1. The meeting was called to order at 1705 MST by the USNC Commission F chair, Dr. Ed Westwater.

3. The 2000 Commission F business meeting minutes were circulated to members by e-mail prior to the 2001 business meeting. Approval of these minutes was moved, seconded, and accepted.

3. Old Business

3. Members-at-Large. Ed Westwater noted that Amalia Barrios was re-elected as the sole Commission F member-at-large for 2001-2003. Ed asked if the Commission felt that it should have a second member-at-large, to which the reply was that the Commission felt satisfied with one.
4. New Business

3. Ed Westwater discussed the possibility of holding "approved" USNC Commission F business meetings at IGARSS in order to satisfy Commission F business meeting attendance requirements. The issue was raised by Commission members who were subject to being removed from the membership roster, but who regularly attend meetings co-sponsored by URSI. A discussion ensued regarding the appropriateness of using IGARSS (which is alternately held the US and at foreign venues) for a small business meeting. Andy Milman moved to have Commission F business meetings at all North American IGARSS locations. The motion was seconded, then approved by a vote of 23 for, and 4 against. The next North American IGARSS will be held in Toronto in 2002. It was stipulated in the motion that the Commission F chair would set the agenda of the IGARSS USNC business meeting, would either chair the meeting or appoint a designated chair and secretary (if the Commission F secretary was unable to attend), and that the meeting minutes would become part of the official Commission F minutes for that year.

3. Future invited Commission F sessions at the 2002 National Radio Science Meeting were discussed. The following sessions are to be convened:

1) Propagation Modeling and Measurements Organizer: Julius Goldhirsh

Chair: Dan Dockery

2) The Rough Evaporation Duct Experiment Organizer & chair: Kenn Anderson

3) Airborne remote Sensing Organizers & chairs: Steve Sekelsky

Jeff Piepmeier

4) Propagation and Scattering in Vegetation Organizer & chair: Roger Lang

5) Remote Sensing of the Ocean Surface Organizers & chairs: Valery Zavorotny

Ed Westwater

6) RFI Mitigation for Remote Sensing and Radio Astronomy (joint E/F/J)

Organizers & chairs: Al Gasiewski, TBD by Peter Napier, TBD by Commission E

3. Other upcoming URSI meetings were discussed: Ed Westwater reminded the Commission about the 7^th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Remote Sensing, to be held in Boulder at NIST, November 6-8, 2001. Jeff Piepmeier indicated that a second workshop on Microwave Radiometer Calibration will be proposed for 2002, and that USNC Commission F co-sponsorship would be welcome. Gary Brown noted that there will be no January Boulder meeting in 2003. Susan Avery indicated that the 2005 URSI General Assembly will be proposed by the USNC to be held in the Adams-Mark hotel in Denver, Colorado.
4. Items related to the upcoming URSI GA in 2002, to be held in Maastricht, the Netherlands were discussed. Nominees for the senior awards were discussed. Hans Liebe and Earl Gossard were nominated by Ross Stone, seconded by Wolf Vogel, and approved by the Commission. Ernie Smith indicated that Hans was a candidate for the Dellinger award at the last GA. No nominations were made for the junior awards.

3. A round of applause was given to Ed Westwater for being elected a fellow of the IEEE.
4. The meeting was promptly closed at 1800 MST by the Commission F chair, Ed Westwater.

Attachments: US SG3 2001 meeting minutes in .ppt format

USNC Commission F 2001 business meeting attendees

USNC Commission F Representation

Joseph Gozani

Marian Klein

Ross Rottier

Lee Wagner

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