DATE: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
TIME: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Luminarias Restaurant, Monterey Park, CA

The attached meeting report is our understanding of the items discussed and conclusions reached during the Wednesday, May 6, 1998 meeting held at Luminarias Restaurant in Monterey Park, CA. All participants are requested to inform the recorder of any omissions and clarifications. If omissions and clarifications are not received within 10 days after receipt of these minutes, they are assumed to be correct as written.

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()
Richard L. Hess (RLH) - Director
Farzad Naeim (FN) - Director
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) - Computer Applications Cmte. Chair

(1) By Reference (Not present at meeting)

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

ITEM ACTION COMMENT AND/OR QUESTIONS

1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 3:45 p.m. by MM.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the Apr. 1, 1998 meeting of the Board of Directors were approved during the SEAOC portion of the meeting earlier.
3. Treasurer Reports: M/S/C to approve the financial reports for April, 1998 and the payment of expenses for the month.

Attorney's Advice: DHG reported that the attorney said that all advertising revenue received should be treated as taxable revenue and reported on IRS Form 990 as is currently being done. See report in the agenda packet.

4 Committee Reports:

4A SEAOSC Seminars: Seminars and dinner meetings were discussed.

4B Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1587 as of Apr. 24 compared to 1581 one year ago.

Candidates for Membership: 16 candidates including 4 Member SE; 7 Member; 2 Associate, 1 Affiliate, 0 Industry Member; 1 Corresponding and 1 Student were presented and it was M/S/C to approve them for membership.

Membership Drive: DHG stated that some of the membership applications that are currently being processed are the result of the membership drive.

4C Younger Member Cmte. (B21): Tabled until next meeting.

5 Delgts SEAOC Business:

5A SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items:Discussed during the SEAOC portion of the meeting earlier.

5B SEAOC Old Business:

(1) Dues Increase: It was noted that the SEAOC Bylaws state that members are not to be charged dues but only the Member Associations can be assessed by SEAOC. It was M/S/C to have SEAOSC absorb the full increase of the $10/full member SEAOC dues assessment increase for the next fiscal year only.

(2) Executive Director Contract: BW reported his conversation with Allen Goldstein (AG) earlier today stating that AG offered excuses by saying that he works only for the SEAOC Board of Directors. AG is continuing to solicit outside contracts to fund SEAOC and BW's opinion was that AG sees his role as bringing special projects to SEAOC.

JSL moved that this Board not even consider endorsing a 1-year extension since AG is vocal that he only takes direction from the SEAOC Board/Officers. The motion failed for lack of a second.

RLH moved that SEAOSC recommend that AG's contract not be extended at all and that he be given notice immediately. Seconded by BW. Discussion ensued with RAR stating his concern of the possible negative ramifications this action may have on SEAOC.

JGS stated that AG has support from the other associations and that SEAOSC should have concurrence if the position of not renewing the contract is taken. Suggested that SEAOSC revise the contract focus, send the revised contract to the other associations, and then communciate with the other associations before the July meeting. Noted that Lori Campbell's contract should also be considered.

RLH withdrew his motion with the understanding that JGS's suggestions be performed within 1 month.

JGS moved, seconded by RLH, for SEAOSC to draft a revision of the SEAOC executive director's job description to more accurately reflect what SEAOSC would want the executive director to do and then discuss the revised job description with the other SEAOC Member Associations. Motion carried.

5C SEAOC New Business: None.

6 Old Business:

6A Liaison w/COLA B&S: LPB designated as liaison.

6B Changing Date of Convention: Clarification to last meeting minutes: When SEAOSC stated that it had no complaint with changing the date of the convention to August, it was not implying that all convention dates should be changed.

6C Reimbursement for Traveling Seminars: Agreed that expenses should be covered for speakers and any notes supplied by SEAOSC.

6D Proposal from Chuck Kofoed: Insurance plan and 401K Plan proposal by Chuck Kofoed reviewed by BW. Agreed to let Kofoed put together flyers and articles for the newsletter.

6E SEAOSC Recommendation of Rep to BORPELS to Replace Kelsen: It was noted that Gregg Brandow was already accepted as the SEAOC Representative to BORPELS.

7 New Business:

7A SQ Member's Phone Numbers on Disk: Concern was expressed re: the possible unauthorized useage if this information was provided to members electronically. SQ to look into issue and make recommendation at next meeting.

7B Appointment of Board Member Representing Women: Discussed but decided that Board positions should not be gender specific.

7C Joint Meeting w/Business Forum and CSES: Tabled.

7D DHG Bylaws Change: M/S/C to approve forwarding a Bylaws change to a vote of the membership.

7E DHG Policy Changes: M/S/C to approve revisions to the Policies as noted.

7F JAH Finance/Budget Cmte. Meeting: Reminder to schedule meeting.

7G DHG Publishing SAC Document: Agreed to publish the document with a footer stating that it is a Structural Engineers Association of Southern California Steel Ad Hoc Cmte. Report with the date. One month after issuance in Newsletter; document is to be posted on the Internet server.

7H Advertisements on List Server: Suggestion withdrawn.

7I DHG Letter to COLA re: Structural Observation: The letter is a general letter indicating how important structural observation is. M/S/C to resend it to Andrew Andelman.

7J Other New Business:

JAH Performance Based Cmte. Rep: M/S/C to appoint JAH as the representative to the Steering Cmte. for the Performance Based Engineering Workshop.

8 Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

9 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 p.m.