TO:              SEAOSC Directors & SEAOC Delegates

                    cc:      www.seaint.org/seaosc Web Page

                               

FROM:         James A. Hill, President

                    Don Gilbert, Administrator

 

DATE:          January 10, 2001

 

SUBJECT:    Minutes of Meeting 922 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, Jan. 10, 2001 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/SEAOC Delegate

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

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

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(1)

Albert Chen (AC)                         - Director

M. Saiful Islam (SI)                      - Director(1)

Martin Johnson (MJ)                    - Director

Mike Mehrain (MM)                     - Director(1)

Fred Schott (FS)                         - Director

Mel Green (MG)                          - SEAOC President-Elect/Delegate(1)

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 4:00 p.m.

 

2                            Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                             

Ř     M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Dec. 6 meeting of the Board of Directors as previously emailed.

                                       

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

 

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

 

4                            Committee Reports:

4A                          Executive Cmte. Items: None.

         

4B                          SEAOSC Seminars: The SEAOC macro seminar on the Seismic Design Seminar Vol. 3 will be rescheduled for May 10 with the same seminar given again for SEAOSC in later months.  JEB briefed the board on the concept of establishing a new Continuing Education Program for a seminar series aimed at younger engineers given on a regular and repeating basis.

 

                              The board agreed to the following price structure for PD&D seminars: Members = $25; Nonmembers = $50; Students = $10; Seminar + Dinner for members (only) = $40; At-the-Door (without a pre-paid reservation) = add $10 (and the “special” does not apply).

 

4C                          Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1462 as of Dec. 12 compared to 1520 one year ago.

 

                              Candidates for Membership: 4 candidates including 0 Member SE; 3 Member; 1 Associate, 0 Affiliate, 0 Industry Member; 0 Corresponding and 0 Students were presented.

 

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

 

4D                          Seminars/Prof. Dev. Cmte. (B6): Discussed under Item 4A.

 

4E                          House Cmte. (B9): No report.

 

4F                          Quality Assurance Cmte. (B10): Quality Assurance Cmte. Chair Dave Breiholz and cmte. member Sandy Pringle discussed the activities of the cmte. during the past year.  They presented the board with a summary of the cmte’s suggestions in the form of an Inspection Program Standard Specification Sheet that could be made available to the membership via the Internet and other means.  The cmte. asked the board to approve said document.

 

It was agreed to refer this document to the Steering Cmte. for review and comment.  The board thanked the cmte. for their work.

 

5                            SEAOC Business:

5A                          SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items:

                              1. Minutes of Exec. Cmte. Dec. 1 Conference Call: Presented FYI.

 

5B                          SEAOC Old Business: None.

 

5C                          SEAOC New Business:

1.     Review Agenda for Jan. 20 Meeting: Reviewed.  JAH to contact Lee Adler and request to put the topic of SEAOSC’s Continuing Education Seminar Program on the Jan. 20 meeting agenda.

 

2.     Review Financial Reports: Presented FYI.  DJN spoke briefly about the financial reports.

 

3.     Select Reps for Strategic Planning Meeting: Discussed.

 

Ř     M/S/C to approve the selection of JAH as President, JEB as President-Elect and DJN as Treasurer as SEAOSC’s three delegates and have DHG attend the SEAOC Strategic Planning Meeting on Feb. 23 & 24 in San Diego.

                             

6                            Old Business:

6A                          Insurance Proposal by Chuck Kofoed: Chuck presented a proposal to establish a SEAOSC 40(k) retirement program.

 

                              M/S/C (one abstained) to allow Chuck Kofoed to sell a 401(k) retirement plan to SEAOSC’s membership where at least one Principal of the firm is a member of SEAOSC.

 

                              M/S/C to rescind the previous motion and in its place approve the concept of Chuck Kofoed selling a 401(k) retirement plan to SEAOSC’s members and request Chuck to develop an in-depth proposal to be presented to the board.

 

6B                          Need for a Simplified Code: FS suggested that SEAOSC develop less confusing equations to simplify the current building code.  The topic was deferred until next board meeting.

 

7                            New Business:

7A                          Other New Business: None

 

8                            Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

9                            Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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