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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Minutes of 2001 Business Meeting</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="carpet.gif" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <H2> </H2> <H2> 2001 GSCCM BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES </H2> <P> The 2001 business meeting of the Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Topical Group took place on Wednesday 27 June at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta Georgia in conjunction with the 2001 Shock Compression Conference. <P> CALL TO ORDER: The business meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. by Steve Sheffield current Chair of GSCCM.. Executive members present were: Steve Sheffield (Chair), Mike Furnish (Chair-Elect), Steve Bless (Vice Chair), Datta Dandekar (Past Chair), Mike Boteler (Secretary/Treasurer), Carter White (Executive Member at Large), Yuki Horie and Naresh Thadhani (Co-Chairs of the 2001 Conference) and Yogi Gupta (Chair for the 2003 Shock Conference). Total attendees numbered 34 APS/GSCCM members and two nonmembers (attendee list available upon request). <P> In his opening remarks Steve Sheffield outlined the meeting agenda (available upon request) and welcomed the newly elected executive officers. <P> TREASURERS REPORT: The Treasurers report was presented by Mike Boteler. It was moved that the meeting minutes from the 2000 meeting be accepted into the record; this motion was unanimously seconded. Acknowledgement was made to Michael Furnish for recording the prior minutes and Datta Dandekar for presenting the Treasurers report during his period of illness. The treasurer provided members present with the current balance of the general Topical Group funds ($37,020.77) as well as the present balance in the awards account ($37,415.84). There was no discussion of these numbers. Boteler read into the record a Proposed Amendment to the APS Bylaws Regarding How Units Vote On Bylaw Amendments. This bylaw change was prompted by a concern about fairness to those members who are unable to attend the annual meeting. The proposed change is to Article VIII- Division, Topical Group, Forum and Section Concerns and states that: "A Division, Topical Group, Forum, or Section shall submit proposals for the revision of its Bylaws to the APS Council for its approval, subject to the review by the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws. Following Council approval, copies of the proposed bylaws revisions shall be distributed to all members of the Division, Topical Group, Forum or Section who then shall vote on the proposed revisions by paper and/or electronic ballot, as the Executive Committee shall designate". <P> Based upon the estimates given by the Conference Treasurer it was estimated that the Atlanta 2001 Conference will profit roughly $15K. <P> It was emphasized that the Fall Elections are approaching and members should be considering candidates for Vice-Chair, and 2 Members-At-Large for the Executive Committee. A slate of candidates should be in place no later than the end of September including all biographical summaries of the participating candidates. <P> SHOCK 2003 REPORT: Yogi Gupta briefly spoke on the topic of the 2003 Shock Conference. He has tentatively selected Portland Oregon as the Conference site. Steve Sheffield pointed out that, as Chair of the next Shock Conference, Bylaws state that it is Yogi Gupta's responsibility to coordinate the agenda for the March 2002 session(s) on Shock Compression topics. <P> SHOCK 2001 REPORT: Yuki Horie and Naresh Thadhani spoke briefly about the Atlanta conference and thanked all involved for their efforts in making it a success. There were a total of 427 attendees making this conference the largest to date. Yuki Horie brought up a concern which he felt deserved the Topical Groups attention. It would appear that several foreign scientists experienced difficulty with obtaining temporary VISA's, in particular some participants from Russia, PRC, and India. A discussion ensued as to how to address this issue. Tom Ahrens suggested that a letter outlining these concerns be submitted to the appropriate person at APS to be forwarded to the Science Advisor and perhaps the U.S. State Department. Yuki Horie offered to draft such a letter and Mike Boteler will contact APS to ensure it found the proper channel (prior concerns were submitted to Irving Leach at APS, but he may have moved on). <P> MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: The membership committee chaired by Bill Anderson gave a brief summary of our present membership and a breakdown of the conference attendees. We remain about 350 members having picked up roughly 28 new members this conference. The 427 attendees consisted of: <P> 218 members<BR> 140 non-members<BR> 51 students/retirees<BR> 04 one-day participants<BR> 06 supporting staff<BR> 08 Exhibitors<BR> <P> FELLOWSHIP NOMINATIONS: Following the plea of Rick Gustavsen during his introductory speech for the 2001 Shock Award Winner (Yogendra Gupta), Steve Sheffield reiterated that there are many worthy GSCCM member scientists who have been overlooked in past years for APS Fellowship honors. It is surprising and yes "shocking" that these pioneers have been overlooked. Please do not assume in your future nominations that so-and-so must surely already be a Fellow...you may be very much in error. <P> TO TAPE OR NOT TO TAPE: A "lively" discussion/exchange took place regarding this topic. Since many ...comments & oratories took place simultaneously during this period the Secretary/Treasurer has made his best effort to summarize the content. Whether the award winner will be taped in future conferences remains undecided. However, existing tapes will be held in the archives which are to be the responsibility of the secretary/treasurer. It is a complex issue due to author ownership of the material as well as any APS regulations concerning this issue. The secretary/treasurer was tasked to inquire as to the APS policy regarding the annual meeting. Questions which arose include: May we include a video CD with the Proceedings, including the award winning speech ? At least one award member confided that he would find this unacceptable. May we keep any recording within the archives and rent it out ? ...Many similar questions. I will find out. <P> MEETING ELECTRONIC SUPPORT: Bill Deal brought up a subject that has become more of an issue with every conference. The problem is who should be responsible for audio-visual costs beyond the traditional overhead projectors. It seems that more and more participants are demanding computer controlled projection techniques which are excessively expensive when charged to the conference services. A user fee of $750-$1000 is not uncommon. MANY suggestions were made from members present:. Without naming names, I will only submit the resolutiotion agreed to, seconded, and approved. The resolution states: "We resolve to authorize to the Conference Chair(s) the flexibility to attempt to provide presentation media to participants as warranted". This author is not accountable for the wording of the .....resolution. <P> ADDITIONAL ITEMS: A motion was made and seconded by all but one member present that the Secretary/Treasurer be the sole depository for all Topical Group archives. This would include all remaining copies of proceedings, tapes, award medallions etc. <P> NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING: The next meeting of the SCCM Topical Group was tentatively scheduled for the year 2002 Detonation Symposium in San Diego, Ca. <P> ADJOURNMENT: The 2001 business meeting was adjourned at 1:00pm. <BR> Duly Recorded by : <BR> J. Michael Boteler <BR> Secretary/Treasurer <BR> GSCCM Topical Group <BR> <BR> Note: Michael Boteler will be supplying a list of Topical Group Committee members which will be posted on our web pages soon. </BODY></HTML>