1. Uwe Bratzler, AdCom Meeting, New Brunswick, Feb. 25, 2006 1 Report and Input from NPSS Transnational Committee (TNC) to AdCom Uwe Bratzler New Brunswick, Saturday, February 25, 2006 Topics: TNC – Committee Status Update, TNC AdCom representative deputy approval Future Conferences (NSS-MIC), beyond “Germany2008” Expanding TNC to include “New Countries” Expanding TNC to include representatives from all NPSS fields How to more actively involve NPSS members from outside North-America in NPSS society and conference activities? IEEE Membership: Repeated wish for IEEE institute group rates.

2. Uwe Bratzler, AdCom Meeting, New Brunswick, Feb. 25, 2006 2 TNC – Committee Status Update 20 Members representing 15 countries (New Members 2006: Reyes Fernandes – Spain; Jean-Pierre Martin - Canada) Functions: TNC Deputy Chair: Maxim Titov TNC Secretary: Reyes Fernandez Communications Administrator: Ping Yeh Phone Meetings, Minutes, Website. TNC AdCom Representative/Deputy Approval Maxim Titov (TNC Deputy Chair) (Uwe Bratzler, TNC Chair) What steps in AdCom to approve Maxim as my deputy?

3. Uwe Bratzler, AdCom Meeting, New Brunswick, Feb. 25, 2006 3 Future Conferences (NSS-MIC), beyond “Germany2008” 2000: Lyon, France (NSS/MIC record attendance ~1,300) 2001: San Diego, CA, USA 2002: Norfolk, VA, USA 2003: Portland, OR, USA 2004: Rome, Italy (new NSS/MIC record attendance ~1,800) 2005: Puerto Rico, USA 2006: San Diego, CA, USA 2007: Oahu, HI, USA 2008: Dresden, Germany (planning for largest meeting so far) About 50% of NPSS members from outside North America. Conferences outside North-America important. Participation from Asia increasing. Hawaii Conference can serve as ‘test’ for response from Asia. Next outside-North America NSS-MIC: in 3-4 years, Asia/Japan? TNC appreciates support for having NSS-MIC outside North America every few years (which started with “Lyon2000” – pioneered by Patrick Le Du) and likes to remind that it is important to continue doing so…

4. Uwe Bratzler, AdCom Meeting, New Brunswick, Feb. 25, 2006 4 Expanding TNC to include “New Countries” Currently making contacts with: China, (south) Korea, additional Eastern European Countries Expanding TNC to include representatives from all NPSS fields Wish to have more representation in TNC from other than NSS-MIC NPSS community members (from outside North America).  Help from NPSS Technical Committee Chairs?

5. Uwe Bratzler, AdCom Meeting, New Brunswick, Feb. 25, 2006 5 How to more actively involve NPSS members from outside North-America in NPSS society and conference activities? TNC is discussing this right now – input/support welcome.

6. Uwe Bratzler, AdCom Meeting, New Brunswick, Feb. 25, 2006 6 IEEE Membership: Repeated wish for IEEE institute group rates Background: In basically all institutions in Europe (as probably also in the US), IEEE membership fees will not be paid by the employer, even though, once an employee is IEEE member, his/her institute will save money through significantly lower conference registration fees for their IEEE member employees. Some TNC members (from Eastern European countries) inform that if they could enroll as a group, their institutes would/could pay for their IEEE membership (fees). TNC believes that the possibility for such possible “group rates” would result in a significant increase in IEEE membership, while it would also help these colleagues - who otherwise may not, or may not be able (financially) - to become an IEEE member.  Discussion.