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July/August 2002

Welcome to the July/August Division Leaders' Brief. This month's issue is filled with articles to help you manage your Division. Make sure to share this information with your fellow Division leaders, members, colleagues, and friends. Please remember to log in as a member to access the links below.

Contents:

1. Division Officers for 2003
2. Attention ISA 2002 Division Program Coordinators
3. Joint A&T/I&S Department Awards Luncheon at ISA 2002
4. Division Roster and Labels Now Available Online
5. Calling All ISA 2002 Insiders
6. ISA Standards Announces Process Safety CD-ROM
7. Offer for Division Directors from IIS
8. Awards, Plaques, Checks, and Other Gift Items
9. 2002 Honors and Awards Banquet

DIVISION OFFICERS FOR 2003

There has been a change to your 2002 Key Dates! You will now be receiving in the mail your 2003 Division Leaders Report Form on 15 September instead of 1 November. If you already know who your officers are for 2003 you can download the form here and e-mail it to Kelly Bishop as early as today!

If you are appointing a new Director or Director-elect, please remember these appointments will need to be approved at the Board of Department Vice Presidents Meeting in Chicago at the PFM. You will need to submit those appointments prior to the President's Fall Meeting.

All you need to include is the person's name and the position to which they have been elected. With this information, ISA Staff will be able to serve your Division better by providing correct contact information on your Division's Web page and newsletter. In addition, ISA Staff will be soon be offering new online Leadership Seminars for Section and Division leaders in the late Fall/Winter so we will need to know who your leaders are for 2003. Please keep on the lookout for this very important form.

ATTENTION ISA 2002 DIVISION PROGRAM COORDINATORS

Final Papers are due on 16 August. ISA staff is working directly with authors, reviewers, and session chairs to maximize each division's paper count for the proceedings. To get updated program information, please visit www.isa.org/isa2002 or contact Richard Arriola.

JOINT A&T/I&S DEPARTMENT AWARDS LUNCHEON AT ISA 2002

There will be a joint A&T and I&S Department Awards Luncheon on Monday, 21 October 2002, at 11:30 a.m., McCormick Place South, Chicago, IL. Tickets are $28 per person and may be purchased at www.isa.org/isa2002.

Join us in honoring your Division colleagues. Among the awards being presented from each Department are the 2002 Outstanding Division Awards, Most Improved Division, and Communications Award. Other awards include the Analysis Division's Member of the Year Award and the Chemical and Petroleum Industries Division, R.N. Pond Award for Best Paper of the Year.

This is a great time to get together and celebrate your achievements. You can reserve a table for your Division by contacting Kelly Bishop at (919) 990-9249.

DIVISION ROSTER AND LABELS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

At last, you can download your Division Rosters online! This action will save you a lot of time and provide information when you want. The new process provides a comprehensive file of data about each Division member at the end of each month. Both access and excel templates, instructions and ISA's Privacy Policy are all available online for downloading the roster. Please remember you must be logged in so the system can recognize you.

Your Division roster is updated monthly and each run is dated. The coded Division Director, Director-elect, Membership Chair, Department Vice President and Vice President-elect can download the roster information. The coded leaders for this privilege will find the information at the bottom of the page under Members and Leaders > Leader Resources > Division > Admin Forms. We will no longer be sending out rosters so please make sure you begin using this process immediately. If you have any questions regarding the downloading process please contact Kelly Bishop.

CALLING ALL ISA 2002 INSIDERS

We need your help in spreading the word about ISA 2002. If you are a user, working with colleagues that would benefit from the great education, networking, and information exchange available only at ISA 2002, you are just who we are looking for. Insiders will distribute ISA 2002 information within their facilities. ISA will provide you with all the collateral as well as periodic updates on exciting event developments. In exchange, you will receive an Insiders Rewards Package which includes complimentary reserved parking at McCormick Place, an ISA shirt sporting the new ISA logo, a free conference session of your choice and recognition for you and your company in the on-site ISA 2002 directory.

The annual conference and exhibition is a significant source of funding for your Society. Let's all do what we can to make this year's event a success. If you are interested in participating in the ISA 2002 Insiders Club, please contact Tracey Berrett.

ISA STANDARDS ANNOUNCES PROCESS SAFETY CD-ROM

The ISA Process Safety Standards CD-ROM is a compact collection of essential documents addressing implementation of safety instrumented systems today and in the future. This CD contains the safety standards most important to the process system safety professional and most often purchased from ISA, along with government regulations 40CFR68 and 29CFR1910.119, in an easily searchable format.

The CD includes ANSI/ISA-84.01-1996, ANSI/ISA-91.00.01-2001, ISA -TR84.00.02-2002, Parts 1-5, and ISA -TR84.00.03-2002 and will be upgraded as new related standards become available. A version of the CD supplemented with the IEC 61508, 1-7 Series is also available to our U.S. customers. For more information on these CDs, visit the ISA Standards Store online or call (919) 549-8288.

ATTENTION DIVISION DIRECTORS

The 49th International Instrumentation Symposium (sponsored by ASD/TMD) is offering a special program for next year's event. Your Division will earn $100 each time you solicit a paper for the IIS. Papers must be published and presented at the conference and all participants must pay registration fees. Visit the event Web site for conference information.

AWARDS, PLAQUES, CHECKS, AND OTHER GIFT ITEMS

If you plan to order any plaques, speaker gifts or honoraria checks for the Joint A&T/I&S Department Awards Luncheon or your Individual Luncheons, please contact Kelly Bishop at (919) 990-9249.

2002 HONORS AND AWARDS

It's never too early to plan! Many of you will be in Chicago and will attend the 2002 Honors & Awards Banquet. The ISA 2002 Host Committee has made special arrangements for the advance purchase of whole H&A tables (8 tickets) at a 10% discount. The deadline to purchase discounted tickets is 16 September. Please contact Debbie Eby at (919) 990-9241 or for additional information.

SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE BRIEF?
The objective of this publication is to present information that will be of most use to you, the ISA Division Leader. Suggestions for topics or inclusion of specific information are welcome anytime. E-mail Kelly Bishop.