MRS Council Meets in Boston
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MRS Council Meets in The Council of the Materials Research Society met on December 1-2 during the 1989 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The following report highlights the plans and actions of that meeting.
Finance Council approved the preliminary 1990 budget of approximately $4.1 million for the Society. This is nearly 30% larger than the 1989 budget, reflecting the dynamism and growth of the Society both in numbers and in activities.
Program One of the clearest manifestations of the vitality of MRS is in its meetings. The 1989 Fall Meeting was the largest ever, with over 3,900 registrants. Innovations which were pioneered at this meeting included a video link between hôtels for selected symposia and the national broadcast of one day of Symposium X. Both experiments were successful, and Council authorized their continuation in 1990. Désire to limit the growth in size of the MRS Spring and Fall meetings as well as récognition of the spécial benefits offered by smaller conférences has led MRS to plan three stand-alone meetings over the next 18 months. The 2nd International Conférence on Electronic Materials and the Conférence on New Diamond Science and Technology are scheduled for September 1990. A symposium on high Tc superconductor thin films will be held in conjunction with the forum of the Solid State Sciences Committee of the National Research Council in February 1991.
External Affaire Council approved two new initiatives concerning relationships between MRS and other bodies. The first of thèse authorizes MRS représentation on an Ad Hoc Committee on a "Materials Institute" concept. The committee will define the scope, purpose and membership of such a "Materials Institute" and issue a report to the various scientific societies represented on the committee. No commitment on the part of MRS or any other society to participation beyond such discussion is implied by représentation on the committee. The External Affaire Committee of MRS was authorized to form an ad hoc implementation task group to advise MRS Council on appropriate mechanisms to pursue activities on behalf of MRS related
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to information flow to and from the fédéral government and other sources. MRS will rent office space in Washington, DC for one year which it will use for meetings of this task group. The group will function for about one year. During this period it will define the goals and scope of appropriate MRS activities in Washington, identify the mechanism for carrying out thèse activities, define personnel needs, and develop a three-year plan. The group will issue a progress report to Council at its April 1990 meeting; the final report will be issued in December 1990.
Awards Council adopted several motions pertaining to the MRS awards program, creating two new classes of awards and the means for funding them. The Outstanding Young Investigator Award will recognize outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research by a young scientist or engineer. The awardee must show exceptional promise as a developing le
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