Minutes of the 66th Meeting
of the Board of Directors,
Meeting of the Fellows, and
Open Meeting of the Members
The 66th Meeting of the Board of Directors, Meeting of the Fellows, and Open Meeting of the Members was held in Washington, DC on November 18, 2003 from 3 to 6 PM, in conjunction with the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
Present: T. Belytshcko, H. Espinosa, S. Datta, L. Wheeler, A. Leissa, C. W. Smith, R. Abeyartne, R. Batra, D. Mook, S. Crandall, C. Taylor, K. Chong, J. Achenbach., M. Ostoja-Starzewski
Chair: L. Wheeler
The chair called the meeting to order at 3:00PM. In view of the large number of Fellows present, the chair ruled that the business of Fellows be conducted first.
The chair appointed S. Datta, C. W. Smith and R. C. Batra to count the ballots for the Fellow’s election. By a unanimous vote of those present, the following three persons were declared elected to the Fellows grade:
Certificates will be mailed to them in the near future.
It was decided that two fellows will be elected in 2004.
During the meeting of the Board of Directors, Crandall moved that the administrative assistant, Sally Shrader, be given a 10% raise effective January 1, 2004. Batra seconded the motion. It passed unanimously.
After a lengthy discussion of the financial condition of the Academy, it was decided that for the calendar year 2004, the print version of the Mechanics journal will only have review articles, open position announcements, and call for papers. Professor Espinosa, the Editor of Mechanics, made a motion that the journal contents be put on the AAM website and no longer printed. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved by the Board. Professor Espinosa will keep track of the number of hits to the Academy’s webpage and also to the journal contents. He will report to the Board at its next meeting at which time it will be decided whether or not to continue compiling journal contents.
M. Ostoja-Starzewski briefed every one present on the PACAM meeting to be held in Havana in January 2004. J. Achenbach quoted the notice on the Treasury Dept.’s webpage on obtaining a Visa to Cuba. A possibility is to fly to Cancun, Mexico and then to Havana and not spend any money in Havana. The other possibility is for the AAM to be headquartered outside the USA.
Steve Crandall, chairman of the AAM Awards Committee, announced the following awards:
Distinguished Service Award: John Dundurs
Junior Achievement Award: Tarek I. Zohdi
The chair thanked Steve Crandall for having served so admirably as the chair of the Academy’s Award Committee.
Action Items:
A committee comprised of Charlie Bert (Chair) , Frank Moon and Millard Beatty should nominate a candidate for the President of the Academy in 2005. The nomination should be sent to the Secretary by 1 January.
Lewis Wheeler will nominate one person to replace S. Crandall on the Academy’s Award Committee. Professor J. Tinsley Oden will chair the committee in 2004.
Lewis Wheeler will discuss with Charles Steele the procedure to be followed to obtain a Visa to Cuba.
Lewis Wheeler will discuss with Charles Steele the bid from Brazil to host PACAM in 2006.
Next Meeting:
It was decided that the next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held in Warsaw, Poland in conjunction with the ICTAM meeting.
All present voted to adjourn the meeting at 5:30PM.