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Society and, based on sales, will never break even since price structure is controlled to a great extent by the needs of ANSI who has its own agenda.
• Public Information
Our main source of public information about the Society is our web site (asa.aip.org). Unfortunately, the site is not designed for the public but rather for the members. After a little practice, members can find everything on the site—mostly because they know what they are looking for and where it probably can be found. Looking at it from the public’s viewpoint, a stranger will be easily lost and discouraged. This site and <acoustics.org> needs to be more organized, more user-friendly, and made more functional and attractive if it is to be used for public information about the ASA. What is needed is an acoustician who has the time, energy, skill, and artistic taste to design and maintain a good public information web site. If a web designer is used, then he or she must work closely with that acoustician.
Press coverage of information presented at meetings, in Journal articles, and in policy statements by the ASA has increased over the years through support from AIP’s media department, ASA’s “World Wide Pressroom” site, and ASA’s Panel on Public Policy. These efforts need to be continued.
• Public Policy
It is incumbent upon the Society to take advantage of its
combined knowledge and expertise in the field of acoustics to take a more active role in promoting, com- menting upon, and participating in the development of public policy related to acoustics. The Society needs to develop and implement a plan to define the areas in which statements should be made (e.g., national/state/local, acoustics/non-acoustics, technical/non-technical, Society/ non-Society), who shall make the statements (e.g., President), who needs to approve the statements and by what margin (e.g., Executive Council, the Panel on Public Policy)—all in a timely manner.
• Outreach
It was the consensus of the participants at the retreat that the Society is not performing well in its outreach attempts in the areas of building the image of the pro- fession of acoustics, career development, advocacy role with governmental agencies, outreach programs to schools, college/university programs, and under- represented groups. If outreach is defined as reaching out to areas that have in the past traditionally not been active in acoustics, the Society can point with pride to the progress made by the Women in Acoustics and the Student Council. However, what they have done is only the start of true diversification within the Society.
It is clear that the Society needs to expand its efforts to promote education in the field of acoustics in the K–12 grades. A skilled educator, with knowledge of acoustics
To meet a long-standing demand from industry, we have developed a 1/2" CCP* Preamplifier - Type 26CF - with switchable gain and filter.
NEW 1/2´´ CCP PREAMPLIFIER
GAIN SWITCH
0 dB - for normal microphone signals
+20 dB - for boosting weak microphone signals
FILTER SWITCH
A-Weighting - as required in standard measurements Linear - to let the microphone signal pass unfiltered High-pass - to cut off unwanted low frequencies
1. Switch for gain setting: 0 dB or +20 dB
2. Switch for filter setting: AW, LIN or HP (20 Hz)
*CCP stands for Constant Current Power.
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