Ronald Jaszczak (Chair) and Craig Levin (Secretary)
10 February 2002

The Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Council (NMISC) Annual Meeting was held on November 9, 2001 from Noon-2pm at the Town and Country Hotel in San Diego, CA. The meeting was called to order by Joel S. Karp, NMISC Chairperson

Members and newly elected members present: Magnus Dahlbom, Margaret Daube- Witherspoon, Lars Eriksson, Ron Huesman, Joel Karp, Craig Levin, John Engdahl, Ron Jaszczak, Bill Moses, Bradley Patt, Michael King, Paul Mardsen, Charles Stearns, Gary Wong, Larry Zeng,

Members absent: Sibylle Ziegler, George Zubal, Marijana Ivanovic, Steven Meikle

Others in attendance: Ed Hoffman, Ben Tsui, Eric Frey, Anna Celler, John Aarsvold, Paul Kinahan, David Townsend, Robert Miyaoka, Alberto Del Guerra.

New members: Eric C. Frey, Marijana Ivanovic, Paul Kenneth Marsden, Bradley E. Patt, Gengsheng Lawrence Zeng, were introduced with terms ending December 31, 2003.

Newly elected members: This years election results were in time for the meeting and the newly elected members were introduced: Magnus Dahlbom, Lars Eriksson, Margaret Daube-Witherspoon, Steven Meikle, and Charles Stearns are the newly elected members with terms from January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2004.

An overview of 2001 IEEE MIC meeting in San Diego was presented by B. Tsui and E. Frey, MIC conference chair and co-chair). The number of registered attendees with MIC indicated as primary interest was 398 out of 925 for the whole conference.  It was noted, however, that there were many MIC attendees that did not indicate MIC on the on-line registration form and were counted as NSS attendees, since that was the default.  So probably there were many more MIC attendees than 398. This year ten companies contributed to student travel awards for students to attend.

A review of Next Year’s (2002) IEEE NSS/MIC Meeting in Norfolk, VA  was presented by J. Karp, NSS/MIC General Chair, P. Kinahan, Chair MIC, and R. Miyaoka, Co-Chair, MIC.

The MIC and NSS chairs have met to discuss the issue of poster sessions for next year’s meeting.  Both NSS and MIC will be doing poster tours.  There will be a local outreach program to bring high school students to the meeting.  The 2002 MIC chair Paul Kinahan will be firming up plans in February.

A preview of 2004 NSS/MIC meeting in Italy was presented by A. Del Guerra, NSS/MIC General Chair. Sites in Florence and Rome were strongly considered.  The general consensus was that “the hearts went with Florence but the minds selected Rome”.  Ergife Palace Hotel in Rome has been chosen.  Just outside of (15 minute bus ride to) old Rome. The motion to nominate Sybille Ziegler to serve as the 2004 MIC Chair was unanimous.

A discussion of the roles of the RISC/NMISC Technical Committees was presented by Glenn Knoll. It was decided that the merging of RISC and NMISC tasks regarding the conference was a good idea.  However, in order for NSS to recognize MIC component of the meeting on equal footing, they must share all responsibilities for the conference preparation. The first issue discussed was site selection.  A motion was made to form a joint NSS/MIC site selection committee with Bill Moses as chair.  Bill Moses was nominated and unanimously voted in as the first official NSS/MIC site selection committee chair.  Both NSS and MIC community members will be represented in this committee.  Another responsibility discussed regarding the joining of RISC and NMISC tasks was joint reporting to AdCom regarding potential problems associated with the conference.  The two groups would also work together to choose a general conference chair.

Officers of NMISC. Joel Karp’s term as NMISC chair ends December 31, 2001.  Ron Jaszczak, as Vice Chair, will assume the role of Chair on the first of January, 2002.  Although Craig Levin’s term with the NMISC also terminates Dec. 31, 2001, he will stay on as secretary. Margaret Daube-Withersopoon was nominated and voted in as the new Awards Chair.

NMISC Bylaws review committee. Bill Moses has also volunteered to chair a review committee to update the NMISC bylaws.

Excerpted from the Minutes of the Annual Meeting and submitted by Craig Levin, Secretary, NMISC who can be reached at the Nuclear Medicine Division, School of Medicine, University of California/VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92161; Phone: +1 858 552-7511; Fax: +1 858 552-4387; E-mail: clevin@ucsd.edu