MINUTES_10th_GA - IFToMM

IFToMM 10th General Assembly
April 3, 2004, Tianjin, China
May 23, 2004
MINUTES OF THE IFToMM 10th GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
Time: April 3, 2004, 16:00 – 18:37
Place: Tianjin, China
1. OPENING
The President of IFToMM, Kenneth Waldron, opened the meeting and bade the participants
welcome.
2. NOMINATION OF THE RECORDER FOR THE MINUTES OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Nomination of Official Recorder to be Harvey Lipkin (USA).
Moved by P. R. McAree (Australia), seconded by M. Husty (Austria), and elected unanimously by
voice vote.
3. NOMINATION OF THE CREDENTIAL COMMITTEE
Nomination of the Credential Committee to include: Teun Koetsier (The Netherlands) and K. Miller
(Australia).
Moved by J. Ge (USA), seconded by J.-P. Merlet (France), and elected unanimously by voice vote.
4. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
List of Apologies For Absence read by M. Ceccarelli (Italy): Prof. Dr. Schweitzer Gerhard
(Switzerland), Prof. Thomas B. Chondros (Greece), Dr. Dein Shaw (China-Taipei).
5. AGREEMENT OF THE AGENDA
The agenda for the meeting was accepted.
Moved by J.-P. Merlet (France), seconded by J. Ge (USA), and accepted unanimously by voice vote.
6. AGREEMENT OF THE MINUTES OF THE 9 TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The minutes of the 9 th General Assembly were accepted.
Moved by J.-P. Merlet (France), seconded by M. Butkovic (Croatia), and accepted unanimously by
voice vote. Appendix 3.
7. REPORT OF KENNETH J. WALDRON, (PRESIDENT 2000-2007)
The Report of The President was read and submitted by Kenneth J. Waldron (USA). Appendix 4.
The Executive Council was elected prior to the 10 th General Assembly by mail vote due to the
postponement of 11 th World Congress because of the SARS epidemic. This was necessary to adhere
to the Constitution and By-Laws.
8. REPORT OF TATU LEINONEN (SECRETARY GENERAL 2000-2003)
The Report of The Secretary General was read and submitted by Tatu Leinonen (Finland). Appendix
5.

9. REPORT OF MARCO CECCARELLI (SECRETARY GENERAL 2004-2007)
The Report of The Secretary General was read and submitted by Marco Ceccarelli (Italy). Appendix
6 with Enclosures 1-5.
10. REPORT OF THE 11 TH IFToMM WORLD CONGRESS ON MECHANISM AND
MACHINE SCIENCE
The Report of The Chairman of the 11 th IFToMM was presented by Tian Huang (China-Beijing).
Appendix 7.
11. REPORT OF JORGE ANGELES (CHAIR OF THE CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE)
The Report of the Chair of the Constitution Committee was read and submitted by Jorge Angeles
(Canada). The Constitution and Bylaws were presented with yellow highlighting changes submitted
before the General Assembly, and red highlighting changes proposed at the General Assembly.
Appendix 8.
Changes to the Constitution were submitted in due time to the chairs of IFToMM members and they
were presented to the General Assembly. Mostly terminology was made uniform and maintaining a
web site was added.
Moved to be accepted by J. Angeles (Canada), seconded by P. R. McAree (Australia), and accepted
unanimously by voice vote.
Three new items for the By-Laws were presented, 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12, and formalization of
Nominating Committees.
Moved to be accepted by J. Angeles (Canada), seconded by M. Husty (Austria), and accepted
unanimously by voice vote.
Added phrase to Appendix I, Section A to attract researchers and young individuals.
Moved to be accepted by J. Angeles (Canada), seconded by M. Husty (Austria), and accepted
unanimously by voice vote.
Presented procedures on planning sponsorship for the conference, Articles 6.4 and 8.9.
Moved to be accepted by J. Angeles (Canada), seconded by J. Ge (USA), and accepted unanimously
by voice vote.
Presented official logo in a PDF file format.
Moved to be accepted by J. Angeles (Canada), seconded by M. Ceccarelli (Italy), and accepted
unanimously by voice vote.
12. REPORT OF ROBERT BICKER (TREASURER 2000-2003)
The Report of Treasurer was read and submitted by Robert Bicker (UK). Appendix 9.
Report period ending 31 December 2003 was 4.5 years due to changing the budget period so it
coincides with the end of the year.
13. REPORT OF JOSEPH ROONEY (TREASURER 2004-2007)
The Report of Treasurer with budget was read by Joseph Rooney (UK). Appendix 10.
Moved to be accepted by P. R. McAree (Australia), seconded by J. S. Rao (India), and accepted
unanimously by voice vote.
14. ELECTION OF NEW MEMBERS AND CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP
New membership requested by letter from Peru at the 7 th level of dues. Appendix 11.

Moved to be accepted by M. Husty (Austria), seconded by J. Ge (USA), and accepted unanimously
by voice vote.
J. Angeles (Canada) asked that an official organizational name be sent. Accepted unanimously by
voice vote.
15. REPORT OF JORGE ANGELES, CHAIR OF THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE
The report of the Chair of the Nomination Committee was read and submitted by J. Angeles
(Canada) giving the results of the postal ballot for the election of the Executive Council. Appendix
12.
16. REPORT OF TERRY SHOUP, CHAIR OF THE HONOURS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
The report of the Chair of the Honours and Awards Committee was presented and submitted for
Terry Shoup (USA) by K. J. Waldron (USA). Appendix 13.
Awards are to be presented at the banquet tonight.
The recipients are:
IFToMM Honorary membership: Prof. Jorge Angeles (Canada) and Prof. Arcady Bessonov (Russia)
IFToMM Award of merit: Prof. Shigeo Hirose (Japan) and Prof. Teun Koetsier (The Netherlands)
IFToMM Dedicated Service Award: Prof. J.S. Rao (India), Prof. Elizabeth Filemon (Hungary), and
Prof. Giovanni Bianchi (Italy)
17. ELECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE
J. Angeles (Canada) presented the nominees for the Constitution Committee (2004-2007):
Tatu Leinonen (Finland) - Chair
R. Boudreau (Canada)
S. Jatsun (Russia)
M. Dietrich (Poland)
E.C. Lovasz (Romania)
N. Inou (Japan)
Moved to be accepted by J. Angeles (Canada), seconded by J.-P. Merlet (France), and accepted by
voice vote.
K. Waldron (USA) moved to negate the result since the wrong names were displayed to the
Congress. Seconded by M. Husty (Austria) and accepted unanimously by voice vote.
The corrected list was presented and moved for Constitution Committee to be accepted by J.
Angeles (Canada), seconded by J.-P. Merlet, and accepted unanimously by voice vote.
18. ELECTION OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
J. Angeles (Canada) presented the nominees for the Nominating Committee (2004-2007):
J. Angeles (Canada) – Ex-Officio
P. Antonescu (Romania)
R. Bicker (UK)
J.C. Guinot (France)
Ce Zhang (China-Beijing)
Moved to be accepted by J. Angeles (Canada), seconded by I.-M. Chen (Singapore), and accepted

y voice vote.
19. ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR HONOURS AND AWARDS
Because of the accepted amendment in Bylaws No.3.12: ‘The Honors and Awards Committee is the
Executive Council, chaired by the President, who will appoint a secretary. The secretary will
overview the nomination procedure.’, no election was needed.
20. DATE AND PLACE OF THE 12 TH IFToMM WORLD CONGRESS ON MECHANISMS
AND MACHINE THEORY
Three sites where proposed for the 12 th IFToMM World Congress. Appendix 14.
1 st proposed site: Besancon, France. Presented by J.-P. Merlet (France).
2 nd proposed site: Guanajuato, Mexico. Presented by C. Lopez-Cajun (Mexico).
3 rd proposed site: Singapore. Presented by K. H. Low (Singapore) and I-Ming Chen (Singapore).
Voting procedure explained by K. J. Waldron (USA). If a proposal has a majority it is accepted;
otherwise the proposal with the lowest number of votes is eliminated and the procedure is repeated.
Round 1 results:
France 14
Mexico 13
Singapore 7
Abstain 1
Singapore is eliminated.
Round 2 results:
France 17
Mexico 15
Abstain 2
The 12 th IFToMM Congress has been accepted to be held in Besancon, France.
21. OTHER BUSINESS
No other business.
22. CLOSURE
The Congress was adjourned at 18:37 on April 3, 2004 by K. J. Waldron (USA).
Recorded and faithfully submitted by Harvey Lipkin (USA).

APPENDICES
APPENDIX n.1: Addresses of the Chairs of the National or Territory Organization IFToMM members and
record of presences.
APPENDIX n.2: IFToMM Constitution and Bylaws – approved 1999 with additional information
APPENDIX n.3: Minutes of the 9-th General Assembly
APPENDIX n.4: Report of Kenneth J. Waldron (President 2000-2007)
APPENDIX n.5: Report of Tatu Leinonen (Secretary General 2000-2003)
APPENDIX n.6: Report of Marco Ceccarelli (Secretary General 2004-2007)
APPENDIX n.7: Report of the 11-th IFToMM World Congress on MMS
APPENDIX n.8: Report of Jorge Angeles, Chair of the Constitution Committee
APPENDIX n.9: Report of Robert Bicker (Treasurer 2000-2003). Approval of the Budget
APPENDIX n.10: Report of Joseph Rooney (Treasurer 2004-2007). Approval of the Budget
APPENDIX n.11: Candidates for the new Membership in IFToMM – Changes in the Memberships
APPENDIX n.12: Report of Jorge Angeles, Chair of the Nominating Committee and results of Postal Ballot
for Election of the Executive Council
APPENDIX n.13: Report of Terry Shoup, Chair of the Committee for Honours and Awards
APPENDIX n.14: Proposals for the 12 th World Congress in 2007
APPENDIX n.15: Other business, additional information and requests
APPENDIX n.16: Agenda for 10-th General Assembly sent by Prof. Leinonen on November 12, 2002