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THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY Date: Saturday, January 12, 1991 Location: Sheraton World Resort, Orlando, Florida Committee Membership (those attending in
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Meeting called to order 10:43 a.m., Thomas G. Wilson, Sr., PELS President presiding. I. Roll Call, Introductions and Welcome The chair took roll, noted that a quorum was present, and asked that each committee member introduce him(her)self. All absentees noted above have reported in and are excused. II. Review and Adoption of the Agenda An agenda had been provided prior to the meeting. The agenda was modified (see Attachment #1) to include departures to consider the PESC '92 program committee meeting date and coincident PELS Administrative Committee meeting, and a presentation on Robert's Rules of Order by Irving Engelson. In addition, the discussion of "Power Electronics Goals" was advanced to precede the committee reports. A motion was made, seconded and passed that the agenda be adopted. III. Approval of the Minutes of the October 12, 1990 Meeting. The minutes of the prior meeting on October 12, 1990 had been previously distributed. Several corrections were reported to William Sayle (past Administrative Committee secretary) who subsequently provided a summary of corrections (see Attachment #2). The revised minutes were approved by acclamation. Departure from Agenda for Consideration of the PESC '92 Program Committee Meeting Date and Coincident PELS Administrative Committee meeting. After some discussion the following schedule was adopted: IV. Officers' Reports a. Past-President (P. Thollot not present - presented by T. Wilson, Sr.) A report was presented addressing "loose ends" (see Attachment #3). It was decided to address these items at the appropriate point the in the agenda. b. President (T. Wilson, Sr.) Had attended meeting of the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) composed of Society Presidents. While there had met Robert Myers who is the professional administrator for the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement (I & M) Society. Requested and received data from R. Myers concerning his role in that position (see Attachment #4). After some discussion, it was moved and seconded that T. Wilson ,Sr. (Action: T. Wilson, Sr.) would form an ad hoc committee to investigate professional administration of some or all PELS activities including review of the role of Courtesy Associates. For comparison, T. Wilson, Sr. also presented a report (see Attachment #5 generated by TAB showing budget and full-time equivalent (FTE) staff used in administration of other IEEE Societies. c. Past Administrative V. P. (F. Aldana not present) No report. d. Administrative V. P. (W. Sayle) No report. e. Past Technical V. P. (T. Wilson, Jr.) The Magnetic Materials Characterization Group formed under the Electronic Transformer Technical Committee (ETTC) has met twice since its formation. Apurba Roy has been appointed chairman by ETTC chairman Robert Sell. f. Technical V. P. (D. Blackburn) Presented plan for this year (see Attachment #6). g. Secretary (A. Kelley) Requests written reports prior to meeting to avoid having to manage paper flow during meeting. h. Treasurer (J. Hudgins) Present statement of Financial Position (see Attachment #7)
V. Introduction to Robert's Rules of Order (I. Engelson) A short presentation on Robert's Rules of Order was well received (see Attachment #8). VI. Committee Reports a. Power Electronics Goals Discussion (W. Burns not present - presented by T. Wilson, Sr.) W. Burns had submitted a revision (see Attachment #9) based on discussion of prior report (see Attachment #10) which had been presented at October 12, 1990 Administrative Committee meeting. It was moved, seconded and passed that the report be accepted with detailed discussion to take place at March 11, 1991 Administrative Committee Meeting (Action: A. Kelley). W. Sayle to address "Task for Immediate Action" by developing "job descriptions" for all positions except for technical committees (Action: W. Sayle). Departure from Agenda for Consideration of Schedule for Future Administrative Committee Meetings. After some discussion the following schedule was adopted: 1) Monday, March 11, 1991, 8:00-12:00 a.m., in conjunction with APEC '91 in Dallas, Texas. 2) Sunday, June 23, 1991, in conjunction with PESC 91 in Boston, Massachusetts. Afternoon meeting time to be determined. 3) Saturday, October 5, 1991, 8:00-5:00 p.m., in conjunction with IAS '91 in Dearborn, Michigan. 4) Saturday, January 11, 1992, 10:30-5:00 p.m., in conjunction with PESC '92 Program Committee Meeting, in Raleigh/Durham, N. C. 5) Sunday, February 23 or Monday, February 24, 1991 in conjunction with APEC '92, in Boston, Massachusetts. 6) In conjunction with PESC '92 in Madrid, Spain. b. Meetings (F. Lee) Held a meeting on January 11 between cognizant individuals to discuss relationship of PELS, IAS and PSMA to APEC program selection. A new agreement will be drafted by the March Administrative Committee meeting (Action: R. White) and be on the agenda there (Action: A. Kelley). Addressed factors leading to APEC '90 cost overrun. APEC '91 is budgeted very conservatively to prevent reoccurrence. Has determined that sale of Conference Records to non-attendees by prepayment of higher price using conference registration form is acceptable. I. Engelson noted that both prior and post conference sale are acceptable, but conference chairs usually have little success selling Records "from their basement" due to complications such as collecting sales tax. Noted that limited IEEE Centralized Staff Meeting Services support will begin in June, but this issue to be addressed by ad hoc committee of item IV. b. Noted that collocation of APEC '93 with the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices (ISPSD) is being pursued by P. Hower. Noted that the meetings committee will publish a calendar including committee meetings. c. Publications (H. Owen) Noted that total electronic publishing of PELS Newsletter is still a goal not yet realized. Requested items for the newsletter A draft on procedures for dealing with "special issues" of the Transactions on Power Electronics had been circulated with the Minutes of the October 12, 1990 Administrative Committee meeting. A motion was made, seconded and passed that the draft be adopted. Departure from Agenda for Introduction of David Kemp, President of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA). He remarked that the goal of the PSMA is to "tie together" the many groups associated with power sources, and agreed to subsequently provide further data on PSMA (see attachment # 11). d. Transactions (R. Hoft) Remarked that the main Transactions problem is delay from submission to publication. Presented present status (see Attachment # 12). Has named two new associate editors to address this problem. Asks that the newsletter make a solicitation for more reviewers (Action: H. Owen). G. Verghese remarked that a way to obtain more faithful reviewers might be to send them a letter of thanks for each review and inform them of the eventual disposition of the paper that they had reviewed. Noted that the IES is preparing an IEEE Press book on Power Electronic Converters. Noted he had a submission of a manuscript that was essentially the same as one previously published in the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, but had caught the problem in time. I. Engelson suggested a required "disclosure form" signed by the author indicating any prior publication of work. l. Departure from agenda for consideration of Standards (D. Luchaco) Presented report (see Attachment #13). Noted that member survey of standards interest including power quality would be of great value (Action: W. Sayle and D. Blackburn). e. Education (D. Divan) No report f. Membership (D. Bosack) Will take advantage of new PELS brochure. Will target non-PELS IEEE members and non-members at PELS conferences. P. Maranesi remarked that the European Power Electronics (EPE) Conference has 1,500 attendees and should be fertile ground. Suggested a PELS membership booth. In addition, reported that a survey of companies revealed that many engineers do not see benefits of PELS membership. Will also give attention to small isolated companies and their CEOs. g. Publicity (T. Habetler) Presented report (see Attachment #14). The official PELS logo is available, and registration is in process with cost of $900. Suggested advertisement in IEEE Potentials to encourage student membership. After some discussion it was decided that this might not be the most cost-effective approach and that alternatives should be investigated (Action: T. Habetler). h. Chapter Development (P. Maranesi) Had talked to past Chapter Development chair R. Corbett. Presented Chapter Development report (see Attachment #15). Will get chapter development file from him. i. Constitution and Bylaws (T. Stuart) Noted possible procedural conflict due to appointment by President of Secretary and Treasurer by January 1 of each year which are subsequently approved at first meeting of the year. What procedure would be followed if new appointees were not approved? Noted that Secretary and Treasurer had not been approved for 1991 at which point a motion was made, seconded, and passed by acclamation that A. Kelley be approved as Secretary and J. Hudgins be approved as Treasurer. Noted that Administrative Committee members are limited to six consecutive years voting which could prove a limitation in many circumstances. Both items above should be agenda items for further discussion at future Administrative Committee meetings. (Action: T. Stuart and A. Kelley). j. Nominations (J. Kassakian not present - presented by T. Wilson, Jr.) Report from ad hoc committee (see Attachment #16). k. Awards (T. Lipo not present - presented by H. Owen) Report presented addressing outstanding action items (see Attachment #17) m. Fellow Evaluation (F. Oettinger not present - presented by T. Wilson, Sr.) Report presented (see Attachment #18) showing status of Fellow candidates evaluated by PELS and PELS members evaluated by other IEEE Societies. n. History (P. Hower) Had received inventory of materials (see Attachment #19) from past History chair J. Foutz. o. Asian Liaison (K. Yotsumoto not present) No report. p. European Liaison (A. Capel not present - presented by P. Maranesi) Asked for representative to attend January 30, 1991 EPE meeting in Turin, Italy. Not seen as likely. Would like assistance in sending EPE preliminary call for papers and conference program to PELS members. It was suggested that P. Maranesi have Paulo Ferris contact J. Kassakian. q. Computers (J. Thottuvelil not present - presented by R. White) Presented report (see Attachment #20). Noted that next workshop is at Berkley, California. r. Superconductivity (J. Skiles and M. Schlecht not present) No report. W. Sayle noted that $5,000 had been appropriated for this committee without further feedback. Feedback requested by next meeting (Action: J. Skiles and M. Schlecht). VII. Action Items Was noted that action items from October 12 meeting had been adequately addressed as reported above. VIII. Unfinished Business a. International Participation (P. Thollot not present - presented by D. Divan) Report on International Committee on Power Electronics - Power Electronics Retreat (see Attachment # 21). IX. New Business No new business was brought to the floor. Meeting Adjourned 5:39 p.m. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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