Opportunities for Distance Participation

Nominating Committee  

What

How

When

Recommend individuals for inclusion on the slate of candidates for election to office in the division

Provide names of interested individuals and contact information to Nominating Chair

June-September

Contact an individual being considered by the committee and confirm that person’s willingness to run for office

Contact Nominating Chair for assignment

June-September

 

 

 

Program Committee  

What

How

When

Propose a topic for a technical session at a national meeting

Contact the Program Chair and help complete a Request for Approval of Division-Sponsored Special Session form.

http://www.ans.org/meetings/session/docs/somanual.pdf

Prior to opening Sunday of the Annual (June) or Winter (November) national meeting

Solicit speakers for division sponsored technical sessions and provide follow up

Contact Program Chair for assignments (Standard letters are available.)

June through December (Annual) or November through May (Winter)

Participate in the electronic paper review

Contact Program Chair for access information

February (Annual) or July (Winter)

Promote the technical meetings, sessions, and presentations during industry meetings and to your contacts who might be interested

Review the Call for Papers or the Preliminary Program for upcoming national meetings

http://ans.org/meetings/index.cgi?c=n and topical meetings

http://ans.org/meetings/index.cgi?c=t

February to June (Annual) or July to November (Winter)

Find out who is attending national meetings from your organization and have them bring back and re-distribute material handed out in the technical Sessions

Ask members of your organization, and review the Preliminary Program for upcoming national meetings

http://ans.org/meetings/index.cgi?c=n and topical meetings

http://ans.org/meetings/index.cgi?c=t

June (Annual) or November (Winter)

As a member of your local section, propose a topical meeting of local interest in your area

Contact the Program Chair and help complete a Topical Meeting Information Questionnaire.

http://www.ans.org/meetings/tmm/docs/tmm.pdf

Two years in advance of desire meeting date

 

 

 

Membership Committee 

What

How

When

Invite someone to become a member of ANS and to select OPD as one of the two divisions

Give the person a membership brochure

http://ans.org/memberinfo/brochure/

and help the person complete a membership application

http://ans.org/join/docs/2007-member.pdf

Once or twice a year (such as when setting the clock for Daylight Savings Time)

Let others know why you are a member

Go online and provide a testimonial

http://ans.org/memberinfo/testimonials.html

Anytime

Contact former members near you and remind them to renew their membership

Contact Membership Chair for assignments (Standard letters/emails are available.)

February-March

Contact (telephone/letter/email) new members welcoming and encouraging them to be active

Contact Membership Chair for assignments (Standard letters/emails are available.)

Notified in March and September

Forward your copies of Nuclear News and ANS News to your contacts who might be interested in particular articles

Preview the publications and deliver to persons of interest or make your copies available in a common area (remember to remove dated issues)

Six times a year (ANS News) and twelve times a year (Nuclear News)

 

Encourage retiring contacts to convert to an Emeritus Member

Contact the ANS Membership Department.  See criteria at

http://www.ans.org/memberinfo/classifications.html

Upon learning of retirement plans

Find out whether your organization is an Organizational Member, and explore the possible benefits for your organization

See the list and review program at

http://www.ans.org/orgmembers/docs/om-memprog.pdf

Once

 

 

 

Finance Committee 

What

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When

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honors & Awards Committee 

What

How

When

Identify individuals for recommendation by the division as potential members of national committees and ANS Officers and Directors

Provide names of interested individuals and contact information to Honors & Awards Chair

December

Identify individuals for recognition with any of the many awards provided by ANS

http://www.ans.org/honors/

Either provide names of interested individuals and contact information to Honors & Awards Chair or submit the nomination as required for the specific recognition

Varies with recognition

Of particular interest to OPD are:

            Walter H. Zinn

            Fellow of ANS

            Meritorious Performance in Operations

See:

            http://www.ans.org/honors/va-zinn

            http://www.ans.org/honors/va-fellow

            http://www.ans.org/honors/va-mpops

Due:

            January 22nd (for Annual)

            February 1st or July 1st

            March 1st

 

 

 

Planning Committee 

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Newsletter & Publications Committee 

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Website Committee 

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UWC Support 

What

How

When

Propose a topic for a technical session at UWC

Contact the UWC Support Chair or UWC TPC

September through January

Solicit speakers for UWC technical sessions and provide follow up

Contact UWC Support Chair or UWC TPC for assignments (Standard letters are available.)

January through June

Contribute to certain technical sessions that are conducted as poster sessions without required attendance

Contact the UWC Support Chair or UWC TPC for additional information

January through June

Promote the UWC, technical sessions, and presentations during industry meetings and to your contacts who might be interested

Review the Preliminary Program for UWC

http://ans.org/meetings/index.cgi?c=t

March through August

Find out who is attending the UWC from your organization and have them bring back and re-distribute material handed out at UWC

Ask members of your organization, and review the Preliminary Program UWC

http://ans.org/meetings/index.cgi?c=t

March through August

As a member of your local section, nominate one or more students to be UWC Interns

Contact the Student and Young Member Chair for additional information

August through February

Nominate an individual for recognition with the UWC Utility Leadership Award

Nomination form and instructions are at

http://ans.org/honors/va-utilleader

Deadline is April 30th

Nominate one or more plants for the UWC Utility Achievement Award (either for Sustained Outstanding Performance or Outstanding Improvement in Performance)

Nomination form and instructions are at

http://ans.org/honors/va-utilachieve

Deadline is April 30th

Some sponsorship opportunities are available, for interested organizations, without required participation in the Technology Exhibit

Contact the UWC Support Chair or UWC TPC for additional information

On a first-come basis

 

 

 

Student & Young Member Committee 

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Distance Participation Committee 

What

How

When

Video Conference

The conference originator needs to establish a bridge or other means to facilitate video inputs.

All ends of the conference need access to a video conference studio, permanent or temporary.  Such facilities exist, for example, at IAEA, NRC, ANL (I am told), colleges and universities (I believe), and probably many utilities.  From IAEA, dual channel, presenters, audience, and PowerPoint slides can be displayed simultaneously.

Coordination among time zones is important.

OPD should explore purchasing or leasing the necessary equipment.  This could be done as a division or in conjunction with ANS.  While individual hotels may charge excessively, likely we could establish relationships in conference cities much more reasonably.

NOTE: Line charges between IAEA and anywhere in the US are about $5.00 per hour.  This is very reasonable.

Video inputs have been provided in the past; e.g., for plenary speaker at a recent national ANS meeting.

We should set this up as a routine feature of OPD meetings at national ANS meetings starting in June 2007.

We should work to make this capability available at OPD technical sessions.

Telephone Conference

The conference originator needs to establish a bridge or other means to facilitate telephone calls.

All ends of the conference need a telephone; speaker phones are preferable.

Coordination among time zones is important.

OPD should explore purchasing or leasing the necessary equipment.  This could be done as a division or in conjunction with ANS.

Telephone conferences have been held in the past; e.g., OPD meetings at national ANS meetings.

We should set this up as a routine feature of OPD meetings at national ANS meetings starting in June 2007.

We should work to make this capability available at OPD technical sessions.

Publication of PowerPoint Slides

Work through ANS to accomplish this on a routine basis for all national meetings. 

For example, get releases from authors, and include an indemnification for inaccurate statements.   In other words, the content is the responsibility of the author, not the publisher.

Alternatively, work through OPD to publish CDs for OPD technical sessions, as we do with the UWC.

If necessary, a small contribution can be suggested for those desiring such a CD.

OPD does it now at the UWC.  Let’s start with the June 2007 ANS Annual Meeting.

     

Nuclear Workforce Committee 

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Cooperation With Other Professional Societies 

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cNc (Committee on New Construction) 

What

How

When