DATE:            March 3, 1999

 

SUBJECT:   Minutes of Meeting 905 of the SEAOSC Board of Directors

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The attached meeting report is our understanding of the items discussed and conclusions reached during the Wednesday, Mar. 3, 1999 meeting held at Luminarias Restaurant in Monterey Park, CA.  Participants are requested to inform the recorder of any omissions and clarifications.

 

PARTICIPANTS:

James S. Lai (JSL)                           - President/SEAOC Delegate

Brian L. Cochran (BLC)                   - Pres.-Elect/Steering/Seminar Cmtes.

James A. Hill (JAH)                          - Vice President/Budget Cmte.(1)

Jack E. Bruce (JEB)                         - Treasurer/SEAOC Delegate

Richard L. Hess (RLH)                     - Secretary

Manuel Morden (MM)                       - Immed. Past President/SEAOC Delegate(1)

Graeme Dick (GD)                           - Director

Saif Hussain (SH)                             - Director

Farzad Naeim (FN)                           - Director(1)

William Nelson (WN)                        - Director(1)

Shafat Qazi (SQ)                               - Director

Fred Schott (FS)                               - Director

Williston "Bill" Warren (BW)             - Director

Doug Thompson (DT)                       - SEAOC Delegate(1)

John G. Shipp (JGS)                        - SEAOC 1998 President

Donald H. Gilbert (DHG)                  - Administrator

Rawn Nelson                                     - Invited Guest

 

(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: President JSL called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.

 

2                                  Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                                   

Ř      M/S/C to approve the revised minutes of the Feb. 2, 1999 meeting of the Board of Directors which had been previously distributed and corrected via email.

 

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

 

Ř      M/S/C to receive the financial reports for February 1999 and approve the payment of expenses for the month.

 

4                                  Committee Reports:

4A                               Executive Cmte. Items: JSL gave a verbal report of the Executive Cmte./planning cmte. meeting on Feb. 20.  The meeting focused on planning SEAOSC’s future.

 

4B       BLC                SEAOSC Seminars: Discussed.  DHG stated that ATC is planning another seminar on FEMA 273 for a date tbd in April or May.

 

4C                               Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1584 as of Feb. 22 compared to 1558 one year ago.

 

                                    Candidates for Membership: 17 candidates including 1 Member SE; 12 Member; 2 Associate, 1 Affiliate, 1 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 0 Student were presented.

 

                                    M/S/C to approve the presented candidates for membership with the exception of holding over one candidate’s application for further discussion.

 

4D       MM                  Legislative Cmte. (B11): See report in the agenda package.

           

4E       MM                  Awards Cmte. (C13): No report.

                                   

4G       BW                  Convention Cmte. (C14): A verbal report given of the Feb. 28 meeting.

                                   

                                    Nominations for Officer & Directors Cmte.: A verbal update was given stating that Dan Novak has accepted the position of Treasurer.  The remainder of the ballot is still being finalized.

 

5                                  SEAOC Business:

5A                               SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: JGS reviewed the agenda for the March 27 meeting and stated that since there were no emergency issues to deal with, that the Executive Cmte. would not be taking any formal actions at the March 27 meeting.

 

5B                               SEAOC Old Business:

1.      Dues Checks: JSL reported that Joe Sutton told him that a financial report will be issued as of Jan. 31, 1999.

2.      Blue Book to Members: JSL said that he is confident that the Blue Book will be issued to all members.  JGS stated that this is only a budget issue and that SEAOC is waiting for ICBO to provide the cost of printing the Blue Book.

 

5C                               SEAOC New Business:

                                    State Executive Office: Upon the invitation of JGS, Rawn Nelson discussed SEAOC’s future.

 

Ř      M/S/C (Unanimous) that the SEAOSC Board of Directors supports a State organization [SEAOC].

 

                                    Plan Review Advertising Policies: The topic was discussed and concern was expressed that advertising in Plan Review may result in decreased advertising revenues for the Member Organizations.  Several ideas were presented to lessen or eliminate this concern.

                                   

6                                  Old Business: None.

 

7                                  New Business:

7A       JSL                 Letter to John Kelly from QAC: Discussed and agreed to send the letter.  JSL to sign and mail.

 

7B       DHG               Crisis In Education: SH discussed his concern that the size of engineering graduating classes have greatly diminished recently.  DHG to forward SH’s email to Ming Yeh, Education Cmte. Chair, to promote structural engineering.

 

7C                               Other New Business:           

            JEB/JAH        Increase Dinner Meeting Attendance: Topic deferred until next meeting.         

 

8                                  Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

9                                  Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 p.m.

 

 

 

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