Minutes of the 62nd Meeting of the Board of Directors,
Meeting of the Fellows, and Open Meeting of the Members
1. The 62nd meeting of the Board of Directors, Fellows and Members was held on June 27, 2001, 4:00 PM at the Joint Applied Mechanics and Materials Summer Conference in San Diego, California. Attending were the following;
Francis Moon, Cornell U., President, Millard Beatty, U. Nebraska, New President, Horacio Espinosa, Northwestern U., Editor of Mechanics; Zdenek Bazant, Northwestern U. AAM Representative to US National Committee, and the following members and non-members:
J-G. Beliveau, UVM, B Bernstein, IIT, K. Chong, NSF, A. Cuitino, Rutgers, I. Daniel, Northwestern U, K. Galikipati, U. Michigan, J. Keyser, Brown U., K. Pister, UC Berkeley, N. Sottos, U. Illinois, A. Wineman, U. Michigan.
2. The minutes from the 61st Meeting received no comments or changes. A report on the state of the budget from Dean Mook, was distributed and discussed.
3. A report from H. Espinosa of Mechanics was presented and discussed. It was agreed that some new mission and format should be explored for Mechanics. Moon suggested a small committee be established to report at the Winter Meeting. Beatty suggested that Espinosa, Cuitano, and Sottos serve on the committee. Espinosa said that a change of editorship might coincide with a new Mechanics and mentioned that there was a AAM member interested in taking the position.
4. On the Founder's Prize it was suggested that the deadline for applications be advertised in Mechanics.
5. On PACCAM, a report from Dean Mook, said there were only a few North American applicants for the January 2002 meeting. There was a good discussion about the future of PACCAM. Some suggested that the date was too close to family holiday activities and suggested future meeting be held one or two weeks later in January. Ken Chong said NSF had funds to help support a Pan American meeting. Some suggested more effort should be done to get Mexican mechanicians interested in both AAM and organizing a PACCAM. Moon reported that Secretary Dean Mook was going to make another mailing to members to encourage more participation in the January 2001 PACCAM.
6. Zdenek Bazant reported from the US National Committee that the 2004 National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics would be held at the University of Colorado.
7. There was open discussion about the requirement of Fellow status for the President of AAM and its effect on limiting younger members from assuming leadership positions in AAM. The small number of elected Fellows each year was felt by some to play a role in this problem.
8. All congratulated the new president Millard Beatty. The meeting adjourned at 5:00 PM to permit members to attend the general lecture of fellow colleague Jan Achenbach.
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