AIEE board of directors reports on current business and long-range policy

AN executive of one of the country´s largest corporations, speaking from an intimate knowledge of the Institute, said recently, “AIEE is a large and very complex organization, the management of which is a task calling for careful definition of objectives, sound organization, and accurate measurement of performance.” Your Board of Directors has been applying itself to this task with energy and devotion. On Friday, January 27, 1961, just before the 1961 Winter General Meeting, the 11-man Executive Committee of the Board held an all-day session devoted to administrative matters to clear up the Board agenda for policy study. Then, on Friday, February 3, the last day of the Winter General Meeting, the 39-man Board put in a full day divided about equally between current business and long-range policy. The outline that follows reports in highly condensed form the essence of what the Board and the Executive Committee heard and did.