PACIFIC POLYMER FEDERATION NEWSLETTER  No. 6  August, 1996                                     Editor: Sung Chul Kim                                         

 

Chung Yup Kim, President (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea), Fosong Wang, Vice President (Chinese Academy of Sclences, Beijing, China), Sung Chul Kim, Secretary/Treasurer (Korea Advanced Institute of Sclence and Technology,Taejon, Korea)

 

Members of the Council

A. Abe, H. Chan, W.H. Daly, N. Edmonds, G.A. George, C.C. Ho, K. Horie, M. Jiang, J. Koberstein, Y. Lee, Dang V. Luyen,  J. E. McGrath, T. Ogawa, E. Rizzardo, M. Sugandi-Ratulangi, M. Suwalsky, S. Tantayanon, K.C. Tin, F. Winnik

 

President's Message: Chung Yup Kim

Polymers are vital materials in the present society by being applied to numerous areas, creating jobs and requiring research in science and technology. The Pacific Polymer Federation (PPF) has demonstrated through the activities since its foundation in 1987 that the Federation fits the polymer community in the Pacific Basin.  The Federation has grown from the three Foundation Member Organizations to 17 Member Organizations and held four Conferences (PPC's).  There were more than 700 presentations at the last Conference in Kauai in December, 1995. PPF already moved to the second stage in progress. The presidency has shifted from the founding member associations to the non-founding member association. There are only a few polymer associations in the Pacific Basin which have not joined the Federation.

 

The direction of the activities of the Federation has been laid down through the Conferences and Council Meetings. Much efforts will be put on promoting scientific activities among the scientists and engineers in the Federation by exchanging research personnels and students

 

As the president of the Pacific Polymer Federation, I wish all the individuals successes in their fields.

 

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING,December 14, 1995

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kauai, Hawaii

 

Attendees: D.J.T. Hill, G.A. George, N. Surdia, Dang van Luyen, S.H. Goh, Yu Der Lee, F. Wang, M. Jiang, C.Y. Kim, S.C. Kim, J.C

Salamone, J. McGrath, S. Bualek, T. Ogawa, A. Abe, K. Horie, F. Winnik

Guests: O. Vogl, J.C. Vogl, B.C. Anderson, R. Ottenbrite, W.H. Daly, D. Radic, L. Leung, T. Takahiko, H. Suzuki, K. Shida, S. P. Nunes, J.C. Jung

 

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by J.C. Salamone, President, PPF, at 1:00 p.m. He welcomed all of the attendees and asked each to give his/her name and affiliation. The minutes from the previous PPF Council meeting were distributed as well as other materials pertinent to the meeting.

 

Minutes of Akron Council Meeting: D.J.T. Hill pointed out that there was an error in the minutes from the July 10, 1994, PPF Council meeting in Akron.  Regarding Section 8 ­Committee Reports-discussion for change in Constitution. He thought that the proposals he took to the meeting were all accepted except for one. The minutes indicated discussion; but, he said the Council accepted all proposed changes except for 8.a i regarding "The proposed idea of electing a deputy vice-president and having it wri.tten into the Constitution was dropped'.                 

Section 3.5.i."The President shall be elected by the FEDERATION Council as stated in Section 3.2.iii. The President shall be the chairman of the Council".  It was decided to replace the word chairman with the word chair.

A motion was made for the minutes to be amended to read "accepted" rather than "discussed," and for the word Chairman to be replaced by Chair. The minutes were accepted with the amendment.

 

Committee Reports:

A. Program Committee: R.  Ottenbrite, Program Chair of PPC-4, welcomed everyone and hoped that they were enjoying the meeting.  A brief report of the symposium was presented.

 

B.Treasurer':  W.E. Daly, Treasurer, reported the number of papers that B.C. Anderson put together regarding the PPF meeting.  At the time of the Council Meeting, there were 515 participants, 46 students and 85 guests, which amounted to well over 600 attendees.

 

This reflected the quality of the meeting.

Regarding finances for the American Chemical Society for running the conference, the final numbers are not currently available, but he was optimistic that they will balance out satisfactorily. B.C. Anderson pointed out that the number of participants does not accurately reflect the number of papers presented.  Several people presented more than one paper. J.C. Salamone remarked that PPC-4 seems to be the largest meeting of the Pacific Polymer Conference.

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PPC-5: C.Y. Kim congratulated the organizing committee for PPC-4.  Korea is the site for PPC-5 in October 1997. He estimated that the budget for this meeting will be around $250,000(US). This includes an approximate registration fee of $400. The total registration fees will make up about 60% of the total budget. He has decided that there will be approximately 60 invited speakers for this meeting.  On Friday evening he showed information on the site for PPC-5.

 

PPC-6: F.S. Wang said that the Republic of China would be honored to hold PPC-6 in their country.  He proposed either October 1999 in Shanghai, or December 1999 in Guangzhou.  He has not been able at this time to get enough support to have PPC-6 in China and requested help with financial support from the PPF. J. Salamone said that the PPF cannot help financially. Each country must be able to support the meeting on their own. He suggested that there be three items to consider: I) Can China do PPC-6 in 1999? 2) Should their sponsorship be moved to another year? 3) Should the event held in China be something other than the PPC-6? C. Y. Kim said potential sponsoring countries must be very careful because the PPC costs a lot of money which cannot be raised easily. The sponsoring country must be able to support the meeting. O. Vogl pointed out that individual participants need to be attracted to come to these meetings and pay their own way. F.S. Wang said that the Chinese Chemical Society has experience in organizing meetings such as this and in meeting the requirements for sponsoring such events, and that they wished to sponsor PPC-6.  J.C. Salamine said that the Council will presume The Polymer Division of the Chinese Chemical Society will go ahead with PPC-6 in October or December 1999.  Discussion was held on which month was best and the academic people felt that December would be more convenient.  Hong Kong as the site was also discussed and it was decided the PPC-6 would be held in December either in Guangzhou or Hong Kong.

 

PPC-7: F. Winnik announced that Canada will not be able to do PPC-7. However, she emphasized that Canada wanted to hold the meeting at some point.

Mexico as a site was discussed for PPC-7 ­possibly in Acapulco - but, it was too early to determine an exact location for the meeting.

 

PPC Style: The style of the Pacific Polymer Conferences was discussed.  The PPC is an international meeting that is to be held in a relaxed atmosphere, which is equipped with recreational facilities close by and good meeting facilities.

 

Workshops: J.C. Salamone suggested that there need to be more symposia workshops organized by countries in the PPF that are -held jointly with other countries.

D.J.T. Hill said there had been symposia done in the past successfully.  He has requested a PPF sponsored symposia report from previous symposia organizers, which he wanted to present at this meeting, but to date he has not received anything.

D.J.T. Hill reported that on January 27-28, 1995, the Polymer Society of Vietnam had an inaugural meeting - first International Conference on Chemistry. The meeting was successful with 22 foreign delegates and ­60 Vietnamese delegates attending. Japan and several other countries were well-represented. The symposium was held in Hanoi.  A number of the papers presented at the symposium will be published. This indicates that other countries should promote more of these symposia. The December Polymer has a report on the symposia.

Dang van Luyen of Vietnam thanked everyone for their help in organizing the successful symposium.

 

Newletter: J.C. Salamone said the Newsletter was very brief this year because of the cost of printing.  A. Abe said we need the Newsletter earlier than it was received this time.  It could still be simple but with reports and information that is sent out when all of this information is still relevant.

J.C. Salamone said that it did not make sense to have thousands printed as in the past. If anyone wants a computer disk with the newsletter on it, call J.E. McGrath.

 

Membership: C.Y. Kim reported that Chile and Hong

Kong had submitted applications for membership in the PPF.

D. Radic from Chile discussed the chemical society of Chile and the polymer community there. A vote was taken and passed unanimously that Chile be accepted into the PPF. J.C. Salamone announced that Macromolecular Division of the Chemical Society of Chile will become the 16th member of the PPF as of January 1996.

L. Leung from Hong Kong discussed The Hong Kong Chemical Society and the polymer activity there. He said they are just really getting started in the polymer organization. J.C. Salamone said that since Hong Kong will be in the Republic of China soon, that will make two societies in China.

The Coucilors voted unanimously to admit The Hong Kong Chemical Society to become a member of the PPF.  This makes them the 17th member of the PPF as of January 1996. The Pacific Polymer Federation was organized in October 1987 and consisted of three members.  There are now 17 member societies in this organization.

 

Constitution: There was much discussion on the proposed Constitutional changes for the PPF and much disagreement on how and what was to be done.A. Abe said he was appointed Chairman of the Constitution Committee and was not included in any action taken. He said the Council must finalize the Constitution amendedand approved in the Australian Meeting, December 1993, and then make changes.

D.J.T. Hill said there seemed to be some confusion. At the Gold Coast meeting in 1993, he was asked to bring information to the next meeting of the Council in Akron on the Constitution. The minutes of the Akron meeting have been discussed. It is his understanding that following that meeting, a new Constitution would be printed which reflected changes made in Akron. J.C. Salamone said there were two choices:

I) Glve the whole thing back to the Constitution Committee: or, 2)Table any action at this time and appoint a new committee to deal with it. There are actually three documents - I) The original Constitution, 2) J.E. McGrath draft, 3) A. Abe draft. O. Vogl pointed out that at this time, the only valid Constitution is the original one.  No vote was taken on this. J.C. Salamone said that until a new Constitution is developed and approved, we go by the Constitution, and the changes approved at this Council Meeting by ratification of the minutes of the Akron Council Meeting. Further discussion and action on the Constitution was tabled.

 

Election of Officers There will be no more a Deputy Vice President.  The new slate of officers voted and approved by the Council for terms of 1996-97 are:

 

President: Chung Yup Kim, Korea, Vice President: Fosong Wang, China; Secretary/Treasurer, Sung Chul Kim, Korea

J.C. Salamone said that an amendment should be considered for the Constitution which would provide a procedure to follow on voting for new officers in the event a country withdraws from having the PPC meeting in their country.

 

New Business

Possible Amendments to the Constitution to couer the following:

a. A quorum currently consists of 50% +1 of elected Coucilors  If a PPC meeting is not well-attended, this could be a problem because there may not be a quorum of Councilors a valid Council Meeting.

b. Officers of the Council should be allowed to vote by mail or proxy if they cannot attend a meeting.

c.Ex-Officio non-voting status be given to Past Presidents of the PPF on the Council.

 

Associate Members: J.C. Salamone discussed the concept of Associate Membership in the PPF for countries in the "vicinity" of the Pacific. A. Abe said the PPC meetings are open to every country, but every country should not be eligible for membership. C.Y. Kim said that technically the PPF cannot have a membership that is too large because it is just too expensive.

D.J.T. Hill asked what status of Associate Membership would be? Would Associate Members be able to invite speakers and have all of the benefits of the member countries? J.C Salamone pointed out that the Council needed to decide whether to have Associate Membership or not; and, if accepted, then the Council could decide on rights, etc. The Constitution does not definitely specify what "in or near" the Pacific means in regard to membership.

B.C.Anderson said that the IUPAC includes everyone and he does not think that the PPF should do that. D.J.T. Hill recommended welcoming all; but, be very specific on what being an associate member would include. G.A. George believed membership should be based strictly on location around the Pacific. He does not want the PPF to be too big. He thinks anyone can observe or maybe participate, but there should be no big change in PPF design.

N. Surdia said that at the Australian meeting there was discussion of Russia becoming a member of the PPF. There should be a definition of what "in or near" the Pacific is and to set borders. J.C. Salamone said the issue was too controversial and should be addressed at a later time with more thought being given to the subject.

 

Closing: J.C. Salamone, outgoing President, thanked everyone he has been involved with in the PPF for approximately the last ten years and indicated that the late James H. O'Donnell would be proud of how the PPF has grown from three to 17 members.  He turned over the chair to Chung Yup Kim, new Council Chair for 1996/97.

C.Y. Kim said that the PPF contributes strongly to the dissemination of polymer science, because there are so many opportunities for the Pacific Rim countries to show their work. He said he will do his best to have a good conference in 1997 in Korea. The next Council meeting will be in Seoul, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 6, 1996 (during the IUPAC Meeting there).  The Constitution will be addressed at that time. He thanked everyone for being excellent participants.

 

A new list of Council members will be prepared and sent to all members.  J.C. Salamone mentioned that the book, a collection of papers from invited speakers for the PPC-3 did not sell well and would not be printed again for PPC-4.

 

J.C.Vogl asked if there will be a session at the PPC-6 on Polymer Sciences and their relationship to the Arts. C.Y. Kim said this issue will be discussed and considered.  He said he has not had much experience in running an organization such as this and needs all the advices he can get.  He is looking forward to seeing everyone in Korea in 1997.

C.Y. Kim adjourned the meeting at 3:30 p.m.

(Minutes prepared by J.E. McGrath)

 

 

PPF MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

Founding Members:

Division of Polymer Chemistry Inc., American Chemical Society

The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

The Polymer Division, The Royal Australian Chemical Institute

 

Members:

The Macromolecular Science & Engineering Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada

Macromolecular Division of the Chemical Society of Chile

The Polymer Division of the Chinese Chemical Society

Hong Kong Chemical Society

Indonesia Polymer Association

The Polymer Society of Korea

The Polymer and Industrial Section of the Institute of Chemistry of Malaysia

Division of Polymers and Organic Materials, Mexican Academy of Materials of Sciences

The Polymer Group of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry

The Plastics and Rubber Institute of Singapore

The Polymer Society of Taipei

The Polymer Society of Thailand

Division of High Polymer Physics, The American Physical Society

Division of Polymer Science, Chemical Society of Vietnam

 

 

PPF CONSTITUTION

 

1.         NAME AND OBJECTIVE

1.1       The name of the organization shall be the Pacific Polymer Federation, hereafter         called the FEDERATION; it shall be an organization to advance and benefit           polymer science and technology.

1.2       The objectives of the FEDERATION shall be to encourage and facilitate:

            i. Interaction between polymer organizations involving the Pacific.

            ii. Exchange of scientific knowledge, participation in national polymer meetings, and             visits by polymer scientists the Pacific.

 

2.       MEMBERSHIP OF THE FEDERATION

2.1     The foundation members of the FEDERATION shall be; (i) The society of Polymer           Science, Japan; (ii) The Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc., American Chemical           Society; (iii) The Polymer Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

2.2     Membership of the FEDERATION shall be open to all societies and associations of           scientists and engineers, geographically situated in, of near, the Pacific Basin, which           have at least part of their activities devoted to polymer science and / or technology.

2.3     Member organizations shall not be committed by any action in conflict with their           charters, constitutions, or bylaws or those of their parent organizations.

2.4     Other societies or associations, meeting the requirements of Section 2.2, shall be

          encouraged to join the FEDERATION.  The societies or associations may apply to           join the FEDERATION by sending its application to Council (defined by Section 3.2). The organization will be admitted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Council.  The           membership will become effective on January 1, following the vote of admission.

2.5     There shall be no regular annual subscription required of member organizations.

2.6     A member organization may resign from the FEDERATION by submitting its           resignation in writing to the President of the FEDERATION at least one year in           advance.

 

3.       ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

3.1     The operating year shall be from January I through December 3 1.

3.2     Council

         i. The FEDERATION shall be administered

              by a Council.

       ii.  Each of the founding organizations shall have two representatives, the        organization responsible for the next Pacific Polymer Conference and the organization        responsible for the Conference following that shall have the representatives        respectively, and each of the other member organizations shall have one        representative on the Council.

       iii.    The Council shall elect a President, a Vice-President and a Secretary-Treasurer        for a term of two year.  One reelection shall be permitted.

          iv.   The Council shall appoint all committees and committee members to conduct           such matters as may be delegated to them.

3.3     Duties of the Council

          i.     The Council shall conduct all the business of the FEDERATION.

          ii.     Decisions of the Council must be by a majority vote, with a minimum of one half           of the total Council members constituting a quorum for the vote.

          iii.    No Council decisions requiring a specific course of action by a participating           organization shall be valid without the approval of the members or proxy delegates           of that organization.      

          iv.   Expenses of the Council members incurred through participation in Council           meetings may be provided by the treasury of the FEDERATION or the member           organization.

3.4     Officers

          The officers of the FEDERATION shall be the President, the Vice-President, and the           Secretary­Treasurer.

3.5     President

          i.The President shall be elected by the FEDERATION Council as stated in Section

         3.2.  iii The President shall be the chair of the Council.

         ii. The duties of the president shall be to coordinate the activities of the                                  FEDERATION and to maintain contact with the member organization through their                       representatives on the Council.The President shall prepare an annual report on the      activities of the FEDERATION.

          iii. In the case of President's inability to serve, his duties shall be assumed by the                  Vice President until a new President is elected by the Council.

3.6     Vice-President

          The Vice-President shall be elected by the FECERATION Council from its members           as stated in Section 3.2.iii. In the absence of the President, the duties of that office           shall be assumed by the Vice-President.

3.7     Secretary-Treasurer

          The Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected by the FEDERATION Council form its           members as stated in Section 3.2.iii.

3.8     Committees

          All Committees and committee chairs shall be appointed by the Council.  Expenses           incurred in performing their duties will be home when possible by the organizations           to which the individual members belong.

 

4.       FINANCIAL BUSINESS

          The FEDERATION shall cover its activities through the support by external funds.            Such funds may be used for attendance of representatives at Council meetings,           and/or to sponsor FEDERATION activities. The President shall report the financial           status of the FEDERATION at every Council meeting.The extent of the activities of           the FEDERATION shall be determined annually by the Council of the           FEDERATION.

 

5.       OPERATION OF THE FEDERATION

5.1     The Council of the FEDERATION shall be operated by regularly scheduled           meetings and by correspondence.  A Council meeting shall be held at each Pacific           Polymer Conference and at such other times as determined by a majority of Council           members or by the President of the Federation.  A member organization may appoint            properly qualified proxy delegate(s), who will have voting right(s), to attend meetings of the Council.

5.2     The FEDERATION may organize international meetings or conferences on any           aspect of polymer science and technology.  The organization of conferences may           involve all or some of the member organizations of the FEDERATION These may           be of the following types:

              i. Meetings of international standing and interest organized by national bodies                     of the meeting must be submitted to the President of the FEDERATION for               consideration by the Council, which may suggest modifications before approval               is given, The financial management of the meeting shall be the responsibility of               the organizing national body.  Members of all national bodies affiliated to the               FEDERATION who wish to attend a meeting sponsored by the FEDERATION               shall be treated as if they were members of the organizing national body.

          ii. Meeting-of international interest, conceived and promoted by the Council.            Although the initiative of such meetings shall reside with the Council, the           organization of such meetings shall be delegated to the Council members of the           chosen country of venue.The financing of the meetings, together with the           acceptance of any profit or less, may be accepted by the participating body or           bodies of the hosting country.  Alternatively, the financing may be organized by the           Council through external funding.

          iii. The Council shall organize the Pacific Polymer Conference every two years           according to Section 5.2.ii.

5.3     The policy of the FEDERATION toward publication of the proceedings of any of its           meetings shall be determined principally by the publication policy of the organizing           national body or bodies.  Prominent recognition of the FEDERATION sponsorship           shall accompany all such publications.

5.4     The FEDERATION may produce a bulletin (or other forms of information) for           distribution to members and other interested organizations

5.5     The Council may plan and execute other activities of interest to FEDERATION.

 

6.       AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION Any member organizations of the           FEDERATION may propose an amendment to the Constitution of the           FEDERATION by submitting it in writing -to the President of the FEDERATION.            Adoption of an amendment to the Constitution shall require an affirmative vote of           two-third of the Council.

 

7.    DISSOLUTION OF THE FEDERATION The FEDERATION may be dissolved        only by a unanimous vote of the Council of the FEDERATION.  Prior to dissolution of        the FEDERATION all debts of the FEDERATION must be discharged and all its        affairs settled.

 

Established:   October 19, 1987 (Tokyo, Japan)

Amended:       December 14, 1993 (Gold Coast, Australia)

 

 

Fourth Pacific Polymer Conference December 12-16, 1995

Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.A.

 

PPC-4 was successfully held in Kauai, Hawaii, last December with 630 participants from 31 countries. There were 232 participants from U.S.A, 195 from Japan, 65 from Korea, 25 from Australia, 19 from Germany, 17 from Canada, 15 from Taiwan, 14 from Mexico, etc.  The total number of papers presented were 592 papers including 384 oral presentations.

 

5th Pacific Polymer Conference October 26-30, 1997,

Kyongju, Korea

(organized by the Polymer Society of Korea for PPF)

 

Organizing Committee: Chairman: Chung Yup Kim

Finance Committee: Chairman: Hyoung-Soo Han

Program Committee: Chairman: Jin Chul Jung                                              

Secretariat: Sung Chul Kim

Active Participant: US$ 450   Accompanying Person US$ 150

Hotel Hyundai, Shinpyong-dong, Kyongju, Korea

 

Scientific Sessions: Polymer Synthesis and Reactions: Novel Synthesis and Reactions, Polymerization Catalysts; Polymer Blends and High Performance PolymersL Polymer Blends, Polymer Composites, Liquid Crystalline Polymers; Functional Polymers: Membranes, Polymers for Electronics/Photonics; Bio-related Polymers: Biodegradable Polymers, Biomedical Polymers, Physical Polymer Science: Polymer Solution & Gels, Polymer Surfaces &  Interfaces, Structure-Properties of Polymers; Modification of Commercial Polymers

 

6th Pacific Polymer Conference: December, 1999 Guangzhou, China

(organized by the the Polymer Division, Chinese Chemical Society for PPF)

Organizing Committee: Chairman: Fosong Wang, Vice-Chairman: Mao Xu. The Chinese Academy of Science