1 Call to Order: President JSL called the meeting to order at 3:25 p.m.

3 Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report for the month of January was presented and discussed.

4 Committee Reports:

4A Executive Cmte. Items: None.

4B BLC SEAOSC Seminars: Reviewed the macro seminar on Feb. 20 on Tall Building Design and Creating a Web Page. Also reviewed the micro seminar on March 3.

4C Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1555 as of Jan. 25 compared to 1534 one year ago.

Candidates for Membership: 5 candidates including 0 Member SE; 3 Member; 1 Associate, 0 Affiliate, 1 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 0 Student were presented.

M/S/C to approve the presented candidates for membership.

4D MM Honorary Membership Cmte. (C4): MM reported that he has contacted last year’s cmte. and all have agreed to serve again this year. The cmte. will meet during February.

4E MM Nominations for Officer & Directors Cmte. (C5): MM reported that a cmte. meeting is going to be scheduled very soon.

4F RLH BB Bond Oversight Cmte. (C15): Discussed written report. RLH to draft a letter of thanks to Richard Phillips on behalf of the Association.

4G Convention Cmte. (C14): BW reported that a general meeting is planned for Feb. 28^th and also a meeting at the hotel on May 15.

5A SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: The delegates reported that the composition of the Exec. Cmte. was redefined at the Jan 23 board meeting as being the President (Chair), Past President, President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary and a member of the association not represented. Therefore, the composition of this year’s cmte. is John Shipp (Chair), Ken Luttrell, Ron Hamburger, Joe Sutton, Manny Morden and John Price. The Secretary and Treasurer do not have voting privileges.

5B SEAOC Old Business:

Review of Jan. 23 Board Meeting: It was noted that the Budget Cmte. was abolished and replaced with the Executive Cmte.

Facilitating Harmony Within SEAOC: The MOU between SEAOSC and SEAOC which was presented and approved "in concept" at the Jan. 23 SEAOC board meeting was discussed.

5C SEAOC New Business:

Future Direction of SEAOC: SQ expressed concern about the SEAOC board's position on some of the key issues that are critical for Southern California’s membership. He said that membership benefits need to be increased rather than cut back. SQ also stated that if the SEAOC board continues to ignore our concerns, it may make sense not to send our delegates to the State board meetings.

Delivery of Membership Benefits: It was stated that SEAOSC strongly supports the delivery of the stated benefits of membership to its members and urges SEAOC to deliver them in a timely manner.

Seismic Design Manual Seminars: Discussed.

Critical Review of SEAOC Board by Delegates: Delegates were urged to perform a critical review of the SEAOC board of directors.

BW/JEB/ Revenue Sharing for SEAOC Web: A policy statement to be

SQ developed outlining SEAint hosting a web site.

MOU Between SEAOSC & SEAOC on Web Posting in SEAint: See above item.

MM Suggestions for SEAOC Executive Cmte. on Evaluation of Executive Office: Comments are to be forwarded to MM.

6A Approval of Guidelines for Construction Materials Document: Topic dropped.

6B DHG Student Scholarship Program: It was reported that $5,000 will be available for distribution tomorrow night. DHG to create a handout with the names of the contributing sponsors.

6C Continued Good Relations With SEAOSC & COLA: JSL gave a verbal report.

6D Website Hotlink w/EERI, etc.: BW discussed working together with EERI.

6E JEB Field Trip to COLA City Hall: JEB to take over as coordinator.

7A JAH/JEB Dinner meeting Attendance: Discussed memo from JEB. Comments are to be forwarded to JAH for discussion at the joint Program/Seminar Cmte. meeting this summer.

7B Cost of Dinners at Luminarias: Agreed to have the lower-cost menus in the future.

7C Quality in the Constructed Product: Discussed the letter submitted by the Quality Assurance Cmte. re: Quality in the Constructed Product.