Meetings:
Cancun:
Thanks to Jeff Ketterling and Jim Chambers for being the TPOM reps. The sessions were well-attended.
Nashville:
TOPM reps for the Nashville meeting will be Craig Hickey and Jim Chambers. Special sessions include Sono- (con)fusion, Wind noise (joint with NS and EA), Demos (joint with ED and NS), HIFU (joint w/ BB), Richard H. Bolt session (joint w/ AA), Acoustic cavitation (joint with BB), Subspace methods for imaging (joint w/ SP), and Fredrick Tappert session (joint w/ UW).
Austin:
The Austin TPOM meeting is tentatively 17-18 July. Special session,
David Blackstock Achievement. An Acoustics Forensics Session will be
organised by Jack Randorff. Contact Bennett Brooks (NS) or Tony Hoover (AA) for more
information.
New York:
Special sessions include Apfel Memorial Session (joint with BB,NS,Š)
and Leo Beranak session.
Ideas for special events to commemorate the 75th annaversary are
needed.
Students:
1. The winners for the PA student paper competition are 1st place: Nico
F. Declercq; 2nd place: Andreas Hakansson. Thanks to all who
contributed and judged! There will be no more student paper
competitions for physical acoustics.
2. "Student Lunches": Students who wish to meet with an expert in their
field of interest at an ASA meeting should contact David Blackstock
(dtb@mail.utexas.edu) to set up appointments at least a week before the
meeting.
3. The TC agreed with a permanent standing committee made up of
students (PA council rep is Parag Chitnis).
Journal:
1. AIP-implemented "PeerXpress" system for JASA manuscript submissions
to begin this summer.
2. JASA is planning to provide on-line and CD versions of the Reference
to Contemporary Papers on Acoustics and eliminating the paper version. The
TC was receptive to the idea
3. New ARLO editor: Ron Roy. More ARLO contributions are needed. Ron
Roy made a suggestion that 'guest' editors generate special ARLO
editions devoted to a particular topic.
4. Soundings may be replaced with an online version. Email notices
would be sent to recipients. The TC was receptive to the idea.
ASA:
1. Public Policy: The classroom standardis being challenged by parts of the refrigeration/a/c industry.
Contact Susan Blaeser at standards to write letters to school boards/ANSI to ensure that the
standard is up-held.
2. ASA socials cost around $35/person, causing the meetings to run at a
loss. Various alternatives were discussed, including eliminating the
socials and cutting back on food. TC agreed that the socials are an
important aspect of the meetings, and should continue.
3. Logo-Icon: The vice-president asked if the TCs are interested in
developing an Icon? PA did not support this idea.
Changes to the minutes? Please email them to me asap. Thanks!
Submitted by: Tom Matula, Chair PATC