August SSCS AdCom Meeting

The second 2001 SSCS Administrative Committee meeting was held 27 August in San Francisco, California, to review the Society’s operations and take action on new activities. The following actions were taken:

Microwave Conference and Publication

The Society will provide technical co-sponsorship of the Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium in 2002. The RFIC will meet 2-4 June 2002 in Seattle, Washington, in conjunction with the International Microwave Symposia. Other sponsors of RFIC include the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the IEEE Electron Devices Society.

The AdCom decided against financial support for a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. Originally scheduled to come out in fall of 2001 with a focus on integrated and nonintegrated silicon RF and microwave circuits, the special issue has now been expanded to include a 50-year history of MTT. This increased scope has delayed publication until winter of 2002. Since most SSCS members interested in this issue are probably already members of MTT, the cost of printing and distributing the issue to the full SSCS membership was judged unnecessary. Members who are interested in this issue are welcome to subscribe to the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.

Finances

In an email ballot prior to the August meeting, the AdCom agreed to increase the 2002 nonmember subscription price of the JSSC to $445. The rate has remained at $380 for three years, increased from $300 in 1998, and still remains well below prices of similar technical publications. Most libraries purchase a package of all Society periodicals (ASPP) and do not purchase individual subscriptions at this individual nonmember price. ASPP customers enjoy an additional discount of roughly 40% from nonmember prices.

The AdCom felt it necessary to increase the SSCS dues for 2003 to $20. The increase was in response to the current IEEE financial environment. SSCS has been the least expensive IEEE Society with a technical publication bundled into the dues and, at the increased membership rate, will remain among the least expensive. Other financial actions included loaning $35,000 in seed money for the 2002 Symposium on VLSI Circuits and providing $18,400 in subsidies for projects undertaken by 23 SSCS Chapters.

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