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FRICTION ~~TERIALS STAlf.DARDS INSTITUTE, INC., EAST 210 ROUTE 4, PAR&~S, NJ 07652 i:-iiNUTES OF THE ANNUAL i:'lEMBERSHIP ~lEETING OF THE FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC. Tuesday and Wednesday, June 20 and 21, 1989 at Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra, Florida ACTIVE MEMBERS PRESENT REPiESENTATIVES Abex Corporation Allied Aftermarket - Bendix Certified Brakes - Allied Signal . Delco-Moraine NDR Friction Materials Company HIH of Califomi& Corp. Nuturn Corporation Raymark Friction Company Reddaway Manufacturing_ eo~ Robert E. Nelson Stanley L. Stokes Larry Mintman, Vice President Donal4 L. Eml'ick Larry Belans Treasurer Ronald Ranclall Rita Grisbaa. Doreen Tomao Edward P. Egert ACTIVE MEMBERS - PllOlUI.S 'tiNJ)!iEQ;: PROXY FlOHr. Brake. Parts, Inc. (To G. N. Laycock). Larry Pavey Coan EquipMUt Co. (to Gi b: Laycoc.k)..: D. ted. Shuaata Friction Materiale . Inc .. (To. G. N. Laycock)~ Rod Richardson Scan-Pac Manufacturing_ Co... ('J:O: G. N. Laycock.}:. Henry A. Scandrett Wagner Division ... Coope~ Ind. (to, G. N. Laycock) Tom Ro~- s. K. Wellman Corp. (to G. )l. t.a.ycock) Fre4A~ Kowalcyk OTHERS PRESENT Aimco Division - ITT Industries Allied Automotivtt- Bendix Bora warner do Brasil Carlisle Corporation Carlisle Corporation Carlisle COrporatioa HlQI of CalifomU.,. Corp. Nutum CorporatiOD; Nuturn Corporatio~. Reddaway.Maaufacturing Co. . Harwood Lloyd, Counsellors at Law Friction ~~terials Standards Institute Friction Materiale Standards Institute Douglas A. Willsie Steve- Zinno Williaa Vernier ~Y BuckabJ Ron Luellen WiU1aa P. Wood W. Max. Sleet~ President Gaorg,a Boffmaa, Don Loftis P. William Barton Richard LeBlaacq, Edward w. Drislane, Secretary Gilbert N~ Laycock, Secretary l~. Sleeth, President, called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM, June 20, 1989. As the first order of buatneea. the President called for a roll call. FMS\ 01857 - 2- MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Secretary advised that minutes of the Membershi~Meeting of June 14-15, 1988 had been distributed. The President suggested that a reading of the minutes be dispenaed with,as no corrections had been suggested. Upon motion duly_ made, seconded and unanimOuslypaased, it vas: RESOLVED: To accept the minutes of the Membership Meeting of June 14-15, 1988 as written. PRESIDENT'S REPORT ~~. 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 aad- the ensuing search for a replacement. He expressed thanks to the Technical Committee Chairmen for the work of those Committees during the year. Mr. Sleeth commended Mr. Drislane on his "usual acellent performance in the management of the Institute", and welcmned-'- Mr. Gil Laycock as the new Secretary. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passe~. i~ wae:- RESOLVED: To -ace~ the President's Repoi't:: as. w.J:itt"en. Mr. Sleeth introclueed Gil Laycock, the new Secr.tary of the Institute who will succeed Mr. Drislane when he retir_. J'une 30, 198-9;. Mr., Laycock gave a brief summary ofhis work experience-over thlas~2~year~ startina as a friction compounder in-~heDevelopment Laboratory with Raybestos-Manhsttan to Manager of Product Engineering with Raymark to Manager of Product EDgineering with Brake' Systeu Inc., a subsidiary of Echlln. REPORT ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTIVITIES The Secretary reported on activities of the Board of Directors' during thi~ past fiscal year. Aa a portion of the activity is at tha Board. Meeting iamediately preceding the Membership Meeting, there is no written report. The Board approved membership applications filed by several Resiobal Members, certain Licenaeea and on. Active Member. Details are ~Ms. Gri&baa's' Melber- ship Committee report- The Board, acting on recommendatio~of tb8 Search Committee, approved' an offer to the new Secretary and Executive Director, Mr. Gil Laycock. 'lh8ynext approved the hiring of Mro. :Laycock, who started with the Institute on!'ebruary 1, 1989. At the special meeting: in April, the Board took seeral actiou to effect the changeover from Mr. Drislaue to Mr. Laycock. These were: (1) Election Gf Mr. ;l,.ayeock as Secr..Cau. of 'the Iustitute.. (2) Approved certain signature authoriZations for both the Midland Bank in Paramus an4 the Merrill Lynch Cash Management account. fMS\ 01858 - 3- (3) Changes Trustees for the Trust for benefit of Miss Duschek. Details are in the report on Institute Pension Plans. (4) The Board resolved to 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 respect 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 Connecticut, the Board resolved to terminate the retainer arrangement for Legal Counsel and to have any legal services in the period after July 1 on a "Time and charges" basis. At its special meeting, the Board discussed the difficulty the Institute has encountered of late in accessing product information. 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 advised that the Institute can make assignments even where certain detail dimensio~ are not availa~le. The Institute solicits information and prints even where certain dimensions are either blacked out, removed, or otherwise not shown. The foregoing covers work. done by the Board up to the meeting at Sawgrass. Additional work was done at the regular Board meeting held on June 19, 1989. Two new Regional Membership applications were reviewed and accepted, they were: o Fibro Friction of 11ontreal, Quebec o Fox Friction of Mississauga, 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 ~ard approved a target date of "on or about September 1, 1989 to have the office moved. They also authorize Gil Laycock to handle the Sub-lease of the Paramus office and the new leaae for the Connecticut office. In 1985, the Board of Directors authorized $5,000 to be s?-=~t for an IBM. PC/Word Processor. This. purchase haa not been made.. However, because of less expenai~e PC'a oa the market. an4 the possibility of interfacing di- rectly with our Printer's computer typesetting equipment the Board revised the authorization of up to $5,000 for a Personal Computer and Peripherals \fithout specification as to make or model. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unan1JDOUsly passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the report on the Board of Director's Activities as read. A report on the status of the move of the office to Connecticut followed. Mr. Drislane stated that w= ~d approached the Landlord in Paramus concerning the possibility of a buy-out of the leas~ which was not accepted. but we FMSI 01859 - 4- were given permission to Sub-lease the office space. We have engaged NcBride 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. Mr. 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~ ~tt. Sleeth noted that even if we encounter the worst case scenario interms of office rental, that being no Sub-lease of Paramus office and an office in Cont1ecticut, 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 COMMITTEE 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 ~~mbership. They were from Fox Friction Manufacturing, Inc. of l1ississauga, 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 paased, 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 Tennaco. 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 01860 - 5- dues. and are entitle4. to the same information and services. The only differences between Active and Regional Members are Active hembers are allowed to. vote at Annual l"ieeti~~ and are allowed to serve on the Board of Directors. A suggestion was made that the Members consider redefining the Active Member category to include both .u.S. and Canadian friction manufacturers, particular- ly in light of the relaxed trade restrictions across the U.S. and Canadian border. This would require some investigation and an amendment of the Constitution. Mr.: Mintman suggested that a committee be appointed to study the U.S./Ca~ad ian. Membership and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Since Mr. Mintman made the suggestion, Mr. Sleeth appointed him to chair.the Committee and suggested that he enlist a few volunteers to be on the Comm;it.tee. TREASURER I s REPORT ~~. Larry Belans, Treasurer. read this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 3 in the r~port booklet. 'I'h* report projected an excess of income over expenses of about $6,700. There were some variances 'from budget, both favor.able and unfavorable, but the two items 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 for 5 months. Upon .~tion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLV~ To accept the Treasurer'~ Report as written. BRAKE PERFORMANCE STUDY COMMITTEE REPORT ~~ . Bill Wood, Chairman, delivered the.Brake Performance Study Committee Report. Please refer 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 J1801. Copies of the Proposal and cover letter with supporting statements were included in the report booklet. Copies of the Proposal and supporting statements have been forwarded to Mr. Randall Petresh of Bendix, 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 be- - come very expensive for the industry. NHTSA (National Highway and Traffic Safety ~nistration) has.just acknowl- edged receipt of the original SAE J180l-Jl802 procedures and arestudying them. A Director commented that it is a positive step .that FMSI as a rep- resentative of the industry, is presenting input frcm the manufacturers. It was generally agreed that the original slotting p~ocedure for )1801 would not provide that much value to the end user. ' FMSI 01861 - 6- When the procedures get down to the final draft, a rational statement is included with the Proposal and NHTSA must evaluate the cost impact of any rule making. It was felt that the Institute should approach the block manufacturers with a request to get a 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 .ratiqnal statement. tlr. Wood advised that SAE had asked if F"tiSl 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 the 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 ~elson discussed a bit of the history of the original J1801 and Jl802 marking and testing Proposals and recommended that the Members making blocks.do a serious cost study on the original J1801 slotting method and submit those costs to the Institute. The information can be forwarded to TTBRG and/or NHTSA, particularly. in view of the required economic impact studies at NHTSA. NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Robert Nelson, Chairman, presented his:Committee's report and recommendations. There is no written report for the Nominating Committee. There are four Directors who were elected in 1988, whose terms do not expire until June 1990. They are.: Mr. F. William Barton l'1r. Larry Belans Ms. Rita Grisham Mr. Robert E. Nelson Reddaway ~~nufacturing Company Friction Material Company Nutur~ Corporation Abex Corporation There are three Directors whose terms expire this year~ They are: Mr. Art Moore Mr. Larry Mintman Hr. 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. Larry Mintman Mr. Art Moore Mr. Ron Randall Certified Brakes Carlisle Corporation HKM of 'California, Corp. fMS\ 0'\862 - 7- This would give a Board breakdown of four Members in the Class 3 Category, one Member in the Class 2 Category, and two hembers in the Class 1 Category. The President asked if there were any nominations from the floor with respect to the Board o.f Directors. There were no nominations from the floor. Upon motion dul' made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: 'That nominations for the Board of Directors by closed. The Secretary was directed to cast one ballot for the eiection of t1r. Larry l<iintman, Mr. Art Noore, and Mr. Ron Randall to serve two year terms until June 30~. 199.1...The Secretary advised that the bal'lots had been so cast. The Secretary advised that with the election of these th;-ee Directors., the BoiJ,rd ~ad the required seven members. ' .. ... INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. Ed Drislane, Secretary, presented the Investment Advisory CoiliJilittee report.due to the absence of Mr. Art tr~ore, Committee Chairman. Please refer to EXHIBIT 4 iu the r~port bp9kle~. The report stated that total investment assets at June JO, '1989 were pro- j~cted at about $264,000 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 receivables 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 wr~tten. 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 than a 4% increase over the expense budget for the year now ending. Although the total budget figure is comparable to the previous year, there are major changes.~n certainitems eg., salaries decreased by $8,000, rent increased by $12,800 (Unless a Sub-lease arrangement can be made in Paramus), Pension Expense decreased by $7,800. Other items showed less. significant variation~, most of which were associated with the change in personnel and office move. Upon motion duly made, secci_nded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the Budget Committee report as written. :,_, FMSI 01863 - 8- FEE FORMULA_CO~IITTEE 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 membsrship. The Income Projection combined with Investment Income projected 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 Formula Committee 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 Blo~kS; Clutch 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 categories $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, 1989 the annual fee for Regional Members (Regular) would be $1,600; Regional i~mber (Association) $2,600; Licensee: $600. INSTITUTE PENSION PLANS The Secretary reported onthe 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 $46,309. FMSI 01864 - 9- Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed. it was; RESOLVED: To accept the report on Institute.Pension Plans as written. c DATA BOOK AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT~. Mr . Doug Willsie, Chairman, pres.ented this report Please refer to EXHIBIT 8 . ... in the report booklet. i".ir. Willsie noted changes in the roster of the Committee dudng tr..~a p~s~ year. Mr. Barry Swears of Abex was replaced by Mr. Jerry Shupe; and Gil Lay- . c9ck had left to bec~me Secretary of ~I. The Committee met oh May 3, 1989 ~nd several resolutions and decisions W$r~ ..made: ' '' . o Gil Laycock to replace Ed Drislane on the ad-hoc Committee that decides if a material is organic or semi-metallic. o Data Book color .rotation - Bl~e/Red/Green,. et~~ .,_ o Substituting. '-li~M" for "Integrally Molded", ~nd line con- densation to save pages in Catalog. o Continue to7' assign new "D" numbers to small "changes" in steel, but show a sketch with changes noted in text rather than another sketch. .. o Address hardware changes in disc assemblies by notatiori to "See Illustrations". o Commence gathering inf~rmation. on Heavy~duty brake shoes and make number assi-gniDents where application information is available. o Draft preliminary system. of FMSI numbers for motorcycle dis_c pads. . " ' ' , o Rescind resolution made Mar~h 28, 1984, calling for disc brake pads to be shown in Brake. Block. Identification Catalog. o All brake shoes starting with 611 w$],.1 have '\'S" Pr~fiX be-: cause Of the potential confusion With disc pucks when shoes reach 700. ,!o . .~ o Use the same lining ass~gnment for new disc assemblies that are up to '. 020" less 'in :~hiclcness than. t:he existing othet- .. wise identical assignments. , o Show total thickness on disc.assemhlies that have lining molded on both sides. ._) Upon motion duly made, seconded and unan~ously passed, it was: '.: RESOLv,ED: To accept the report of the Data Book and Tech~ical Committee as writtenr A di~cust:~.ion followe<iconcernittg the. Aftermarket Drill Patterns for disc brake pads which are supplied Integrally Molded as original equipment. Member companies are currently supplying pads for riveting disc brake sets -~ which are Integrally Molded. It was recommended that a Sub-Committee be established under the Data Book arid Technical Committee to review and make recommended designs for rivet patterns.foJ; Integrally Molded disc platea'. The President appointed Hr. Stanley sto,~.s as Chairman of this Coilllllit tee. FMS\ 01865 - 10 - The discussion continued coucerning th~ support of the Institute with technical information for all types of friction material; Drum brake linings~ Disc brake liuings; Clutch 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 from 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 11 falling off". It was noted that clutch facing assignments could be made with a 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 support 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 draft: of Final Regulation was submitted to the O.ffice 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 releasen~ NESHAPS (National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants) - proposed rulemaking for the asbestos NESBAPS 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 wi~l 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 "air contaminants". Overall, 428 substances are listed (168 for the first time, and 91 have new limits which are generally lower than the old ones). Internationally. 18. Grisham, uoted existing rules in Austria, Deruuark, Germany, Norway, and Sweden. She also noted that in Japan a product is considered asbestos-free if it contains no more than 5% a..sbestos. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the Health and Environmental Affairs Committee Report as written. FMSI 01866 - 11 - ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Stanley Stokes, Chairman, prepared this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 12 in th~ report booklet. The Committee had obtained video tapes of Hyatt Lake Tahoe and Indian River Plantation in Stuart, Florida. Both of tbe:v.Jl.deo's. were viewed (courtesy of VCR and TV provided by Bill Barton) by the Board ._of Directors.. Addition- ally Williamsburg, VA. was discussed. The Committee recommendeo 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 Committee Report as written. Per Board resoluti~n on J~~e 20, 1989, Indian River Plantation in Stuart, Florida is the 1990 meeting site. .I;" HISTORICAL SALES REPORTING The Secretary reported on the Historical Sales Program for the past year. Pleas~ refer to EXHIBIT 11 in the report booklet. The period covered was calendar year 1988 . A. listing showing who reported for i:he four quarters of the year is part of the raport. Three were more "Ins and Outs" than in previous years, with three hembers reporting for the first time. They were: Duramax, Interfriction, and Total Brake Industries. The report noted that Regional ~~mbers 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 ~~. 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: Mr. w. ~~ Sleeth i'1r. Larry l1intman Mr. Larry Belans ~~. Gilbert N. Laycock FMSI 01867 - 12 - OTHER BUSINESS. Hr. Robert Nelson reviewad 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 Member company (particularly those who do not attend the Annual Meeting), explaining what the Institute does for the Members 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 l1ember cited problems which he was encountering on first piece inspection requirements of Governmenr 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. * .. * * * * 'i: 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 21~ 1989 G. N. Laycock Secretary FMSI 01868