DATE: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
TIME: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Luminarias Restaurant, Monterey Park, CA

PARTICIPANTS:

Manuel Morden (MM) - President/SEAOC Delegate
James S. Lai (JSL) - Pres.-Elect/Steering Cmte.
Brian L. Cochran (BLC) - Vice President/Seminar Cmtes.
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/Tri-Counties
Gary C. Hart (GCH) - Director(1)
Richard L. Hess (RLH) - Director/Existing Bldgs. Cmte.
Farzad Naeim (FN) - Director
Doc X. Nghiem (DXN) - Director
Douglas S. Thompson (DST) - Director/Orange County(1)
Williston "Bill" Warren (BW) - Director
Richard A. Ranous (RAR) - Sr. Past Pres./SEAOC Delegate
John G. Shipp (JGS) - SEAOC 1998 Pres.-Elect/SEAOC Delegate
Shafat Qazi (SQ) - Computer Application Cmte. Chair
Donald H. Gilbert (DHG) - Administrative Agent
Ken Luttrell (LT) - SEAOC President
Allen Goldstein (AG) - SEAOC Executive Director
Lori Campbell (LC) - SEAOC Executive Assistant

(1) By reference as not in attendance

1. Call to Order and Introductions: The meeting was called to order at 2:12 by MM and introductions were made.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes: M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Apr. 1, 1998 meeting #895 of the Board of Directors as previously distributed via email.
3. SEAOC Business:

A. Opening Remarks:

MM discussed the agenda and invited KL/AG/LC to give opening remarks. KL said that they appreciated being invited to our meeting and wanted to reiterate the importance of resolving the internet server discussion through utilizing the ad hoc cmte. He further stated that SEAOSC's MOU should be forwarded to the ad hoc cmte. AG discussed his background and qualifications to be the executive director of SEAOC. He further addressed concerns raised in a memo dated March 26, 1998 from JSL as chair of a SEAOSC ad hoc cmte. LC declined to make an opening statement.

B. Review Draft Minutes of April 25th SEAOC Board Meeting:

KL stated he came today to encourage directors to read the minutes thoroughly. He stated the minutes contained important dialogue re: issues that SEAOC has always had. He noted that SEAOC's disfunctionality was partly due to the Bylaws of three of the four Associations which require delegates to check with their respective Associations' Boards for guidance on how to vote.

C. Discuss MOU Draft #4 re:

Internet Server: MM noted that the Appendices are intended to be informational. M/S/C (unanimously) to approve the M.O.U. (Draft #4) as SEAOSC's official position to be passed on to the SEAOC ad hoc cmte. MOU to be sent directly to James Lord w/copies to SEAOC office and Association Presidents along with instructions for them to pass the MOU on to their ad hoc cmte. representative.

D. Discuss Future Direction of SEAOC:

Not formally discussed as individual items, but the overall subject was alluded to throughout the meeting. SEAOSC agreed to take the lead and submit a copy of proposed Bylaws changes needed to bring the Bylaws into conformance with current method of operations.

1. Membership Services & Benefits of Membership
2. Interaction Between SEAOC & Member Associations
3. IBC Participation
4. Technical & Professional Development
5. Public Image
6. Professional Registration
7. Interaction with National Organizations

It was agreed that Association autonomy should be added to this list as topics of future discussion.

E. Other Business: General Discussion/Complaints:

1. SQ registered a strong objection of the SEAOC Executive Office's recent role in attempting to change the ownership of the Internet site to seaoc.org by directly contacting the Internet Service Provider without SEAOSC 's knowledge.

2. RLH also expressed a strong objection of the recent direct polling of SEAOSC Existing Buildings Committee (EBC) members by the Chair of the SEAOC EBC about a SEAOSC EBC decision that was not agreed with by the SEAOC EBC. It was further noted that this action did not follow proper committee procedures.

SEAOC portion of meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m. when KL, AG & LC departed.