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TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT

You will soon receive the ballot for the selection of the new members of the RITC Steering Committee. The ballot has highly qualified, motivated co-workers willing to work on your behalf to continue to improve the field. The RISC has 15 elected members, of which 5 are elected each year for a three-year term. Please return your ballot with your selections. It’s not too early to volunteer for next year, so send me a message if you want to be on the Steering Committee.

All interested NPSS members are invited to attend the RITC annual meeting at the NSS/MIC meeting. Look in the program guide or at the meeting for time and location. At this meeting you will have the chance to talk with the Steering Committee (RISC) about the meeting, the Society or any other topic. The Steering Committee oversees the operation of the whole Committee and your input is important, so that we may do what you want.

If you haven’t made plans to attend the 2003 meeting in Portland (Oct 19 to 25), do so now. This meeting is the premier meeting for radiation detectors, processing electronics, modeling, systems, and medical imaging. Before and after the meeting are short courses and workshops, where you can learn about newest developments, the basics of radiation detection, or medical imaging. The exhibits will showcase the latest products from many companies. Even if you have known some of these companies for many years, it is worth the time to investigate their new products. Because of the quality of this meeting, many companies make the first public showing of produces at this exhibition. See the web site www.nss-mic.org for complete details and read the Newsletter articles by the Chairmen of the meeting.

The future NSS/MIC meetings are:

2004
Oct 16 to 23, Rome, Italy
General Chair: Alberto Del Guerra
2005
Oct 23 to 29, San Juan, PR
General Chair: Tom Lewellen
2006
Oct 29 to Nov 5, San Diego
General Chair: Graham Smith

Mark these dates on your calendar. The abstract submission is usually in the late spring for the following meeting. This means you need to be thinking about it soon. It’s never too early to start the writing.

To the members in Universities, I put out a call for more student members. Vernon Price has done an outstanding job of getting new members, including students. However, many students are not receiving all the membership benefits they could obtain by attending meetings and association with others doing similar work from around the world. If you need help in explaining the benefits to potential student members, Vernon will be happy to supply you with the right materials.

Finally, vote and I look forward to seeing you in Portland in October.

Ron Keyser, the Chair of RITC, 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

Ronald Jaszczak
NMISTC Chair

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