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Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Summary
February 15, 2000



Attendees
Voting Members:
NameAffiliationNameAffiliation
Larry TownsendUTDan IngersollORNL
Maria LeTellierCSENorb GrantSelf
Bill HillORNLKevin ReynoldsLMES
Dennis TollefsonNREJohn BigelowORNL

Others Present:
NameAffiliationNameAffiliation
Bernadette KirkORNLHanna ShapiraTICSS
Judy FisselSelfJulie EzoldLMES
Peggy EmmettORNLSteve BowmanORNL
Larry MillerUT

The meeting was called to order, Larry Townsend presiding. A quorum of the executive committee was present.

Secretary's Report

The meeting minutes from November and January were approved.

Treasurer's Report

Kevin Reynolds distributed copies of treasurer's reports from July through December.

Program/Arrangements


The planned dinner meetings are as follows:

Date/Location Topic Speaker
February 22
at Garden Plaza
The recent criticality accident in JapanRichard Taylor,
Y-12 Criticality Safety
March 28
at Fox Den
Science From a DistanceMichael Wright, ORNL Instrumentation Div.
April 25
at Oak Ridge
ANS Nuclear Facilities Standards CommitteeDon Spellman, Chair of Standards Comm.
May ?
at Fox Den
TBDAndy Kadak, National ANS Chair

Nominations

The nominating committee presented a list of candidates for executive committee positions for next year. The list was approved and ballots will be mailed shortly. [Editorial note: After the meeting, the list was revised, so the final list is not shown here]

Position Nominees
Vice Chair/Chair-elect: Bernadette Kirk
Secretary: Mike Dunn, Don Spellman
Treasurer: Hamilton Hunter, Fred Perez
Board: Maria LeTellier, Dick Rothrock, Marty Davis

Honors and Awards

Larry Townsend made a motion that was approved to allow the scholarship committee more flexibility in giving out scholarships. When there are limited or no students scheduled to enter the senior year curriculum the next year, one or both of the two annual scholarships may now be awarded to students entering the junior year of study. Peggy Emmet went over a list of national ANS awards for which nominations are due soon. See the national ANS web site (www.ans.org) if you would like to nominate anyone.

Topical Meetings

The Spectrum 2000 meeting web site is set up. Very few paper submissions have been received so far.

Web Site Home Page

www.engr.utk.edu/org/ans
No report

Membership

Nothing to report

Newsletter

Dan Ingersoll still plans to produce one in March.

Meeting adjourned.