June AdCom Meeting

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June AdCom Meeting Jozef Modelski/Richard
Snyder TCC Chair/Vice-Chair June 11-12,
2005 Long Beach, CA
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TCC Organization

• Chair Jozef Modelski
• Vice-Chair Richard Snyder
• Immediate Past Chair Vijay Nair
• Administrator Lawrence Whicker
• Winter Technical Meeting Coordinator Victor
  Lubecke
• European Liaison Reinhardt Knoechel
• Far East  Liaison Kazuhiko Honjo
• Distinguished Lecturer Selection R. Weigel/D.
  Rutlege
• TCC Webmaster Timothy Lee

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Technical Committees
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Technical Committees (cont.)
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Summary of TCC Activities

• Sponsored for IMS2005
• 31 workshops
• 6 tutorials
• 4 focussed sessions
• 2 panel sessions
• Organized a successful Winter Technical Meeting
• New Chairs of DML Committee (R. Weigel, D.
  Rutlege)
• TCC Website- revised and up-to-date

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Summary of TCC Activities (Cont.)

• HOT TOPICS (e-mail disscusions, future
  proposals)
• Technical Areas defined in the Call for Papers
  IMS 2006 - the proposed sub-committee structure
• MTT-S sponsorship of IEEE EDA Council
• Fees for invited workshop speakers

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Summary of TCC Activities (Cont.)

• Continue to have good cooperation and strong
  interaction with IMS committees
• Started engaging with IMS2006 team
• Few TC chairs wrote article for the Magazine
• Good participation in Speakers Bureau
• Continue to encourage TC Chair Rotation every 3
  years
• Continue evaluation to see whether there is a
  need to merge or abolish some of the dormant TCs

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Speakers Bureau Activities January May 2005

• Several MTT-Technical Committees have Updated
  The Speakers Bureau Listings
• In April Dr. Richard Snyder Presented at Talk to
  Leeds UK MTT Chapter (MTT-8)
• In April Dr. James Komiak Presented a Talk to
  IEEE-North Jersey Section, EDS, CAS,MTT and AP
  Chapters (MTT-2)
• Dr. K.C. Gupta (ADCOM President) is Scheduling an
  Upcoming Talk in the Chicago Area MTT Chapter
  (MTT-1)
• There is Continued Need to Make MTT Chapters
  Aware of the Speakers Bureau

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Speakers Bureau Participation
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MTT-S DML Speaker Selection Committee

• Robert Weigel Chairman
• David Rutledge Vice-Chairman
• Wolfgang Heinrich
• Bill Jemison
• Hector De Los Santos
• Thomas Weller
• Ke Wu

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Current MTT-S DML Speakers
Term ends 2005
Term ends 2006

• Lionel Davis
• Wojciech Gwarek
• Wolfgang Heinrich
• Robert J. Trew

• Joy Laskar
• Tatsuo Itoh
• Doug Rytting
• Michael Shur

• Term ends 2007

• Wolfgang Hoefer
• Bumman Kim
• James Rautio
• Peter Siegel

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DML Program

• Identifies Topics of Current Interest to the
  Microwave Community
• Determines Qualified Speakers
• Provides Local MTT-S Chapters Access to
  Internationally Recognized Speakers
• Establishes Multi-Year Appointments
• Subsidizes Speaker Expenses

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To Request a Speaker

• Contact the Speaker Directly
• DML Coordinator Provides GuidelinesRegarding
  Acceptance Criteria and Priorities
• Speakers make 6-7 Lecture Trips Per Year

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2006 MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer
Selection

• June 2005 E-mails will be sent to AdCom members
  and TC chairs soliciting proposals for new
  DMLs
• August 2005 Proposals will be sent to the DML
  selection
• sub-committee for evaluation
  of the proposals
• Sept. 15, 2005 Evaluation list sent to Jozef
  Modelski
• Oct. 2005 ADCOM will approve the selection DML
  speakers for the term ending 2008

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Proposed EDA Council

• MTT-1
• Dan Swanson / K.C. Gupta Mike Odyniec
• Motion
• To Approve 12K budget for MTT to become a member
  of EDA Council in 2006

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Registration Costs for Workshop Speakers

• Ad Hoc Sub-Committee
• M. Odyniec/D. Snyder/V. Nair

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Registration Costs for Workshop Speakers

• MOTION proposal
• It is moved that ADCOM provide annual guidance
  to an ensuing IMS with respect to registration
  fees being charged or not charged to workshop and
  tutorial presenters. It is further requested that
  the guidance be provided not later than the Fall
  ADCOM meeting preceding the ensuing IMS.

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Registration Costs for Workshop Speakers

• Potential results of vote
• A yes vote for this motion would mean that
  ADCOM would be required to provide specific
  guidance on imposition of workshop and tutorial
  presenter registration fees to the upcoming IMS
  Chair, prior to the TPC meeting for the upcoming
  IMS. As ADCOM policy would set the fee
  philosophy, the IMS Chair would not have to take
  responsibility for this contentious matter.
• A no vote would mean that the responsibility
  for setting and imposing or waiving the fees
  would continue in the hands of the IMS Chair, and
  that the protests and concerns would continue to
  be expressed annually

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Registration Costs for Workshop Speakers

• The financial/business part is obviously
  important for every conference organizer,
  interested in obtaining revenues. However, in the
  case of a leading scientific conference, which
  promotes emerging technologies, we should keep in
  mind the different attitudes characteristic of
  microwave communities in Asia/ Europe/USA/,
  trying to reach a kind of consensus that would
  allow us to encourage participation of prominent
  individuals.
• General fee waiving doesnt seem a reasonable
  solution, however, the organizers might choose to
  waive fees for up to half the number of speakers,
  in case of a large number of short presentations.
  If the workshop has the form of a tutorial,
  conducted only by very few speakers, who deliver
  hours of work, they shouldnt be made to pay
  anything.

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Registration Costs for Workshop Speakers

• Some arguments pro and against fees e-mail
  discussion
• Against
• it is inappropriate and unprofessional to ask
  people to give time and effort to present a good
  talk and then ask them for a registration fee
• treating the speakers as regular attendees
  encourages them to leave after the talk, which
  destroys the workshops value
• we dont make speakers in the regular sessions
  pay an extra fee beyond the conference fee, so
  why should a workshop speaker have to pay extra?
• each workshop speaker would only get that one
  workshop for free, they would still pay for any
  other workshops they attend as well as the IMS
  sessions
• Pro
• there are plenty of workshop speakers who want to
  be invited, as it is an honour to them to give
  presentations at an important scientific
  conference
• everyone should pay because what the speaker get
  from the presentation is the enhanced
  professional status
• about 30, 000 lost income if workshop invited
  speakers dont pay for registration
• proposal to waive fees only for currently
  unemployed presenters, for Life members or for
  students

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TC Chair Rotation

• Most of the TCC subcommittees implemented the
  chair rotation guideline
• Other committees are encouraged to rotate the
  chairs
• Guideline for rotation
• Rotate if served as chair for 3 or more years
• New chairs take office on Jan 1
• Encourage international participation in
  chairmanship and committee members

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TCC 2005 June Meeting Agenda

• 1205 1210 Welcome and Opening Remarks Jozef
  Modelski
• 1210 1215 Approval of Jan. 2005 TCC Minutes
  and circulation of Attendance Forms Larry
  Whicker
• 1215 1220 IMS2006 Plans /Workshops Paul
  Khanna
• 1220 1225 2nd Conference George Heiter for
  Fred Schindler
• 1225 1230 RFIC2006 Stefan Heinen/Larry
  Kushner
• 1230 1240 TCC Activities/Plans Jozef
  Modelski
• 1240 1250 Old Business
• Speakers Bureau and TCC-Members List Larry
  Whicker
• TC Forums Dick Snyder/Tim Lee
• 1250 1255 DML Rotation Jozef Modelski
• 1255 100 Proposed CAD Council Dan
  Swanson/K.C. Gupta
• 100 105 Registration Costs for Workshop
  Speakers M. Odyniec/ D. Snyder
• 105 120 Committee Reports - MTT-Committee
  Chairs
• 120 125 New Business
• 125 Adjourn

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THANK YOU!