Minutes of the 57th Meeting of the Board of Directors,
Meeting of the Fellows, and Open Meeting of the Members
In conjunction with The 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress &
Exposition, Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME, the combined Meetings of the Board,
the Fellows, and the Members were held on Thursday, November 19, 1998 in the
Oceanside Room of the Anaheim Convention Center and Anaheim Hilton Hotel, Anaheim,
California. These minutes were taken during the entire meeting, but are submitted
as those of the Meeting of the Board.
A majority quorum of the Board being present,
President Bogy called the meeting to order at 14:00 PST.
The following were in attendance: C. Bert, D. Bogy,
H. Espinosa, F. Golnaraghi, C. Herakovich, D. Mook, F. Moon,
T. Oden, C. Smith, C. Steel, and L. Wheeler.
1. C. Herakovich moved that the Minutes of the 56th Meeting of the Board
held in Gainesville, Florida, on the campus of the University of Florida,
June 23, 1998 be accepted, C. Smith seconded, and the motion passed by voice vote.
2. D. Mook, Secretary of AAM, reported that there
are 815 active (paid current dues) members on the rolls.
D. Mook also asked for opinions about charging for announcements in mechanics.
(The current practice is to charge a small fee; before this meeting,
there was no charge. No vote was taken.)
3. R. Heller, Treasurer of AAM, sent his regrets and was
not able to attend. D. Bogy, S. Crandall, and D. Mook, acting for the Board,
approved a $1,000 donation to the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics; the check has been sent to H. Aref at the
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
4. R. Haythornthwaite, Publisher of AAM, sent his regrets
and was not able to attend. He did communicate to the Secretary that
an ISBN was obtained for the proceedings of PACAM VI in Rio de Janeiro.
5. C. Steele, Chairman of the PACAM Committee, reported that
PACAM VI was being combined with DINAME. Altogether there are 400+ paid participants.
Of these, approximately 125 are from the United States and Canada.
It is the first Congress in which participants from Brazil outnumber
those from the US. Everything is going well. The site of PACAM VII in 2001
is Temuco, Chile. The Chairman is P. Kittl from the La Universidad de Chile
in Santiago, the vice-chairman is G. Diaz, also from U. de Chile, and the
Chairman for North America is D. Mook from Virginia Tech. Temuco is in the
south of the Chile. The region is alpine with many beautiful lakes. The sessions
will be held on the campus of the local university.
6. H. Espinosa, Editor of mechanics, asked for articles to be
published in Mechanics. He reported that the new Mechanics and
Materials Director at NSF will submit an article on mechanics research.
The question of going to four issues per year was put off. For the time being,
Mechanics will continue to be published as it has been with six issues per year.
In introducing Professor Espinosa, President Bogy said that we owe him a great debt of gratitude.
7. The nominating committee chose F. Moon to be the candidate for President-Elect
in 1999. If elected, Moon would replace D. Kraijcinovic, who will become President in 1999.
The ballots for this election, which will be distributed in mechanics, will
contain space for a write-in candidate.
8. The election of new Fellows was held. Alan Weinman,
George Simitses, and George Voyiadjis were elected.
9. There were no Directors's Reports.
10. There was no old business.
11. New business: A new director is needed for the Eastern Region.
12. The Meeting adjourned at 15:30 PST.
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