Minutes of Meeting 913 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, Feb. 1, 2000 meeting held at the SEAOSC offices in Whittier, CA.  Participants are requested to inform the recorder of any omissions and clarifications.

 

PARTICIPANTS:

Brian L. Cochran (BLC)                   - President/SEAOC Delegate

James A. Hill (JAH)                          - President-Elect/Steering/Seminar Cmtes.

Jack E. Bruce (JEB)                         -Vice Pres./Budget Cmte./SEAOC Delegate

Daniel J. Novak (DJN)                      - Treasurer

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

Shirin Ader                                         - Director

Dirk Bondy (DB)                                - Director(1)

Albert Chen (AC)                              - Director

Graeme Dick (GD)                           - Director

Saif Hussain (SH)                             - Director

William Nelson (WN)                        - Director(1)

Shafat Qazi (SQ)                               - Director

Fred Schott (FS)                               - Director

John G. Shipp (JGS)                        - SEAOC Past President

Donald H. Gilbert (DHG)                  - Administrator

Manny Morden (MM)                         - Nominating Cmte.

 

(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 by President BLC at 2:55 p.m.

 

2                                  Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                                   

Ø      M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Jan. 5 meeting of the Board of Directors as previously emailed.

                                               

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

 

Ø      M/S/C to receive the financial reports for January 2000 and approve the payment of expenses for the month.

 

                                    DHG reported that the Reserve Account had been renewed at Wells Fargo Bank as a 12-month CD earning 5.15% APR.

 

4                                  Committee Reports:

4A                               Executive Cmte. Items: None.

                                   

4B       JAH                 SEAOSC Seminars: JAH discussed the scheduled seminars and BLC discussed the pricing for members vs. nonmembers.  The board arrived at a new pricing schedule for both PD&D and Macro seminars.

 

4C                               Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1549 as of Jan. 25 compared to 1555 one year ago.

 

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

 

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

 

                                    It was questioned whether SEAOSC should add a phrase on its membership application stating that the applicant, if approved for membership, agrees to abide by the SEAOC Professional Practice Guidelines and Code of Ethics.  This issue was referred to the Membership Cmte. for a recommendation.

 

4D       JSL                 Honorary Cmte. (C4): JSL reported that this cmte. is still working on nominating names for Honorary Member.

 

4E       MM                  Nominating Cmte. (C5): MM gave a verbal report of the activities of the Nominating Cmte. 

 

Ø      M/S/C to approve the Nominating Cmte’s recommendation that Mel Green be selected as the next SEAOC President from SEAOSC in 2001-2002.

                                   

Ø      M/S/C that the Nominating Cmte. contact Richard Hess for the position of Treasurer and if he declines, then the cmte. handle the nomination via the board list server.

 

Ø      M/S/C to approve the Nominating Cmte’s selection of 3 names to run on the ballot for the 1 position of Orange County director.

 

Ø      M/S/C to approve the Nominating Cmte’s selection of 3 people to run on the ballot for 2 positions of Member SE director.

 

Ø      M/S/C to approve the Nominating Cmte’s selection of 2-3 names to run on the ballot for the position of 1 Member director.

 

5                                  SEAOC Business:

5A                               SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items:

 

5B                               SEAOC Old Business:

            SQ                  Jan. 22 Board Meeting Report - Web Site: Discussed the continued hosting of the SEAOC Web site.  The board requested SQ to draft a proposal (with a dollar figure) for the SEAINT server to continue hosting the seaoc.org Web site based on the number of hours/cost of being SEAOC’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) and maintaining the server hardware and software.

 

Ø      M/S/C to have SQ email the previously developed policy of what the SEAINT server is providing for SEAOC and other SEA organizations free of charge.

                                   

5C                               SEAOC New Business: None.

 

6                                  Old Business:

6A                               Scholarship Program: BLC reported on the status of the scholarship program noting that $5,000 has been raised which will be distributed in four scholarships on Feb. 2.

 

6B                               Letter to Southern Calif. Building Officials from Quality Assurance Cmte. (QAC) re: Quality in the Constructed Project: It was suggested that both President Cochran and QAC Chair David Breiholz should co-sign the letter.

 

Ø      M/S/C to accept the letter co-signed by BLC and David Breiholz.

 

7                                  New Business:

7A                               Other New Business:

                                    Professional Censure Concept: Discussed the concept of having SEAOC act more responsibly regarding the practice and actions of the structural engineering community.

 

Ø      M/S/C to support the motion recommended by the SEAOC Executive Cmte. stated on page two, items a-d of the memo of Ronald O. Hamburger dated Jan. 9, 2000 and suggested that specific attention be directed to legal liability issues.

 

8                                  Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

9                                  Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

 

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