DATE:            April 7, 1999

 

SUBJECT:   Minutes of Meeting 906 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, Apr. 7, 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.

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

Richard L. Hess (RLH)                     - Secretary

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

Graeme Dick (GD)                           - Director

Saif Hussain (SH)                             - Director(1)

Farzad Naeim (FN)                           - Director(1)

William Nelson (WN)                        - Director

Shafat Qazi (SQ)                               - Director

Fred Schott (FS)                               - Director

Williston "Bill" Warren (BW)             - Director

Doug Thompson (DT)                       - SEAOC Delegate

John G. Shipp (JGS)                        - SEAOC 1998 President

Donald H. Gilbert (DHG)                  - Administrator

Rawn Nelson                                     - 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 p.m.

 

2                                  Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                                   

Ř      M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Mar. 3, 1999 meeting of the Board of Directors which had been previously distributed via email.

 

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

 

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

 

4                                  Committee Reports:

4A                               Executive Cmte. Items: None.

 

4B       BLC/JSL        SEAOSC Seminars: The proposed SEAOC Seismic Design Manual Seminar was discussed including the involvement of SEAOC.

 

Ř      M/S/C to support a SEAOC seminar on the Seismic Design Manual.

 

4C                               Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1603 as of Mar. 29 compared to 1577 one year ago.

 

                                    Candidates for Membership: 7 candidates including 2 Member SE; 2 Member; 0 Associate, 0 Affiliate, 1 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 4 Student were presented.

 

Ř      M/S/C (FS abstained) to approve the presented candidates for membership including the carry-over candidate from last month.

 

            JSL                 M/S/Motion Withdrawn to require three (3) letters of reference for candidates of membership.  It was agreed to defer this issue to the Membership Cmte. and the Membership Drive Cmte. for a recommendation.

 

4D                               Office Practice Cmte. (B13): No report.

 

4E                               Professional Practice Cmte. (B4): FS gave a verbal report about the recent activities of the Professional Practice Cmte. regarding a disagreement between members Mosiciki and Sinclair.  Topic is deferred until the next meeting.

                                   

4F       BW/DHG        Convention Cmte. (C14): BW reported that the Convention Cmte. is a little behind in getting out the April mailing to member’s home addresses.  It was reported that the Technical Subcmte. has met and has selected the papers for the sessions. There will be a cmte. meeting at the hotel on May 15.  DHG to post to the convention list server the details regarding the May 15 meeting.

 

4G       GD                  Testing Standards Cmte.: GD reported that he felt that this Cmte. is losing the interest and support of the City of LA Building & Safety Dept.  It appears that ICBO-ES may supply reports in the future. 

                                   

4H       JSL/DHG       Nominations for Officer & Directors Cmte.: It was suggested that the Nominations Cmte. begin sooner in the year so that the cmte. composition can be announced earlier.  Deferred to MM to make a recommendation before the October meeting.  Additional nominations from the board should be addressed to JSL before April 14 so that a ballot can be prepared, printed and mailed.

 

5                                  SEAOC Business:

5A       DHG               SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: MM discussed the meeting of the Executive Cmte. on Mar. 27 including the Request For Qualifications (RFQ) for an Executive Director.  DHG to forward the RFQ to the SEAOSC board list server.  Comments are to be made to any of the SEAOSC delegates to SEAOC before the April 24 SEAOC Board meeting.

 

5B       JSL                 SEAOC Old Business:

1.      Plan Review Advertising Policies: Discussed and guidance given to DST.

2.      Draft Abstract of Jan. 23 Board Meeting: Not discussed.

3.      Draft Minutes of Jan. 23 Board Meeting: Not discussed.

4.      Financial Report (Jan. 31, 1999): Blue Book – JSL to ask Treasurer Joe Sutton to reconsider the budget at the April 25 Board meeting to consider giving the Blue Book to all SEAOC members as a benefit of SEAOC membership.

5.      Transfer of “seaoc.org” Name: JSL to ask SQ the status of this topic.

6.      Critique of SEAOC Board: Not discussed.

 

5C                               SEAOC New Business: Review Draft Agenda for Apr. 24 Board Meeting:

1.      SEAOC Issue Memo on Response to Requests for Proposals: Comments as due to JSL by Friday, April 9.

2.      Combining ATC Endowment Fund with SEAOC Endowment Fund: Comments and suggestions should be forwarded to JSL before April 20.

 

6                                  Old Business:

6A                               Motion to Establish an Ad Hoc Cmte. to Study the Organization of Structural Engineering Associations and Their Inter-Relationships:

 

Ř      M/S/C to establish an Ad Hoc Cmte. to study the organization of Structural Engineering Associations and their inter-relationships.

 

            BLC                It was agreed that the time frame for a recommendation will be six (6) months.  JSL to defer to BLC to name a chair for the cmte.

 

6B       JSL                 Crisis In Education: It was agreed to give a complimentary membership to Clay Pharoah of SLO.  JSL to discuss establishing a contact with each university with the Education Cmte. 

 

7                                  New Business:

7A                               Joint Dinner Meeting w/ Building Officials: Discussed that the dinner program would be the Building Officials.  Agreed to schedule this for the November 1999 dinner meeting.

 

7B       DST                New Rep to SEAOC Code Cmte.: DST announced that Carl Sramek will be the new representative to the SEAOC Code Cmte. replacing MM.  DST to write a letter of acceptance to Carl and a letter of appreciation to MM for his 15 years of volunteering.

 

7C                               Discussion of Chapter 16, IVR: RLH discussed.

 

7D       DHG               Request to Cosponsor PCA Seminar: DHG to contact PCA and agree to cosponsor the seminar as long as PCA agrees that SEAOC members can attend the seminar at PCA member prices.

 

7E       DHG               Request to Cosponsor EERI Seminar: Agreed to cosponsor.

 

7F                               Review Proposed Concrete Code Change by Seismology Cmte.: Not discussed.

 

7G                               Determine Legislative Positions: Not discussed.

 

7H                               Other New Business:

1.      AB 1626 by Carol Migden: Not discussed.

 

8                                  Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

9                                  Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:10 p.m.

 

 

 

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