2011 Feb AdCom Actions
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Administrative Committee Minutes
Held on 20 February 2011 Marriott Hotel, Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA
Notice for next meeting:
Monday, 15 August 2011: AdCom will meet at the Marriott Hotel in Cambridge,
MA.
SUMMARY OF MOTIONS
- Motion 1: To approve the minutes of the Adcom meetings on 8 Feb. 2009, 17 Aug. 2009,
- 7 Feb. 2010 and 16 Aug. 2010. The motion passed.
- Motion 2: To change the Society’s constitution and bylaws to clarify the role of the
- executive director. The motion passed.
- Motion 3 : To approve the following to serve as members of the nominations committee:
- Willy Sansen, Chair; Dick Jaeger, Tadahiro Kuroda, Bram Nauta, Ian Young, Bernhard
- Boser, and Rakesh Kumar. The motion passed.
- Motion 4: To fund up to $25k in 2012 for travel-grant awards for SSCS student members
- for travel to SSCS conferences. The motion passed.
- Motion 5: To allocate $25k in the 2012 budget for up to 5 pre-doctoral achievement
- awards for SSCS student members. The awards will include money to be used for travel
- to attend ISSCC. The motion passed.
- Motion 6: To advance $600k for ISSCC 2012. The motion passed.
- Motion 7: Drop the Organics Conference sponsorship
- To approve technically co-sponsored conferences:
- a) 5 year approval of BCTM
- b) 4 year approval of ISLPED.
- The motion passed.
- Motion 8: To proceed via Task Force participation in creation of an MOU, Scope,
- Editorial Board and Budget of the newly defined “Design and Test Magazine”.
- The motion passed.
- Motion 9: To conditionally approve a budget of $30k/year for the “Design and Test
- Magazine”, conditioned on the equal participation of CASS and CEDA, and on a jointly
- signed MOU. The motion passed.
- Motion 10: To budget $45k for the Distinguished Lecturers Program in 2012. The
- motion passed.
- Motion 11: To budget $84k for the SSCS Chapters in 2012. The motion passed.
- Motion 12: That a page budget of up to 400 pages be approved for the SSC Magazine for
- the year 2012. The motion passed.
- Motion 13: That a page budget of 3100 pages be approved for the JSSC for the year
- 2012. The motion passed.
PRESENTATIONS
1. Introduction BERNHARD BOSER
2. Finances HARRY LEE
3. Bylaw and Consitution Must-Haves DICK JAEGER
4. Nominations Committee WILLY SANSEN
5. Membership TZI-DAR CHIEUH
6. Awards Report JOHN CORCORAN
7. ISSCC ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN
8. Conferences and Prepublication Policy Proposal BILL BIDERMANN
Other sponsored conference reports from morning committee but not reveiwed as part of AdCom.
9. Publications Committee GLENN GULAK
10. Distinguished Lecture Program and Education DOMINE LEENEARTS
11. Strategic Directions discussion no report RAKESH KUMAR
12. Chapters Report JAN VAN DER SPIEGEL
13. Magazine Report and Review Plans MARY LANZEROTTI
14. JSSC Report UN-KU MOON
15. Nano Technology Council Report IAN YOUNG
16. Biometrics Council Report BRUCE HECHT
17. RFID Council Report SHAHRIAR MIRABBASI
18. Engineering Technology Management Council Report RAKESH KUMAR
19. Electronic Design Automation Council Report BRYAN ACKLAND
20. Sensors Council Report DARRIN YOUNG
21. Financial Implications 2011 Budget HARRY LEE

