposed new EMCS magazine. He needs to present the magazine for approval at TAB at their January meeting. For the magazine proposal to be approved, he feels a $5 membership dues increase is necessary. The Board approved raising EMC Society dues from $15/year to $20/year effective in 2002 to support launching the technical magazine.
Kimball Williams, Vice-President for Technical Services, presented his report. His report included a budget forecast through 2006 for Technical Services. Regarding the Technical Activities Committee, a status report for each TC was provided. Dan Hoolihan is the new chairman of TC-1 (EMC Management), Graeme Strauss is the new chairman of TC-3 (EM Environment), and Bob Scully is the new chairman of TC-4 (EMI Control). Mr. Williams then reported for Maqsood Mohd, Chair of the Education and Student Activities Committee. He provided a status report of the various subcommittees, including the Student Design Competition which is a fairly new subcommittee. The first design competition award was presented during the Washington, DC symposium. It has been advertised in the Newsletter for the 2001 symposium in Montreal. The Demonstrations subcommittee is working now to formalize the process to schedule a demostration during the symposium week. The Education Committee remains dedicated to its outreach efforts to expand EMC education. Mr. Williams then reported for Dave Case, Chairman of the Representative Advisory Committee (RAC). The annual RAC/SACCom (Standards Advisory and Coordination Committee) jointly organized luncheon was held on August 21 at the Washington, DC symposium. Over 30 people attended the luncheon. RAC also sponsored a special session during the symposium on RF Exposure that was attended by approximately 200 people. Some 65 people attended the two NARTE workshops. It was noted that NARTE plans to expand its current programs by adding certification programs in avionics, satellite broadcast, and wireless communications in the next several years. Mark Montrose reported on the Nanotechnology Council. He commented that the TAB committee on Nanotechnology has made remarkable progress to date with the limited membership and volunteers available. The IEEE will hold related workshops in 2001 at Rutgers University, New Jersey in January and in Hawaii in October. Mr. Montrose is the EMCS liaison to this council. Andy Drozd reported as the EMCS Representative to the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Council. The annual conference was held October 1-3 in Dearborn, Michigan. This new council launched their first issue of Transactions and their Newsletter in 2000. Council officers were elected for 2001. The Council is currently represented by 17 member Societies, including the EMC Society. Mark Montrose remains the alternate EMC Representative to ITS.
The following items were discussed under "Old Business":
TC-8 Update: Mark Montrose presented an update on the activities of TC-8 (Product Safety). This is a very active committee. The goal of the committee is to become its own Society in accordance with IEEE guidelines. The Board approved encouraging the Product Safety group to form their own Society within the IEEE.
TC-10 Update: Mark Montrose presented a report on this proposed new technical committee on Signal Integrity. He described the need for a new technical committee. The Board agreed to officially recognize the need for TC-10 and to allow the members to proceed in creating this as an interim technical committee.
The following items were discussed under "New Business":
Elections: Dan Hoolihan presented the nomination slates for the Board officer positions. After voting for each officer, the election results included Todd Hubing as the winning candidate for the office of President-Elect, Len Carlson as the winning candidate for the office of Vice-President for Communication Services, Don Heirman as the winning candidate for the office of Vice-President for Standards Services, Kimball Williams as the winning candidate for the office of Vice-President for Technical Services, Andy Drozd as the winning candidate for the office of Vice-President for Membership Services, Henry Ott as the winning candidate for the office of Vice-President for Conference Services, Janet O'Neil as the winning candidate for the office of Secretary, and Warren Kesselman as the winning candidate for the office of Treasurer.
IEEE TAB Web Liaison: Joe Butler advised that the IEEE has requested assistance from an EMCS Board member to review technical websites and provide guidance for improving websites. Doug Smith agreed to work with the IEEE on this.
Zurich EMC Special Technical Session: Don Heirman reported on the special technical session that the EMCS is holding during the EMC Zurich conference. Topics covered include measurements above 1 GHz, measurement uncertainty and measurement techniques, among others.
50th Anniversary Celebration: Dan Hoolihan advised that the anniversary ad hoc committee is looking at a special archival issue of Transactions for the anniversary year. They are working closely with the IEEE on how to promote this since there are several societies which will be celebrating their 50th anniversary within the next 5 years.
Paid Administrative Assistant: President Butler advised that it is time to renew our agreement with Warren Kesselman as the Society's paid administrator for 2001. The Board approved Warren Kesselman as the Society's paid administrator for 2001.
Past Symposium Records: President Butler requested the report of Don Bush who chaired an ad hoc committee to propose a recommendation on what to do with our excess inventory of Seattle symposium print records, CDs, and items stored at Applied Microimage. Various ideas were discussed. President Butler requested that Andy Drozd take on this activity as the new Membership Services Vice President and report at the next meeting in Zurich.
November 2001 Board Meeting: The Fall Standards/Board meetings will be November 12 (Standards) and 13 (Board) in San Diego, California.
President Butler reviewed the action items discussed during the meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting then adjourned at 5:15 pm.
Janet O'Neil
Secretary
EMC Society Board of Directors
EMC