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Manuel Morden (MM) - President
James S. Lai (JSL) - Pres.-Elect/Seminar Cmte./Steering Cmtes.
Brian L. Cochran (BLC) - Vice President
James A. Hill (JAH) - Treasurer/Budget Cmte.
Dennis J. Drag (DJD) - Secretary(1)
Melvyn Green (MG) - Immed.Past Pres./SEAOC Delegate(1)
Lawrence P. Brugger (LPB) - Director
Tom Harris, Jr. (TH) - Director
Gary C. Hart (GCH) - Director(1)
Richard L. Hess (RLH) - Director
Farzad Naeim (FN) - Director(1)
Doc X. Nghiem (DXN) - Director
Douglas S. Thompson (DST) - Director(1)
Williston "Bill" Warren (BW) - Director
Richard A. Ranous (RAR) - Sr. Past Pres./SEAOC Delegate
John G. Shipp (JGS) - SEAOC 1998 Pres.-Elect
Donald H. Gilbert (DHG) - Administrator
Shafat Qazi (SQ) - CAC Chair

(1) By Reference

Note: M/S/C means "Moved/Seconded/Carried"

1 Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 12:20 p.m. by MM.

2 Approval of Meeting Minutes: M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Dec. 3, 1997 meeting of the Board of Directors as previously distributed.

3 Treasurer Reports: M/S/C to approve the financial reports for December, 1997 and the payment of expenses for the month.

DHG It was agreed to move the Reserve Account from American Savings Bank to Wells Fargo Bank to take advantage of a better interest rate for a 6-month CD as well as to consolidate banking institutions.

4 Committee Reports:

4A DHG SEAOSC Seminars: All upcoming seminars were discussed. It was requested to add locations to the Macro Seminars Table 4.

4B Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1509 as of Dec. 30, 1997 compared to 1482 one year ago.

Candidates for Membership: 6 candidates including 0 Member SE; 2 Member; 2 Associate, 1 Affiliate, 1 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 0 Student were presented and it was M/S/C to approve them for membership.

DHG Membership Drive: DHG stated that the membership drive is on target. A reminder will be sent to those SE who responded to the last membership drive.

4C Education Cmte. (B6): No report given.

4D Honorary Cmte. (C4): No report given.

5 Delgts SEAOC Business:

5A MM/JGS SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: Discussed the last SEAOC Executive Cmte. meeting.

5B SEAOC Old Business:

Delgts 1. Blue Book onCD-ROM: It was stated that SEAOC missed ICBO's deadline as Gails Shea's disks were received today at ICBO via UPS 2-day ground service. Delegates will request at the Jan. 24, 1998 Board meeting that more cooperation is needed from the state office on joint projects as we are all on the same team and that the SEAOC office needs to be more responsive to member organizations' requests.

SQ 2. Web Page: Discussed. Contract agreement between SEAOC & SEAOSC for the operation and maintenance of the SEAOC Web site and Online is still in development.

3. Online Newsletter: Discussed with the Web Page.

DHG 4. D&O Insurance: Finally received coverage from SEAOC after trying to get coverage for 14 months. M/S/C to pay for extended coverage in the event that a claim is filed within 1 year of the date of cancellation of SEAOSC's policy. DHG to notify agent.

5C Delgts SEAOC New Business:

1. Agenda for Jan. 24, 1998 Board meeting: Discussed.

2. Approve FY 1997-98 Budget: M/S/C to approve if amended to include a roster line item as well as request that either Plan Review be forthcoming as a benefit of membership or eliminated as a budget line item. Questioned accounting fees spent in FY 1996-97.

3. Registration for SEE: Not approved. Suggested that SE Expert be changed to SE Specialist.

4. DSA Qualified Plan Reviewers: Not approved.

6 Old Business: None.

7 New Business:

7A ATC-43: Letters were appreciated by RAR. Document will be toned-down and re-written to include some minority opinion as well as tie into ATC-20.

7B Letter re: Deputy Special Inspectors: Noted that Tom Stevens is no longer in his position of Director, Material Control Section with City of LA.

7C Affiliation with American Association of Engineering Societies: M/S/C not to affiliate with.

7D Other New Business:

1. LPB to assist Karl Deppe in setting up a meeting with the new General Manager of COLA Building & Safety, Andrew Adelman, and MM & JSL. Also MM to invite Mr. Adelman to attend the Feb. 4th dinner meeting.

8 Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

9 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.