February 3, 1998

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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
Melvyn Green (MG) - Immed.Past Pres./SEAOC Delegate
Lawrence P. Brugger (LPB) - Director(1)
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
Williston "Bill" Warren (BW) - Director
Richard A. Ranous (RAR) - Sr. Past Pres./SEAOC Delegate(1)
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 2:35 p.m. by MM.

2 Approval of Meeting Minutes: M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Jan. 7, 1997 meeting of the Board of Directors as previously distributed.

3 DHG Treasurer Reports: M/S/C to approve the financial reports for January, 1998 and the payment of expenses for the month. DHG to develop a cash flow projection for June 30, 1998.

BLC MM suggested that SEAOSC may want to spend money for capital improvements (such as a data projector) now that it appears that SEAOSC may have a surplus at year end. MG concerned that capital expenses should be budgeted annually to eliminate spikes in the cash flow. M/S/C to have the Budget Cmte. develop a capital expediture budget along with recommendations for the planned growth of the Reserve Account for presentation at the March Board meeting. Budget Cmte. = BLC (Chair), JAH, MM, MG & DHG. BLC to call meeting.

4 Committee Reports:

4A DHG SEAOSC Seminars: Upcoming seminars were discussed. Potential speakers were identified for the Wood Seminar on Feb. 21. DHG to mail another registration flyer to members for this seminar.

BLC Since it has been discovered that the SAC Project/Steel Seminar is planned for Memorial Day Weekend (May 23) it was agreed to try to change the date to May 30. BLC to speak with seminar Shepherd GCH regarding whether speakers have been confirmed yet for May 23.

DHG RLH stated that the EBC is doing a reprise of their tilt-up seminiar in San Diego on April 3. Mark August of SEAOSD can be called for details. DHG to put article in newsletter.

BLC It was agreed that BLC be the Chair of the Legislative Cmte.

4B Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1534 as of Jan. 23, 1998 compared to 1517 one year ago.

Candidates for Membership: 4 candidates including 0 Member SE; 3 Member; 0 Associate, 0 Affiliate, 0 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 1 Student were presented and it was M/S/C to approve them for membership.

DHG Membership Drive: DHG stated that a mass mailing to 2000 P.E.s from BORPELS list will be mailed within the next two weeks.

MM Discussed the letter of resignation from Victor Robles. MM to write a response letter.

4C SA House Cmte. (B9): See report in agenda packet.

4D DXN Inspection Practices Cmte. (B10): Verbal report given.

4E RAR/DHG Nominations Cmte.: DHG reported that nominees for Director SE are Graeme Dick, Saif Hussain, Les Tso and a yet to be named person; Director CE are Shirin Ader, Shafat Qazi, Hassan Sassi; Orange County Director SE are Bill Nelson and Steen Thomsen; Tri-Counties Director SE is Fred Schott and the Treasurer is a yet to be named person. DHG to mail ballots to members in May.

5 Delgts SEAOC Business:

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

5B Report of Jan. 25 Board Meeting:

Delgts/MM Minutes: Delegates are instructed to mark-up the minutes of the meeting with their respective corrections and fax them to MM for compilation into 1 corrected document which will be distributed directly to all SEAOC delegates.

MM Web Site: Discussed the possiblity of having joint ownership. MM to appoint an ad hoc cmte. composed of SQ, JSL & others. Suggested cmte. write a memo of understanding to be submittted into the SEAOC Consent Calendar for the April 25 SEAOC Board meeting. (Therefore, the cmte. will need to submit a final report by March 23 so that this can be approved by the SEAOSC Board at its April 1st meeting.)

DHG Dues Increase: M/S/C to approve a $10/full member and proportionally for other membership categories increase in SEAOC membership dues for FY 1998-99. Reviewed the article to be published in the March, 1998 issue of SEAOSC Newsletter and replaced the last paragraph with "The SEAOSC delegates representing your membership are committed to attaining a balanced SEAOC budget to preclude future dues increases."

SEAOSC's position statement for the next SEAOC Board meeting should include the statement that SEAOSC will not approve any additional increases in dues without a balanced operational budget.

5C Delgts SEAOC New Business: None.

6 Old Business:

6A Advertising & Infomercials: MG's suggestions were approved. DHG to implement.

7 New Business:

7A Draft Vision Statement of Andrew Adelman: Discussed. He will be attending the Feb. 4th dinner meeting.

7B Discuss Having Liaison w/COLA B&S Dept. Attend Board Meetings: Not discussed.

7C Other New Business: None.

8 Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

9 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.