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FRICTIO~ r~TERIALS STAi~DARDS INSTITUTE, INC., EAST 210 ROUTE 4, P~WS, NJ 07652 . i'iiNUTES OF THE ANNUAL HEl.LBERSHIP l>lEETING .. -. ; ' .. ~ . .. _, OF THE -t. '~ . FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC. I !'I Tuesday and Wednesday, June 20 and 21, 1989 at Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra, Florida 1'1~~ ACTIVE MEMBERS PRESENT _ REPRESENTATIVES Abex Corporation Allied Aftermarket - Bendix Certified Brakes - Allied'-Signal Delco-l1oraine NDH. Friction MaterialS Company HlQ1 of califol111a Cor]. - Nuturn Corporation Raymark Friction Company Reddaway Manufacturing Co. Robert E. Nelson Stanley L. S~okes Larry MiQ.~lDAn. V.iu -President .Donald L.)Emri.fl~,,.:~~-:- : -ia,i.~:.Bel,AA~ Treasurer RonaJ4,~4all Rita Gri~;~ham .u Doreen Tomao Edward F. Eggert ACTIVE ME!'1BERS - PROXIES TENDEUD: PROXY PBOM Brake Parts Inc. (To G. N. Laycock) Larry Pavey Coan Equipment Co. (To G. N. Laycock) Friction Materials, Inc. (To G.: N. Laycock) D. Ted Shumate Rod- Richardson Scan-Pac Manufacturing_Co. (ToG. N. Laycock) Henry A. Scandrett Wagner Division: - Cooper Ind. (To G. N. Laycock) Tom Rokos s. K. Wellman Corp. (To G~ N. Laycoc~) Frd A. Kowalcyk OTHERS PRESENT Aimco Division - ITT Industriee Douglas A. Willsie Allied Automotive - Bendix . Steve Zizmo Bora warner do Brasil ,,Williaa Vernier Carlisle Corporation Roy Huckaby Carlisle Corporation Ron Luellen Carlisle. Corporation- : ; William F. Wood HKM of California Corp. ,W,,Max Sleeth, President Nuturn Corptration .~orge- Hoffman Nuturn Corpofation Dq~ I,oftis. Reddaway Manufaeturing Co. ' 1-. .William Barton Harwood Lloyd, /G6Un&ellors at: Law- . ...' Friction 1-laterials Standards Institute'''-' ~ . . , Richard LeBlancq 1 Edward w. Drislane. Secretary Friction Materials Standards Institute ,_ ~ilbert N. Laycock, Secretary ,, 'J . \'.i!:.".J .'' . Mr. Sleeth, President, called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM, June 20, 1~~~ As the first order of business, the P~esident called for a roll. call. :I' .- FMSI 01869 - 2- MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Secretary advised that minutes of the Membership Meeting of June 14-15, 1988 had been distributed. The President suggested that a reading of the minutes be dispensed with,as no corrections had been suggested. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the minutes of the Membership Meeting of June 14-15, 1988 as written. PRESIDENT'S REPORT ~k. Sleeth, President, read this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 1 in the .. report booklet. i~. Sleeth noted the most significant thing to happen in his first year as President was the retirement of Mr. Drislane and the ensuing search for a replacement. He expressed thanks to the Technical Commi~tee Chairmen for the work of those Committees during the year. ~a. Sleeth commended Mr. Drislane on his "usual excellent performance in the management of the Institute", and welcomedMr. Gil Laycock as the new Secretary. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unao1mously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the President's Report as. written~ tt. Sleeth introduced Gil Laycock, the new Seeretary of the Institute who will succeed Mr~ Drisiane when he retiree June 30, 1989. Mrt Laycock gave a brief summary of his-work experience over the last,2~ years. starting as a. friction compoUnder in the Developmen~ Laboratory with Raybestos-Manhattan to Manager of Product Engineering with Raymark to Manager of Product Engineering with Brake Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Echlin. REPORT ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTIVITIES The Secretary reported on activities of the Board of Directors during this past fiscal year'. As a portion of the activity is at the: Board Meeting immediately preceding the Membership Meeting, there is no written report. The Board approved membership applications filed by several Regional Members, certain Licensees and one Active Member. Details are in Ms. Grisham's Member- ship Committee report. The Board, acting on recommendatiou of the Search Committee, approvedi an offer to the new Secretary and Executive Director., Mr. Gil Laycock. They next approved the hiring of Mr. Laycock, who started with the Institute on February 1, 1989. At the special meeting in April, the Board took several actions to effect the changeover from Mr. Drislane to Mr. Laycock. These were: (1) Election gf ar. Laycock as Secretary of the Institute~ {2) Approved certain signature authorizations for both the Midland Bank in Paramus and the Merrill Lynch Cash Management account. FMSI 01870 - 3- (3) Changes Trustees for the Trust for benefit of Miss.Duschek. Details are in the report on Institute Pension Plans. (4) The Board resolvedto eliminate the Reserve for Environmental Affairs and take the $29,200 in that account into income in this fiscal year. (5) The Board authorized certain actions with 're'spec~ to the move from New Jersey to Connecticut. , -' In,addition, the Board approved details with respect to the meeting at the Sawgrass Country Club this June. Due to the move to C:onne~t.icut, the Board resolved to terminate the rtainer arrangement for Legal Counsel and to have ..any legal services in the period after Jul7 1 on a "Time ~nd charges" basis. . .. "' ; ' (;. At its special meeting, the Board di41~ssea the'difficultythe Institute has encountered of late in accessing product'informatioJl~ This applies to brake lining, brake shoes and clutch..facings. The change to a global or international market has resulted in difficulties in accessing information on imported passenger cars and light trucks, and with the medium to heavy trucks sourced or designed outside of North America. It was noted that the membership should be advi~ed that. the. Institute can make assignments even where certain detail dimensiensar~ riot available. The Institute solicits information and prints even wher~ .,certain .di'1118nsions are either blacked out, removed, or otherwise not shown., -. f 'I The foregoing covers work done bY.. t~e Board -up tt> the'"me~ti~g. at: Sawgrass. Additional work was done at't_h~ regular Board meeting held_ on June 19, 1989. Two new Regional Membership applications were reviewed and accepted, they were: o Fihro Friction of i-lontreal, Quebec o F_ox Friction of Miss~ssau.sa~ Ontario The Board reviewed the Fee Formula committee Report and recommends that no Fee Formula changes be made for the 1989-90 fiscal year concerning the move to Connecticut, the ~oard approved a target-date of "on or about September 1, 1989 to have tpe office moved. They also authorize Gil Laycock ,to handle the Sub-lease of the Paramus office and the new lease for the Connecticut office. In 1985, the Board of Directors authorized $5,000 to be S?t::.t for an IBM. PC/Word Processor. _This .purchase .haS not been .madep Howe-ver,- because of less.. ~penaive PC' s 'on the market a114 the' poaaibility of interfacing di- recely with oUr Printer's computer typesetting equipment theaoard revised the. authorizatioi\ of'up to .$~,000 foti-a Per~qna..i Computer and ~eripherais -.;.rithout sp4tcification o&:s _to . make.. or 'model~_-. . Upon motion duly made, s~ccnld~d ~ unanimously passed, .it was~ .: .:.,,I' . ,.. : .. : .. RESOLVED: To accept the report on the Board of Director's Activities as read. . , A report on the status o.i. -the move :-of the o~ice to Connecticue f_oliawed.' Mr. Drislane stated that W':: hc.od approached 'the Landlord in Paramus concerning the possibili~y of a buy~~ut of ~he lease which was not accepted, but we . .~-~ FMSI 01871 - 4- were given permission to Sub-lease the office space. We have engaged McBride Enterprises to handle the Sub-lease.of the Paramus office and sev~ral prospects have been looking at the office but have no firm offer to date. l{r. Laycock stated that the quoted prices for Connecticut office space are about 25% higher than the current Paramus rate, However, there is a lot of new office space for rent in the area and one renting agent, when told that his prices were too high for the Institute budget, offered an initial rate which was comparable to the Paramus rate. ~~. Sleeth noted that even if we encounter the worst case scenario in t~rms of office rental, that being no Sublease of Paramus office and an office in Connecticut, one of the areas that will not be an expense to the Institute is the up. to $600 per month that is authorized for Mr. Laycock's travel expense from Connecticut to Paramus. The net increase from Paramus rent plus travel expense to Paramus rent plus Connecticut rent with no travel expense would be about $550. per month. MEMBERSHIP COM11ITTEE Ms. Rita Grisham, Chairman of the Membership Committee, presented this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 2 in the report booklet. Ms. Grisham noted that the Active Members remained unchanged at 22, but significant changes occurred in the Regional Membership from 29 to 34, with Licensees increasing from 20 to 22. The report detailed the changes. After the report was prepared, there were two applications received at the Institute office for Regional Membership. They were from Fox Friction Manufacturing, Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, and Fibro Friction Inc. of Montreal, Quebec. Both applications were reviewed and accepted by the Board of Directors at the meeting on June 19, 1989. Their membership will be effective July 1, 1989. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the Membership Committee report as written. A discussion followed concerning companies which have manufacturing facilities in both the U.S. and Canada.. Examples cited were Total Brake Industries of Dorval, Quebec who have acquired the former Virginia Friction Plant in Walkertcn, Virginia and are manufacturing lining segments and disc pucks in the Walkerton Plant, and Interfriction of Cartersville, Georgia, who also have a facility in Canada. The Interfriction question is compounded by the sale of its facility in Georgia to Tenaaco. Would their membership go from an Active membership to a Regional Membership if they no longer have manufacturing in the U.S. Mr. Drislane explained the differences between Active and Regional memberships. Active Members are manufacturers of friction materials whose headquarters is in the u.s. A Regional Member is a Non-u.s., headquartered friction material manufacturer. Active and Regional Members pay the same FMSI 01872 - 5- dues and are. entitled to the same information and services. The only differ- ences between Active and Regional Members are Active ~~mbers are allowed to v.o~~ ;~(;A.Jmu.~l ~~eti~g~ and are allowed to serve on the Board of Directors. l..'il .1 ..... - - . ., .;. A sugs.estio~ ~~s tU,.d,., that the Members consider redefining the Active l'lember category t~.~~lude,both U.S. and Canadian friction manufacturers, particular- ly in light (; the relaxed trade restrictions across the U.S. and Canadian border. Thisc~ould require some investigation and an amendment of the Constitution~ , :--, .: . . . ,. : .. Mr. 'Mintman suggested that a Committee be appoint~d to study theu.s./Canad- ian Membership and,make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Since Mr. Mintman made the suggestion, Mr. Sleeth appointed htm to chair the Com- mittee and suggested that he enlist a few volunteers to be on the Committee. TREASURER'S B.EPOiT Mr. Larry Belans, Treasurer, read this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 3 in the report booklet. The report projected an .Xcess of income over expenses of about $6,700. There were some variances from b~dget, both favorable andunfavorable, but .. the two iteliiS that impacted the Balance Sheet most favorably were the reversal of the Reserve for Environmental Affairs, taking $29,200 into income and a substantial Net from the sale of Catalogs of almost $12,000 Both of these items combined to offset the added expense of two Director's salaries, plus associated expense fQr. 5 moQt~ . Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously yaased, it was: RESOLV~ To accept the Treasurer's Report as written. BRAKE PERFOBMANCE STUDY COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Bill Wood, Chairman, delivered the Brake Performancestudy Comaittee Re- ..port. Pleaserefer to EXHIBIT 7 in the report booklet. One meeting of the Brake Performance Study Committee was held during the past year, and dedicated to producing a Draft Proposal for marking procedure Jl801. Copies of the Proposal. and.cover letter withsupportin& statements were included in the report booklet. Copies of the Proposal and supporting statements have been forwarded to Mr~ Randall Petrash of ':Sendix, 'and Mr. James R. Clark of Eaton. who are working on the SAE Jl801/1802 Procedures. A Director commented that when organizations outside the friction industry propose or endorse requirements that the industry must live with, it can become very expensive for the industry. NHTSA (N~tional Highway and Traffic Safety Administration) has just acknowledged receipt of the original SAE Jl801-Jl802 proceoures and are studying them. A Director commented that it is a positive step that FMSI.as a representative of the industry, is pxesenting input fr'om the uuinufacturers. It was generally agreed that the original slotting procedure for Jl801 would not provide that much value to the end user. FMSI 01873 - 6- When the procedures get down to the final draft. a rational statement is in- cluded with the Proposal and ~~TSA must evaluate the cost impact of any rule making. ers with It a rewqasuefset ltto that get the Institute should approach the block manufactura cost estimate of both the slotting and embossing methods of permanently marking blocks. This information in condensed and consolidated form could become part of the rational statement. l"Ir. Wood advised that SAE had asked if F'rlSI would be interested to act as a repository for block identification and coding when a format of what type of information is to be retained is established. At the Brake Performance Study Committee meeting it was agreed that the Institute would be interested in submitting a bid to be a repository for tbe coding information for SAE J1801. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the Brake Performance Study Committee report as written. Mr. Robert Nelson discussed a bit of the history of the original J1801 and J1802 marking and testing Proposals and recommended that the Members making blocks do a,serious cos~ study on the original Jl801 slotting method and submit those costs to the 1nstitute. The information can be forwarded. to TTBRG and/or NHTSA, particularly.1n ~iew of the required economic impact studies at NHTSA. NatllNATING COMMITTEE REPORT iVJ.r. Robert Nelson, Chaiilnan~ pre~ented.his ComDiittee's report and recommendations. There is no written report f~r the N0minatins Committee. There are four Directors who were elected in 1988, whose terms do not expire until June 1990. They are:. Mr. F. William Barton ~~. Larry Be1ans ~ls. Rita Grisham Mr. Robert E. Nelson Reddaway Manufacturing Company . Friction Material Company Nuturn Corporation Abex Corporation There are three Directors whose. terms expire this year. They are: Mr. ~t Moore i"lr. Larry i'iintman Nr. Ron Randall Carlisle Corporation Certified Brakes HKM of California, Corp. The Committee met after the Board of Directors meeting on June 19, and after much discussion, recommended the following nominations for terms to serve from July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1991: Mr. LarryMintman Hr. Art ~foore i"Ir. Ron Randall Certified Brakes Carlisle Corporation HKM of California, Corp. FMSI 01874 - 7- This would give a Board breakdown of four Members in the Class 3 Category, aile Nember in the Class 2 Category, and two hembers in the Class 1 Category. The President asked'if there were any nomination~ from the floor with respect to the 3o.~rd of Directors. There were no nominations from the floor. Upon motion dull.mad~, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: That nominations for the Board of Directors by closed. The Secretarywasdirected to cast one ballot for the election of Mr. Larry l'iintman, Mr. Art Moore, and Mr. Ron Randall to serve two year terms until June 30, 1991. The Secretary advised that the ballotS:had been so cast. The Secretary advised that with the election of these three Directors, the Board had the required seven members. INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. Ed Drislane, Secretary, presented the Investment Advisory Committee report.due to the absence of Mr. Art t'J.Oore, Committee Chairman. Ple9:~e refer to EXHIBIT 4.. in the raport booklet. The report stated t~at total'investment"assets at June 30, 1989 were proj~cted at about $26~,000 versus.$290,000 at June 30, 1988. The reduction was: primarily brought about by the extra Director salary from February to June, and associated costs. Interest r~ceivables were down due to maturing of our ..higher interest Treasury Notes. . Upon.motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the report of the Investment Advisory Committee as written. BUDGET COMMITTEE Mr. Larry Belans, Chairman, presented the Budget Committee Report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 5 in the report booklet. The Committee proposed an expense budget of $151,040 for the fiscal year 1989-90. This is less thana 4~ ,increa"e over the expense budget for the year now ending. Although the.totai budget figure is comparable to the previous year, there are major changes in certain items eg., salaries decreased by $8,000, rent increased by $12,800 (Unless a Sub-lease arrange~nt can be made.in Paramus), Pension Expense decreased by $7,800. Other items showed less; significant varfations, most of which were associated with the change in personnel and office move. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the Budget Committee report as written. FMSI 01875 - 8- FEE FORMULA COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. R. E. Nelson, Chairman of the Fee Formula Committee~ presented his Committee's report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 6 in the report booklet. Mr. Nelson noted that the formula for billing was restructed in 1987~ and reviewed the structure for all Of the types of memb~rship. The Income Projection combined with Investment Income proje~ted to within $1.000 of the proposed budget. It was noted that, since the Fee Formula Committee Report was written, and Income Projections made two new membership applications had been received and were approved at the Board of Directors meeting on June 19, giving additional income of $3,700. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the Fee FormulaCommittee Report as written. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: That effective July 1, 1989 the annual dues for Active Members and Regional Members with Active Member rights would be the total of a basic fee of $1,600, and a charge for participation in each of the following categories: Disc brake linings; Drum brake linings; Brake Blocks; C1utch facings. The charge would be $250 each for the first and second categories, and an additional $500 each for the third and fourth category. (One category $1,850; Two.cat~gories $2,100; Three categories $2,600; Four categories $3,100). Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: That effective July 1, 1989the annual fee for Regional Members (Regular) would be $1 , 600; Regional Member (Association) $2 1 600; Licensee: $600. . INSTITUTE PENSION PLANS The Secretary reported on the Institute Pension Plans. Please refer to EXHIBIT 10 in the report booklet. There are two plans: (1) The Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP) for current employees, and (2) The Trust established for Harriet G. Duschek, which was funded by an Institute contribution of $55,000 in 1980. The SEP calls for 15% of eligible employee salaries to be contributed to an employee's IRA. The Duschek Trust pays Miss Duschek $550 monthly, with assets as of December 31, 1988 of $46,309. FMSI 01876 - 9- Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was; . .. . .. . ' . .r TasoRESOL~D: accept the report on institute Pension Plaris written. .' DATA BOOK AND.TEC~ICAL CO~~ITTEE REPORT Mr. Doug Willsie, 'Chairman, presented this report; Please refer to EXHIBIT 8 in the' repo~t booklet. Mr. Willsie noted changes. in the roster of the Committee 'during the past year. Mr. BarrySwears ofAbex was replaced by Mi. Jerry Shupe, and Gil Laycockhad left to become Secretary of.FMSI. The Committee met on May 3, 1989 and several resolutions and decisions were made: o Gil Laycock to replace Ed Drislane on the ad-hac Committee that decides ie'a, material' iit-' brganic I of: semi..;metallic 0 ...o Data Book color rotation - Blue/Red/Green, etc. . o Subst:f:'tuting 'ni-M" for "Integrally 'Mol'ded.", and line. con~ densation to save pages in Catalog. o Continue to assign new "D" numbers to small "changes" in steel, but show a sketch with cnanges'noted in text rather than another sketch. o Address hardware changes in disc asse~b~ies.by notation to "See Illustrations". : ' 0 Commencegathering.informaU()n on Heavy':'duty brake 'shcies and makenumber assignmentswher, application information is available. . . . o Draft pr~liuiinary system of FMsi nUmbers for motorcy.cle disc pade~ _ .. o Rescind resolution made Marc.h 28, 1984, callin& fo~. dl$c . brake pads to be shown' in Brake Block Identification Cai:alpg. o All brake shoes starting with 611 will ha'~Te "S" Prefix be-: cause of the potential confusion with disc pucks wh~n shoes reach 700. , . . o Use the same lining assignment for new discasse~blies that are up to. 02011 1es~ i.n thiekriess''than the eXisting pther~ w~~ identical assignments. '. .. '. ~ . . . ... __,: :;. o Show total thickness on disc a8semblies that have lini.na.- moldad- on both sides. ..! l ' I::: . . . :. ~; . ~ .. L. Upon moti.on duly made, seconded and unani.mously passed; i.t was: RESOLVED: To accept the report of the Data Book and Technical Committee as,.written . .. ',, A discussion followed concerning the.Afte~rbt Drill Patterns for disc brake pads which are supplied Integrally Molded as original equip~nt. Member companies are currently supplying pads for riveting disc brak8 sets which are Integrally Molded. It was recommended that a Sub-Committee be established under the Data Book artd 'Tedinical Committee to. review and make recommended designs for rivet patterns for Integraily Molded disc plates. Tha President appointed dr. Stanley Stokes as Chairman of this Committee. FMSI 01877 - 10 - The discussion continued concerning the support of the Institute with technical information for all types of friction material; Drum brake linings~ Disc brake liuings; Cl~tch facings, and brake blocks. One Member stated that if a manufacturer was making a part as original equipment, it was not necessary to submit a detailed drawing to make an assignment. A sketch of the part with nominal dimensions (No Tolerances), and basic application information is sufficient. Import car disc brake assignments are .made fro~ sample parts with hand traced drawings and crudely measured dimensions. One Member recalled that over the years we have repeatedly requested the support of the membership, yet it seems to be "falling off 11 It was noted that clutch facing assignments could be made witha general sketch consisting of O.D., I.D., thickness, number of holes, drill circle, hole spacing, drill size, counterbore size through hole size and general application information. HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ~~. Rita Grisham, Chairman, delivered this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 9 in the report booklet. The Chairman's report was submitted as a summation of significant events during the past year. EPA Ban Proposal - In April 1988, the new suppor~, case from the Agency was made available for public comment. FMSI as a body did not comment (since comment had been made in 1986). However, Member companies did submit comment and other interested groups. During September and October 1988, EPA advised industry that they intended to publish a Final Regulation before January 20, 1989. The drafL of Fiual Regulation was submitted to the Office of ~~nagement and Budget. on December 16, 1988. To date, six months have passed and OMB continues to assess and evaluate the draft regulation. The regulators are anticipating a 11summer release11 NESHAPS (National Emissions Standard:for Hazardous Air Pollutants)- proposed rulemaking for the asbestos NESHAPS has been issued. It deals with control devices, fugitive emissions monitoring, record keeping, and reporting for asbestos manufacturing and fabricating operations. It is expected that the rule will be issued in about a year. OSHA 29CFR, Part 1910.1000 Air Contaminants - Subpart Z - on January 19, 1989 issued final rules and regulations for. "hundreds" of a11 ir contaminants11 Overall, 428 substances are listed (168 for the first time, and 91 have new limits which are generally lower than the Qld ones). Internationally, ~~. Grisham, noted existing rules in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Sweden. She also noted that in Japan a product is considered asbestos-free if it contains no more than 5% asbestos. Upon motion duly made, sec.onded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the Health and Environmental Affairs Committee Report as written. FMSI 01878 - 11 ... ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE REPORT Mr'. Stanley Stokes, Chairman, prepared this rgport. Please refer to EXHIBIT '12 in the report booklet. The Committee had obtained video tapes of Hyatt Lake tahoe and Indian River Plantation in Stuart, Florida. Both of the video's were viewed (courtesy of VCR and TV provided by Bill Barton) by" the Board of Directors. Additionally Willia.nsburg, VA. was discussed. The Committee:.tec-otmnended that next years meeting be held at Hyatt Lake Tahoe. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was:: RESOLVED: To accept the Annual 1-leeting Commi-ttee Reporc- as written. ' - Per Board resolution on June 20, 1989, Indian River Plantation in' Stuart~ Florida is the 1990 meeting site. HISTORICAL SALES REPORTING The Secretary reported on the Historical Sales Program for the past year. Please refer to ~!BIT 11 in the report.booklet. The period covere.d was calendar year 1988. A listing showing who reported for the four quarters of the year is part of the report.,. Three were more "Ins and Outs" than in previous years, with three i:'.<embers repor'ting for the first time. They were: Duramax, Interfriction, and Total Brake Industries. The report noted that Regional Nembers exporting to the U.s. have been asked to participate. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the report on Historical Sales Reporting as written. ELECTION OF OFFICERS hr. Sleeth advised the membership on the election of Officers for the 1989-90 fiscal year. This election took place at the meeting of the new Board of Directors which followed the June 20 session of the Annual Membership meeting. The Board elected the following Officers for the 1989-90 year: President: Vice President: Treasurer: Secretary: ~~. w. r~ Sleeth i>1r. Larry l1intman Mr. Larry Belans Mr. Gilbert N. Laycock FMSI 01879 - 12 - OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Robert Nelson reviewed a discussion that had taken place at the Board of Directors meeting concerning participation and support of the Institute. To encourage participation, he recommended that a letter be sent to the CEO~s (with a copy to the Delegate) of each wember company (particularly those who do not attend the Annual Meeting), explaining what the Institute does for the ~mbers and enlisting their support through participation of the Delegate. The three major working Committees could use assistance from people who are technically qualified in the respective areas; Data Book and Technical Committee, Brake Performance Study Committee, and Health and Environmental Affairs Committee. One Member cited. problems which he was encountering on first piece inspection requirements of Government Specification HHL-361. The Institute had submitted detailed comments the last time HHL-361 was being reviewed, but no comments dealt with first piece inspection. *** * There being no other business brought to the attention of the Membership, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To adjourn Adjourned at 10:00 AM, June 2lf 1989 G. N. Laycock Secretary FMSI 01880