April 1, 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(1)
Melvyn Green (MG) - Immed.Past Pres./SEAOC Delegate
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(1)
Douglas S. Thompson (DST) - Director
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
(1) By Reference (Not present at meeting)

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

1 Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 2:45 p.m. by MM with Rawn Nelson attending.

2 Approval of Meeting Minutes: M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Mar. 4, 1998 meeting of the Board of Directors as previously distributed via email.

3 Treasurer Reports: M/S/C to approve the financial reports for March, 1998 and the payment of expenses for the month.

4 Committee Reports:

4A SEAOSC Seminars: Seminars were discussed. The May 30 SAC Steel Update Seminar has been postponded until Sept. 12. Henry Huang was designated the Shepherd for this seminar.

BW M/S/C to have an extra Orange County dinner meeting on June 17 with the topic of Maps of Known Faults Near-Source Zones by Bob Bachman. Travel expenses will be reimbursed to invited guests.

MM discussed the proposed SEAOC statewide seminars on the 1997 UBC. M/S/C to support this effort.

4B Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled1577 as of Mar. 20 compared to 1560 one year ago.

Candidates for Membership: 6 candidates including 0 Member SE; 4 Member; 1 Associate, 0 Affiliate, 1 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 0 Student were presented and it was M/S/C to approve them for membership.

Membership Drive: DHG reported that the mailings to 514 S.E.s and 2000 P.E.s have resulted (through Mar. 20) in 90 inquiries for more information; 10 applications being received and one paid membership. Lynn Bockemohle to schedule a meeting of the Membership Drive Cmte. to discuss following-up on leads.

4C Office Practices Cmte. (B13): No report.

4D Professional Practices Cmte. (B14): No report.

5 Delgts SEAOC Business:

5A SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: It was agreed that SEAOSC will support having the SEAONC-hosted SEAOC 2000 Convention be in late August in Vancouver, British Columbia.

5B SEAOC Old Business:

MM/DHG Corrected Minutes of Jan. 24 Board Meeting: DHG to request an electronic copy of the minutes from SEAOC so that MM can correct the minutes. Need to delineate between action items and discussion items. DHG to send corrections to SEAOC Directors and copy Rawn Nelson.

Renewal of SEAOC Exec. Dir.'s Contract: Discussed the ad hoc cmte's recommendation not to renew the contract. M/S/C (with two opposed) to have the SEAOSC delegates bring up SEAOSC's concerns at the Executive Session of the Apr. 25 SEAOC Board meeting and to table the vote on renewing the contract until the July SEAOC Board meeting. It was further agreed that the other Associations should be contacted and a SEAOC list of concerns be developed for presentation to Allen Goldstein to which he should respond. SEAOSC should invite Allen to attend a SEAOSC Board meeting. Discussed the concept of renewing the contract for a one-year extension.

Membership Dues Increase: M/S/Discussed the ad hoc cmte's recommendation to give a partial subsidy of 75% of the net increase in each membership category towards SEAOC membership dues for 1998-1999 if dues are paid before Sept. 1, 1998. M/S/C to table the motion until May Board meeting.

DHG Advice of Tax Attorney: DHG reported that the attorney has been contacted and answers to our questions should be forthcoming this month. DHG to edit the disclaimer on the web page reservation form to delete the words "not in good taste" and give no reason why SEAOSC might decline an ad.

Nomination of BORPELS Rep: Gordon Kelsen was nominated and MM stated that he has agreed to serve if nominated by SEAOC. Kelsen's name to be forwarded to SEAOC for final SEAOC nomination selection.

Nomination of Licensing/Continuing Education Cmte. Rep: Bob Jensen appointed.

5C SEAOC New Business:

Position Statement for Apr. 25 Board Meeting: Discussed.

Code Applications Manual Cmte. Make-Up: Discussed.

SAC Project Communications: JSL requested that the SAC Project Cmte. minutes and information be sent to SEAOSC's Ad Hoc Steel Cmte.

6 Old Business:

6A Liaison w/COLA B&S: Not discussed.

6B MM Ballot Issue #224: MG shared SEAONC's active role in raising funds towards defeating Issue #224 and encouraged all to contribute. RAR shared a letter-writing campaign sponsored by PECG. Asked MM to present this at the SEAOC Board meeting and request that SEAOC issue some newspaper articles.

7 New Business:

7A Reimbursement for Traveling Seminars: Tabled until May meeting.

7B Publishing SEAOC Obits: Agreed not to publish obits for people outside SEAOSC in the Newsletter.

7C ALL Proposal from Chuck Kofoed: BW briefly explained Kofoed's proposed retirement financial package similar to ACEC's. Proposal tabled until May Board meeting. All Directors to review materials.

7D DHG Appropriateness of ST-Risk Ad: Agreed to publish the ad one more time to fulfill 6-month ad contract despite concerns that the software program does not require input from an engineer.

7E Other New Business:

MM 1999 Convention: MM to call Steve Perlof and request convention meetings be scheduled on Apr. 11th and 17th.

8 Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

9 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.