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MEMORANDUM

To:ÊÊÊÊÊ ÊÊÊÊÊ Quality and Productivity Research Conference Steering Committee Members

From:Ê ÊÊÊÊÊ Jeff Hooper

Subject:ÊÊÊÊ Minutes of the Tuesday, February 27, 2001

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Conference Call

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ 11:30 am ö 12:30 pm EST

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Present:ÊÊÊ Leroy Franklin, Bill Hill, Jeff Hooper, Rita Lai, Paul Tobias

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Next Meeting:

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2001

Time:ÊÊÊÊ 1:30 PM -ÊÊ 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Ê12:30 PM -ÊÊ 1:30 PM Central Time

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Ê11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Mountain Time

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time

Duration: 1 Hour

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Call in number: 888-559-7537

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Access Code: 120887

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Important URLs:

Q&P Section Homepage:ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ http://web.utk.edu/~asaqp/

Sematech Homepage (2001)Ê http://www.sematech.org

Attachments:

1. Agenda for Tuesday, April 17, 2001 Steering Committee Meeting

2. Agenda for Tuesday, February 27, 2001 Steering Committee MeetingÊÊ

3. Steering Committee Member List

4. Potential Future Conference Sponsors

Meeting Highlights:

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1.Ê 2001 Conference

- Planning is complete for the 2001 conference, with the eleven invited sessions, 27 ö 30 contributed papers to be delivered in 2-3 concurrent sessions.Ê The call for contributed papers closed last Friday.Ê It is a very strong program.

- The short course on Tuesday will be given by Wayne Nelson.Ê Wayne will receive partial expense reimbursement.

- This years registration will allow the use of credit cards, and the registration material will be on the website by the end of the week.Ê

- Given the healthy nature of our conference fund, 15-20 scholarships will be offered to students nominated by a faculty member.Ê The scholarships will include the registration fee along with accomodations support.

- A live video camera tour of theÊ AMD wafer fab will be offered Friday afternoon at the close of the conference.

- The Q&PRC Steering Committee will have its yearly meeting concurrently with the AMD tour on Friday afternoon after the conclusion of the conference.

- Gerry Hahn has accepted the invitation to be honored at the 2001 conference. Gerry is retiring after 44 years at GE.Ê Speakers to honor Gerry are Wayne Nelson, Bill Meeker, and Roger Hoerl.Ê

- The formal AMD invitation letter has gone out and been accepted with Steve Porzioâs approval

- Paul has set up the bank account for the 2001 conference, and $5000 is being transferred to this account from Steve Porzio.

- Everything now appears on track for the conference.Ê Publicity and registration will be ramping up in the next few months.Ê A big advantage for this conference is that we will be able to use Sematechâs credit card acceptance process.

2.Ê 2002 Conference

- A major issue has developed with the 2002 conference.Ê Honeywell is being acquired by GE, and since GE was the 1999 conference sponsor, it does not make sense for GE to sponsor the conference again in 2002.

- Bill Hill has contacted John Rolfes as 3M to see if 3M is interested in hosting the 2002 conference.Ê Jeff Hooper has talked to John Rolfes, and John initially indicated that he was 98% sure 3M would agree to host the 2002 conference.Ê A final answer was expected at the end of January or early February. (Note: 3M has a new CEO, one of the 2 GE executives that did not get Jack Welchâs job, so final approval is taking a bit longer than thought.)Ê Jeff Hooper spoke to John Rolfes on March 20, and John said that he had been unable to get a response from senior 3M management.Ê This is not a good sign.Ê Jeff asked John to try and get a response one way or the other by Friday, March 23.Ê If we cannot get a response by them we will have to look for another 2002 sponsor, and in this case the 2002 conference is in significant jeopardy.

- If 3M does go forward to host 2002, Bill Hill will work with them to get them quickly up to speed.Ê Hopefully we can use the same dates as planned for Honeywell.

- George Box was selected to be honored, but is unable to participate in person due to doctorâs restrictions on his travel.Ê If 3M agrees he will still be honored and we will look into the options to have him present via phone connection.Ê There is also a video that can be shown.

3.Ê Q&PRC Financial Procedures

-Jeff Hooper and LeRoy Franklin had a conference call with Geoff Vining and Steve Porzio to determine the financial procedures for the Q&PRC.Ê The decision was made to have Q&PRC establish its own tax-exempt status (501 c [3]), and to have its own separate finances.Ê These conference finances would be the complete responsibility of the Q&PRC, but it is possible that the ASA Finance Office would handle the operations of these finances for the Q&PRC for a fee.Ê LeRoy has secured the necessary IRS forms for Q&PRC to apply for their own tax-exempt status independent of ASA, and Jeff and LeRoy have begun the application process. Jeff and LeRoy to have made sufficient progress on the IRS tax exempt status application that Steve Porzio recommended to the ASA Board of Directors that the 2001 conference proceed financially using the same procedures as the 2000 conference. If requested at some future date, Steve Porzio would bring up to the ASA board the possibility of the ASA finance office performing the financial operations functions, but with no responsibility for the finances, for the Q&PRC for a fee.Ê But regardless of the ASA board decision on this purely operational issue, the Q&PRC would be financially independent and able to keep operating successfully as it has been for the past 17 years.Ê The other aspects of the Q&PRC relationship with the ASA Q&P section, that is other than the finances, would remain the same.Ê LeRoy has already obtained the Employee Identification Number, a required step in the process, and Jeff and LeRoy have begun filling out the detailed applications.

-Jeff Hooper is completing the IRS tax exempt application, but due to a heavy workload this effort is 3 weeks behind schedule.Ê The new target completion date is April 1.

Number	Action Item	Responsibility
2000.01	Get an invitation letter to AMD inviting them to co-host 2001 conference and soliciting the tax deductible donation Status: Closed.Ê Letter written & formally sent and accepted.	JeffÊ Hooper
2000.02	Contact Ray Waller to determine if Steve Porzioâs proposed financial changes are the result of BoD or Exec Director decisions Status: Closed ö ASA leadership is concerned with ASA financial performance, limiting ASA financial risk with conferences they sponsor, and maintaining ASA tax-free status.Ê But there are no ASA policies or directions from ASA leadership along the lines being pursued by Steve Porzio	Rob Easterling
2000.03	Document Steering Committee Recommendation to Q&P and SPES Leadership Status: Closed ö Documentation sent to all stakeholders	Jeff Hooper
2000.04	LeRoy Franklin and Geoff Vining will champion the recommended financial position at the Q&P Section annual business meeting and the COS meeting in Indianapolis Status: Closed ö Jeff Hooper has sent all necessary information to LeRoy and Geoff, and has asked Rob Easterling to coordinate on this issue with LeRoy and Geoff at the Annual meeting. This issue is on the COS agenda, LeRoy and Geoff have briefed the Q&P Section COS rep on this issue and may have participated in the COS discussion.Ê Rob Easterling and Jeff Hooper drafted a resolution for the COS meeting on Section Sponsored conferences. The result of the COS meeting was for Q&PRC to work directly with Steve Porzio to develop the Q&PRC financial procedures.Ê	LeRoy Franklin Geoff Vining

2000.05	The following contacts will be made to explore hosts for 2003 conf Status: Closed IBM- Paul Tobias contacted, willing to host 2003 conference.Ê They have been formally invited to host 2003 conference and they have accepted. Ford ö Jeff Hooper, efforts to contact not returned.Ê No further action.Ê Eastman Chem ö Angie Neff, contacted, some questions returned, Jeff H. responded, they are not a sponsor candidate. No further action.Ê 3M ö Bill Hill, contacted Pete Jacobs who referred Bill to Bill Rolfes as new head of 3M statistics, but no response yet. 3M is in Minneapolis, and U of Minn. has a very strong stat dept. Bill will pursue to see if interested in sponsoring 2004 conference. DoD ö Bill Hill, Bill contacted Jack Hunter, and Jack is pursuing within DOD.Ê This is expected to take some time.Ê Bill will pursue to see if interested in sponsoring 2004 conference.	See Action Item
2000.06	Paul Tobias will contact Emmanuel Yashchin to verbally invite IBM to be the 2003 conference sponsor/host. IBM has accepted the invitation to host the 2003 conference. Status: Closed	Paul Tobias
2000.07	Jeff Hooper will contact Rob Easterling, LeRoy May and Geoff Vining to find out what happened at the JSMs in Indianapolis on financial procedures for section sponsored conferences.Ê Jeff has contacted Rob and Geoff, and the result was that Q&PRC will obtain their own tax-exempt status and the finances of the Q&PRC will be completely separated from the ASA.Ê ASA finance may be contracted to handle the financial operations, but with no overall financial responsibility for the Q&PRC. Status: Closed	Jeff Hooper
2000.08	Paul Tobias will contact Emmanuel Yaschin to see if IBM can host the 2002 conference, since Honeywell, who where to host the 2002 conference, is being acquired by GE, and GE hosted the 1999 conference.Ê IBM cannot host the 2002 conference. Status: Closed	Paul Tobias

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ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

Conference Call

Tuesday, April 17, 2001

1:30pm ö 2:30pm Eastern Time

Call in number: 888-559-7537

Access Code: 120-887

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ AGENDA

Time	Agenda Item	Responsibility
1:30pm ö 1:40 pm	Check in and Review of Agenda	All
1:40pm - 2:00pm	2001 Conference Plans	PaulTobias/Ê Chelli Zey
Ê2:00pm ö 2:15pm	2002 Conference Plans	Jeff Hooper/ Bill Hill
Ê2:15pm ö 2:25 pm Ê2:25pm - 2:30pm Ê 2:30pm	Q&PRC Financial Procedures Other Business Adjourn	Jeff Hooper/Ê LeRoy Franklin All

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ASA Q&P Research Conference Steering Committee

Conference Call

February 27, 2001

Call in number: 888 559 7255

Access Code: 955 776

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Time	Agenda Item	Responsibility
11:30 am-11:40am	Check in and Review of Agenda	All
11:40am-12NoonÊ	2001 Conference Plans	Paul Tobias/ Chelli Zey
12:00Noon-12:10pm 12:10pm-12:20 12:20pm-12:30pm 12:30pm	2002 Conference Plans Q&PRC Financial Procedures Other Business Adjourn	Jeff Hooper Jeff Hooper/ Leroy Franklin All

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ASA Quality & Productivity Research Conference

Steering Committee Members

Updated:Ê July 28, 2000

Name

Address