TBD

Authors

  • Charles Hoes Hoes Engineering
  • Lee Flint

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v55i1.52

Keywords:

membership, complex systems

Abstract

Lately, I have been wondering about the apparent decrease in interest in the International System Safety Society (ISSS), judging by the sharp decrease in membership and conference attendance during the past decade or so. Fairly obviously, the government’s sequester policy had a lot to do with the decrease, starting around 2008. However, while the overall economy has slowly recovered and government budgets are largely restored, our membership has remained flat or has slowly declined from year to year.

Author Biography

Charles Hoes, Hoes Engineering

Charles “Charlie” Hoes began his consulting business in 1984, providing system safety engineering services to defense, aerospace, semiconductor and general industry. During that time he has become a P.E. in Safety in the State of California, a Certified Safety Profession (CSP) with a specialty System Safety Practices and earned a Master of Science degree in Safety from University of Southern California. In 1988 Charlie incorporated his business under the name of “Hoes Engineering, Inc.” He has many years of experience volunteering in support of the International System Safety Society, filling many positions including past President of the Sacramento Chapter, the Virtual Chapter, and the System Safety Society. He is a past technical editor of the System Society’s journal Hazard Prevention (re-named to be the Journal of System Safety), as well as authoring an ongoing feature article of the Journal of System Safety called “TBD” where he discusses current concerns with the system safety profession.

In his new role of being semi-retired, Charlie continues to actively work with the System Safety Society as well as participating in a few “for hire” and volunteer projects that are particularly interesting, or important, for a variety of reasons. He is enjoying the ability of being a bit more selective with regard to projects that he accepts.

TBD

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Published

2019-03-01

How to Cite

Hoes, C., & Flint, L. . (2019). TBD. Journal of System Safety, 55(1), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.56094/jss.v55i1.52

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 1 (2019): Measuring, Protecting and Predicting System Safety

Section

Columns and Perspectives
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