TO:              SEAOSC Directors & SEAOC Delegates

                    cc:      www.seaint.org/seaosc Web Page

                               

FROM:         James A. Hill, President

                    Don Gilbert, Administrator

 

DATE:          February 6, 2001

 

SUBJECT:    Minutes of Meeting 923 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. 6, 2001 meeting held at the SEAOSC offices, Whittier, 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(1)

Daniel J. Novak (DJN)                  - Vice President/Budget Cmte./SEAOC Trsr(1)

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

Fred Schott (FS)                         - Director(1)

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 JAH at 3:45 p.m.

 

Bill Warren spoke about UCI’s Legoland Project aimed at third, fourth and fifth graders where the students were invited last April to place their Lego building on UCI’s shake table.  This year the event will be held on April 21.  Bill suggested that SEAOSC have a presence at the event with a table display to distribute literature either through the members of the board, the Speaker’s Bureau or DHG.

 

2                            Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                             

Ø     M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Jan. 10 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 2001 and approve the payment of expenses for the month. 

 

4                            Committee Reports:

4A                          Executive Cmte. Items: None.

         

4B      JEB              SEAOSC Seminars: DHG notified the board that PD&D seminars are scheduled for March, April and May and that May 10 is the tentative date for the SEAOC Seismic Design Manual Vol. 3 seminar.  The date is to be confirmed by JEB and Constantine Shuhaibar.

 

4C                          Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1478 as of Jan. 5, 2001 compared to 1549 one year ago.

 

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

 

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

 

4D      DHG             Honorary Cmte.: BLC briefed the board as to the qualifications desired in Honorary Members and asked for suggestions regarding the of names of candidates.  It was asked for DHG to email the current lists of Honorary Members and Past Presidents to the board. 

 

4E                          Nominations Cmte.: The slate of officers and directors to be elected in May this year were presented and approved.  RLH also suggested that next year, the board work with the Nominations Cmte. to get more people involved and to be more responsive to our membership.

 

5                            SEAOC Business:

5A                          SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: None.

 

5B                          SEAOC Old Business: It was noted that the minutes to the Jan. 20 SEAOC board of directors meeting were distributed in the agenda packet for the director’s information.

 

5C                          SEAOC New Business: None.

                             

6                            Old Business:

6A      DHG             Insurance Proposal by Chuck Kofoed: Chuck Kofoed and Robert Crawford presented a proposal to establish a SEAOSC sponsored 401(k) retirement program.  After much discussion, it was agreed that they would submit a refined proposal by the next board meeting outlining the costs associated with a plan offered but not endorsed by SEAOSC.  It was also suggested that DHG check with an attorney about any SEAOSC liability that may be inherent with sponsoring this type of program.

 

6B      MG               Simplified Building Code: DHG reminded the directors that Mel Green is seeking assistance in the development of a simplified building code.

 

6C                          Speakers Bureau: DHG showed the board a copy of a color flyer designed for use by members of the Speaker’s Bureau to get students to become interested in the profession of structural engineering.

 

6D      JAH/JEB       Proposed Seminar Program: Bill Warren spoke about the proposed core, on-going seminar program that John Shipp, JAH, JEB, DHG and he discussed recently that can be part of the continuing education program.  JAH mentioned that he brought this topic up at the last SEAOC board meeting where it was enthusiastically embraced.

 

7                            New Business:

7A                          Other New Business: None.

 

8                            Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

9                            Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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