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...(http://www.coatingstech.org/About/Activities.html). Bylaws Standing Rules approved by the Board at First and Second Readings are published on pages 72-74 of this issue.
The Fall Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology was held on November 12, 2003 at the Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. In addition to the Directors attending, also present were FSCT Past-Presidents A. Clarke Boyce (Toronto); Forest Fleming (Piedmont); James Geiger (Southern); Gerry Gough (British); John Lanning (Louisville); J. Dick Mullen (Rocky Mountain); Deryk Pawsey (Pacific Northwest); Colin Penny (Baltimore); and Joseph P. Walton (Cleveland).
Guests also included: Ian Gardner, President, Surface Coatings Association Australia; Brian Hamilton, President, Surface Coatings Association New Zealand; Ricardo Pria, President, ANAFAPYT; Andre Revillion, President, FATIPEC; Paul Sara, President, Coatings Industry Education Foundation; Rose Ryntz, FSCT Secretary-Treasurer Designate; Freidun Anwari, Chair, FSCT Bylaws Committee; F. Louis Floyd, Chair, FSCT Events Steering Committee; Charles Hegedus, Chair, FSCT Publications Committee; and Society Members Phil Avery, Incoming Director, Golden Gate Society; Sylvain Belisle, President, Montreal Society; James Wasik, Past-President, Pittsburgh Society and Phyllis Henderson, President, Pittsburgh Society.
Summary of FSCT Activities
FSCT President David Jack commented in his report to the Board:
The Spring Board of Directors meetings in Vancouver went a long way to clarifying actions around the controversial decisions that came out of the proposals voted in at the previous Fall Board of Directors meeting in New Orleans. We all listened intently to Society concerns and debated the rationale behind the proposals; everyone had the opportunity to take an active part. Considerable progress took place but there is still more to be accomplished.
Post Vancouver, the Executive Committee addressed the recommendations that came out of the meetings, deferring items to the Federation Bylaws Committee when appropriate. We sought legal advice to help us work through certain items of business and reported progress to Federation Directors, Federation Past-Presidents and Society Presidents.
We all came out of the Vancouver meetings with a better understanding of the issues. Now there is a need to discuss and vote on matters that follow from our discussions in May.
The Board will be requested to address the following matters:
1. Proposals allowing Separate Membership and discuss the voting status of Alternate Society Directors.
2. In the interim, additional items have come before the Executive Committee relating to the withdrawal of certification of the Montreal Society and relief from the Direct Renewal Program.
3. The Events Steering Committee will offer options on the future course of our alternate year program in the absence of ICE in 2005. We are already making preliminary plans for ICE 2004 in Chicago, the first of the new cycle. The Federation cannot afford to lose focus on proposals
that will have the greatest impact on our source of revenue.
All these matters have taken up a considerable amount of time while trying to build a Federation that is more beneficial to the membership and at the same time retain financial viability. The last six months have been less volatile and in many ways more productive.
* We are making considerable progress on the new format of the JCT that received approval at our last meeting.
* Financial Year 2003 pre audited figures indicate a surplus on operations of $484,000 and a surplus of $384,000 when non-operating figures are included.
* Financial Year 2004 (ICE in Philadelphia) A revised budget will be presented based on results of ICE 2003.
* Financial Year 2005 (ICE in Chicago) is our greatest challenge. We need to make a surplus to help carry us through Financial Year 2006 (Alternate Year) without the historical ICE event.
I would be remiss if I did not comment on the decision making process within the Federation. There is an inherent problem in that as currently structured the organization is unable to quickly react, reach agreement and respond to important issues with timely action. I would recommend that the Board of Directors establish a "study group" to review and, if needed, to recommend change to our governance. We should consider how we can manage affairs better in an ever-increasingly fast paced business world.
This has been a difficult year for the Federation, far more so than I imagined when I accepted nomination for the position of Secretary-Treasurer. The past 18 months have been a rough passage for the leadership of the Societies, as well as the Federation, as we worked our way through this period of change and the extremely controversial issues that change brought about.
I hope the leadership of both groups can look forward beyond the "family argument" and say we all contributed to a successful future and advancement of our collective members.
As I come to the end to my year, I wish to thank all the members of the Federation Board, Committees and Staff who have been so helpful in assisting...
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