Council of Society Delegates Rick Roop, ISA President

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1 Meeting Agenda International Society of Automation 67 Alexander Drive P.O. Box Research Triangle Park, NC PHONE (919) FAX (919) Meeting: Chair: Members: Staff: Date/Time: Location: Distribution: Council of Society Delegates Rick, ISA President Society Delegates Patrick J. Gouhin, ISA Executive Director and CEO 12 October, 9:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. (Doors open at 7:30 a.m.) Kentucky Ballroom, Louisville Marriott Downtown, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Society Delegates and Alternates, Section Presidents, Executive Board, Appropriate Staff Drafted 7/2/2015, Revised 8/12/2015 Item # Time Item Presenter 9:00a CREDENTIALING OF DELEGATES (Delegates should be seated prior to 9:30 a.m.) Credentials Committee 1. ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING 9:30a President s Report 9:40a Treasurer s Report Devine 9:50a President-elect Secretary s Report Keaveney 9:55a Automation Federation and Automation Standards Compliance Institute Reports Koon 2. 10:00a COUNCIL OF SOCIETY DELEGATES MEETING CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF DELEGATES Refer to Meeting Procedures and Standing Rules documents 3. 10:15a ADOPTION OF CREDENTIALS REPORT 4. 10:20a APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO APPROVE MINUTES 5. 10:25a ADOPTION OF STANDING RULES 6. 10:30a ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA 7. 10:35a ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 8. 10:40a RECOGNITION OF SOCIETY SERVICE The Council of Society Delegates acknowledges and congratulates the following Members, Sections, and Divisions for exemplary Society service: Excellence in Enduring Service Recognizes dedicated volunteer service to the Society at the grassroots level. May be

2 presented to multiple (up to five) honorees. Jerry M. Clemons, Ph.D. (ABB Process Analytics, Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA) Analysis Division For dedicated and enduring service to the Society. Excellence in Society Service Recognizes distinguished and dedicated volunteer service to the Society. Mike Huereca (Rawson, Houston, Texas, USA) Houston Section For exemplary service to two ISA sections and districts by serving in numerous section and district leadership positions which resulted in outstanding section performance. Division Excellence Recognizes an ISA Division for development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society. No nominations were submitted for this award. Section Excellence Recognizes an ISA Section for development and/or execution of programs and/or services to advance the mission of the Society. The honoree will be revealed at the Gala. The nominees are: Houston Section For financing and conducting an internship program for over 50 students and a PE study group for 55 participants. Oklahoma State University Student Section For organizing and conducting Automation Day 2015 as a cooperative venture between education and industry. Spain Section For a program and execution of plan to publish new technical books on automation in Spanish language. Standards Excellence Recognizes an ISA standards committee member for exceptional efforts in organization, development and/or administration to further the development of ISA standards and for services to advance the mission of the Society. Keith Unger (Buford, Georgia, USA) ISA95 For sustained leadership over the past 15 years of ISA95 Enterprise-Control System Integration Committee which developed a six-part standard that has been widely recognized in the automation and IT industries as a leading tool for integrating manufacturing systems with business systems.

3 Member s Choice Division Leader of the Year Recognizes a Division leader whose activities in the previous year, in an innovative way, have provided exceptional value to a Division, or enhanced an existing conference and/or symposia, or contributed to the development of a new conference and/or symposia. No nominations were submitted for this award. Member s Choice Section Leader of the Year Recognizes a Section leader whose activities in the previous year, in an innovative way, provided exceptional value to a local Section. Rahul Sharma (BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India) BMS College of Engineering Student Section Member s Choice Student Mentor of the Year Recognizes a member whose activities in the previous year have promoted and encouraged student involvement in automation programs. KLS Sharma (Automation Education and Training, Bangalore, India) Bangalore Section Member s Choice Volunteer Leader of the Year Recognizes a member who in the previous year has demonstrated exceptional leadership of a task force, committee, or board at any level within the Society (Section, Division, District, Department, Executive) resulting in a specific positive outcome. A. Vimala Juliet (SRM University Kattankulathur) South India Section 9. 10:45a BYLAWS AMENDMENT: ARTICLE XVIII DUES AND ASSESSMENTS On 15 June 2015, the ISA Executive Board unanimously approved a motion to recommend to the Council of Society Delegates that the dues rate for full dues paying members be increased member dues. Marty Bince, Image & Membership Vice President RESOLVED: that Article XVIII, Section 1 be amended to strikeout the Member, Senior Member, and Fellow dues amount of $ and insert $120.00; strikeout the dues amount of $50.00 for Automation Affiliate member and insert $60.00; strikeout the dues amount of $ for two years discounted rate and insert $225.00; and strikeout the dues amount of $ for three years discounted rate and insert $315.00, to be effective January 1, The amended bylaws would read (eliminations; new wording underlined): ARTICLE XVIII - Dues and Assessments 1. The annual dues shall be as follows:* Student Member $10.00 Virtual Student Member $5.00 Member $110.00** $120.00** Senior Member $ $ Fellow $ $ Life Member None Life Senior Member None Life Fellow None

4 Honorary Member Automation Affiliate Member Automation Community Member None $50.00 $60.00 None Non-student members may pay in advance for two and three years of membership at a discounted rate of $ $ for two years and $ $ for three years. * Except for former Society Presidents, who shall be given a permanent membership card and granted lifetime free membership in the SOCIETY. ** Except for a graduating Student Member upgrading to Member, whose dues shall remain at the Student Member dues rate for one year after graduation :55a INTRODUCTION OF VICE PRESIDENTS Elected for a two year term beginning 1 January 2016: District 1 Bruce M. Morris (Morris Consulting) Connecticut Valley Section District 3 Linh Nguyen (Schneider Electric) Atlanta Section District 5 Ruth Sikorski (AFR/RQTI) Dayton Section District 7 To be announced District 9 John Scharosch (Capital Electric Inc.) Portland Section District 11 Jeffery S. Blue (Southern Nevada Water System) Las Vegas Section District 13 Ryan W. Kershaw (Mettler Toledo) Toronto Section Industries & Sciences Prabhu Soundarrajan (Honeywell Industrial Safety) Chemical & Petroleum Industries Division Professional Development James H. Garrison (aesolutions) Western Carolinas Section Strategic Planning Dawn T. Schweitzer (Eastman Kodak Co.) Rochester Section :00a INTRODUCTION OF 2016 ISA EXECUTIVE BOARD Society President James Keaveney Society President-elect Secretary - To be announced Society Past President Richard W. Society Treasurer Thomas Devine Parliamentarian to be announced (non-voting) Members to be announced

5 12. 11:05a RECOGNITION OF RETIRING VICE PRESDIENTS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS / Keaveney District 1 Stanley C. Rogacki (IDEAS Company) New Jersey Section District 3 Glynn M. Mitchell (US Nitrogen) Atlanta Section District 5 Jason P. Wright (Rockwell Automation) Southeastern Michigan Section (Inactive) District 7 James H. Haw (Oxy Oil and Gas) Texas Channel Section District 9 Brad S. Carlberg (BSC Engineering) Richland Section District 11 Rafael A. Agrazsanchez (Invensys) Orange County Section District 13 Jeffrey A. Talbot (Summit Instrument Specialties) Sarnia Section Industries & Sciences Alex Habib (Custom Automation) Food & Pharmaceutical Division/New Jersey Section Professional Development Jacob Jackson ( ) Education Division/Atlanta Section Strategic Planning Jon DiPietro (Authentica) Water & Wastewater Division/Boston Section Society Past President Peggie W. Koon, Ph.D. (Retired) Management Division/Savannah River Section :15a OTHER BUSINESS Additional resolutions must be submitted to the Resolutions Committee Chair (President-elect Secretary Jim Keaveney) by 5:00 p.m. EDT, Sunday, 11 October, to be considered at this Council Meeting. New items of business, not presented to the Resolutions Committee, require a two-thirds vote of the Council in order to be added to the agenda :25a TRANSFER OF AUTOMATION FEDERATION GAVEL AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT Koon/ :30a TRANSFER OF ISA GAVEL AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT / Keaveney :40a ADJOURNMENT