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FRICTION ~ATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC,, 37Q LEXINGTON AV1NUE, N9N YORK 17, N.Y, ANNUAL MEE:TI NG OF' THE FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1959 AT 10:00 A,M, AT THE EDGEWATER BEACH HoTEL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MR, VACHOUT, PRESIDENT, CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 10:00 A,M, NEMBERS REPRESENTATIVES ASBESTOS MANUFACTURING CoMPANY ATLAS AseEsTos CoMPANY AUTO F'RICTION CORPORATION BRABBESTOS BRAKE LINING COMPANY EMsco AsaEsTos CoMPANY GATKE CoRPORATION GRIZZLY BRAKE DIVISION OF MARPRo, INc. T. BELL w. H. JoHNSTON s. A. CoMINS H. G. DuscHEK (PROXY) R. o. CoNGER F. T0 GATKE J, R. HEATH JOHNs-MANVILLE CoRPORATION H, KRASNE MANUFACTURING CoMPANY MARSHAL~ECI.IPBE DIVISION BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION E. H. VV1.1.8 H. KRASNE J. H. KELLV Mti.EY CoMPANY, THE L. J. D. BAKER MOLDED MATERIALS DIVISION CARLISLE CoRPORATION W, J, VACHOUT RAVBEBTOa-MANHATTAN 1 INC, REDDAWAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC, RuSSELl. MANUFACTURING COMPANY J. L. McGovERN, JR. c. J, SuLt..IVAN s.L. SULLIVAN SCANDINAVIA BELTING COMPANY C, 8, WHITLEY 9ti.VER LtNE BRAKE LINING CORPORATION S, A, SMITH SouTHERN FRICTION MATERIALs CoMPANY H. SNOW s.THERMOID D1vtstoN, H, K. PoRTER Co., INc. G. LAMSON WELLMAN CoMPANY, THE S, K, w. E. CANF'I EI..D '~ORI.D 8EST08 R, A. RII.EY OTHERS PRESENT AUTO FRICTION CORPORATION GRIZZLY BRAKE D1v1BION OF MARPRO, INc. MARSHAL~ECLIPSE DIVISION BENDIX AVIATION CoRPORATION MILEY CoMPANY, THE L. J. R.6.YBESTOS-NtANtfATTAN 1 I NCo RussELL M.A.NUFACTURINQ COMPANY SCANDINAVIA BELTING CoMPANY SILVER LINE BRAK! LINING CORPORATION ':VELI.MAN CoMP ANV , TH S K. iYORLD t3ESTOS FRICTION MATERIALS SToa. INST. (CANADA) FRICTION MATLSo STDSo INSTo 1 INc, STICKLES 1 HAYDEN 1 YoUNG & KENNEDY NOT PRESENT LASCO BRAKE PRODUCTS CoRPORATION, LTD. RITESET MANUFACTURING CoMPANY A. J. CoMINS H, H. SwAIN H. C, HoDSON H. NOLTE J. MAcMuRRAY w. o. ScHNECK A, E, DALY P, T, A.A.UEN J. N, RAUEN c.R, BRIGLEB i~ W, GREENAN o. PococK (oasERVER) H. G, DuscHEK, SECRETARY L, 0, STICKLES, CouNSEL L-f FMSI 00514 MINUTES OF MEETING -2- JUNE I0, 1959 MR. VACHOUT 1 CHAIRMAN, EXPRESSED HIS PLEASURE AT THE REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDANCE FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS FROM THE CANADIAN INSTITUTEe MINUTES OF' PREVIOUS tJEET ING IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON JuNE 18, 1958 HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY MAIL AND UNLESS THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A READING OR ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO BE MADE THERET0 1 A MOTION WOULD BE ENTERTAINED FOR THEIR ACCEPTANCE UPON MOTION DULY MADE 1 SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT THE MINUTES OF THE MEETtNG oF JuNE 18, 1958 B~ ACCEPTED AS DISTRIBUTED. PRESIDENT'S REPORT THIS IS ~4Y SECOND YEAR AS PRES I DENT OF YOUR INSTITUTE AND IT I 8 WITH A GREAT DEAL OF' PLEASURE THAT I APPEAR BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN. As YOU KNOW 0 LATER IN THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING, YOUR NOMINATING COMMITTEE WILL SUBMIT THE NAMES 0~ FOUR CANDIDATES TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR TWO YEARSe THE NEWLV ELECTED BOARD WILL HOLD ITS MEETING THIS AFTERNOON TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT FROM THE 8oARO MEMBERSHIPe THE WORK PERFORMED DURING THIS PAST VEAR AND T~l ACTIONS TAKEN BY YOUR BOARD- ALL OF' WHICH HAD FOR ITS ULTIMATE QOAL THE INTEREST OF EACH AND EVERY MEMBER- WILL BE READ TO YOU; THEREFORE IT 18 UNNECESSARY FOR ME TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED 8UT I DO WtBH~O MENTION CERTAIN FEATURES OF' THIS YEAR 1S OPERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE EMPHAS I ZED LAST VEAR, I CALLED YOUR ATTENTION TO AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY RAYMOND ~~LEY THAT THE AVERAGE MEMBER OF AN ASSOCIATION DOES NOT TAKE~IS MEMBERSHIP VERY SERIOUSLY. THAT 18 BECAUSE THE AVERAGE MEMBER OF ANY TRADE ASSOCIATION, UNLESS SERVING ON CoMMITTEES OR ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS NO IDEA AS TO T~AMOUNT OF WORK INVOLVED AND THE PROB- LEMS THAT CONSTANTLY ARISE AND HAVE TO BE GIVEN SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. IT SEEMS THA1 EVEN THOUGH WE 1 AS RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVES WITHIN OUR OWN ORGANIZATIONS WHO DAILY MAKE ADMINISTRATIVe DECISIONS, NEVER THINK THAT AN ASSOCIATION- ITS STA~F AND THOSE A~ POINTED TO HANDLE SUCH INVOLVEMENTS- HAVE THE SAME INTRICATE BUSINESS PROBLEMS AND DECISIONS 0~ COURSE 1 IT IS NOT A QUESTION 0~ PROFIT IN THIS RESPECT, BUT THE MORE SERIOUS ONE 0~ OBTAINING SUFFICIENr INCOME IN ORDER TO RENDER THE MOST E~FICIENT SERVICE TO ALL- WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE INSTITUTE O"FICE FOR SUCH SERVICE YOUR NEEDS, IN MANY CASES, HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED THEREBY PRECLUDING THE NECESSITY OF YOUR GOING TO THE EXPENSE OF' WIRING 1 TELEPHONING OR WRITING. F'OR EXAMPLE SoME OF YOU MAY REQUEST ONE TO "IVE COPIES 0~ A DATA BOOK SU~~ETIN, POSSIBLY TWELVE PAINTS WITHIN A YEAR, ONE OR TWO COPIES OF CR086-REFERENCES 1 SOME OR NONE OF THE BRAKE SHOE BULLETINS AND CATALOGS- BUT IT IS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU DO NEED THE INFORMATION AND YOUR INSTITUTE STA~~ AND THE COMMITTEES HAVE TO PUT IN FULL TIM FOR ALL THESE ~EATUREBo F'OR THE ELEVEN MONTHS ENOED MAY 3fST 1 GOING ALONG ON WHAT I HAVE MENTIONED, 3 1 283 BLUE PRINTS ~ERE RELEASEDe TELEPHONED REQUESTS AMOUNTED TO 2,567 CALLS AND CORRESPONDENCE TOTALED 11 668 PIECES OF MAIL THIS LATTER ITEM DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LETTERS ACCOMPANYING THE FORWARDING OF PRINTS. BULLETINS RELEASED ON SPECIFICATIONS AMOUNTED TO ELEVEN CONSISTING OF THIRTY-NINE PAGES AND 1900 COPIES 0~ THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERSHIP. THERE WERE TWENTY-EIGHT GENERAL BULLETINS; THE SERIES CONSISTED O" TJENTY-TWO REAMS OF PAPER AND ~OR THE CR0S&-REF'ERENSES 1 FIFTY REAMS OF PAPER WERE IN~OLVEDe ALL OF THE PREPARATION, RUNNING AND COLLATING OF THESE BULLETINS, SERIES AND CROSB-REF'ERENCES WAS DONE BV THE OFFICE STAF'F'e THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THE VARIOUS MEMOS OR MINUTES OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL AS OF THE BOARD SESSIONS FMSI 00515 MtNUTES 0~ ~EETING -3- PRESID~NT'S ScPORT (coNT'o) JuNE I0, 1959 THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN ONE 0~ GREAT PRESSURE DUE TO THE WORK BEING PER~ORMED ON THE BRAKE SHOE IDENTIFICATION CATALOG SO THAT IT WOULD BE RELEASED BY DECEMBER 1958 BECAUSE OF ~IELO DEMAN~. MANY 0~ YOU ARE NOT ~AMILIAR WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, NOR EVEN 0~ THE BON~ING FIELD, BECAUSE IT GOES BACK MANY YEARS, ONE 0~ THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, BACK IN THE 1930's, HAD BEEN EXP~RIMENTING WITH BONDING LINING TO A SHOEI AND. A~TE~ SOME TEN YEARS OF SUCH EX~ERIMENTATION 1 FINALLY PRESENTED ITS FINDINGS TO THE PREDECESSOR OF THIS INSTITUTE AT AN ANNUAL MEETING, IN ORDER TO GET THE REACTION OF THE BRAKE LINING MANU~ACTURERS, CANS 0~ THE ADHESIVE WERE BROUGHT TO THAT MEETING FOR THOSE OF OU~MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO EXPERIMENT ANO SEE WHETHER IT WOULD BE WORKABLE IN 1941 BONDED LINING APPEARED AND THEN THE WAR CURTAILED THIS ACTIVITY, IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1946 THAT rwo VEHICLES APPEARED WITH BONDED LINING, ALTHOUGH OUR MEMBERS WOULD BE MAKING THE LINING AND NOT HAVING THE EXPENSE 0~ SETTING UP DRILL JIGS A PROBLEM WAS POSED FOR THIS INDUSTRY, IN THAT A SEGMENT 0~ THE FIELD WENT IN FOR THIS SORT OF WORK AND STARTED TO SELL LINED SHOES RATHER THAN BOXED SETSo SHOE IDENTIFICATION THEN BECAME A NECESSITY, BENDIX, T~E PRIME MANUFACTURER OF BRAKE SHOES, IN 1950 APPROACHED THIS INDUSTRY ON THE PROBL~ 0~ RELEASING SHOE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION SO THAT THE VEHICLES WOULD BE PROPERLY SERVIavED AND ~IELO CONFUSION ELIMINATEDo TwO OR THREE CONFERENCES WERE HELD WITH 8ENDtX]REPRESENTATIVE8 0~ OUR INSTITUTE BUT THE OIF~ICULTIES INVOLVED DID NOT BRING THIS TO A HEAD AND AGREEMENT UNTIL 1957 0 THEN THE WORK SEGAN AND THE PRESoo SURE ON YOUR DATA BOOK AND TECHNICAL CoMMITTEE, PLUS THE INSTITUTE 3TA~~ WAS ONE THAT DALY SOMEONE ON THE COMMtTTEE OR IN THE INSTITUTE 0~~1CE 1 COULD APPRECIATEo INFORMATION FOR THE TWELVE PREVIOUS YEARS, BECAUSE SUCH VEHICLES WERE STILL IN USE 1 HAD TO BE ACCUMULATED AND IDENTIFIED- NOT ONLY BY THE SHOE BUT ALSO BY THE LININr. APPLICATION, THE CATALOG WAS PROMISED FOR 1958 AND WITHIN TEN MONTHS THAT BOOK WENT OUTo THE PROMISED DATE WAS KEPT 1 EVEN THOUGH YOU DID NOT r.ET YOUR CATALOGS UNTIL SOME TIME IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF SHIPPING. IT WAS NOT EASY AND THE EXPENSE IN~OLVED 1 ESPECIALLY ON THE PART 0~ 8ENDIX 1 WAS CONSIDERASLEo LOOKJNG THROUGH THE CATALOG, ONE DOES NOT SUSPECT THE TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO IT 1 NOT DOES ANYONE CASUALLY GLANCING AT IT, REALIZE TH>"'T THE DRAWl NGS ARE ALL ENGRAV I NGB WHICH MAV r BE USED FOR FUTURE EDIT I ON8 IN ORDER TO SAVE EXPENSE, WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU WAB ALSO EXPLAINED TO THE REBUILDERB AT THEIR BRAKE CLINIC IN CHICAGO ON FEBRUARY 14TH BY OUR SECRETARYo I WAS PRESENT AT THAT SESSION AND REALIZED AT THAT TIM 1 THAT THE REBUILDER8 LEARNED SOMETHING FROM OUR SECRETARY ABOUT THIS BUSINESS THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW BEFORE, MANV 0~ THEM1 ALS0 1 WERE UNAWARE OF THE PHASES OF BRAKE SHOE IDENTIFICATION, THAT IS WHY THIS PROJECT WAS A NECESSITY AND WAS AN EDUCATIONAL MOVE ON THE PART 0~ OUR MEMBERSo IT HAS HELPED THE FIELD, NOT ONLY ~ROM THE STANDPOINT OF A UNIFORM NUMBERING SYSTEM 80 THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING THE SAME LANGUAGE BUT IT HAS ALSO STANDARDIZED, THROUGH AUTHENTIC PRINTS AND APPLICATION DATA RECEIVED FROM THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER, ANOTHER PART 0~ THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUBTRYo ANOTHER SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT HAS BESET THIS INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAT TWO YEARS AND WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGI-I' TO MY ATTENTION MORE AND MORE AS YOUR PRESIDENT, IS THE FINAN- CIAL SITUATIONo Vou ARE FACED, WITHIN YOUR OWN ORGANIZATIONS WITH RISING COSTS AND THE INSTITUTE IS NO EXCEPTION TO SUCH ECONOMIC STRESS. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 1958, WE WENT INTO THE REO BV ~4.00 WHILE THIS YEAR WE HHALL HAVE A OE~tCIT 0~ APPROXIMATELY $31 000. VOUR DEMAND FOR A REVIEW OF THE FEE FOR~~LA HAS BEEN MADEo THE PROPOSED FORMULA AS RELEASED TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING, 18 ALONG THE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED- IN OTHER WORDS - FOR SERVICE RENDERED IN THE FIELDS IN WHICH YOU ARE ENGAG~D. THE INSTITUTE CANNOT CONSTANTLY OPERATE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT INCOME TO COVER CURRENT COSTSo I REITERATE - YOU ARE CONTINUALLY BEING ~ACED WITH RISING COSTSo THtB SAME CDNDITION EXISTS IN THE INSTITUTE 0F"FICE AND THIS YEAR YOUR BUDGET WILL KE RE- FLECTING SUCH INCREASES. IT HAS TO BE METo THE WISE PROCEDURE FOR ANY BUSINESSMAN IS FMSI 00516 MINUTES 0~ MEETINQ -4PRESI.JENT 1S REPORT (coNTio) JuNE to, 1959 TO FIGURE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OVER ANO ABOVE COSTS, IN ORDER TO HAVE A SURPLUS SO THAT IN TIMES 0~ NEED HE DOES NOT HAVE TO CLOSE SHOP BECAUSE 0~ LACK 0~ ~UNOS OR BORROW MONEY IN ORDER TO CONTINUEo SORROWING ADOS TO HIS COST BECAUSE 0~1HE INTEREST TO BE PAID ON THE LOANe AN Assoc I AT I ON HAS TO OPERATE THE SAME WAY OR I'IHEN FUNOB ARE NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE 0~ UNFAVORABLE BUSINESS CONDITIONS, THEN SURPLUS IS USEOo AT THE PRESENT TIME, If" BUSINESS CONDITIONS WERE SUCH THAT THE MEMBERS WERE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR FEES IN ~ULL OR NOT AT ALL, VOUR INSTITUTE COULD ONLY OPERATE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS ON THE SURPLUS NOW ON HAN0 0 IT IS NOT.VERY PLEASANT ~OR M TO HAVE HAO SUCH DEFICITS OCCURRING DURING MV TWO VEARS IN O~FlC BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE DIRECT RESULT 0~ OPERATING WITHOUT SU~~ICIENT INCOME TO COVER EXPENBEBo LAST JuNE, WE HAD TWENTY-THREE ACTIVE MEMBERS, TWO ASSOCIATES AND FIVE REGIONAL MEMBERSo THIS JuNE, OUR REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP HAS INCREASED TO SEVENo THIS MEANS ADDEO INCOME BUT WE SHALL BE LOSING $5,000. ANNUALLY FROM THE ASSOCIATES BECAUSE ONE IS ~ESIGNING AS 0~ THE END 0~ THIS MONTH AND THE OTHER IS TRANS~ERRING TO ACTIVE STATUSo ALTHOUGH WE ARE GAINING ONE ACTIVE MEMBER BY TRANSFERRAL, WE ARE LOSING IN THE BAM CLASSIFICATION ONE MEMBER BY DISSOLUTION AND ANOTHER BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN OUT OF BUSINESS SINCE LAST VEARo OUR MEMBERSHIP~ THEREFORE, AS 0~ THE NEW FISCAL VEAR STARTING JULY FIRST WILL CONSIST 0~ ONLY TWENTY-TWO ACTIVE MEMBERS AND BEVEN REGIONAL MEMBERSHIPS. THE LOBS 0~ THE $5 1 000. ANNUALLY IN REVENUE FROM THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS HAS TO BE MADE UP IN SOME OTHER WAVe OUR MANU~ACTURERS 1 TRADE GROUP HAD HELD A PREEMINENT POSITION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FOR ~NV VEARS SINCE ONLY AUTHENTIC AND AUTHORITATIVE DATA IS RELEASEDe THIS PRF~TIG& IS GROWING AT A RAPID RATE WHEN VOU REAL1ZE THAT THE NUMBERING SYSTEM WHICH IS U0 AS A STANDARD FOR LININGS, FACINGS, BLOCKS AND NOW SHOES IS RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY AND ACCEPTED AS THE MOST EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF IOENTI~ICATIONe OuR SECRETARY TOLD ME THAT NOT SO LONG AGO SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM DETROIT ~ROM ONE OF THE BIG THREEe THEY HAD RECEIVED AN ORDER ~ROM A ~OREIGN COUNTRY, SV r.M.S. NUMBERS, BUT COULO NOT OR~~REFERENCE THEIR OWN PART NUMBERS WITH OURS. CoULD SHE HELP THEM OUTo THIS IS ~IRST{CONFIPMATION 0~ THE FACT THAT THROUGH OUR UNITED EFFORTS TO STANDARDIZE THAT THE NUMBERING SYSTEM IS BEING USED EVERY WHERE AS THE COMMON DEMONINATORo THAT IS WHV OUR COUNSEL IS 80 WATCHFUL AND ADAMANT ON THE EN~ORCEMENT OF THE COPYRIGHT. SUcH WI JE-BPREAD U8AGC 0~ OUR SVSTEM, I AM SURE, MUST BE A SOURCE OF SAT IS~ACT I ON TO VOUe We: SHALL, AS TIME GOES ON, ~IND THAT MORE AND MORE INDUSTRY SERVICE MEN WILL WE COMihG TO US, AS INDIVIDUALS OR TO THE INSTITUTE, FOR HELPo THAT WILL BE EXCELLENT BECAUSE IT WILL MEAN THAT ALL OF THE TIME, EF~ORT AND EXPENSE INVOLVED HAS MORE THAN BEEN JUSTIFIEDo IT WILL PROVE HOW NECESSARY OUR ORGANIZATION ISe THIS TRADE GROUP HAS HAD ITS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS BUT TNE MEN WHO WERE INSTRuMENTAL IN FOUNDING IT BACK IN THE TWENTIES, KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THEY ~OREeAW THE NEED ~OR AN ORGANIZATION OF THIS TYPEo To THE MEMBERS OF THE V.ARIOUS CO~ITTEES ASO THOSE ''IHO HAVE BEEN SERVING ON VOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I WISH TO EXPRESS MV SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME AND E~~ORT EXPENDED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE INDUSTRY; TO OUR SECRETARY AND HER STAF~ 1 THE THOROUGH AND SPEEDY RELEASE OF INFORMATION THAT IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO US; TO OUR COUNSEL FOR HIS PATIENCE AND GUIDANCE FOR AND FMSI 00517 -5- REPORT 0~ THE BOARD OF DIR~CTORd JuNe: 10, 1959 THE SECRETARY READ THE OLLOWING: FOR~E ISCAL YEAR STARTING JuLY I, 1958 1 IVE STANDING COMMITTEES WERE APPOINTED TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION THOSE PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES THAT .e:LL WITHIN THEIR CREATION. A SPECIAL COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE YEAR TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEM o THE UB 1 BV OTHER THAN MEMBERS, o THE F,M.S,I. NUMBERING SYSTEM ~OR UNLINED BRAKE SHOES, A SUMMARY O COMMITTEE REPORTS AND THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY YOUR BOARD o DIRECTORS ON THE MATTERS INVOLVED AS WELL Aq OTHER MATTERS PRESENTED TO IT OR CONBIOERATION 1 BOTH &Y MAIL AND AT MEETIN~HELO JANUARY 7TH 1 FEBRUARY 16TH AND JuNE 8TH, ARE AS rOLLOWS: DURING THE YEAR, THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE RECEIVED SIX REQUEsTs OR MEMBERSHIP IN.OR- MATION .ROM oREIGN MANU.ACTURERB Or BRAKE LININGS OR CLUTCH .ACINGBa NoNE o THEBE COMPANIES HAD EVER INQUIRED BE.OREe Or THE StX 1 FABRIEK Or HoLLAND, AFTER APPROVAL BV THE BOARD Or DIRECTORS AND UPON THE UNANIMOUS VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT OF THE ACTIVE MEMBERSH,~, BECAME A REGIONAL MEMBER AS OF APRIL I, 1959. ANOTHER APPLICATION 1 RECEIVED ROM 8ERAL-BREM8BELAG OF' I.VEST GERMANY 1 ALTHOUGH ANNOUNCED TO THE INDUSTRY, HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED UNTIL CERTAIN FACTORS HAVE BEEN CLEAREDe UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, IT WAS RESOLVED: To ACCEPT THE REPORT OF rHE MEMBERSHtP CoMMtTTEE. THE HISTORICAL SALES CoMMITTEE, AT THE REQUEST OF' THE MEMBERSHIP AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 181 1958 1 INVESTIGATED THE POBBIBtLITY Or COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING SALES STATISTICS COVERING PASSENGER CAR AND LIGHT TRUCK SEGMENTS. A QUESTIONNAtRE WAS DEVELOPED AND MAILED TO ALL ACTtVE MEMBERS AND AsSOCtATE MEMBERS. THE RESULTS RE- VEALED THAT ONLY ELEVEN MEMBERS WERE INTERESTED AND OF THEBE, ONLY EIGHT COULD OR WOULD SUPPLY HISTORICAL SALES INF'ORMATION AND UNIT DATA. THE SECRETARY CONTACTED THOSE WHO HAD NOT RESPONDED IN ORDER TO FINO OUT WHY BUT THE REPLIES WERE NOT ENCOURAGtNG. THE COMMITTEE THEREF'ORE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRO~ECT BE ABANDONED. BV &ON THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS OF SALES STATISTICS AS CONDUCTED/ERNST ERNST, SEVERAL MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTED F'AVORASLY ON THE DATA RECEIVED AND ITS USEFULNESS. AFTER CONSIDERATION THE F'OLLOWING MOTION WAS PASSED: RZSOLVED: THAT THE REPORT AND RECO~ENDATION OF THE HISTORICAL SALES CoMMITTEE BE ACCEPTED 11 No MATTERS HAVE COM&: TO THE CoMtHTTEE FROM THE IVIEMBERSHIP OR THE INSTITUTE 0F'FICE StNCE THE ~EBRUARV MEETING OF' THE BoARD. AT THAT TIME A DETAILED REPORT TO DATE WAS SUBMtTTED TO AND ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD, IIAa I LAVt TI-lt BoARD AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE INOUSTRYt I WISH TO URGE MOST SINCERELY THE CONTINUATION OF' THE TWO SALES STATISTICAL REPORTS NOW BEING PROVIDED BV ERNST & ERNSTa 11 TH INDUSTRY NOW HASt IN THESE REPORTS 1 A SOUND FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUED HISTORIC SALES STATISTICS WHICH COVER A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF' THE INDUSTRY's SALES. '1MANY RICTION MATERIAL MANUFACTURERS FINO THtS DATA INVALUABLE IN THEIR CURRENT AND LONG RANGE PLANNING, SIMILAR STATISTICS ARE MAINTAINED AND USED BY A WIDE VARIETY OF GROUPS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE AND INNUMERABLE OTHER INDUSTRIES, FMSI 00518 MINUTES OP MEETING -6- JUNE I o, 1959 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIR~CTORD (coNT 1D) 11 To EACH 0~ VOU ON THE BOARD, AND TO THE OTHER O~PICERB AND MEMBERS OP THE F.M.S.I., TO OUR GOOD ~EGA~ ADVISOR, AND ESPECIALLY TO MISS DusCHEK AND HER STAP~, I WISH TO EXPRESS MV DEEP GRATITUDE ~OR VOUR COOPERATION OVER THE MANY YEARSo We: MAV NOT HAVE BEEN EVE-TO-EVE ON EVERY PROP081TION 1 BUT WORK~NG TOGETHER WE HAVE 1 I BELIEVE, MADE THIS A BETTER INDUSTRY IN WHICH TO 00 BUSINESS. THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE DONE SORRY I SHALL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE JUNE MEETINGS. "Mv SINCERE GOOD WISHES TO EACH 0~ YOUoU THE BOARD PASSED THE FOLLOWING; FRANKLIN A. MILLER, CHAIRMAN RESOLVED: THAT THE REPORT OP THE HISTORIC&L SALES COMMITTEE BE ACCEPTED AS REA0 0 THe: DATA BcOK AND T~CHNICAL COMMITTEE, IN THEIR REPORT TO THE BOARD 0~ DIRECTORS ON JANUARV7TH 1 GAVE A DETAILED ACCOUNT 0~ THE WORK PERF"ORMED DURING THAT HAL~ YEAR ON NOT ONLV THE PROBLEMS RE~ERRED TO IT BUT ALSO ON THE BRAKE SHOE IDENTI~ICATION PRO~ECTo AT THATMEETING 1 THE BOARD PASSED THE ~OLLOWING: RESOLVED: THAT THE REPORT OF" THE DATA BOOK AND TECHNICAL Co~11TTEE BE ACCEPTEB WITH THANKS ~OR THE SPLENDID WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE AND THAT MISS DUsCHEK BE COMPLIMENTED ON THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 0~ TIME AND E~FORT WHICH SHE HAD EXPENDED ON THE COMPILATION OP THE BRAKE SHOE IDENTI~ICATION CATALOG AT THAT MEETIN~, THE BOARD AGAIN CONSIDERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC SIZE INFORMATION F"OR BONDED LENGTHS AND DECIDED THAT THE LINING LENGTHS SUPPLIED SV THE BRAKE LINING MANU~ACT~RER TO THE ~IELD WAS THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANVtS SALES PROBLEM RATHER THAN AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM TO BE DECIDED BY THE INSTITUTE. THE COMMITTEE, THERE~OR 1 WAS ADVISED TO DISCONTINUE ANV PURTHER CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED BONDED SEG~ENT LENGTHS. ON THE BRAKE SHOE IOENTI~ICATION CATALOG 1 THE BOARD OP DIRECTORS DECIDED THAT THE SAME RESTRICTIONS APPLYING TO rHE AUTOMOTIVE DATA BOOK WOULD APP~Y TO THIS CATALOG. THEBE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO THE POSSIBLE MUTILATtON OF THE COVER SV THE SUPER-IMPOSITION 0~ A MEMBE~S NAME OR BV ITS REMOVA~ AND THE USE OF THE NUMBERING SYSTEM AND THE REPRINTING IN WHOLE OR PART 0~ ANY 0~ THE IN~ORMATIONe THE FOLLOWING MOTION WAS PASSED: RESOLVED: THAT THE BAME.RULES 1 REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLYING TO THE AUTOMOTIVE DATA SOOK AS TO THE REPRINTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF" THE INF"ORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN OR THE MUTtLATION OP THE COVER BV THE SUPER-IMPOSITION 0~ A NAME PLATE APPLV TO THE BRAKE SHOE IDENTIFICATION CATALOGe THIS RESOLUTION WAS PORWARDED 1 IN BULLETIN FORM, TO THE MEMBERSHIPo SINCE THE MEMBERS ARE GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE ACTIVITIES 0~ THE DATA BOOK AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, THE REPORT IS GIVEN HEREWITH IN ITS ENTIRETY: AT THE MEETING 0~ THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON JANUARY 7, 1989. I REPORTED THAT AT THE TWO MEETINGS HELD ON AUGUST 1ST AND DECEMBER 4TH SUF~ICIENT INFORMATION HAD BEEN WORKED OUT SO THAT THE BRAKE SHOE CATALOG COULD GO TO PRESS, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME SHOES ON WHICH WE HAD BEEN UNAB~E TO a-cuRE ANV DRAWINGS AND 1 THEREFORE WERE UNABLE TO CATALOG a FMSI 00519 MINUTES 0~ MEETING -7- JUNE I o, 1959 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DlqECTORS (coNT 1D} SINCE THE ISSUING 0~ THE BRAKE SHOE DATA BOOK, THE SECRETARY HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CHRYSLER, BENDIX, MORAINE, KEL.SEY-HAVE:S AND WAGNER IN AN E:NDEAVOR TO SECURE DRAWINGS AND OTHER DATA IN CONNECTION WITH THE 1959 MODELS AS WELL. AS IN AN ENDEAVOR TO SECURE IN~ORMATION REGARDING THOSE SHOES ON WHICH WE ARE STILL. LACKING COMPLETE IN~ORMATIONo THE COM~.HTTEE MET ON APRIL 2ND AT THE INSTITUTE O~~ICE, MosT 0~ THE TIME WAS GIVEN TO A DISCUSSION 0~ THE SHOE O'TALOG, AND SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS WERE MADE IN THE IN~OR MATIONo THESE CORRESTIONS WERE OUTLINED IN BULLETINS TO THE MEMSERSHIPe At.ONG WITH THE DRAWINGS 0~ AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE SHOES ~ROM BENDIX, THE INSTITUTE HAS A NUMBER 0~ DRAWINGS 0~ BRAKE SHOES WHICH ARE USED ON INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND SOME WHICH ARE HAND BRAKES AND SOME WHICH ARE TRACTOR BRAKE BHOESo IN VIEW 0~ THE ~ACT THAT THE FORD AND FERGUSON TRACTOR SHOES ARE BONDED AS EQUIPMENT, IT WAS THE COMMITTEE 1B DECISION THAT NUMBERS SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THEBE AS SOON AS THEY CAN BE TIED UP WITH THE CORRECT BRAKE LINING NUMBER, THE COMMITTEE's OPINION, HOWEVER, WAS THAT ~OR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST WE SHOULD NOT GET INTO THE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONSo SINCE THE MEETING 0~ THE COMMITTEE, THE SECRETARY HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL SHOE DRAWINGS ~ROM THE CHRYSLER CoRPORATION, BOTH ~OR PASSENGER CAR AND TRUCK USE, AND ALSO ~ROM KELSEY-HAYES WHO ARE MANUFACTURERS OF THE FORO BRAKEBo A TOTAL 0~ THREE BULLETINS HAVE BEEN PREPARED SHOWING SOME SUPPLEMENTAL DATA CONCERNING BRAKE SHOES, AND I BELIEVE THE SECRETARY HAS SUF~ICIENT IN~OAMATION ON HAND AT PRESENT TO PREPARE A ~OURTH BULLETIN, THE COMMITTEE ~ELT THAT, IN ORDER FOR THESE BULLETINS TO BE 0~ THE UTMOST VALUE TO THE MEMBERSHIP, THEY SHOULD INCLUDE SMALL SCALE DRAWINGS OF THE NEW SHOES AS THEY WERE ANNOUNCED IN THE BULLETINS. THIS, HOWEVER, DELAYS THE ISSUING 0~ THE BULLETINS TO SOME EXTENT, AND IT IS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE BULLETINS ARE THE MOST VALUE THROUGH BEING ISSUED PROMPTLY OR WHETHER THAT ARE THE MOST VALUE BY HAVING THE SHOE DRAWINGSe I BELIEVE THAT THE SECRETARY AND ~UTURE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE GUIDED SOMEWHAT BY COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THE BULLETINS AS THEY ARE ISSUEDo IT IS YOUR CHAIRMAN 1s BELIEF THAT THE INSTITUTE HAS HAD A REASONABLE DEGREE 0~ SUCCESS IN OBTAINING THIS BRAKE SHOE IN~ORMATION ~ROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES 1 AND NOW THAT THE IN~ORMATION HAS STARTED TO ~LOW THAT THE SECRETARY WILL NOT HAVE TOO MUCH DIF~ICULTV IN OBTAINING SUBSEQUENT DATA. IT APPEARS, HOWEVER, THAT THERE MAY BE SOME DI~~ICULTV IN AVOIDING DUPLICATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF THE SAME BRAKE SHOE BEING MAO BY TWO MANUFACTURERS, SUCH AS BENDIX AND KELSEY-HAVES, AND WHICH MAY BE USED ON CARS PRODUCED BY GENERAL MoTORS, CHRYSLER AND FORO, IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT DRAWINGS 0~ THE SAME e~OE COULD BE RECEIVED ~ROM ~OUR OR ~IVE DI~~ERENT COMPANIEBo THESE SHOES MAY OR MAY NOT CARRY ~IV DI~FERENT PART NUMBERS AND, BEING DRAWN BY DI~~ERENT DRAFTSMEN, WILL NOT ALWAY~BE READILY RECOGNIZED AS THE SAME BHOEo YOUR SECRETARY 18 DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN SORTING OUT THESE PRINTS, BUT MANY TIMES A SHOE ASSEMBLY PRINT RECEIVED ~ROM A COMPANY WHO ARE MERE~Y USING THE SHOE AND NOT MANU~ACTURING IT WILL NOT HAVE THE DETAILS NEEDED BV THF. SECRETARY TO DETERMINE THE . SHOE DI~~ERENCES. BY THIS J MEAN WEB THICKNESS, THROAT W1DTH, AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN THE REQUEST ~OR sHOE DRAWINGS ~OR ~OREIGN CARBo THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE WITH THE INCREAsED NUMBER OF ~OAEIGN CARS BEING IMPORTED TO THIS COUNTRYo IT IS THE COMMITTEE 1e OPINION THAT THE DI~~ICULTY IN OBTAINING DRAWINGS 0~ THESE SHOES WOULD PRECLUDE THE PUBLISHING OF ANY DATAo THERE ARE SOME ~OREIGN CAR SHOES BEING MANU~ACTURED IN THIS COUNTRY,. HOWEVER, ~OR THE REBUILOERB AND, UNDOUBTEDLY, SOME CON~USION IS GOING TO EXIST BECAUSE THERE ARE MINOR DI~~ERENCES IN SOME 0~ THEBE SHOES THAT WILL CON~UBE THE MECHANICS OR BRAKE SERVICE PERSONNEL. IT IS VOUR CHAIRMAN 18 OPINION THAT, I~ THERE 19 ENOUGH CON~USION THAT THE MEMBERSHIP DESIRES SOMETHING TO. FMSI 00520 MtNUTES 0~ ~EETING -8- JUNE IQ 1959 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (cONT 1D) BE DONE ABOUT ~OREIGN CAR BRAKE SHOES IN THE WAY 0~ CATALOGING, THIS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE AN INSTITUTE PRO~ECT WHEREBY SHOE DRAWINGS WOULD BE MADE ~ROM ACTUAL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SHOES OBTAINED THROUGH AUTHENTIC SOURCESo A~SO AGAIN DISCUSSED AT THE APRIL 2ND MEETING WAS THE MATTER 0~ THE SIZE 0~ RIVETS ~OR TIMKEN BLOCKS. As NEAR AS THE COMMITTEE CAN DETERMINE, THERE ARE THREE BASIC SIZES OF RIVETS SEI~G USE0 1 THE STANDARD 3/fSH SHANK, SEVEN OR EIGHT SERIES RIVET, THE OVERSIZE SHANK .190/.200" WHICH IS THE 20-SERIES RIVET, AND IN SOME CASES 1/4" RIVETS. IT ts THE COMMITTEE 1S OPINION THAT MOST OF THE 1/411 RIVETS ARE BEING PUT IN BY DRILL- ING OUT THE HOLES IN THE BRAKE SHOES, AND TIMKEN HAVE RECOMMENDED THIS IN THEIR RE- PLACEMENT EQUIPEMNT SERVICE. As NEAR BLOCKS ARE USING AS WE 1/4" CAN RIVE FIN TS, O, AND HOWEVER UNTIL F1 URCTOHMEPRARIANT~IVOERLMYATI~OENW ORIGINAL CAN BE OBTAINED IT WAS THE DECISION TO CONTINUE CATALOGING THE FABRICATED SHOE TO USE A 20-SERIES RIVET AND THE CAST SHOE TO USE THE 8-sERIES RIVET. THE MEMBERS 0~ YOUR DATA BOOK & TECHNICA~ CoMMITTEE HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT AND FAITHFUL IN ATTENDING MEETINGS AND HAVE BEEN VERY HELP~UL IN GETTING THE BRA~E S~OE DATA BOOK UNDERWAY. As CHAtRMAN 0~ THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY HOPE THAT THE BRAKE SHOE DATA BOOK MEETS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMSERSHfF AND WILL PROVE HELP~UL TO THE INDUBTRYe THE CHAIRMAN ADVISED THAT EVERY E~FORT WAS BEING MADE TO SECURE BRAKE BHOE DRAWINGS FOR FOREIGN VEHICLES AND THAT THE SECRETARY HAD CONTACTED THE BRITISH AssOCIATION FOR SUCH ORAIIIINGSo FURTHER E~FORTS ARE BEING MADE TO SECURE SUCH INFORMATION BECAUSE 0~ THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN VEHICLES BEING IMPORTED. UPON MOTION DULY MADE AND SECONDED; IT WAS RESOLVED: To ACCEPT THE REPORT OF THE DATA BooK ANo TEcHNICAL CoMMITTEE AND THAT THE CoMMITTEE BE COMPLIMENTED ~OR THE EXCELLENT WORK PERFORMED ON BRAKE SHOE IDENTIFICATION. ON THE USE OF THE F.M S.LNUMBERING SYSTEM APPLYING TO THE UNLINED BRAKE SHOES BY MANuFACTURERS WHO~E NOT MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE, THE ~OLLOWING MOTION WAS PASSED: RESOLVED: THAT THE PRESIDENT APPOtNT A COMMITTEE 0~ THREE, WHO, TOGETHER WITH COUNSEL, REEXAMINE THE ENTIRE SITUATION OF THE F.M.S.I. NUMBERING SYSTEM AS SET UP ~OR BRAKE SHOE IDENTIFICATION AND REPORT TO THE BOARD WITH REASONABLE DISPATCHo THIS SPECIAL CoMMITTEE REPORTED THAT THEY HAO HELD TWO MEETINGS AND RECOMMENDED: I. A SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR SHOE MANUFACTURERS WHO BELL UNLINED SHOES IN ORDER THAT THE INSTITUTE CAN CONTROL THE USE OF THE COPYRIGHTED NUMBERS 2. THOSE WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS WOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME MEMBERS. 3. A FEE BE ESTABLISHED FOR SUCH SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP 4o THIS SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP BE NO~VOTING SINCE THE INSTITUTE IS A FRICTION MATERIALS MANU~ACTURING GROUP AND NOT ONE ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL PRODUCTS. 5o SUCH SPECIAL MEMBERS BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN DUSCUBSIONS CONCERNING BRAKE SHOES BUT NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AS TO I~STITUTE POLICIES OR FUTURE ACTIVITIES. FMSI 00521 MINUT~S OF ME~TING -9- JuN~ 10, 1859 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DlqECTORS (coNT 1D) 6. SUCH SPECIAL MEMBERS MAV BE APPOINTED TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES BUT NOT ON THE DIRECTORSHIPo 1o SUCH SPECIAL MEMBERS BE ENTITLED TO R~CEIV~ ANY DATA, CIRCULARS OR INFORMATION RELEASED BY THE INSTITUTE INVOLVING BRAKE SHOES. 8. THE FEE FOR SUCH SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP BE AT THE RATE OF $300. PER ANNUM AS THEY WOULD B~NEFIT FROM TH~ WORK INVOLVES IN BETTING UP TH NUMBERS AS WELL AS THE PRIVILEGE OF USING THE NUMBERING SYSTEMe THESE EIGHT POINTS WERE AGREED TO UNAIIIIMOUSLV'SY THE CoMMITTEE AND AT THE SAME TIME THE COMMITTEE, BV THE AID OF CoUNSEL AND THE SECRETARY OF THE INSTITUTE, MACE CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN OUR CoNBTITUTION AND BY-LAW9 1 WHICH CHANGES ARE N~CESSARY TO S~T Up THIS NEW MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION AND THE NEW FE~. You HAVE A COPY OF THE CHANGES RECOMMENCED IN OUR CoNSTITUTIONa THE BOARD PASSED THE FOLLOWING: RESOLVED: THAT THE REPORT-oF-THE SPECIAL CoMMITTEE oN THE r.M.S.I. SHOE NUMBERING SYsTEM BE ACCEPTED. CoUNSEL REPORTED IN DETAIL, INCLUDING HIS EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE INSTITUTE 1S COPYRIGHT, HIS ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND HIS ASSI8TANCE IN COLLECTING CERTAIN INFORMATION FOR COMMITTEES AND FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ORDER TO AID THEM IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS, AND PASSED UPON CORRESPONDENCE PERTAINING TO MEMBERSHIP AS WELL AS TO OTHER INSTITUTE MATTERBa THE FEE FORMULA COMMITTE, CURING THE FIRST HALF 0~ THE FISCAL YEAR, HELD TWO MEETINGS AT THE JANUARY 7TH, 1959 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEY ADVISED THAT THEY HAC TWO RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE MEMBERS BY COUNSEL, AND A SUMMARY OF THE REPLIES PREPARED BY HIMe I. A STRAIGHT FEE OF OVER $1,000. ANNUALLY FOR EACH ~~EMBER; AND 2. A FEE BASED UPON PRODUCT CATEGORY. ANY COMPANY NOT REPORTING WOULD BE ASSESSED" THE MAXIMUMa BASED UPON TWENTY-TWO MEMBERS, THEY RECOMMENCED A BASIC FEE OF $500. AND ~250, FOR EACH OF TH~ FOLLOWING CATEGORIES- (I) BRAKE LININGS (2) BRAKE BLOCKS (3) CLUTCH FASINGS (4) LINED BRAKE SHOESe THE BOARD, AFT~R CONSIDERING THIS RECOMMENDATION, PASSED THE FOLLOWING MOTION: RESOLVED: THAT THE BoARD OF D1R~CTORS APPROV~ THE Fe:~ FoRMULA CoMMITTE~ 1 s RECOMMENDATION OF A FEE BASED UPON PRODUCT CATEGORr~S BUT IN ORDER TO AID THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN DETERMINING A SATIBFACTORY CHARGE FOR EACH CATEGORY TO MEET THE INSTITUTE 1S BUDGET, A RECHECK BE MADE OF THE MEMBERS AS TO PRODUCT CATEGORIES; AND THAT A L~TTER B~ S~NT TO THE ACTIVE MEMBERS DEFINING EACH OF . THE CATEGORIES AND REQUESTING THAT ~ACH MEMBER FILE A CONFIDENTIAL DECLARATION AS TO CATEGORIES ENGAGED IN AND R~TURN THE INFORMATION TO ~R. STICKLES BY FEBRUARY FIRST 1959. FMSI 00522 MINUTES OF MEETING -I~ JUNE I o, 1959 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (coNT 1D) ON FEBRUARY 16TH, THE BOARD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING AT WHICH THE FEE FORMULA COMMITTEE PRESENTED A REPORT. THE SUMMARY OF THE DECLARATIONS SENT TO COUNSEL REVEALED THAT TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS WERE ENGAGED IN BRAKE LININGS, SEVENTEEN IN BRAKE BLOCKS 1 TEN IN CLUTCH "ACINGS AND ELEVEN IN BRAKE SHOES. IN VIEW OF THIS, THEY "ELT THAT FOR THE ~EE BASts, THREE CATEGORIES BE ESTABLISHED- (I)BRAKE LININGS AND BRAKE SHOES (2) BRAKE BLOCKS (3) CLUTCH FACINGSe THE SOARD CONSIDERED INCOME THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO MEET THE INSTITUTE 1S BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: I. THE MERGER OF THREE COMPANIES INTO ONE REDUCING THE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP BY TWOo 2o THE LOSS OF ONE MEMBER NO LONGER ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING 3. THE TRANSFER OF AN AsSOCIATE MEMBER TO ACTIVE STATUS AS OF JULY I, 1959. 4o THE RESIGNATION OF AN AsSOCIATE MEMBER AS OF JUNE 30 1 1959. 5. THE INCREASED COST OF INSTITUTE OPERATION. To MEET THE BUDGETARY DEMANDS, TME BOARD CONSIDERED THE MANY SUGGESTED WAYS OF ASSESSING THE MEMBERS, AND AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED: RESOLVED: THAT FOR1HE FISCAL YEAR STARTING JuLV I, 1959, THE FEE FORMULA FOR THE ACTIVE MEMBERS SHALL BE AT A BASIC FEE OF $500. PLUS AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF' $300. FOR EACH OF THE FOLLO\'JING THREE PRODUCT CATEGORIES- (I}SRAKE LININGS AND LINED BRAKE SHOES (2) BRAKE BLOCKS {3) CLUTCH FACINGS - AS REPORTED ON THE DECLARATIONS TO COUNSEL UNDER DATE OF' JANUARY 13, 1959 AND THAT IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED: THAT THIS BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT THE CoNsTITUTION AND BY-LAws OF THE INSTITUTE SHOULD BE AMENDED SO THAT AS SOON THEREAFTER AS PERMISSABLE, THE FEE OF' THE REGIONAL MEMBER SHALL BE R~ISEO TO ~1,000. ANNUALLY AND FOR A TRADE GROUP ~1,750 ANNUALLY. THE TREASURER HAS REPORTED THAT AS A RESULT OF' INCREASING COSTB 1 PLUS NON-PAYMENT OF OUES 0 THE BANK BALANCE IN THE WORKING ACCOUNT AS OF MAY 31ST, OR AFTER ELEVEN MONTHS OF OPERATION, WAS $8,880.39 FoR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,19S9 IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE TOTAL COST OF OPERATION WILL BE ;30,788. OR $3,000. MORE THAN THE PRESENT SCALE OF ~EES PROVIOESo THE CURRENT BUOGET WILL BE EXCEEDED BY APPROXIMATELY $2 1 500. AND THE CASH BA~ANCE. AS OF JUNE 30TH APPROXIMATELY ,5,000. TH~ BOARD RESOLVED: To ACCEPT THE TREASURER's REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL sTATEM.,ENT ~OR THE ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 1959. roR THE FISCAL YEAR. STARTING JULY I, 1959, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS PRESENTED A SUO- GET OF $321 755. THE CoMMITTEE FELT THAT SOME OF THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS ARE LOW BUT THEY HAVE PROVIDED ~on INCREASES IN THOSE ITEMS WHERE THE COSTS ARE CONSTANTLY RISIN&, THE BOARD PASSED THE FOLLOWING: RESOLVED: To RECOMMEND ro THE ANNUAL MEM8EASHt~ETING A BUDGET OF ~32,756. FOR THE FISCAL VE~ STARTING JULY 11 1959e FMSI 00523 MINUTES 0~ MEETING -II- JUNE IQ 1959 REPORT OF' THE ,iCARD OF' DIRECTORS ( CONT 1o) OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD WERE: THE UNPAID ~EE DUE BV RITESET MANU~ACTURING COMPANY AMOUNTING TO ~725. COUNSEL WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHECK INTO THE MATTER BE~ORE ANY ACTION BE TAKEN ON THE WRITING 0~~ OF THIS UNPAID ITEMe THE aoARO APPROVED, SY MAIL BALLOT, THE REQUEST 0~ A.P.R.A. TO HAVE THE SECRETARY ADDRESS THEIR BRAKE SHOE CLINIC ON ~EBRUARY 14, 1959. THE BOARD GRANTED PERMISSION TO RIM AND WHEEL SERVICE, INCo OF CINCINNATI, OHIO TO REPRINT THE PAGE OF THE DATA BOOK SETTING ~ORTH BRAKE ORUM OVERSIZESe ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CoNSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, PROVIDING FOR THE EBTAB LISHMENT 0~ A NEW CLABSI~ICA110N OF MEMBER KNOWN AS A BRAKE SHOE MANU~ACTURING MEMBER AND FOR AN INCREASE OF ~~250 o PER ANNUM IN THE REGIONAL MMBERSH I P FEEt AFlTER LENGTHY DISCUSSION THE BOARD RESOLVED: To RECOMMEND TO THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON JUNE 10, 1959 THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CoNSTITUTION AND Bv-LAws. THE RESIGNATION OF INLAND MANUFACTURING DIVISION O' GENERAL MoTORS CoRPORATION AS 0' JUNE 30, 1959 WAS ACCPTEDe THE BOARD, IN CONSIDERING THE ELIGIBILITY FOR REGfONAL MEMBERSHIP OF A COMPANY PARTLY OWNED OR LICENSED BY AN INSTITUTE MEMBER ANO WISHING TO EXPORT TO THE ACTIVE MEMBER, ON THE ADVICE OF CoUNSEL, FOUND THAT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS SUCH A COMPANY IF A SEPARATE CORPORATE ENTITY, COULD NOT 8 ACCEPTED AS A REGIONAL MEMBERe HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTATION OF SO MANY rOREICN VEHICLES INTO THIS COUNTRY WHICH WILL REQUIRE PROPER SERVICING AND THE MANY FACTORS ENTERING INTO SUCH LICENSE AGREEMENTS IT WAS DECIDED THAT A FURTHER STUDY IS NECESSARY TO INVESTIGATE ALL PHASES 0~ THIS PROBLEMe AFTER DISCUSSION, IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT THE PRESIDENT APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALL PHASES 0~ LICENSE AGREEMENTS AND ACTIVE MMBERS 1 INTERESTS IN ~OREIGN MAN~ACTURERB COMPANIES AS AFFECTING THE 0,ELIGIBILITY SUCH FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS FOR REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP. UPON WRITTEN NO~tCC 1 THE CHANQ tN NAME OF THE THERMOID CoMPANY TO THERMOID DIVISION H. K. PoRTER Co,, INc. WAS ACCEPTED av THE BoARD. UPON NOTICE, THE DISSOLUTION OF EMSCO ASBESTOS CoMPANY WAS ALSO ACCEPTED AND THE SEc- RETARY INSTRUCTED TO RECORD, IN THE INSTITUTE RECORDS, THAT AS OF JuLY I, 1959 THIB MEMBERSHIP WOULD CEASEo THE BOARD RECEIVED A LETTER OF APPRECfATION ~ROM THE A.P.R.A. FOR THE TALK GIVEN BY THE INSTITUTE 1S SECRETARY AT THEtA BRAKE CLINIC MEETING IN F'EBRUARV ON THE QUESTfON OF GRADING FRICTION MATERIALS, AS REQUESTED BY ~HE A.P.RoAa, THE BOARD RESOLVED: THAT THE QUESTION 0~ GRADING FRICTfON MATERIALS IS AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER 1S PROBLEM ON THE PRESENTATION 0' HIS PRODUCT TO THE FIELD, FMSI 00524 MINUTES 0~ MEETING -12- JUNE 10, 1959 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (coNT 1o) THE REQUEST o~ AMERICAN BRAKEBLOK DtVISION OF AMERICAN BRAKE SHOE CoMPANY ~OR A CHANGE 0~ MEMBERSHIP ~ROM THAT OF AssOCIATE TO ACTIVE STATUS AS OF JULY I, 1959 WAS APPROVED. FURTHER INQUIRY SHALL BE MADE, BY CoUNSEL, REGARDING THE PAST DUE FEE OF RITESET MANUFACTURING COMPANY BEFORE THIS UNPAID ITEM IS WRITTEN 0~~ THE INSTITUTE 1S BOOKS SINCE MR. F. A. MILLER 0~ RAYBEST08-MANHATTAN 1 lNCo RETIRED AS OF MAY 31, 19591 THE BOARD INSTRUCTED THE SECRETARY TO SEND HIM A LETTER OF APPRECIATION ~OR HIS E~~ORTS 1 OVER THE VEARS 1 IN THE INTERESTS OF THE INSTITUTE AND ITB MEMBERS. THE ~OLLOW~NG RESO~~TI~NS OF APPR~CIATION WERE ALSO APPROVED: ACTIV~V~HEREAS, ~,M.Vo..l""" ~Bii~ICK .C.. lW'feo.vCf, !_:}~!~N~J'-""H\At''Sf " . JI DISPLAYED AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE THE INSTITUTE AND HAS SERVED IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES AS MEMBER OF SEVERAL ' COMMITTEES; AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DtRECTORS 1 AND AS VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT; AND WHEREAS, THE MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE AND THE INDUSTRY AT LARGE HAVE SEEN GREATLY BENE~ITED BY HIS FORESIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MANY PROBLEMS IN THE FRICTION MATERIALS INDUSTRY; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT . I I r\ RESOLVED, THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INc. HER87 EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION OF ONE WHO HAS UNBTINTINGLY GIVEN OF HIS TIME, EFFORT AND ADVICE OVER THE YEARS IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEL~BEING AND PROGRESS OF THE ~RICTION MATERIALS INDUSTRYe ---J WHEREAS, WILLIAM J, VACHOUT HAS DISPLAYED AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE ACTIVITIES or THE INSTITUTE AND HAD SERVED IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES AS MEMBER OF SEVERAL COMMtTTEES; AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND AS VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT; AND WHEREAS, THE MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE AND THE INDUSTRY AT LARGE HAVE BEEN GREATLY BENEFITED SY HIS FORESIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MANY PROBLEMS IN THE FRICTION MATERIALS INDUSTRY; NOW, THEREFORE, BE t T RESOLVED, THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE FRICTION MATERtALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INc. HEREBY EXPAE88 THCIR APPRECIATION OF ONE WHO HA8 UNBTINTINGLY GIVEN OF HIS TIME, EFFORT AND ADVICE OVER THE YEARS tN CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEL~BEING AND PROGRE88 0~ THE FRICTION MATERIALS INDUSTRY, WHEREAS, LEO 8, SULLIVAN HAS DISPLAYED AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE THE INSTITUTE AND HAS SERVED IN NUMEROUS CA~ACITIEB AS CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF SEVERAL COMMITTEES; AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND AB VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT; AND 1VHEREAS, THE MEMBERS OF THE I NBT 1TUTE AND THE 1NDUSTRY AT LARGE HAVE SEEN GREATLY BENEFtTED BY HIS FO_RESIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MANY PROBLEMS IN THE FRfCTION MATERIALS INDUSTRY; ~W, THEREFORE, BE tT FMSI 00525 MINUTES 0~ MEETING JuNE I0, 1959 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (coNT 1D) RESOLVED; THAT THE MEMBERS o~ THE FRICTION MATERIA~s STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INc. HEREBv EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION 0~ ONE WHO HAS UNBTINTING~Y GIVEN 0~ HIS TIME, EF~ORT AND ADVICE OVER THE VEARS IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE WE~~-BEING AND PROGRESS 0~ THE ~RICTION MATERIA~& INDUSTRVo UPON MOTION OU~V MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, IT WAS RESOLVEDs To ACCEPT THE REPORT oF THE BoARD OF DIRECTORS ONE 0~ THE MEMBERS EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS READ IN THEIR ENTIRETVo COUNSEL ADVISED THAT THE BOARD REPORT MAY BE DISCUSSED BUT THAT THERE WERE ONLY THREE MATTERS ON WHICH THE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP COULD VOTE- THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE RECOMMENDED ~EE FORMULA AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CoN8TITUTIONo UpoN REQUEST, THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT WAS READe IN DISCUSSING THE RECOMMENDED ~EE FORMULA A MEMBER QUESTIONED- (I) THE ~ORMULA BEING BASED ON BUVING OR BEL~ING SINCE SOME MEMBERS BUY FROM OTHERS; (2) THAT SEGMENTS 0~ 1/21 THICK ARE CLASSIFIED AB &LOCKA WHEREAS THEY SHOULD SE CLA881,1ED AS BRAKE ~IN INGS~ AND (3) THAT A MEMBER NOT A MANUFACTURER OF BLOCKS BUT AN OCCASIONAL BUYER OF ONE TO TWO ~ROM OTHER MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A CUSTOMER, HAS TO PAY $300. FOR THE BRAKE BLOCK CATEGORVo THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEE FORMULA CoMMITTEE EXPLAINED THAT THE FORMULA WAS BASED ON WHAT A MEMBER OFFERED FOR BALE IN HIS CA,.LOG SINCE THERE WAS NO WAY OF DETERMINING WHAT HE SOUGHTo HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE COMMITTEE CLASSIFIED BLOCKS AS START- ING WITH A THICKNESS OF 1/2 1 SINCE THE HISTORICAL SALES CoMMITTEE, THE TECHNICAL CoMMITTEE AND SOME MEMBERS WHO MANUFACTURED SEGMENTS 1/2 IN THICKNESS CONSIDERED THEM AS BI.OCKSe AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, THE DETERMINATION OF WHAT BASIC THICKNESS SHALL CONSTITUTE A BLOCK BE REFERRED TO THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION0 PROPOSED AMENilvENTS TO THE CONSTI TUT I()>4 AND BV-t.AWS THE CHAIRMAN ADVISED THAT THE PROP08EO AMENDMENT8 1 WHICH HAD SEEN DISTRIBUTED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETINQ 1 ESTABLISHED A NEW CI.ASSIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE READ TO THE MEETING THE CHAIRMAN EXPLAINED THAT IT APPLIES TO THE ~NUFACTURER WHO IS EXCLUSIVELY A BRAKE SHOE ~~ACTURER AND NOT ENGAGED IN ANV OTHER ENDEAVOR. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE PARENT COMPAN OF AN INSTITUTE MEMBER OR AN INSTITUTE MEM8ER WHICH IS KNOWN Aa A DIVISION AND NOT AS A SEPARATE CORPORATE ENTITY, EVEN THOUGH THEV MANUFACTURE SHOEBe THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED NEW CLA181FICATION OF MEMBERSHIP IS THE PROTECTION OF THE COPVRIOHT SINCE SOME BONDERS MAO& SHOES ANO USE THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY BUY BRAKE LININGSo COMP~ETE MEMBE~SHIP HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN SINCE THE SHOE SITUATION 18 A AD~UNCT OF THE FRICTION MATERIALS BUSINESS BUT THEIR RIGHT TO SERVE ON THE TECHNICAL CoMMITTEE WAS AGREED TO SINCE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WOULD BE OF BENEFIT TO THE I NDUSTRVe ONE MEMBER FELT THAT IN VIEW OF THIS TVPE MEMBERSHfPt THE FEE FORMULA FOR THE AcTIVE MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE A ~OURTH CATEGORY FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO MANUFACTURE SHOES, FMSI 00526 MINUTES 0~ MEETING -14- JUNE 10, 1959 PROPOSED AMEN[)..1ENTS TO THE CONST I TUT I ON AND BY-LA\ 1S (co NT 1o) A~TER A LENGTHY DfSCUSSfON 1 UPON MOTION DULY MACE 1 SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSE0 1 IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT THE REVISIONs TO THE CoNSTITUTION AND BY-LAws BE ACCEPTED. ONE MEMBER WISHED TO KNOW WHETHER A MANU~ACTURER WHO MAKES SHOES ~OR AN INSTITUTE MEMBER WOULD SE REQUIRED TO BECOME A BRAKE SHOE MANU~ACTURING MEMBER EVEN THOUGH HE SOLO THE SHOES ONLY TO THAT MEMBER UNMARKED AND UNNUMBERED THIS MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE INCOMING SOARD OF DIRECTORS 1 REeORT OF THE NOMINATING ~~ITTEE AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS MR. SULLIVAN 1 CHAIRMAN, REPORTED THAT THERE WERE ~OUR TWO-YEAR VACANCIES TO BE ~ILLED. THE ~OLLOWING WERE PRESENTED AS NOMINEES ~OR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ~OR A TWo-YEAR TERM: ~. E. H. WELLS w.MA, J, VACHOUT MR. J. L. McGovERN, JR. MR. s. A. BMtTH UPON MOTION DULY' MADE AND SECONDD 1 IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED: To ACCEPT THE~ORT OF THE NOMINATING CoMMITTEE THE CHAIRMAN CALLED ~OR ~URTHER NOMINATIONS AND THE NAME 0~ MRo J. HEATH WAS PR&SENTEDo UPON MOTION DULY MADE AND SECONDED 1 IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED: THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED. A WRITTEN BALLOT WAS TAKEN AND MR, STICKLES 1 APPOINTED AS TELLER, REPORTED THAT THE ~OLLOWtNG WERE ELECTED: MR. E. H. WELLS MR. w. J. VACHOUT MR. J. L. McGoVERN, JR. MR. S. A. SMITH FUTURE MEETINGS ONE OF THE MEMBERS RECOMMENDt:D THAT AT FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS THE I NOI VI DUAL CO... MITT REPORTS BE READ T~TMC MEMBERSHIP EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSe AFTER LUNCHEONt THE NEWLY ELCCTED OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DtRECTORS WERE ANNOUNCED: PRESIDENT VIcE-PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY CouNCIL GEoRGE S. LAMSON Rl CHARD A. Rll.EY c.HAROLD HoDsON HARRIET G. DuecHEK LESTER D. STICKLES No FURTHER BUSINESS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MEETING. UPON MOTION DULY MADE 1 SECONDED AND PASSED, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED: To ADJOURN ADJOURNED AT 3:00 P. M. H. G. DuscHEK SECRETARY FMSI 00527