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President Pettit called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. A round of introductions was made. Members present included B. Archambeault, C. Brench, C. Bunting, L. Cohen, R. Davis, A. Duffy, F. Heather, D. Heirman, D. Hoolihan, T. Hubing, R. Koga, J. LaSalle, F. Maradei, A. Marvin, M. Montrose, M. Oliver, J. O??Neil, G. Pettit, A. Pinchuk, K. Phipps, F. Sabath, R. Scully, D. Staggs, D. Sweeney, P. Wilson, and T. Yoshino. The absent Board member was V. Roje. Guest present included R. Adams, J. Anderson, D. Beetner, H. Benitez, C. Chan, H. Denny, A. Drozd, H. Garbe, S. Hernandez, H.R. Hofmann, E. Joffe, B. Lawrence, K. Lawrence, A. Maxwell, J. Norgard, S. Pignari, P. Roselle, R. Vick, M. Violette, K. Williams, Q. Ye, and A. Zimbalatti. Mr. Pettit reviewed Board meeting protocol, the IEEE code of ethics, and upcoming activities. He reminded Board members of the material on the Board FTP site and asked that everyone remember to review this prior to the Board meetings. A moment of silence was observed in memory of the late Jim Klouda, Clayton Paul and Gene Cory.