ANS Executive Committee Meeting
Oak Ridge Knoxville Section
7/19/99
Attendees:
Kevin H. Reynolds, Lien K. Nguyen, Peggy Emmett, Hanna Shapira John Bigelow, Norb Grant, John DeClue, Dan Ingersoll, Larry Townsend
Attendees:
The meeting was called to order. A quorum of voting members was present.
The minutes from the last meeting were approved without changes.
Treasurer's report:
The Treasurer's report was given by John DeClue. The final budget numbers for fiscal year 98-99 were also presented. The final close out of the books is complete and the report will be sent to ANS HQ in the near future.
The past Section Chair, Dan Ingersoll, had two items to report.
- A letter was received from RPS inviting us to host their 2002 topical meeting. The letter will be forwarded to Steve Bowman (Topical Procurement Chair).
- Dan needs info from current officers and board members so that he can send his update report to ANS HQ.
Arrangements:
There was no formal report from the Arrangements chair. Larry Townsend initiated a discussion to finalize some aspects of the fall dinner meeting schedule. The Board agreed to move the dinner meetings to the 4th Tuesday of each month in order to not conflict with dinner meetings held by the Health Physics Society. The locations for the first three dinner meetings were agreed upon. (September Ð Fox Den Country Club, October Ð Oak Ridge, November Ð Fox Den Country Club).
Education:
Education: Dan Ingersoll reported that the teacher's workshop was very successful. A Channel 10 news crew covered the activities and reported on an evening news cast. Peggy Emmett stated that the next SHADES conference will be held on October 16.
There was no report from Honors and Awards.
Membership:
Norb Grant presented the membership report. The local sections trend in membership is following the National ANS trend (decreasing), although our decline is not as large. Norb forwarded a report to ANS HQ on local section members who are and who are not national members. ANS HQ responded with a letter indicating we will receive $1 for each local section member who is a national member.
There was no formal newsletter report.
Program Chair:
There was no formal Program Chair report. Larry Townsend indicated that he was still searching for a permanent chair. Dan Ingersoll indicated that he would collect suggestions for future speakers. Anyone with suggestions should send them to Dan.
There was no formal publicity report.
Web Site:
Hanna Shapira presented the Home Page report. She indicated that she still needs photos and BIOs for current officers to post on the web page. Also, if there is anything you want posted please send the info to her.
Scholarship:
There was no formal Scholarship report. Larry Townsend indicated that the committee established to evaluate how scholarships are awarded has not yet met but that a report would be given at the next executive committee meeting.
WATTec:
There was no formal WATTec report. We are still looking for a chair for the upcoming year.
Finance:
There was no formal finance committee meeting. Larry Townsend is working on budget numbers for the upcoming year. John DeClue, Larry Townsend, and Kevin Reynolds will meet later in the week to discuss turnover.
There was no formal Technical Procurement report.
There was no formal Section Development report.
Bulaws:
There was no formal Bylaws report. There was a discussion that the bylaws need to be revisited to ensure that we are following them. If there are changes that need to be made then we should get those changes completed.
OLD BUSINESS
Dan Ingersoll presented several ideas for a Local Section logo. The Board narrowed the choices to two. Hanna will work on a third option that is a combination of the two choices the Board selected. The final selection will occur at the next Board meeing
NEW BUSINESS
The Board greed to change the executive committee meetings to the 3rd TUESDAY of each month starting in August due to conflicts from several board members.
The meeting was adjourned.