The Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee (RITC) is all the members of NPSS who subscribe to the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. The Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC) is an elected committee responsible for the operation of RITC. RISC has the task of acting on behalf of the full RITC membership in organizational matters, the most important of which is planning for future Nuclear Science Symposia (NSS). Meetings of RISC are scheduled annually at the time of the NSS, with most other business conducted via email. Each summer, 5 members are elected to the RISC. If you have an interest in becoming a candidate for election to RISC or want to nominate someone else, please send me an email at RonKeyser@ieee.org
It’s time once again to plan to attend the 2003 NSS-MIC meeting on Oct 19 to Oct 26 at the Doubletree Hotels Portland - Columbia River and Jantzen Island in Portland, OR. Once again, we are able to have the Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop and the Symposium on Nuclear Power Systems at the same time and place. The NSS-MIC General Chair is Ralph James; the RTSD General Co-Chairs are Ralph James and Paul Siffert; the SNPS Program Chair is Jay Forster. The deadlines for abstract submission are as follows:

• NSS May 16, 2003
• MIC May 16, 2003
• SNPS June 1, 2003
• RTSD June 27, 2003

In addition to the sessions for these meetings, there will be several workshops and short courses before, during and after the main meeting.
For more information on the meeting times, hotels and any other details, see the website at http://www.nss-mic.org/2003/nsshome2003.html
One of the pleasures of the RISC is the recognition of the contributions made by our colleagues. This year the award will be the Radiation Instrumentation Outstanding Achievement Award. Please submit nominations to the Awards Committee Chairman, David Wehe at dkw@umich.edu. The nomination form is at http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/awards.htm.
See you in Portland.
Ron Keyser, the Chair of the RISC as well as NIDCOM (see below) can be reached at ORTEC, 801 South Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37831; Phone: +1 865 483-2146; Fax: +1 865 481-2438; E-mail: RonKeyser@ieee.org