March 6th, 2025 – In-person/Virtual
Meeting minutes are taken and submitted by Saeed Farahani (2024-2025 SPE IMD Secretary
Welcome & Opening Remarks (Kusuma)
Roll Call: Participants 17 out of 25 active board members on the roster: quorum achieved. No one from SPE national or observers attended
Welcome everyone to this board meeting, and I hope you can attend ANTEC.
Approval of previous Meeting Minutes (David Kusuma)
Motion: September 24, 2024 (Virtual) – Motioned by David Okonski, seconded by Joseph Lawrence; approved.
January 17, 2025 (3M Meeting) – Motioned by Chad Ulven, seconded by Lynzie Nebel; approved.
Committee and Officer Reports Reports Discussion
1. Financial (Ray McKee)
• IMD’s financial conditions are stated as presented in the attached presentation slides.
• The main expense was related to the ANTEC Reception, resulting in an estimated $12,000 net loss.
• Historically, the reception has relied on corporate sponsorship, but there has been a decline in sponsors this year. Historically the reception was a loss rather than a revenue generation
• Richard: Is there any cost or revenue for the joined sessions with SPE?
• Ray: no cost nor revenue. It is organized by SPE headquarter
• David Kusuma: receptions are usually considered as seed or investment activities to promote/initiate some other activities
2. Membership Update (Erik Foltz)
• No update
3. Communications Update (Angela Cengarle)
• Challenges:
• The old domain cannot be updated due to the domain holder being unresponsive.
• Sponsored LinkedIn ads significantly increased impressions, but more engagement is needed.
• Key Goals:
• Achieve 30 LinkedIn posts in 2025.
• Track the number of new members joining through advertising activities.
• Discussion:
• Richard Voyles suggested targeting companies and providing incentives to boost engagement.
• Davide Masato noted that some membership growth metrics could be tracked.
• Angela Cengarle mentioned that holding events is the most effective way to generate revenue for the division.
• David Kusuma emphasized the need for two levels of engagement strategies: 1) Engaging existing SPE members who are not actively participating in IMD, 2) Attracting new members who are not yet part of SPE.
4. Council Report (Edwin Tam)
• Summary of the SPE Council Annual Meeting and 2024 Financial Report were presented per the attached meeting slides.
• SPE’s 2025-2027 strategic goals were presented, focusing on networking, professional experience, and knowledge sharing.
5. Technical Director’s Report (Chad)
• In this year ANTEC, almost 10 conference submissions were high-quality and could be published as a
special journal issue in one of the SPE journals.
• Discussion on the proposed role of the IMD Technical Director and the Education Committee’s involvement.
• Hoa: we already have an education committee. We also have the definition of technical director in the bylaw and we can reference back to it.
• Hoa: what the education committee is doing currently?
• David Kusuma: we need to reformulate the education committee and possibly consolidate with the technical director
• Richard: we need to make sure if we need to change the bylaw or if this proposal is aligned with the current bylaw.
• David Kusuma: This discussion was tabled to come back to it during the next meeting and see if we need to update the bylaw
Action Item: Schedule a meeting with the Education Committee to discuss this proposal and whether bylaw changes are needed.
6. IMD BOD Nominations 2025 (Hoa)
• Motion to approve the 2025 Board Officers as presented in the slides.
• Motioned by Hoa Pham, seconded by Chad Ulven; approved.
• Hoa: David Kusuma is nominated to join the SPE council
• Richard Voyle was nominated for secretary 2027
• David Kusuma: discussing Open Officer and Committee Roles.
IMD Treasurer role: We need a volunteer to accept this role and get trained by Ray. If anyone is
interested in this position, please contact Ray.
IMD Sponsorship (Committee Lead) Role: If anyone is interested in this role contact David Kusuma
7. HSM & FELLOWS (David Kusuma on behalf of Tom Turng)
• No honorees from IMD in this cycle.
• Two nominees presented for Fellow and HSM recognition in next year’s cycle.
ANTEC 2025 Wrap-Up (Davide Masato)
1. Davide provided a presentation to summarize the important highlights of ANTEC 2025
• Thank you to everyone who supported this event
• The process of best paper award selection was explained
• Overall, it was a great event and a good success
• Highest attendance in sessions: 50 attendees; lowest: 25 attendees.
2. David Kusuma:
• Thanks Davide and the team for their great effort
• Davide’s slide will later be provided along with this meeting minutes
3. ANTEC Reception (Tom)
• Event was well attended; pictures were shared.
IMPACT AWARDS UPDATE (David Kusuma)
1. Decision to postpone the awards competition to Fall 2025.
2. Reasons for postponement:
• Low number of entries this cycle.
• Insufficient time for submitters to prepare.
• Need for more promotion.
Chairman Report (David K)
1. Key objectives 2024-2025 Board term were presented
2. KPIs to be introduced so that we can measure what we do and identify areas of improvement.
3. Everyone on the IMD board engaged with the committees
4. Consider senior board members as emeritus members to receive their guidance as an advisory board.
Next Board Meeting
1. Date: June 10, 2025
2. Location: Penn State Behrend
3. Format: Hybrid (in-person + Teams for remote attendees)
4. Lunch will be provided.
5. Board members interested in attending should email Brad Johnson.
New Businesses
1. No item
IKV Research and Collaborations (Pia Wagner)
1. Introduction of RWTH Aachen University
2. Introduction of IKV
3. Potential collaboration opportunities for industry and academia were discussed.
Adjournment
1. Motion to adjourn: Motioned by Tom Giovannetti, seconded by Joseph Lawrence; approved
