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FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, I~JC., 370 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NE'i YORK, N, Y. ANNUAL MEETING OF" THE FRICTION ~ATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC. THuAsDAv, JuNE 21sT 1951 AT tt:oo A.M. AT THE Ho'fEl. CoM~1lOORE, NEw YoRK, N. Y. IN THE ABSENCE OF" THE PRESIDENT, WHO COU~D NOT ATTEND BECAUSE OF" ~~~NESS, THE VtcE-PRESIDENT PRESIDED AND CAL~ED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT II:QO A,fvl. ME~IBER GRtZZl.Y MANUFACTURING CoMPANY MARSHA~L-ECl.IPSE DIVISION 0 BENDIX AVIATION CoRPo MoLDED MATERIAl-S DIVISION, CARLISI. CoRPo RAVBESTOS-MI<NHATTAN, INCo Rosse:NDAl.E-RueOil. CoMPANY RusSEl-l. MANUFACTURING CoMPANY ScANDINAVIA BELTING CoMPANY SOUTHERN FRICTION MATERIAl-S CoMPANY WoRLD BEsTos CoRPORATION REPRESENTATIVE J. R, HEATH c.F, WEYBURNE G, E. RITTER F, A. tltLLER F, BARTON L. SuLLIVAN v. A. SPINA J. o. CAMP D. H. SPICER OTHERS PRESENT MARSHAl.l.-ECl.IPSE DtVISION, BENDIX AVIATION CoR~. SCANDINAVIA BELTING CoMPANY FRICTION MATERIAl-S STANDARDS INSTITUTE OF CANADA FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCo McLAUGHLIN, STtCKLES &HAYOEN A. J. RoEMER A, E. DALY G, STRACH4N H. G. DusCHEI<, SECRETARY o.L. ST tcKLe:s, CoUNSEL MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEET lNG THe CH.IRMAN ANNOUNQ~O THAJ ~HE MINUTES OF THE ~REVIOUS MEETING HE~O JuNE 2tsT 1950 HAC BEE~ OISTRIBUTEO T~ THE MEMBERSHIP AND THAT ALL DECISIONS REACHED HAD BEEN ~ULLY ENAOTEOo UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, IT WAS R~~VEOt THAT THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAl. MEETING OF THE INSTITUTE HELD JuNE 21ST 1950 BE APPROVED AS DtSTRISUTEDo FMSI 00551 -4- JUNE 21 1 1951 UPON MOTION DULY MADE 1 SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED 1 IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT THE INCOMING BOARD 0~ DIRECTORS TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT THE INSTITUTE 1S INTERESTS IN SAID ACCOUNTSo REPORT OF THE DATA BOOK AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MRo MILLER, CHAIRMAN, RE~ORTED THAT THE TOTAL ORDER ~OR THE 1951 AuTOMOTIVE DATA BOOK AMOUNTED TO 123,000 COPIES. 0~ THIS, 4,200 WERE TO BE HELD ~OR ANY NEW MEMBERS AND ~OR INSTITUTE REQUIREMENTS INASMUCH AS THE PRINTING 0~ ANOTHER LARGE EDITION WAS NOT ANTICIPATED ~OR ANOTHER TWO YEARS 0 IN 1949, THE TOTAL ORDER WAS 108,000 COPIES AND, IN 1950, 120,000 COPIES 0~ THE SUPPLEMENT HAD BEEN ORDEREDo DESPITE THE ADDITION 0~ TWO NEW SECTIONS- ONE ON ~OREIGN CARS AND ANOTHER ON EMERGENCY LININGS- AND THE INCLUSION 0~ THE 1950 SUPPLEMENT AND 1951 DATA, THE USE 0~ SMALLER TYPE, REDUCED T~E ~INAL SIZE 0~ THE BOOK TO 132 PAGES AS COMPARED WITH 160 PAGES IN THE 1949 EDITIONo THE COST IS 24.6 CENTS PER COPY, EXCLUSIVE 0~ THE PUNCHING CHARGESo FOREIGN CAR SPECI~ICATIONS AND SUPPORTING PRINTS WERE SECURED ~ROM THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE AND ALL NEW IN~ORMATION WOULD BE PROMPTLY ~ORWARDED TO THE Se:CRETARVo THE NEW PRINTER - CHARLES FRANCIS PRESS - HAS PROVED TO BE MOST SATIS~ACTORY AND HAS GIVEN THE SECRETARY THE UTMOST COOPERATION 0 THE CHAIRMAN THANKED THE CoM- MITTEE AND THE SECRETARY ~OR THEIR HLPo A VOTE 0~ THANKS "'lAS EXTENDED TO ~. MILLER ~OR HIS ABLE CHAIRMANSHIP AND UPON MOTION DULY MADE 1 SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, IT WAS RESOLVED: To ACCEPT THE REPORT o~ THE DATA BooK AND TECHNICAL CoiVMITTEEe UPoN INVITATION ~ROM THE CHAIR, MR. STRACHAN AN ~a&ERVER ~ROM THE FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE 0~ CANADA COMMENTED THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, IN DISTRIBUTING THE DATA BOOK 1 THEY INSTITVTED A CHARGE PER COPY EXCEPT ~OR THOSE USED BY THE STA~F OF A DISTRIBUTOR. THEY HAD ATTEMPTED THIS METHOD TO OVERCOME THE DUPLICATION OF SUPPLYING BOOKSo THE LAST EDITION 0~ THE AUTOMOTIVE DATA BOOK HAD HAD ~REE DISTRIBUTION BUT THAT THE CHARGE METHOD WAS AGAIN TO BE ATTEMPTED WITH THE 1951 BOOKo REPORT OF THE COMf:':l TTEE ON ORDNANCE MRo MILLER, CHAIRMAN, REPORTED THAT HE AND MRo NANFELDT HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO VISIT THE TANK AUTOMOTIVE CENTER IN DETROIT REGARDING MILITARY SPECI~ICATIONSo THE PURPOSE WAS TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES 0~ SECURING COOFERATION IN OBTAINING CURRENT FEDERAL STOCK NUMBERS, ORDNANCE PART NUMBERS AND MANU~ACTURERB 1 PART NUIIIBERS TOGETHER WITH UP-TO-DATE VEHICLE DATAo FMSI 00554 ANNUA~ Me:ETING MINUTES -5- JUNE 21 t 1951 THE ORDNANCE REPRESENTATIVES ADVISED THAT THE FEDE~A~ NUMBERING SYSTEM HAD BEEN REVISED AND THAT SOME NEW VEHIC~ES HAD BEEN ADDEO TO THOSE USED IN THE ~AST WAR. 800,000APPROXIMATE~ CARDS ARE ON F'I~E REPRESENTING ALL PARTS AS WEL.:... AS A TWELVE VO~UME SET OF' SPECIF'ICATIONS AVAILABLE ON~V IN THE ADJUTANT-GENERA~Is OF'F'ICE IN WA9YtNGTON. IF' THE: TWE~VE: VO~UMES COU~D BE SECURED, THE BAS! C \1/'JRK COUL.D BE STARTED IN THE INSTITUTE 0F'F'ICE AND THE F'INA~ RECORDS SECURED IN DETROIT, ORDNANCE: WOU~D PROVIDE SOME CLERICAL. HEL.P BUT NONE OF' THIS 'VUR'< -:-o.;LD Pi'lOCEEO UNLESS A CATA~OG 25,000WERE ISSUED AND COPIES GIVEN TO ORDNANCE F'OR DISTRIBUTION TO THEIR ;.RANCHES, THe: ENTIRE EXPENSE, INCLUDING PRINTING, WOULD BE BOR~E BV THE INSTITUTEo THE CHAIRMAN ADVISED THAT THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER THE \fJORK SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN WAS UP TO THE MEMBERSHIP. THOSE PRESENT F'E~T THAT THE PRCJE:CT WOULD COST A CONS I OERABLE AMOUNT OF' MONEY AND THAT THE T l ME AND EXPENSE INVOLVED INERE UNWARRANTEDo EVEN THUUGH T!-IS CATA~OGS PREPARED PREVIOUS~ F'OR U. 8. i<'OTOR TRANSPOP."i WERE IN GR:!:.\Y DC::~;HID, THEY F'E:~T THAT 7HEY WERE OF' ~ITT~E VA~U~. THE SECRETARY ADVISED THAT ~ONSTNT ~EQUESTS FOR THE IDEN71F'ICATION OF' FEDERAL STOCK AND ORDNANCE PART NUMf1ERS 'NERE PECEIVED AND THAT THC::V COULD NOT ALWAYS BE ICENTIF'!EDo IN OTHER CASES, 9RA~~ Li~ING AND CLUTCH 0"'F'ACl NG I NF'O.:lMATI ON NEW GOVERNMENT VEHI C~ES WAS REF'USE::l BV Y:.-iC:: CAR MANUF'ACTURER AS s~:NG CONF'IDENTIAL.o AF'TEq A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, IT WAS DECIDED TO TABLE THE MATTER AND AWAIT F'URTHER DC::VE~opr!IENTs. THE CH.I~MA'J W\S ASKED TO COMMUNICATE \filTH TANK t,uTO~AOil ve: C.:::NTE~ AN0 A[VlSE .,.HEM TH!!.T i'O ACi;0,\1 W'S BEING TAKEN AT THF: "'RESEN1' T<~'C:~ _t.f.:P_QII\JTMENT OF NOMII\!ATING COf''AiTT:f. THE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THAi THE TERM OF' OF'F'ICE OF' F'OUR OtREC~ORS EXPIRED AS OF' JUNE 30, 1951 AND THA7 .\NOT HER APPO t NTMENT HAD TO BC: M.~DE ~o rILL THE: UNEXPIRED TERM OF' A DIRECTOR WHO HAD RESIGNED. He: APPOINTED ME:SRRSo \VE\'SIJRNE, RITTER AND 8P I CER TO SERVE AS A NoMINATING CoMMITTEE TO SELECr iHRF.:E: NO~: ~!EES REPRESENTATIVE OF' THREE CL.ASSI F" I CA7 IONS F'OR A TWO YEAR TERM t\ND ONE F"OR D l RECTOR-o",T- ~ARGE: F"OR A TWO YEAR TERM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 'I" HE CONST ITUT ~ON A;:) 8v_i_AWS. THSV WERE AL.SO INSTRUCTED TO PRESENT THE NAME OF' A NOMINEE F'CR Tr:e: ,_.N':Y.P IRE:iJ ONE YEAR TERM NOW VACANT Re:ce:ss F'OR LuNCHEON REPORT OF SPECIAL COivMITTEE ON MEMBs~SHIP THE CHAIR ANNOUNCED THAT THE APPOINTMENT, BY THE BoARD OF" DIRECTORS, OF' THIS SPECIAL. COMMITTEE: OF' WHICH MR. RITTER IS CHAIRMAN, WAS f'RECIPITATED 8'! A NUMBER OF PROB~EMS INVO~VING POTENTIAL MEMBERS ANO POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF' THE COPYRIGHTED FMS NUMBERS. THe: CoMr..'tTTEE 18 REPORT TO THE BoARD OF" DIRECTORS WAS READ TO THE MEET lNG: FMSI 00555 ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES -&- JuNE 21, ISSI 11 ti11NUT::S OF ~~ff.:rtr--.~G OF' T.-lE" SPECI.A.l. COW/!TT:O:E.. 2~ .~8'1r-3~~-'.E TuESDAY, JuNE 5rH, ~95; A"T' I ' : 00 A, M. SuiTE t:3o6, 36 ''IES1' 44TH S:,. rk'l YOHI< GrTY PREl?..Q!I.: A.~RANKLIN MILLER E.GEORGE RITTER s.LEo Su.L IVAN o.LESTER STICKLEs, HARR: ET G. DuscHe:K, CouNSEL BECRE'I'AR't F-~,\'."8E'>i"us-~i:.\I\'H'.TT.o)N 1 I NCo ~ ~ .. :) :;: 0 M.~ T:;: ; l ~.- 0 iJ I v 8 I 0 N Russst.L 'II\1\:UF'A , u~t~;-~ CoMPANY &M~~AU~H~.N, ST:CkLES HAYDEN F,fvJ.So! "THE MEETING WAS OPENEO BY THE CH.' CRM.t>.N tv~. RtT";'TP 1 A'' II :QC) A,~.'!o 1'it-<F: CALL OF' THE MEET!NG WAc ::>RE'>::I,ITED, ~:ArlE'L'/ 1 '(HAo' T'~F' ::~V.'l'T':"'FE WAS APPOINTED u,d\' "ChC. 30APD CF DIR::CTCRS~ AT ,.,.!-3 M~Erl\4~ H>::LD f)N tviAv 24 ... ~~<), :Q-i TH::: PUR~OSE OF EXA:-.1: 1\i I NG 1 ~~TO THE P'-<0:->0S-.1. OF A NC:W Ct.A3S IF' CAT I ON o I'<.'IFWr-S'-1: P, W'-ll CH WOULD ~AK! E~;Gl31.E T~CSE ~HOSE E8S~~"!AL ~US!NSGG IS THE D:ST~;eu-; 10~ r~ =~A<E LININAS ur->C'':R .\ :?l"lf\~!D N\'.1E O:FFERE:.JT ;.qc;,: 7HA'1" 0F THE M.,NUF.AC'::URCP OR "f-t:;: G!S.,..f:lf'LI'r'~ON 0"' l:lF~A:.;;;: Lq!!NG VnTHCUT A Bq,II.~'C NAM<.:; THE PROPOSAL THAT MA"''JF"II..JTU~Et'<S IN C'JMMErCI.\L Ql'ANTITIES OF" BRAKE LINP.J';S 'I.J e-oRE:G:-.1 COl,;NTRIES BE M;CE EL'GI~1L<: i='OR MEf:1BEP.SH1P9 .>.~'0 , p,:c:or.IME"lDED F't:E FOP St,;;:H ~':O.MBERSH! P; THE OUE3T I 01\1 nS TC\ Tf'e~ USE BY THOSE, wf:o ;.ne: Nl17 r:'0:~1BERS o.=- -,;c ;NPT:u-:-e:, OF TH::: FMS COPY::I:GHH-:"' ~tL.e:-:~~s ,:..s PL'BI.ISHED t', T,'C Jt,-r,:;. BOOK, S'.JPP' .':-V;;~''-113 1\\![ BL'LL:::TINS; '!'HE REC::'ll~r:::NDf.-~C'J Of-' <.FEE TO BE CHil~(~e:J A0i 111E MD'9EP3:.)::' "if'E iNSTITUT::: FOR THE EI-'SUIN.; FioU".L _-,,p_. :JE."-CH MAT'!'ER WAS "'io.Kt:i\: IJ? !N ORC.ER AND wiSCUSSE.D .>.T C'JN:.:;;D":R."'LE LENGTHe t: THERE WERE .~. t!UMc CR C: F' '.1 I EWS EXPRESSED CONC' ;;:PI\! :G ;H;: ; ~-''/r L 'IL~1C:NT S AS TO THE USE OF' FfvS NUMBE"lS~ A";; CJUN::Ol:l... ADVISED A? TO T'-1>0 RtG';Ts 0:=- it-::=.: i JSY:i"L'TE IN REFER- ENCE TO THE USE OF SA'O NUMBERSo HE FURTHER A:)V!SEr ~f-tA~ l,;~I.~SS 3CME EFFORT WAS MADE TO PROTECT THE ;,~rEREsrs OF THE INSTlTUTE ~~ o''S '11\P.:':):JE, CCIPY<Htil-iTS THAT THE SAME MAY BECOME ~ULL .ANO VOl~ THROUGH THE INTE~~R!~Ar,)N C~ 7~E ~-~ T~AT THE SAME WERE BEl NG USED GENE'RALLY 1 W; THOUT I NTERFERE:NCF.: E t' . ;..i" !:-1:::~ ~TU'~'E, /,~I'J 1i!ERE CONSIDERED TO BE DONATED TO 7HE PUBLIC USEo 11 HE FURTHER POl NTED OUT THAT THIS WAS N07 ~. ~sv iJO::Vt::LC"'MENT t 8U7 HAD BE:EN SOMETHING WHICH THE F'ORMER 8L~l.t. HAC CONS I DERE!J ~)r-1 SEVF.:RA;.. o:::.::AS IONS, TilE LAST ONE OF' WHICH WAS DURING THE YEAR 1943, AS EVIDENCE::> aY A COMIVIU~ICATION AT THAT TIME OF CCUNSEL TO THE FORMER ASSOCIATION 1 WHEN ON 0CTvBER 2ND, 1943 1 THE F'OLLOWING LETTER WAS SENT: ., FMSI 00556 ANNUAL. Me:ET I NG tvl1 NUT E;S -7- JuNE 21 , I 95 I 'OCTOBER 2ND, !943 ISRAKE LINING t'ANLIF"ACTUKE"l';C 370 Le:x 1 NGTON i\vntUE New YoRK, NEw YcRK I'.S~;-:,1,,"!'~-. 1 N'~o DeAR SIRs: IYou H.\'/E RE'1UE.S":"EIJ \.;3 ~:> ~xoc:c~: J:.,R ';1=: iN WITH THE UNAUTYOR: ZE:J IJ3E OF' ~Rr\':? -. ;, I'? ,/it; J\;>.~u~<E"'<~ AT ION CODE NUMfE~- CONNECTION ASSOCI- ~ i1 ~ C:l.'::'.R o="F<OM T~E ' :;- F -l,<,T ''!-':_ -~- \.Mr-; O.F'E BEING us:::o .,,.i'HnuT A.:":',-IJR,:y TH,\: YC'.i ,, ... ~- t.- 80!\:E r1'.'l: so:: F" ... c.sr '.'V;TH TH;~ QUES":"ION 0~-- ~:r:E.Ti4<;:R 'CU WiSf-' '"0 AB.:.I\c;>0;\1 '.'Ul'~ s~l;[lj~''/,;. RIG:-IT T? THESE NUt~Bs-:;s A'\1/ "::::RC.11T r,:;: ;>l.'i3-C ':J ,__'~::: 'd!'-'11:' '1!;;<-:cur rRt-:STR t CT SCN: 0~ 1Nf1F'THrR ''c J ;-.:.:: en t ..,:c ;r. ,, 'T E!'l;:> 'T 0 1'~,-.r-: :~:;:: '/OUR C~.:PVRt GHT AND ';'EBTF"; I CT ,.HE L'3E or 7'-4E. Nt:rv"3E~:~ TO ~:~E'II""l~:.Y'F r.' 7 '/0UR ,.'..o;:;oc 1 AT' ON Ort THOSO:: l l 1'"YO n ZEU -c l<'lE THEM t'T ~~ ,-~.. ;;~ :>EC.~r-;'0"': ~nH;C:1 WE HP-,\IE ~s;<l!r. C..J ,:) lt.,r"r-- -,C''."l.: 1;/r:: ~:!1.\r:::, Af __;~ f~J.':~U~~~r: -~:._'.::P.CSf.l;~~~Jr.!.. , .. r ...:; ,-t\.:~.'1... o:.... crt_,\ 0~8'- 3H;tl:_() -1~\' f--'~RSjS'"I ::'.; rH=: '_Sr-.: VQIJR :~.:.~;-:~R:.~ J~\i DEF'l'\!\'CE lF" CiJ::-, ~~:-:~.,;1::?Sj 'ICU v::' .. L E1Y7F' :-~;..~':. T.J :->.~,....T-:CT T!~:;: o rcJr.~!G..-t:fo ,)l-R:',li\ '.TS I ~Fh~f\.G7J.1E:;. t.r;c;._~c~r.~~:.J.f..d'"~: E-1 "!'1-1~:.. ::::rr-r:.lr.L: ~-.":. ,.'I'J':' 7 ~ ,'j E~ r, ..8.\~-..0f')f\. ' 1 (l1 '~ r---~. \-1 '"":) ,. - 2/ ,_:_~SI v~ U'3t:::J I (2) THOSE 'NHQ I'.PE:: f\'OW 1..'8; f\:G VOUR C0D~ "' .'"'''~ C:_t~':'. '\ft ..oc,, ~u;-t;C ~! .... TO COOP<:r~ATE: .v:H :ou, EIT'-IER ~~ ~:o~;; V ~:--:- \:.. ,:or.c-"~ IJ1-: ~:-' PAYING A f''.L FC'~ ":"!-' t. USE IN SO Mt: -o.~< '11~: i c:-i '".'E' r"l.~ ';' '.'IORK ou- o Jc~ CAN ABA~DON YLUR COPYRI~HT gy PERMITTING ITS INDISCRIMINATE USE 3v THE PUBLIC. 1 I 00 NOT 7HINK THAT THERE IS ANY OTHER COURSE OPEN IF YOUR DECISION IS TO TAKE NO ACTION AT PRESENT, THERE ARE A SUF'FICIENT NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS NOW OCCURRING SO THAT INACTIVITY WI!..!.. INEVlTABI..Y L~AO TO ABANDONMENT. 0~ THF ~THER HAND, IF YOU FOI..I..OW THE SECOND COURSE, IT MAY BE THAT YOU ::'AN POSTPONE SUIT INDEFINITEI..Yo IT WOULD BE NECESSARY ONLY IN CASE YOUR ASSOCIATION IS DEFIED AND YOUR COPYRIGHT CHALLENGEDa FMSI 00557 ANNU!L MEETING MINUTE8 -8- JUNE 21, 1951 IJ UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESENT PROPOSAL IS TO OBTAIN A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ~OLLOW THE ~tRST COURSE, THAT 18, TO START SUIT 11\o'MEDIATELVe THIS WILL, OF' COURSE, NOT SOLVE THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION 0~ WHETHER YOUR AssOCIATION IS PREPARED, IF' FORCED TO IT, TO DE~END THE CCPVRtGHTe I I SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE VOUR DECISION ON THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS I SHALL NEED IT IN DECIDING HOW TO ~ROCEEO WITH THE PRESENT VIOLATORSe 1 1 HAVE ALREADY EXP~ESS0 TO VOU MV O~INION AS TO THE PROBABILITY OF SUCCESSe UNDER D~CISION8 IN SIMILAR CASES, THINK THAT THE PROSPECT OF OBTAINING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED USE IB VERY GOODo 1TRUSTtNG THIS 18 THE INFORMATION WHtCH VOU WISH 1 I AM VouRs YERV TRULY, I NCOUNSEL EXPLAINED THAT THE SITUATION AS F'AR AS THE LAW I~ CONCERNED HAS NOT CHANGED WITH THE FORMATION OF' THE INSTITUTE AND THAT IN GF-.e:RAL THE WRITTEN OPINION ABOVE SET FORTH PREVAILS TODAYe "THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED ITS DELIBERATIONS AT 3:00P.M. \'JITH THE UNANIMOUS AOOPT!nN OF THE FOLLOWING RECO~-If'tENDATIONS TO THE BoARD 0,. DIRECTORS: r.(t) THAT THE MEMBERSHIP COOPERATE WITH THE ExECUTIVE SECRETARY IN OBTAINING FULL AND COMPLETE INFORMATION AS TO THOSE WHO ARE DISTRIBUTING BRAKE LINING UNDER A BRAND NAME OIF,.ERENT FROM THAT OF THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DISTRIBUTION 0,. BRAKE LINING WITHOUT A BRAND NAME, IN ORDER THAT A MORE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION CAN BE GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOWARD THE REQUIREMENT 0,. A NEW CLASStFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP FOR A NONMANUFACTURING GROUPe "(2) THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND Bv-lAW8 OF THE INSTITUTE BE AMENDED SO THAT A MANU~AOTURER OF BRAKE LININQS IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 1 WHERE THEIR PRODUCT IS USED -.x~LUSIVELV OUTSIDE THE CoNTINENTAL UNITED STATES MAV BE ~LIGIBLE TO MEMBER- SHIP1 WITHOUT VOTING PRIVILEGES, BV PAVING AN ANNUAL FEE OF $750.00. "(3) THAT THE FEE FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL VEAR BE FIXED AT $400o00e "(4) THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMEND TO THE MEMBERSHIP THAT ALL REASONABLE STEPS BE TA~EN TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE INSTITUTE IN ITS COPYRIGHTS ON FMS NUMBERS AS PUBLISHED IN THE DATA BooK, DATA Boo~ SuPP~EMENTs AND INSTITUTE BuLLETINs. FMSI 00558 ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES -9- JUNE 21, 1951 11 UPON MOTION, THE Me:e:TING WAS AD.JOURNEI)a ~tR~'ET G. DuscHEK, Se:.I''::TARY" MR. RITTER, CHAIRMAN OF' THE COMMITTEE EXPLA~NED THAT A Si"RONC! RECOMMENDATION WAS BEING MADE F'OR: (J) THE PROTECTION OF' COPYRIGHTS IN OROER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF' THE USE OF' THE FMS NUMBERS. (2) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF' A REGIONAL ME"BERSHIP F"OR THE INDIVIDUAL MANUF"ACTURER IN A F'ORE:ICN COUNTRYo A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO THE USE OF' THE NUMBERING SYSTEM SY NOT ONLY MANUF"ACTURERS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF' THE INSTtTUTE, BUT ALSO BV DISTRIBUTORS OF' MEMBERSI BRAKE LININGSo THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF' OPINION WAS THAT THE FIRST STEP TO BE TAKEN, IN PROTECTING THE COPYRIGHTS, WOULD BE TO CONTACT THE NONMEMBER MANUF"ACTURERS WHO ARE USING THE NUMBERS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION IF' THEY REFUSED TO BECOME MEMBERS UPON REQUEST AND STILL USED THE FMS NUMBERING SYSTEM, LEGAL ACTION COULD BE INSTITUTED AGAINST THEM AF'TER CONCRETE FACTS HAD BEEN ASSEMBLED TO PROVE VIOLATION OF" THE COPYRIGHTo UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, IT WAS R280LVED: THAT THE BoARD OF DIRECTORS PROCURE COMPLETE INF"ORMATION ON THE USE OF' THE F'MS ~lUMBERING SYSTEM BY NON-MEMBER BRAKE LINING MANUFACTURERS IN ORDER THAT THE INSTITUTE MAY BE PREPARED TO PROTECT ITS INTERESTS IN COPYRIGHTS. IN DISCUSSING THE USE OF' THE F'MS NUMBERS BY DISTRIBUTORS UNDER THEIR OWN BRAND NAME OR WITHOUT A BRAND NAM 1 IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH THE MEVBERS HAD GRANTED THIS PERMISSION, AUTHORIZATION COULD ONLY BE EXTENDED BY THE INSTITUTE 0 IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF' THE F'MS NUMBERS 1 US 1 THE MEMBERSHIP WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE: (I) WHETHER THEY WOULD F'OREGO THIS PRIVILEGE; (2) WHETHER THEY WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY COOPERATE IN SOMr. METHOD OF' CONTROL ; AND (3) WHETHER THE STANDARDS SET UP F"DR SCREENING SUC'i 'JSERS WOULD INCLUDE A LICENSE F'EEo AFTER F'URTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS DECIDED TO TABLE THIS PROBLEM F'OR CON- SIDERATION BV A MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE AND THE F"INDINGS PRESENTED TO A FUTURE MEETINGo IN DISCUSSING MEMBERSHIP F'OR INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES MANUF"ACTURING FRICTION MATERIALu IN FOREIGN COUNTRlESt THE MEETING WAS ADVISED THAT T:-fE CO~S!ITUTION ONLV F>ROVIDED A REGIONAl. MEr~SERSHIP FOR A SROUF> OF' MANUF"ACTURERS B'JT rAAOF.: NO PROVISION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL COMPANY IN A F'OREIGN COUNTRY WHERE AN ASSOCIATION IS NON-EXIS~NT FMSI 00559 ANNUA~ MEETING MINUTES -to- JuNE 2 I , I 951 A~TER A BRIE~ DISCUSSION UPON MOTION DU~V MADE 1 SECONDED AND UNANIMOUS~ PASSED 1 IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT TH:: (-::,'Jn; --~~'ON AND BY-L,t-.,,,s se: .~MENDED TO PROVIDE :-1<:rt3F:=-.:=:' FOR A MA:'JU~'\Ci:JFO:P Or BRAKE ~IN:NGS I!J C('~,1Mt:;:::::':t>.t.. QUANT,T:Cs n,; <"C!'lC!GN COUNT~tFS. ~HE~~ THE PRODUCT ld U~~~ E~~LUSIVE~V ouisi.)E THE Lo:~.,..t'JENTA~ UNITE::> Cr.~,;:;:s, AT AN ANNUA~ F'b:E o;:- $''!50 .00, SUCH MC::MBE:'lSro' P BEING WITHOUT VOTING 0 RIVI~EGESe THE CoMMITTEEis RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ANNUA~ ~EE FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS BE AT THE RATE OF $41J{10() FOR THE Fl SCAL YEAR STARTING JULY 11 1951 WAS PRESENTED FOR CON- SIDERATION. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION, UPON MOTION DU~V MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED 1 IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT THE BOARD OF' DIRECTORS CONSIDER THE RECOM- MENDATION OF' AN ANNUA~ F'EE OF $400.00 FOR THE ACTIVE MEMBERS F'OR THE YEAR BEGINNING Ju~v I, 1951. APPL I CA T1 ON F'OR ~iOiiBERSH IP THE APP~ICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP, MADE BV Vu~CANO CIA OF MEXICO, WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE MEETINGe AFTER DISCUSSION, UPON MOTION DU~V MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUS~V PASSED, IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT THE BOARD OF' DIRECTORS BE ADVISED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THIS APP~ICANT DOES MANUFACTURE BRAKE LININGS WHICH ARE USED EXC~USIVE~V OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. RETENTION OF' COUNSEL THE CHAIRMAN ADVISED THAT ACCORDING TO ARTICLE VI 0~ THE Bv-LAWS AT EACH ANNUAL MEETING OF' THE MEMBERS OF' THE INSTITUTE, LEGAL COUNSEL SHA~~ BE 1 RETAINED ~OR THE ENSUING YEAR UPON MOTION OULV MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUS~V PASSEO~ :T 'NAS RESOLVED: THAT MR. LESTER D. ST 1 CKLES c1-- iv1ct.AUGH~ 1N, STICKLES AND HAYDEN, BE RETAINED AS CoUNSE~ CF THE INSTITUTE. ELECTION OF OIRECTORS THE NOMINATING CoMMITTEE REPORTED AND RECOMMENDED -HE ~OLLOWING TO SERVE AS OlRE:CTORS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM ENDING JUNE 30 i953: 1 FMSI 00560 ANNU&L MEETING MtNUTES -11- JUNE 21 1 1951 CL.ASS I CL.ASS 2 CL.ASS 3 DIRECTOR-AT-L-ARGE - FRANKLIN A. MIL.L.ER RAYBESTos-MANHATTAN, INc. GEORGE E. Rt"!"TE:R MbL.DED MATERIAL-S DIVISION FRANK BARTON RossENDAL.E-Ruao tL. C?MPANY FREDERICK WEvr.uR~JE- MARSHAL.;.-Er~L IPSE Dl'o/ IS I ON To F"II.L THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF" Mq. A. l. ,J,;~"'SON OF" AssF.:s;cs M~~oN'"F"A~TURING CoMpANY THE NAME OF" MR. WILLIAM BL.UN'":: oc "!"'~"= SM.z 1.'.)ov1PANY WAS P~F.:f'EI\fi'C::Oo THE CHAt R CALL.ED F"OR NOMINATIONS F"I'~OM -!-;;:: F":..OOR AND NONE ~JE<C: ?RESENTED. UPON MOTION DULY M4DE 1 SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSL-Y PASSED 1 IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT THE SECRETARY CAST ONE BALLOT F"OR MR. MtLt.ER MR. RITTER, MR. BARTON, ~. WEVBURf\1E AND MR. Bt.UME, TO BE MEMBERS OF" THE BOARD OF" DIRECTORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OP THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-lAWSe THE SECRETARY ANNOUNCED THAT ONE VOTE EACH HAD BEEN CAST F"OR THE VARIOUS NOMINEES AND THE CHAIR ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD BEEN DULY ELECTED MEMBERS OP THE BoARD OP Dt RECTORS. INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES STATISTICS THE CHAIRMAN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OP THE MEETING THAT THE CoNSTITUTION AND Bv-LAWS ONLY PERMtfS THE COLLECTION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF" TECHNICAL INF"ORMATION AND THE PUBLICATION OF" THE DAtA ~OOK- AND THAT THE MEMBERS MIGHT WISH TO EXPAND THE SCOP!: OP THE tNSTITUTE ACTIVITIES ONE AO'ttVITVf ENGAGED IN BV MOST TRADE GROUPS AND ABOUT WHICH MANY OP THE MEMBERS HAVE INQUIRED; IS THE COLLECTION OF" HISTORIC SALES PIGUAEB. lp THE ACTIVE AND AsSOCIATE MEMBERS WERE INTERESTED 1 THESE F"IGUREB COULD BE COLLECTED AND COMpiLED BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY. COUNSEL ADVISED THAT SO LONG AS THE PIQURES ARE HIBTOAtC 1 THERE IS NOTHING ILLEGAL IN SUCH AN ACTIVITY. SEVERAL MEMBERS PELT THAT STATISTICS ARE WORTHWHILE BUT STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN RESTRAINED lN THIS AEGARDe THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF OPINION WAS THAT THE SECRETARY SHOULD POLL THE MEMBERSHIP ANO, IN THtS MANNER, THE MEMBERS WOULD OBTAIN THE OPfNION OF THEIR COUNSELe AF"TER DISCUSSION, UPON MOTION DULY MADE 1 SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED: THAT THE BOARD OP DIRECTORS DET~RM!NE WHETHER IT IS PEASIBLE POR THE MEMBE~S OF" THE INSTITUTE TO F"ILE HtSTORIC SALES F"iGURi,;:S WITHOUT IDENTITY, WITH AN OUTSlDE AGENCY AND RECEIVE SUCH CO~fLATIONSe CoUNSEL ADVISED THAT AF"TER BOARD ACTION 1 THE MATTEA COUlD THEN BE REF"EAAEO TO TMC MEMBERSHIP BY MAIL BAL.LOTe FMSJ 00561 ANNUA~ MEETING MtNUTES -12- JuNE 21, I95 I ON,-: OF rt~;: ~lEME"C:RS ':7"~?~88::"0 rHE 0<=>":'-IIG;\1 "'HA.,. S0'-''::01\'E II\ 11-'~ :r-JqTlTUTE SHOU~O KEEP .t.8R'E"A.::lT or~ Tl{~ h.6.1'. E'''J.N~;:.. ~r,, 'J,-, '1-i; :o-:~_; o-J 1.'\..J ~.:~r:F -h. ~-.:"11: :~<:-. 1 '.t.--="'0RME0e ro"''f. -HE ThE SFLC:CT:ON OF" ft RF"~a~:s::""'!':\' ~ ~-:~ ,. ~- .'/~'_.'2-R'f' T""} c.. :- WI-'.S!-f;t-J~'i"C\i c.t-J c:>.~~H~t ..~Et.-8 L'~-' ::~.:-;' .-~--~-:-: -~ i":!c;, ;o p.=.J. ~ r:MEMBI::R3>-I!? V!O'J:.D 1!AV~-~ ,.:>:SSP.! t> ;.j ,., ,-: REGOLUTt'JI''o COMMENTS, NO ACT!C'\1 W/I.S R:::;OM'o::"JJED IJ';,, c,".e-::::~ 0 '' ; .'( NOR EVEN '; :<:'-' I Ill L... ~~ ~81. ii-i':: ;o 'I F :.JrHHE:R MR. STRACHAN, AN OBSERVER F'ROM THE CAN,\ut:,N INSTITUTE, COIlM!::NTEO ON THE COMPOSITION OF' THEIR MEMBERSH; F' ANO OP~F:A nON & No F'URTHER BUSINESS WAS BROUGHT BEF'ORE THE MEETING, THEREFORE IT WAS ADJOURNED A7 4:00 P.fvt. H. G. DuscHEK SECRETARY FMSI 00562 AGENDA JUNE 21 1 1951 RoLL. CAt..L. 2. MINUTES 0,. ~REVIOU8 MEETING - JuNe 21, 196() 3. REPORT 0,. THE PRESIDENT 4. REPORT OF 'rHE TREASURER 5. REPORT OF THE DATA BooK AND TECHNICAL CoMMITTEE s. REPORT 0,. THE CoMMinEE ON ORDNANCE 7. REPORT OF THE SpECIAL CoMMITTEE ON MEMBERBHI~ a. APPoiNTMENT o,. NoMINATING CoMMITTEE 9. RETENTION o,. CouNSEL (ARTICLE VI OF Bv-LAws) lQ. REPORT OF THE NOMINATING CoMMITTEE II. BUDGET- FISCAL VEAR STARTING JULV I, 1951 12. BROADENING OF SCOPE 0,. INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES: Ae RE~RESENTATIYE IN WASHINGTON Be CoLLECTION OF STATISTICS FMSI 00563