TO:                    SEAOSC Directors & SEAOC Delegates

                    cc:                     www.seaint.org/seaosc Web Page

                                         

FROM:                    James A. Hill, President

                    Don Gilbert, Administrator

 

DATE:                    December 6, 2000

 

SUBJECT:                    Minutes of Meeting 921 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, Dec. 6, 2000 meeting held at the Luminarias Restaurant, Monterey Park, CA.  Participants are requested to inform the recorder of any omissions and clarifications.

 

PARTICIPANTS:

James A. Hill (JAH)          - President

Jack E. Bruce (JEB)  - President-Elect/Steering/Seminar/Delegt.

Daniel J. Novak (DJN)  - Vice President/Budget Cmte.

Richard L. Hess (RLH) - Treasurer

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

Shirin Ader (SA)          - Director

George E. Battey III (GEB)          - Director

Dirk Bondy (DB)          - Director

Albert Chen (AC)          - Director

M. Saiful Islam (SI)     - Director

Martin Johnson (MJ)          - Director(1)

Mike Mehrain (MM)  - Director(1)

Fred Schott (FS)          - Director

Mel Green (MG)          - SEAOC President-Elect

Donald H. Gilbert (DHG)           - Administrator

 

(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-Elect JEB at 3:45 p.m.

 

2        Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                   

Ř               M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Nov. 1 meeting of the Board of Directors as previously emailed.

                   

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

 

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

 

It was suggested and discussed whether to obtain a 6-month CD in the amount of $50,000.  It was determined that locking this money up would not have an adverse effect on SEAOSC’s cash flow.

 

Ř               M/S/C to authorize DHG to open a 6-month CD in the amount of $50,000.

 

4        Committee Reports:

4A      Executive Cmte. Items: None.

         

4B      SEAOSC Seminars: The schedule of dinner meetings and seminars were reviewed and discussed.  It was agreed to have PD&D seminars in March, April and May on the topics of steel; precast concrete/Division 91/slender wall design; and wood/snow loads respectively.  A macro seminar on Vol. 3 of the Seismic Design Manual is planned to be held on behalf of SEAOC in late Feb. or early March.  DJN challenged the directors to each make 5 calls to members before the January meeting.

 

          It was agreed to have the March meetings begin at the following: 12:00 noon - Board meeting for lunch; 3:00 - PD&D seminar; 5:00 – social hour; 5:30 dinner; 6:30 – program; adjournment by 8:00 p.m.

 

4C      Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1438 as of Nov. 22 compared to 1480 one year ago.

 

          Candidates for Membership: 55 candidates including 2 Member SE; 2 Member; 2 Associate, 0 Affiliate, 0 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 49 Students (all from Cal Poly SLO) were presented.

 

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

 

4D Seismology Cmte (B4): Report distributed at the meeting and discussed by SI.

 

4E Disaster Emergency Cmte. (B5): See report in agenda packet.

 

4F Nominations Cmte: James Lai selected (per the Bylaws) the following members for the 2001 Nominations Cmte. subject to board approval: Rick Ranous, David Weiss, Tom Sabol, Jacqueline Vinkler, Perry Maljian, Douglas Mooradian, and Brian Cochran (Observer).  Alternates are Manny Morden, Tom Harris and John Chrysler.

 

                    RLH suggested and it was agreed that SEAOSC’s nominating process be advertised by an email to one of the listservers.

 

Ř               M/S/C to accept the above names for the composition of the 2001 Nominations Cmte.

 

5        SEAOC Business:

5A      SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: None.

 

5B      SEAOC Old Business: None.

 

5C      SEAOC New Business:

          1. MG reported that Lee Adler will supply language that will need to be printed on all future dues invoices basically stating that X% of each member’s dues were used last year for lobbying since Lee is a registered lobbyist with the State of California.  Language is to be supplied at the January SEAOC board meeting.

 

6        Old Business:

6A      Insurance Proposal by Chuck Kofoed: The proposal was discussed and it was noted that there may be a fee to the Association for administrating the 401K plan.

 

Ř               M/S/C to have Chuck Kofoed proceed with marketing disability insurance to SEAOSC members but have him attend the January board meeting for a short presentation on the establishment of the 401K plan.  DHG to invite Kofoed to meeting.

 

7        New Business:

7A Letter from Peter Ehlen re: Need for Simplified Codes: Peter’s letter was discussed and agreed with. 

 

Ř               M/S/C to (1) look at changes to the Blue Book for the 1997 UBC and suggest to SEAOC that they submit these code changes as soon as possible; and (2) assemble the current code provisions for wood frame buildings and see how they could be assembled into a single document with some simplified, conservative equations and procedures.  The final document should be promulgated by SEAOC using both the UBC and the IBC and working with ICBO.

 

7B      Other New Business: None.

 

8        Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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