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FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC., EAST 210 BOOTE 4, PARAMUS, NJ 07652 .i. ; . '. .. C"'; .,MIUUTES OF THE ANliDAL llmt3En5HIP HEETING. , t) ~ 't ~ .: r ; , OF THE FRICTION MATERIAL.S STANDABDS ,INSTIT*'UTE, --INC. .;. :!. ;t:u~sday and Wednesday,. June 1~ -~ 17, 1987 at Camelback Inn, sC:ottsdale, Arizonac Ab<?;: CJrporation -- .~ , ' Robert E. Nelson ~.:1. ~..1 Automtive - Bendix-Fram . Stanley.. Stokes . Br.A~e 5ystems, Inc. . -Willi-am F.. l-Tood (No Proxy) C.1.:l.:!.sl e Corporation c~ ::- .~.:ie.i Brakes - Allied-SilP.lal - Arthur V~ _Uoore - r. . Lany M1Dtman.. ~eaaurer De.'. .::~-1-coraine Division Donald L. Emrick Fr-'.::tion Haterlal Co111PanY Larry Belana F:.i.c-:i(IJ.l Uaterials.,_ lac. GJ.P::tian, Coap~r. Induatrles HJ:-.~1 ;) f Califo~a Coxp.. lfark Stoll (No Proxy) JQimr Kounk (ProxY> ~d~dall. l~n:.r~n Corporati()n ~-hJ~rl( Corporation RitaGrlahaa Gerald Thompson (Prosy) P..r:-i<la;.,ay Uanufacturlllg Co. Eclward F. Eggert Vi 't'ginia Friction Products, Inc. tl. Hax._Sleeth, Vice President Wheeling Brake Block Ufg. Co. Lee Burgess . ' .,.; .. !. ~< .t aCTIVE ~1EMBERS - PROXIES TENDERED PRoxt .FROM w.CP ...::. ~quipment Co. (To's. nrlslane) ., D. Ted Shumate F~. ;:ion Division Products (To E. W. Drialane) Philip Dougherty s~-:J.<'ac Hanufacturlng Co. (To E... W. ~laue).: U. ::; Auto1110tive Ufg. (TO ROiiald ltanc:lail)' .. S. i(~r Hell~ Coq .. (TQ I,. W~ Drl~ane) HeQry. A. Scandrett Skip Carroll ,Fred A. Kowalcyk \, OTHERS PRESENT. ' ..r All~ed. Auto~iva -.Bendix Brake Syatea.. Inc (Lipe) CM Br4lke Limited : CM Brake Limited Canparts Automotive Int'l Distex Iu.iustries, Inc. Distex Ind,t:o ::;~:...:!s, Inc. HICM of Ce.l.'.ic-:.~~::: Corp. Hemispheres Int,_::national Mfg. Co. : .. Nuturn Corporatifjo. Reddaway llfg. Co. Harwo~ci Uoy.t,. Col"D&dlors at Law, Friction llaterlals Sto;ndar~. Intit.ute: .... John R;topelle. ,G~st Speaker AnthonJ Saaso. : . H:Lchael Bert ! . tick CM:peter Andy Gagnon Bell K:ublin Joseph Nir William Axelrod Alla. Fenwick _Joaeph. Sisson F. William Barton, President ' .. Jlar1dal w. Habeeb, Counsel Edward w. Drislaaa; Secretary FMSl 01923 - 2- t, . Hr. Barton, President, called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM, June 16, 1987. As the first order of business, the President called for a roll call. . .v.,- =--. -. ' , . .. Mt~s OF PR!V!OUS MEETING . . r I' I ., ' The Secretary advised that minutes of the Hembership Heeting of June 16-17, 1986 had he~n distributed. The President suggested that a reading of the minutes he dispensed with, as copies were on hand and no corrections had been s-u::;g~sted. Upon motion dulY ..~,.. s~cou4ed and unanimously passed, it was: ... r .. ~ J . . 1'' To aeC'ept. the minutes of the Hembershi.p Ueeting of June 16-17, 1986 as written. PRESIDENT'S REPORT rr:. :Sarton, P~iident, read this report. Please 'refer to EXHIBIT 1 in t:: , report package~ ih. ~.rrton discussed regulatory actions affecting our indust-ry as well as "J...ms taken by mail ball.ot during the year. He noted that changes were ? 1.-<:ned in the fee formula, changes had been made in thE! Constitution, G:':l that details on the Institute's finances l#Ould be covered iu reports >.: tlie Tieasurer and certain Committee chairmen. He also noted that the ~dstitute trould be a co-sponsor of a conference on fibers in lriction materials to be held this Fall. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: ., t' ' RESOLVED: To accept the Presiden~' s Report as written. REPORT ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTIVITIES 'L:; Secretary reported on activities of the Board of Directors since the J~a~ 1986 r~eting. The actions reported on Board activity were taken care of by mail ballots up through the Board Meeting on June 15, 1985. The Board ~proved the Secretary's settlement of a bUl from former Legal Connsel for sel'vices allegedly rendered the Institute in 1982-83~ The pe;n.ent of $3,'150 te ~1r. Gorman was a compromise amount, andthe charge \ias made against '1985-86 income. Per inst:-ttr..tion of the Board of Directors, the Institute Office put certain canting.;!:~;' planning actions into effect: 1. Establish rterrill Lynch QIA Ac:colmt. 2. Arra.ilSed for Accountants to offer standby sent-ces. <sThe noard unal1imccsly to 0) approved a revis~d ''P..ecommended Procedures for r--educing Asbestos Dust During Brake S~rvicing." Tbil!i new set of FMSl 01924 - 3- recom.!llendat!ons'Clppeared first in tlie 1987 Supplement to the 1986 Automoti73 Dat~ Book. '!he Directorsalso approved ( 3 to 1, 1 no reply) re- vising the Institute 1 s 1978 booklet "Friction 11aterials Uork Practices Guide. u NO action has been taken on that decision as of: yet. The Board voted to terminate the Re3ional .embershipB of: Itapsa, S.A. and Pasta Clutch, S.A. both of Hexico, for failure to pay~their Hembership Dues. During the year, the Board reViewed sev~ral applications for Membership in the Institute and voted its approval. ~ong the applications approved t-Tere: Active Uembers: Regional Members: Licensees: Friction I1ateriala Inc. of Lawrence, Massachusetts Interfriction USA of Cartersville, Georgia. Materiales de Friccion, S .A.E. o.f .Spain RENOSA~ S.A. of Colombia Aero Gasket Industries of Canada Better Brake Parts of Lima, Ohio Reinz Wiseonsin GaSket of Uilwaukee, lJisconsin TABCO Auto Brake of Canada Board of Directors ballots are final on applications for Regional Uembership and Licensee. Active 'Hembers require the additional approval of the Membership. The Board approved the Institute submitting an article to TRUCKS Magazine. The article lo7as based on the Institute's new "Recommended Procedures for Reducing Asbestos Dust 'During Brake Servicing." Also, the Board approved the Institute acting as a co-sponsor of a Symposium on Friction Uaterial Fibers to be offered in' ebnjUnction with the SAE Meeting in Atlantic City this October. In addition, the Board at its J\Dle 15~ 1987 meeting; took several actions of interest to the Uembers. Highlights of that meeting are discussejf below. !. The Board recommended to the Membership an Expense Budget. of a little over $140,000 for the 1~87-88 fiscal year, apprOximately 4.5% over the expense budget for the 191~87 year. Details will be in the Budget Committee re-' port. Acting on decisions made at the June 1986 meeting, the Board is recommending to the Membership a new fee formula calculated with a $1.600 basic fe~, plus category cliaiges for each of the following product lines: (1) Disc brake llnings; (2) Drum brake linings; (3) Brake blocks; (4) Clutch Facings.. : The'- Board at'tempted to have this formula "revenue neutral" ' when compared to last year's formula, and trled to have a minimum fee increase for those whose categories in.creased because of the formula change. ilore details on this will be in the Fee Formula Committee report. The Board is recommending a constituticiU:al ~dment on the eligibility of candidates for Director of the Institute. The proposed amendment will be submitted to the Membership by mail ballot, but it essentially limits Board membership from affiliated companies. '!he working was prepared by Legal Co\Dlsel and would limit membership on the Board of Directors to FMSI 01925 - 4- only..on~ Director .fra.n affiliated ~ompanies, with affiliated companies defiri~d as those ~th ld%'"or' iiid~e 1coJIIIDOil ownership~ ... :.~ ~ ' . ' 'lbe Board accepted the ~report d.f the Annual Meeting Committee which calls for the 1988 Uembership Meed.ng''to be held in Monterey, Califomia. ~ .~e. ~et;ing, the Board ~ppri:Jved an application for Regional l'fembership fil:ed i>y Industria de Balatos "'tlt{c!Ubal) of Santiago, Chile, and voted to terminate the Licensee ~embership_ of Toledo Pressed Steel Co. The forego~&':'sll1D111Arizes activities o'f''the.. Board since June 1986, including high- lights of the Jtine 15 Board meeting. TREASURER,.S REPORT >. Mr. Larry Nintuian; Treasurer, read 'this report. in the report package. ... Please refer to EXHIBIT 3 The Tre~urer_projected an exeess of. income over expenses of a little over $9,600 for 1986-87. He noted 'that the report is a projection, based on ___ _.,.,./ estimates for income and expenses iii MS,-June 1987. 'lbe most sigilfl:fc81lt camevan~ce developed .f}:'OID sales of catalogs - this being in the $10,000 neighborhood. J This. about because of our substantial overrun with the 1986 book; our l'7rlte~down to $1.00 'at June 30, 1986, followed by the sale of all catalogs from the overrun during 1986-87 with practically no c o . s t s. associated w ' i t h. .t.h.e , .r..e- v e n u e in this year. Up<m :motion duly made, seconde~ and unanimously passed, it was: RESOLVED: To accept the'treasurer,:s Report as written. MEHBERSHIP COMMITTEE I:fs. P.ita Grisha:m, Chaiman of the Membership Committee, read this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 2 in the report folder. i>fs. Grleha:m's report stDarized the changes in Uembership during the year. These noted that ActiVe Uembers ine'teased from 21 to 22; Regionals showed no change at 27; Licensees increasEid ft~ 21 to 24. As noted in the re~ort on Board of' Directors activities, the Board terminated the Licensee lfembe~hip of Toledo Pressed Steel as its June 15 meeting, anq accepted the ~gionai ~tembersh!p application filed by Industria de Balatas (Indubal) of Chile at the same meeting. uPdn :motion. d~y n:tade, 'seconded .. and unanimously '. passed, it was: RESrO: L.VE;_ D. : To accept the Hembership Committee report as written. FMSI 01926 - 5- ~TH AND EllVIRONHEN7AL AFFAIRS COI!HITTEE Hs. P.!t.:: Cti.shat~t. Cbairnian of the Health and Envi-ronmental Affaire Commit- tee; z::ec.~ th!d':r~~~t. ....:. Please refer to EXliiBIT 9 in the-. report package : . '"~l..(~~L~, .. Ms. Grish.:."n repor~d on OSHA and EPA activity during the past. year, inclu~;i.--:?. .f?:.:; ~:cquirekent of NIOSH Hethod 7400 for measuring asbestos dust con~~ L_.c.;~t~_ons. 'lhe EPA hearings on the proposed asbestos ban were dis- cur.,; is::-.. In co;rments on the Chairman's report, a liember noted that the Alternate i1aterial.$. ~s~i~ute mentioned as a possible co-sponsor of the 11aterials banSymp_~i.j.Un, hB;S lofembers such as DuPont. ~d Owens-Corning Fiberglass. That group has S::l:ded with EPA's proposed on asbestos. A member noted that a contract for evaluating the prop-osed oan had been let by -BPA to the Am.eri:cB;J;l Sqciety of liechanical Engineers (ASME) The Batelle Institute W9Jiked.,with ASHE in preparation of its report to EPA. Several comments were in the draft /.SHE report stating that there \-788 not a sufficient time frame allowed to complete a ban on asbestos in friction products. In par- ticular, there were eleven entries in the docket which asked that asbestos be permitted in replacement brake linings. This input came from United Stat<?s as '~ell as foreign car manufacturers. A member discussed contacts tvith Amy r:roll and Christina Augustiniak at EPA, and there were indications that a longer phase-.in might be permitted for friction products as against other asbestos products. The EPA focus is on dry brakes as a ~roduet~ and wet friction applications have not come under the regulatory spotlight. Some back:..off ~1~s noted in regulatory positions- on the proposed asbestos ban, where even the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDS) has noted the poss~ble carcinogeDtc effeets. of certain non-asbestos fibers. Despite c~rtain ppj~ctions, and recent co~cerns ~Ii'substitute fibers, it appears that EPA 'rl.ll be proceeding with their proposed ban. mastThe OSHA regulat19ns that ~7etlt intQ effect as of July 21, 1986 are diffi- . cult, but obta:f.nabl6"' fpr .f~icdon product lines. 'lbe OSliA regulations appear more practic&l.; .an4 their .Appendix F Nork Practices and Engineer- ing Control for Automotive arake P~pair Operations) is constructive and considers the cost and pracd.calitY of containing- asbestos- dust concentra- tions in the brake repair area. It is not likely the~e will be signifi- c~t changes in th. e OSHA regulations. . In the regulatory agenda, EfA has projected June 1983 for its rulemaldng on the proposed ban on asbestos products. It is possible that friction products manufacturers will have more than five years for phase-out. '.(here naa been same interchange bea1een .EPA and the tlational Highway Traf- fic Safety .Administration (lniTSA) as concerns the pro!_losed asbestos ban and n~w brake systems standards ... There t1ill: be a challenge in meeting the anti-lock-up and front/rear balance requirements of the. proposed DOT 135 standard-s, Yithout asbestos drum brake linings for .~he rears. - 6- Even with the recent concern on asbestos substitute materials, there does not appear__ to ue any early action anticipated from EPA as regards substitu;:e fi~ers in friction materials. ~''regards substitute materials, the ir.dJ&t.::y fi; regulated by OSHA's Hazard Communication rules (29CFR 1910.1200). This :1< tL1C regulation for labeling and uterial safety data sheets (MSDS) HhiJ.e !'-est of the substitute fibers li~v4 n.ot been established as hazardous, thero ts ..: qu-2stion and it appears to~~-: in the best interests of all to label Hith r.:0re than "Refer to MSDS 11 Some manufacturers are suggesting the sa;J.J.::! rre-:au~~ions for their non-asbestos products as with their asbestos matcria.ls. Two :uembers stated that they were lAbeling.their non-asbestos friction products, urgin& caution on raising dust. 'Rbth volunteered to send copies of tb!.s labeling to the Institute. -, Coun3el stated that if there is a reason to believe a product is hazardous, there is a duty to warn. Tnis duty to warn exists even if it is accompanied by a disclaimer. Uporo. motion duly made, seconded and unaniD:lualy pa~sed, it was: :::,-SOLVED: To accept the Health. and Environmental Affairs Committee report as. written. l1R. JOHN RIOPEI.LE.- GUEST SPEAKER The Secretary introduced Hr. i.liopelle, who had worked for Allied Autamotive's Bendix Frict.ion ~!aterials Division for many years, and who had retired late in 1986. Mr. Riopelle had chaired the Institute's Health and Environmental Affairs 'Committee in recent years~. ~nd had guided Ins.titute responses to certain EPA and OSHA regulatory' proposals during his work with that commit- tee. i'ir. Riopelle had started with the Bendix Co-rPoration soon after his ea~ly days with the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation. Among his different responsibilities ~nth Bendix were engineering, sales, quality control, and environ~ental affairs. Ue. also had been in charge of the. Bendix Cleveland, Te:c.uessee Plant and had start-up responsibilities at a new facility in Pa~:Jma City, Florida. Ur. Riopelle. is well qualified to gj.ve an overview on ~,n.v;i..-.:-onmental questions with particiiiar emphasis on asbeat-::~s. Hr. ru.opelle discussed the worldwide rules as regards asbestos in the workplace. In his prepared discussion, Mr. Riopelle noted the permissible exp~sur.e levels and effective dates for chrysotile asbestos regulstions. The dt;.ta indicated that, with the exception of Non-fay where the PEL was 0, the United States had the most stringent PEL: 0._2 fib~rs per cc ( fibers per ml). He noted that the USSil was alone in haVing its PEL expressed in milligrame per cubic meter. The USSR PEL was 8 mg/m3. Conversion to fibers per cc is difficult. The United States is one ~f only a few countries wit.h an l:..ction Level, and that too ' (at 0 ..1. fibers/cc) - is the most stringent. . Mr. Riopelle noted that there is considerable concern as regards the United States requirements. Is the Industry better off with a total ban as proposed by EPA, or would it be better to attempt to comply with the difficult FMSI 01928 - 7- OSHA workpla~e regulations. The ~~can manufacturer may face the challe:lge of lc"tier cost friction produdts-'from. foreign manufacturers with less stringent or non-existent workpla~c' e reg.ulations, where he in turn must add the costly control equipment and incur the additional costs which are inherent in complying with the OSitA workplace regulations. Ur. R:l.npelle cited work that Bendix had done to lower dust conts, end addec c.:"'t: this was done during a chang~o-val' to th,e r~:tuir~d NIC0H t:ethod 7400 fc.: nc>.asurlng asbestos dust concent-rat~~ms .' }ntile measuring ccncen~ tratic!~~) a significant differenl:e wu QOted between the new and the old dust co~1ts. The new counts were rtmning from about 2/3 to 3/4 of the old counts, and they were being iep~uced with more consistency. After giving a thorough cleaning to one factory area, the coUDts were down appreciably, and the question arose as to 'hoW. much of the reductiOJ;l was due to the cleaning and how much was due to the introduction of NIOSB Method 7400? Mr. Riopelle. urged the ~fembers to provide data to the Institute Office on its questionnaire. on fib_er counts .-The Secretary ~nll re-mail this questionnaire to-- the U.~mbers~ _ The Secretary ~as ~~d to distribute., eopies of Ur. Riopelle's report to the ~!embers. He ad,V:I.s.d that. this ~ be ocnt with copies of the Minutes and the Report package. : Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously paased~ it was: RESOLVED: To extend to Hr. Riopelle t..'l9 Institute's thanks : for his earli_er service- aa Ci1:~.i r.:l'c;p. of the Health and Environmental Affairs CoLmt.{tt.~~ and his. pre- sentation at this meeting. '! . NOMINATING COMMITTEE Hr . Robert E. ~lson,. _Chairman of the Nominating Co:inmittee, delivered this repo!"t. There was no written report., Mr. Nelson noted that the ConfJ~tution calls for ~P.,ren membe~ of the Board of Directors . -~ to.Ur.-Massier's ,..ci Mr. C.:d.na r::~-~-i.~ations dur- ing the 1986-87 year, the Board has been functio~i~~ ~~ the l~~t eight months uith only S Direc_tors. The Chairman advised tn!Elt thre.~ of the Directors had been electc1 in 1986 to two-year terms which-will not conclude until June. 30, 1988. Ihese are ~tr. Nelson, lfr. Belans and r.fs. Grisham. Two Directors are serving terms which will end on June 30, 1967. 'lbese are Mr. Uintman and I:r. Uoore. The Committee recommends the:' foilowing nominations: Hr. Arthur V. Moore of Carlisle Corporaticm. to continue serving on the Board for an additional two year term to end in JUDe 1989. Hr. Larry Mintmtm of Cerl:,tf;f..ed, Br~ to cont~ue serving on the Board for an additional two year term to end. in JUDe 1989.- FMSl 01929 - 8- i:lr. Ronald Randall of HKl1 of California Corp. to be added to the Board a::1 to E'c-:--':! a two year term to end in June 1989. H-.:. H. H:'Y .~ 1.~eth of Virginia Friction P~oduct;s to be added to the Board and to sc.c-.':- A. one year term to end in June 1988. The Pres:I.L::nt asked that these four names be placed in nomination to serve the ten's as noted above. The President then called for ~ominations from the fi'opr. No additional nolni~~ti6ns were made. UpOn motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it w~: RESOLVED: That nominations for the Board of DirectorS be closed. T!le Secretary was directed to cast one ballot for the election of Ur. Arthur V. Hoore, Ilr. Larry Hintman, and Mr. Ronald Randall to serve two year terms until June 30, 1989. TI1e Secretary was directed to cast one ballot for the election of l1r. H. ~ax Sleeth to serve a one year term until June 30, 1988. The Secretary advi'se(t! that the ballots had been so cast. Further, the theSecretary ~dvised tnat with the election of these four Directors, that Board had the required seven members. INVES'll1ENT ADVISORY CffiWTTEE l1r. Art 1-ioore, Ch~rman, read the Investment Advisory Committee report. Please refer to ExHIBIT 4 in the report fo~der. The report projected a little over $288,000 in investment assets at June 30, 1987, despite about a $3,000 drop in investment income this year. The in- crease in assets reflects the excess. of income over expenses realized during the 1986-87 fiscal year. Invest~ent income is projected to drop still further in 1987-88 based on the drop in interest rates. Investment income will lag interest rates as we have continued our policy of investing in only United States Treasury notes with 3 to 4 year maturities, and the lower yielding notes are now almost half the portfolio. Still, over $24,000 in- vestment income is projected for the current year. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously pa.:;::;r:!d, it \\aq: RESOLVED: T-o accept the Investment Advisory Committee -rep:>rt as written. BUDGET CO}fMITTE?_ Hr. Sleeth, Chairman, presented the Budget C::>1mnittee report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 5 in t-he report package. '! .., . The Committee recommended an expense budget of $140,085 for fiscal 1987-88. This is about' a r.;oSiincrease over the 19"86~87 budget. Details of recommended budget items are listed in the repott opposite the budget items for 1986-87. The main items of expense in the budget are Salaries, Rent and FMSI 01930 - 9- salary-associated Pension Expense. There are no major l~a item changes proposed in the 1987-88 budget. The Secretary noted that the Board.of Directors at its ear~ier meeting had reviewed this budget and recommended its submission to tht!~membership. A Hember asked if the planned postage. increase would impact this budget. The Secretary replied that it was his \mderstanding that any postal increase will not be effective until April 1988, which would mean-tnat we will be operating at current rates for most of the next fiscal year. The increase had been considered. The discussion noted that the tumed to the bad ne,., .t41X code does ndoebt tps erremsietrvueseqouef sttihoen..~adTdheebStsecrreestearrvye method of accounting: . At the Board t'!leeting, it was decided that the Secre- tary would ask our Accountants for some guidance 'but the .Institute may go to the specific write-off method in 1987-88. With the 'specific write-off or the reserve method, the budget is calling for a $3,000 charge in 1987-88. Upon motion duly made, secon!!ed and unanimously passed, it. was: RESOLVED: That an Expense Budget of $140,085 as detailed in the Budget Committee report be approved for the 1987-88 Fiscal Year. FEE FOR11ULA C0!1MITTEE ltr. r--obert E. l{el$on, Chairman, presented this Committee- report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 6 in the report pac~~ge. The Chairman noted that. it had been resolved at the June 1986 Meetings that a tteil \>ifsis for. the fee formula would be used effective. July 1, 1987. TI1c old' formula had four categories: (1) Brake lining&'; {2) Brake Blocks; (3) Clutch Facin~; (4) New un-lined brake shoes. It had been decided that the new fo~s ~ould have the folloW;ing categories: ( 1) Disc brake linings; (2) Drum b. r.ake . liidngs; (3) . Brake Blocks; (4) Clutch Facings. Essentially;' the new formula wotild di!oj-the ''New un-lined brake shoe" category t and would split the earlier' "B'tab lining&" category into tt-10 categories: "Disc brake- linings" and "Drum brake linings." It was the of uae. .intent of the Board to recommend a new formula that would be "revenue neut- ral" at least in the first year ~ TI1e Commfttee,' in its report, came up- with several formulae that would pro- duce equivalent income with the 1986-87- fee schedule. ntese were refexred to as Plans 1, 2 and 3 in the report. llmfever, the Chairman noted that a fourth plan was discussed and recommended at the Board Ueeting on June 15. It was felt this plan was more- equitable diu the others, and would have the lowest impact on those members whO. are moved from one category to two categories because of the change in formula. Essentially the ''Plan 4'' formula is: Basic Fee of $1,600; First 2 cat-egories $250 each; next 2 categorie $500 each. FMSI 01931 - 10 - ~ l'i 'l11i9 ~1~u~ rl trigger ne-1 fee levels as folloloTS: Heu-er in one category: Het..h'!r. :L1 two categc-riP.s: i"Ietn.J:,;:_ !. i.ll three ~atl";!e.:.r.i.es: l..:En:i...~:::~ :i.n four categories: $1,850 per year 2,100 per year 2,600 per year 3,100 per year T'f1" :-:~ourci rf!commended adoptio:1 of this new formula. The membership, per tte Ccnstitution, must approve the fees charged Active 11emhers. Upon moti~n duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it_w~: RESOLVED: That the fee formula for Active iJembers (and Regional ~1embers with Activ~ liembe.r rights) include a basic fee of $1,600 plus a $250 category charge for each of the f,irst two categories in ~hich a.lJember participates, and a $500 category charge for each of the last two categories in which the Hembe}i..participates. Categories will be: (1) disc bralte linings; (2) drum ;. brake linings; (3) brake bloc~; (4) clutch facings. . ..~'-I, : -:. . ~r. . I:t:lSTITUTE PENSION PLANS The Institute has two pension. progratm~: (1) A Trust set up in 1979 to pay tass Duschek, retired Secretary of the Institute, $550 per month for the remainder of her life, and (2) A Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP) funded with contt:ibutions to employee IBA',s. See. EXHIBIT 10 in the report package. Hr. Drislane presented this report. The only paper work for the SEP Plan for. curren't employees is drawing the checks for deposit to the _employees' IP~'s. Contributions of $11,250 were projected for 1986-87. The DnRchek Trust showed a net invasiOn of principal at December 31, 1986 or-- c_ 1:! ttle less than $4,300. The Trust started with a contribution of $.::.1~ GOO in 1980 and there was approx:i,.mately $50, 700 in assets on hand as of December 31, 1986. The Trust has made payments of $550 monthly for bt:.neZit of Hiss Duschek since January 1,. 1980. DATA BOOK AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Mr. Francis lludson is Chairman of the Data Book and Technical Committee. Hr. l~elson read the Chairman's report. Please rE":i:er to EXHIBIT 8 in the report package. The report noted highlights of. Committee activity during the past fiscal year. The major business was a c.ted OD a( a meeting on Apri~ 29, 1987 The Committee resolved to have a complete semi-metallic disc pad application bulletin issued for all such usage from the 1960's through 1987. Changes 't~ere voted for the Data Book including a consolidation of shoe listings from two to one reference to discontinued numbers when the "14 year rule" drops an application; and a special black indexing tab for the Catalog to indicate catalog sections. FMSI 01932 - 11 - A Hember COffilented on the re:-Print of the Clutch Facings ( Catalog 851) that was noted in the Comlir.i'tt:ee ni!po'rt. The Secretary advised that this was strictly a re~print -.th~re was no new data in the 1987 re-print over that which was itt-''th~ 198.5 edition. This Hember asked about interchange information on foreign clutch lacings, and asked that such information be printed l-There available. TI1e Secretary asked to see examples of this interchange, and noted that the til'1i"m" bers in question were British Friction I1a~rials Co~cil numbers. The British Council (as with FMSI) copyrights its pUbiicat1ons and its BFHC NUmbers. The Secretary noted that he would not publish information which is copyrighted by others, but that he would s l eisn..dt",\toh. fo.sthee. HFeMmSbIe/BrsF'Mp.Ca rticipat clutch ing faci in ng the clutch facings category cross-over data that he has an on up-dated hand. ~- 't't--. r . 1 t . A iiembEi;'t-'-"s,ti~gested that the l1embership be advised that they can order Auto. motive 'Dilta -nbbks '~thour the FMSI cover, when the cat$log is first printed. Two or threfilr.fel!Den al1110st always order the catalog wit~out cover, and then have their own cover installed. There 'is no discount for the ~o Cover" as it is a sped.&! item~ Aiiio, any overrun' or underrtin goes to those. order- ing without covers pro-rata. 'nle "No Cover" option is only available for the full. Data Book. (The r~U'pplement is a self-cover). Also:, this ''No Cover" offoption is only avaiiable when ord4ns art! b~ing solicited for a newly pub..; lished Data Book. Once the catale1g is~ the press, all remaining stock takes a cover and the 5 hole punch. A Hember asked that' rivet patterns be sbm,m on the. _steel illuatrationa in ' the catalags. The Secretary a&~ed if thi('waa a reference to disc brake. steel? As he was referring to disc. br&ke 'steel, the' Secretary advised that they had handl$d this same quest'ian three 'or four.yeara ago. .It was then referred td the Data' Book Committee, and turned down~... There iS not suffi- cient room to detail drill patterns and show diffe;rences when' they are of smail dimensional difference. AlSo', the 'Institute added reference to number of holes uhen more than one shoe number iS 'ilhistrated.by one drawing~ Also, the full FUSI lining nuui>er is added to the shoe illustration so that one can pick the exact lining which in tum.' covers, the drill pattern. 11lere iS not sufficient l'OOlll in the illust'ration sectiOl'l to show this det~l.. In response to another question alemg these lines,, the. Secretary stated that the Institute is now providing prints of disc steel: Wi'~. drill/counterbore 'patternswheN orlgin8.1 equipment was bonded or integrally mol.de-4 where. that information is: availat)le. ,.... . ..... : __ '- - It was noted that for drum segments, several Origihal~Eqti~t manufactur- ers are. not providing rivets according to the SAE rivet cf1.mension standards. Ur. Nelson noted that the SAE Brake Committee has 'cftapped future: responsi- bility for rivets. and tumed it over to the Fast.cmers Committee. It w$8 sugg_ested ..that the Data Book Cominittee consider the SAB. rivets, and go on record as favoring the continuance of SAE J663b (the sA& rivet standard) and the further up-dating of it~.~ A Hember noted that the SAE would be asking its Hembers. to ballot on cancelling SAE Recommended Practice J562. lhis is the brake block chamfer standard. Hembers exp_ressed. disagreement wi~h cancelling J662 as several manufacturers use J662 as a reference to designate- the 'chamfer for their blocks. The Secretary was asked to refer the subject of caricel:lation of J662 to the Data Book Committee. FMSI 01933 - 12 - Up~,!).l~..t....:;;;:iQfJ~tl-~ . .. i f:CJ_Hly made, secondeq and . ~: ., unanimously. passe4, it was: :~~~J> :~fi-01.\rkn,:-:. To accept ~he D~t~ '~o~k 8lld Technical COIQDd.ttee report , ~,_LJ-f'.i' i : .. as writt:-n. :-~- .. ~ t' -. rt.: J .... : .. , . : Hr;_.. T1i1'l' Hood,. Ch~~ c~ ! r.' ::lrake. P-e,rf9rmance Study Committee, presented th::.3 . .:cport. . P~e.as~ .,refet to E~~IB,IT ...]. .,,_ , . ,; . . I . . The Chairmail,. noted .that propoaed SAE J.1801,.. Jl802 recOIIIIDallded practices for friction rating and riiarldng had been balloted, ~d that there were 3 and 4 difi4iqlP~V~~,~ r.~~~t:L_ve~.. Mr. Atne 1\n.de_rson of Forp, Motor Company who hat;{ ~hair~ci:.4,spec~al SAE Task For~ -~o com.. up with new brake l1ning effec- tiv~csS:,,~'a~~~ ,8lic.t.. uiar~~- procedures.~- retired. ur. ~c:ty Ptresh of R<c.:.;v:.i.~.l h~ .tak~,:9-y,e~ th~~ ~ask Force. . t.Zith the. ballot disap~rovals, chQl1_gea .~11 bE7 nec~:ey: in .the pro~~e.d J180l,.. Jl802 procedures. ~ .. l. i :~ ~- } '(~. - .. . ~ir. tvood gave a ~.rief, iJp.,.d~_e! PJl NHTSA ru+&maldng with DOT 105, DOT 121 and the prop,psed ~ 13~: Sys.~}DS st.dar,~-.-~ -~ he noted that :Federal Spedfica- ti~ HH-J.,-361F was. F8P~ace4 lfLth ~-1.:..3.~~~. z.tr. Wood noted that. several interested parties were not aware of the new Sped.f~catioa. As resar4s Fe4era1 Specif~cation.llg~L-361C, the Secretary advised that he was. made m1are of' th~ c~nges. in ~t Specifiction by Carl Halker.. Mr. Wal~ter. had re~eived.:a copy of' l$-:-I,-3~1G and had written. to SAE concerning. use of..J66t: as the basiS for the. specif!cat;lon. Hr. Drislan& reviewed the chan.ges incorpor~tec:i: iQ..jiii:..;t:..361G 1ri 'd'et8il in September. 1986 and no~ed. t~_at some ef., th' alle~d c~gea~ had, already, been adoptect in HR~L-361F .J.Wweve~, -"t~~e Wf!Fe- ~~:r.t~~- ~ges.. in t~e spec~ficat1.on that.. were. sharp diffe.~~~~I!J,~ and coul'd tie ~hallenged. : ~<' 0 0 ;, I 0 ' : : ,:-- '._t..~~ J ...'(, .1~; .: : ' ,f '<# O ~-, 0 , 'r . Copies f\l ~. ~~r. D.ri~lan~' a compari.fpD,S. were sent_ to.. parties seeking .informa- tion oQ;~.:.~r~6tc; ~--~~lr.ff to Mr~ w~k8r., C?Jnments were not submitted to TARcmr.;_._'j,::rq.~ +~t.;lt.l.lt.~ appa'!='ent~Y. had_;,~ont~ct~. wf:len. t~a J,i'e~er~~- Specifica- ti()~ \i~~ Columb~, ~bOeP:1:.:JP:,l~\a.o~?~~~..".~i~~~~~Ya;s.otfhetb, eresDpeo.fQenisbe.'.iCloitoy.e.f:i:srucntoi.~o"napSpuaprpelnytlCyenwteirt.h: inth e US Arrey Tank COmmand 'tn Warren, Hichigan, new individuals have entered the. specification writing business, and adopted HH-L-361G without input from eitp..~~-.. ~p.e:. IP:Btitut~; o;r i;ld+P,dual. memb~11J thereof. Ther~ w~:re _severai ch~g~~ incl,,;d1.ng, a ba~_ :oil asbestos materials "unless sped.f:t ~al~y p~rl!Ji'tted, "'an uii~ealisdc tolerance ot .025., on the inside arat!:l'-13 ~!it clrunf prak~ ).ininge.,,' fiatness/paralleH~t'l specification change, and shelf life for pre-cemeJlted lining time/tctr.penture changes. The Brake Pe:::-formance Study Cotmnittee will review these changes. and decide on comments to the Specification writers. .. r. , .. P.SSGL\"EDi To ~c~pt the report of the. a~ake Pej-formance Study -.. .I Colimd.ttee as written. . .' . . : FMSI 01934 - 13 - PUBLIC l::ELATIOHS ACTIVITY The Secretary advised that there would be no Public Relations Committee P.eport. iJr. Belans had volunte~red to help tTith public relations releases through the !:-I.K. Porter Conpan.y'.s Advertising Group in Pittsburgh. BecauSe of Porter's. sale of t!->.e duntington facility to Friction Material Compatty~ thb avenue of public relationS ~i~tribution is no longer available. Hr. :Celans indicated that ti1e release on election of officers at the June 1986 meeting "t-Tas di::;t:dbuted, and the announcement appeared in the trade press~-' .. , ,.,,. ANNUAL l1EETIN~ CO~fMITTEE i.1r. Ed Eggert, Chairman of the Annual I:leeting Committee, read this report. Please refer to EXHIBIT 12. Tae Chairman recommended that the Institute hold its June 1988 meeting in ~:i.c:1terey, California. He specifically noted the Honterey Beach Hotel, and had contacted them for group rates. As there had been earlier objection to the higher rates at two locations in the Honterey area (l..odge at Pebble Beach and Quail Lodge in Carmel), Hr. Eggert noted that the group rates at the i!ont~rey Beach Hotel t-Tere competi'tive. It had earlier been noted that the Board of Directors had approved the Chairman's report at their meeting on Jun,e 15. Ur. Gagnon, who travels in that area and plans to be in Uonterey/Uorthera California this Summer, had earlier volunteered to check out the Honterey Beach Hotel facilities. Ur. Randall also volunteered to check out the r1onterey Beach Hotel. "nle Secre- tary Yas advised to ef.ve Hr. Gagnon and i:Ir. Randall 'specifics on the Ilonte- rey Be::..ch Hotel and the parties to contact. The Directors, at the earlier meeting, had selected Sawgrass in Florida as an alternate meeting site should the l!onterey arrangements not work out. Hr. Barton had earlier asked the Secretary to check out the golfing in Honterey. The Hotel indicated it could make reEervations ahead of time at tl-70 "desirable courses: I Carmel Valley Golf Ch} [t:td Rancho Canada Golf Club. If for any reason those courses ~Tere filled' r!~; ;.;:1e Ins'titute t~Tanted starting t:trr.es, other courses would guarantc.~ 1..:1c\-up. The Honterey Beach Hotel :'.((71~~ed that the courses at Pebble Bee.e:!-, and Sflygl?~:: are open to the publ~. ~ .. ~.~ ..-: th~y do not book advance reservat;ions. ~>se wishing to play thosa c~urses must check in at the clubhouse on the day they wish to play and then get starting times. J.t l.rould appear that there are reasonable golf facilities available for our llembers' pu~oses. The Secretary asked about meetinc starting dates. Uembers indicated the Sunday starting date (for Directors' reception) that was used this year was satisfactory. The Secretary advised that he would book facilities (after site inspections) for Sunday arrival June 12, 1988, with departure date of l1ednesday June 15, 1988. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was: r.ESOLVED: To accept the report of the Annual Heeting Committee as written. FMSI 01935 - 14 - HISTORICAL SALES REPORTIN'G : ;. _ The Secretary. ~~~ed on the Institute's Historical Sales Reporting Progra~. Please., r~fe.r to EXHIBIT 11 in the report package, i:: Essentially, the sales reporting statistics program was unchanged from that in previous years. However, he noted that there were more difficulties with the data sent to the Accountants than there had been in previous years. As a result, the report:$were usually late, and corrections had to be made subsequent to the repurt. The difficulties were apparently the result of changing respo~ibiUt;iea .at .reporting companies, either with new people reporting, or with significant changes in the structures of reporting companies t;aused by acquisitions and mergers. The 11embers liere asked to review ea~ report .before a.e~ng_~h~ data to tha accountants to be certain it wes !;O~stenf.. l4t~. ear~ier .data.- .' Upon motion duly -~de,-, _~_s.econded and.. unanimously passed, it was:. RESOLVimi . To accept the rep9rt .on Historlcat, Sales Reporting as written. lNTBODUCnON OF OFFICERS 11r. Bar.ton, PreSident, advised that the newly elected Board of Directors had e.lected the .follo. wing Officers fot: the 1987-88. .f.iscal Year: . Hr.' F. William .Barton, .Reddaway Mfg. Co., President Ur. W. Uax Sleeth, Virginia FJ:iction 'Products, Vice President iir. Hr. Larry iiintman, Certified Brakes, Treasurer w.Edwar~ D.rislane.... Friction Haterials S.tandards Institute, Secretary All four qfficers had served for the 1986-87 Fiscal Year,. and were reelected to serve until June 30, 198&" *fr fr fr fr There being no other business brought to the attention of the Hembership, upon motion duly .made, seconded BD:4 unanimously passed, it was: . 1\ESOLVBP: To adjoU'm. Adjoumed on June 17, '1987, 9:20 Al!. E. w. Drislane Secretary FMSI 01936