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FMS\ 06308 ; FIHCTIO!.~ :IATERIALS !3TANDAIIDS ll1STITUTE, ElC. f!4, PAI'..AUUS, H.J. 07652 llUUTES IJF A::TI-JU. of the FRICTIOil ~iATERIALS STANDARDS I~1STITUTE, IUC. Wednesday and Thursday, June 16 and 17, 1976 ; 8:30 A.l'l~ at .. r Innisbrook, Tarpon Springs, Florida ' HI:HBERS PRESEilT Abex Corporation Auto Friction Corporation Bendix Corporation Friction ?>1aterials Division Brassbestos Hanufacturing Corp. Carlisle Corporation t1olded l1ateriais Division General :tlotors Corporation Delco-Iloraine Division Hayes-Albion Corporation Lasco Brake Products 11aremont Corporation Grizzly Brake Division H. K. Porter Co. Thermoid Division Raybestos-IIanhattan, Inc. Reddaway Hanufacturing Co. Royal Industries Brake Products S. K. Hellman.Corporation Wheeling Brake Block Hfg. Co. OTHERS PRESENT Abex Corporation Auto Friction Corporation Bendix Corporation Automotive Aftermarket Ope.rations Delco-~1oraine Division Hayes-Albion Corp. ~1aremont Corporation Raybestos-;!anhattan, Inc. Royal Industries Brake Products S. K. 'Hellman Corporation \!heeling Brake Block Hfg. Co. Federation of European Hanufacturers of Friction ~1aterials (FE:HFN) Clapp & Eisenberg Friction Haterials Standards Institute REPRESEi'lTATIVES S. S. Conway Stuart Comins F. E. Hessier H. Simon E. R. Zacharias R. J. rack E. Rysso ~J. J. Laber J. ~-T. Greenen A. Lechter Lopez R. R. ~foalli J. 11. ::-1oore D. Ogilvie G. A. Carrigan L. Burgess R. E. Helson B. Kublin, s. Doyle T. Uanion R. E. Kettering R. f...bbott c. Herner R. Rogers J. ~lellow D. E. Cunningham J. H. Kelly H. u. Sleeth R. Luellen H. Oberlin G. Stratton R. Join R. P. Gorman E. H. Drislane FMSI 06309 v ~I I'\:!) Minutes of the Annual Heeting June 16 and 17, 1976 Hr. Simon, President, called the Heetin to order at 8:30 A.H. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes of the ~1eeting held June 18 and 19 ; 1975 had been distl:"ibuted. No reading ~'las requested nor l-7ere any corrections made thereto. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it ~.,as RESOLVED: That the minutes of the ~1eeting held June 18 and 19, 1975, be accepted as \Tritten. t ~' ( PRESIDE~IT'S REPORT I1r. Simon, President of the Institute welcomed the Ymbership to the Annual Heeting at Innisbrook. Hr. Simon read the President's Report. Please refer to Exhibit 1. Hr. Simon discussed the Institute's response to OSHA on the proposed 0.5 fiber/cc exposure level, the Asbestos Seminar held by the Institute in December 1975, work of our Data Book Committee including such iteDS as the metric system and our catalog designs, and our liaison vlith the Federation of European Hanufacturers of Friction naterials (FEMFt1). Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it was RESOLVED: That the President's Report be accepted as written. ( REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Secretary rendered a report concerning the activities of the Board of Directors. This report has been scheduled to follow immediately after the President's report. The purpose of having this report at the beginning of the meeting is to alert the members on the activities of the Board, because some of these actions are pertinent to sone of the other reports which will. be rendered to the Hembership. The Secretary proceeded uith a report on. the activities commencing t-Tith the Board 'f-leeting which immediately followed the Annual Uembership Heeting in June 1975. At the June 1975 Board Heeting follmdng the Annual Hembership Meeting, the follm11ing actions t11ere taken: Elected: Hilliam Simon, President, Francis E. :Hessler, Vice-President, Andre A. Laus, Treasurer and Edward W. Drislane, Secretary. Retained: Clapp & Eisenberg, Legal Counsel and Harshall Granger & Co., Auditors. Approved: Budget and Fee Formula for 1975-76. FMSI 06310 i I ,,. ~tlnutes of the AnO:ual'Heeting -11- June 16 and 1~ 76 :;::A""SB::.:E::.:S:...::T:...::O~S~ST::...:U;.::D...::Y__::_CO.:..:t:.::..fi.::oiT_T_T_EE_ ~. Nr. Harry Wagner, Chairman of the Asbestos Study Committee submitted the report for the committee. Please refer to Exhibit 9. Mr. Wagner discussed the proposed drastic reduction of the occupational. exposure limit for asbestos to 0.5 fiber/cc. He also advised .that the Asbestos Seminar conducted in December, 1975 \.ras. a constructive means ,. of alerting members to the problems and providing them with input as to how to cope \.rith the 2.0 fiber/cc exposure level (due to take effect on July 1, 1976). Hr. Hagner pointed out in particular the outstanding job done by the Asbestos Information Association in rebutting some of the reasons for OSHA's stringent proposals. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it was RESOLVED: To accept the report of the Asbestos Study Committee as written. HISTORICAL SALES REPORTING The Secretary reported on the status of Historical Sales Reporting forthe 1975-76 fiscal year. Please refer to Exhibit 13. In particular, he listed the companies lThich l<ere reporting and advised that two Regional liembers t.rho are in the higher dues level with Active Nembers \vere included in the reports in this past fiscal year. Reporting continues about as in the past, with sixteen members reporting at least once during the 1975 calendar year. Historical sales reporting was on a quarterly basis for the full 1975 calendar year. The quarterly reporting presents problems for some members, but the Board of Directors at their earlier meeting recommended that quarterly reporting be continued for 1976-77. Two members indicated difficulty in getting their figures together on a quarterly basis and recommended that the reporting be put back to a semiannual basis. It '<-las suggested that: if all members are reporting, and if one or ~TO members alternately skip quarterly figures it might be possible to project their input. Other members stated that quarterly reporting is quite valuable in that it helps spot short term trends such as developed during the recent recession. Another member stated that the reporting format was unsatisfactory, in that the companies reporting are listed, but only the number reporting in each category is listed. A question t.ras raised as to the possibility of the individual reporting companies being listed in each category so that members could more accurately project the completeness of the data. l1r. Mello\7 proposed a motion that for the annual report only, that members reporting in each category be identified when at least four are reporting in the category. By having at least four reporting in a category, this would perhaps reduce the concern expressed about individual figures being exposed. By doing so only in the annual report, in which more members participate, this should alleviate any problem as to identification of individual figures. The problem with interpreting results is that when reviewing statistics in certain categories, some members are not certain tf those manufacturers who FMSI 06311 . .. \i::Iinutes of the Annual Heeting -12- June 16 and 17, 1976 ~-1ould be expected to have si2nificant sales are included in the totals shmm. A member pointed out, for example, that in the clutch facing category that a Hexican manufacturer, Pasta Clutch, is selling a considerable number of clutch facings in the south~'lest. The Secretary pointed out that Pasta Clutch is a Regional Hember paying the same dues level as Active l'lembers and has been invited to participate in the historical sales program but has declinetl. It must be assumed -that those trying to interpret market .shares should be m1are of any manufacturers in certain categories whose figures are not included in the Institute's Historical program. A member suggested that the P~storical Sales Program is proceeding reasonably well _and it is extremely important that the input and the reporting of the sales not get too complicated. If the procedure for reporting and summarizing sales gets more complicated, the data oay become misleading. Legal Counsel indicated that there uas no problem ~'7ith including the names of those reporting in a category if at least four report in the category. This subject was discussed in detail at the June 1975 Meeting. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed (eight in favor, none opposed, uith several abstentions) it \'7as_ RESOLV~D: That the annual report of Historical Sales l'lill identify the members reporting in individual cate~ories, provided at least four members are reporting in the category. DATA BOOK AND TECJ-."JUCAL CO!lUITTEE Hr. l-loalli, Chairman of the Data Book and Technical Committee, presented the report for this committee. Please refer to Exhibit 8. 1-!r. Hoalli revie'"red the many activities of the Committee during the past year. In particular he mentioned a change in usage of the 800 and 8000 series brake lining numbers because it may get more difficult in the future to determine if a lining was sourced as a foreign vehicle or not. This ties in also uith conversion to the metric system. The Cornnittee resolved that the 800 and 8000 series numbers 1:-1ould no longer be blocked for assignment for foreign make cars. In addition the Committee Harked on problems \lith conversion to metrics. It t~as resolved that while metries tmuld be introduced to books and catalogs, they would be phased in. Er. l1oalli presented sorue of the guidelines that t-7ould be used in connection uith metrics. The Institute 1-1ill not go back at this time and convert old assign~cnts to metrics. ~he Chairman discussed the complete change in design of our catalog covers. In particular this involved large Fl1SI letters at the top of the cata1og follm~ed uith illustrations to indicate the content of the catalog. The date of the catalog uould be more prominently shmrn. In addition; the colors used for both the Data Book (red) and the Shoe Catalog (blue) t1ere established so there nill not be changes in colors from year to year. The-Committee assisted in -prepar,ql:fon of the 1975 Brake Block Identification Catalog., and over 40,000 copies of this catalo~ were printed and sold. FMSI 06312 . c' Minutes of the Annual Neeting -15- June 17' 1976 the second day. A suggestion ~mo nade that Committee Me for one day to proceed the general Nembership Ueeting. One member stated that Committee Meetings used to held at the Annual Hembership Meeting but it was found that this was too difficult in scheduling and reporting on the activities. A Director stated that it is worthwhile to have the two sessions as they are not<7 held on a vJednesday and Thursday in order to encourage attendance for both recreational activities and for the reception and dinner. l7ith a one day meeting there is a fear that attendance might deteriorate. No resolution was offered as regards changing the schedule of the meetings. The Sec=etary pointed out that with the selection of Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Arizona, there is a question that the Meeting be re-sCheduled to an afternoon session. This is because of temperatures in the 90's and lOO's at Scottsdale in June. It has been suggested that golf might better be played in the norning, Nr. Drislnne suggested that decisions os to the actual hours for the June 1977 l'leeting be deferred because of the recommendation from those at Camelback to hold an afternoon business session. It was suggested that any change in schedule of Annual l'iembership lieeting activities be referred to the Annual Meeting Committee for their recommendations. The President directed that this question on sChedule for the Annual Membership Meeting be referred to the Annual Meeting Committee. ***** There being no further business brought to the attention of the Membership. upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it was RESOLVED: To Adjourn. Adjourned: 11:00 A.M. E, 'H. Dris lane Secretary FMSI 06313