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32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MILITARY TESTING ASSOCIATION
ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA
5-9 NOVEMBER 1990
Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
5 November 1990
The meeting of the Steering Committee for the 32nd Annual
Conference of the Military Testing Association was held In the
Sand Castle (1) Room of the Perdido Hilton Hotel, Orange Beach,
Alabama,
MEMBERS AND ATTENDEES. S,ee the List of Steering Committee
Meeting Attendees, which follows these minutes as Attachment 1.
1. The meeting was called to order at 0930 hours by CDR M. R.
Adams, 1990 Chairperson.
2. The financial report reflected a sharp impact from the recent
economic budget problems: last year over 350 people were
registered and for 1990, 300 were expected. Because of the
sizeable funds passed to NETPMSA from the 1989 hosts and the
expected number of attendees, the registration costs were
substantially reduced. There have been many cancellations and
the current estimate of registered attendees Is 140. (As of 9
November, there were 165 registered attendees.)
3. Future conference locations were discussed:
(a) The Federal Republic of Germany received a letter signed
by OASD (FM&P) stating that support for U.S. participation at the
'91 MTA Conference would be given. However, NETPMSA, as the '90
MTA host, recommended review of the next site due to the budget
difficulties encountered and the financial planning problems for
the host. Several discussions followed regarding funding
cutbacks expected and difficulties In promising good attendance
numbers In Germany. Until the testing/research budgets finalize,
it was agreed to defer Germany as the quest host, A Spring
versus Fall time period was discussed also but the qroup decided
to leave the conference as an expected Fall budget Item. even if
attendance went down. The USAF Occupational Measurement Squadron
tentatively agreed to host the 1991 MTA Conference in San
Antonio, Texas, site of the 1989 conference. (That 1991 site was
confirmed on 6 November 1990).
(b) The Navy Personnel Research and Development Center will
host the 1992 MTA Conference in San Diego, California.
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