March 22nd, 2024 – Virtual

Meeting minutes taken and submitted by Davide Masato (2023-2024 SPE IMD Secretary).

Welcome & Opening Remarks (David Okonski / Jeremy Dworshak)
Roll Call: 20 16 active board members on roster: quorum achieved.
Meeting begins with intro about the agenda, and a quick update on the last meeting, strategy. Thoughts on ANTEC: Are we happy? What would we like to change? What not to change? What`s the IMD role? Reception? What`s the outcome?
Approval of previous Meeting Minutes (Davide Masato)
Motion: Approval of previous meeting (20231214, Virtual). Motion (Davide Masato). Seconded by Edwin Tam. No discussion. All in favor.

Reports Discussion
Councilor meeting (Edwin Tam)
• Workshop for groups divided into tables. Questions about concerns for SPE. They plan to report in April. Concerns about only one meeting last year, difficult to give feedback to HQ.
• No one leads the council. Can change in the future. As of now is difficult to give feedback if not individually.

ANTEC (Tom Giovanetti):
• Tom was moderator for 12 papers. Attendance: 34, 31, 27, 25, 17, 28, 19, 22, 11, 14, 18, 16. Some papers were not excellent. The discussion was good from the audience.
• Advice for the next TPC: transition with reviewing the papers together.
Action: Which papers can be invited for AutoEPCON? Can we connect with other divisions about how to organize the session?

Workshops (Kusuma/Ulven)
Meetings to discuss workshops with interested BODs and discussins on how to get things started.
Internally and externally focused discussions. The idea is to serve all plastics professionals even if they are not members. Provide support to students. Make potential income for the IMD division. The next event will be standalone before we, in the future, partner with other groups. We want to make sure that the IMD gets credit for the event.
• Week of Molding: • New technologies • Sustainability
• Connect with the Extrusion Division: • Learn from them • Partner with them on some programs.
• Partner with Moldex3D?
• Learn from Penn State event? Joint event? Conference already has workshops.
• Automotive Division AutoEPCON? Launching point?
• We can use information from the Membership to focus on standalone events. What is the format?
Action: Let David Kusuma know if you`d like to join the committee.

Sustainability (Masato/Kleczek)
Invite speakers (suggestion: Conor Carlin). Monika will be on maternity leave but will continue to help identifying speakers and has connected Jeremy with a colleague (Marica Pires).

Communications (Rodenburgh/Foltz)
Plan in progress for the LinkedIn page which will go live in May/June.
• BOD in academia – please consider speaking roles or, suggest topics.
• Which speakers should be invited? Old presentations ranged from simple to more advanced. We want to make sure that attendees know what to expect from the event.
Action: Need to prepare the agenda for the two-day week of injection molding.

New Business
Motion: (Edwin Tam) for week of molding on 9/24-25. Seconded by Tom G. Motion carries with all in favor.
Motion: (Edwin Tam) on updating the mission of the IMD. Seconded by Joseph Lawrence. Motion carries with all in favor.
Motion: (Srikanth) on updating the objective of the IMD. Seconded by Tom G. Motion carries with all in favor

• Should TPC be an officer? First reading. The role is pivotal and then moves into an officer position. We will be voting at our next meeting. Can we add an observer to the officers? We will think about this.
• Linkedin page: Motion on creating a public company Linkedin page and maintain the private group (Edwin Tam). Seconded by Edwin Tam. Motion carries with all in favor. Volunteers needed to be admins of the page? Angela, Jeremy.
• Board elections: Motion to approve officers (Edwin Tam). Seconded by Joseph Lawrence. Motion carries with all in favor. Nominations for the general ballot. Officers don`t have to be elected. Motion to approve BOD nominees (Edwin Tam). Seconded by Joseph Lawrence. Motion carries with all in favor. Send a short bio for the nomination ballot to Hoa Pham. We need volunteers for 2026 and forward and need to remember that we roll off the board after 9 years of service. Speak with David Kusuma about inviting new board members.
• AM Conference – Susan: Conference scheduled in Cleveland, 10/17/2024. Weneed suggestions for speakers and support with sharing the event information. Susan will send the information to the board.
• ANTEC 2025 in Philadelpia: BOD at ANTEC at the University of Delaware hosted by Srikanth Pilla. David Kusuma will consider the offer. Should we have a shared folder? (Create a mailing list?, Google drive? Or others?)

Next meeting will be virtual in June: Officers meeting and committee meetings will happen until then. Meeting Adjourned at 2.32 pm EST