TO:              SEAOSC Directors & SEAOC Delegates

                    cc:      www.seaint.org/seaosc Web Page

                               

FROM:         James A. Hill, President

                    Don Gilbert, Administrator

 

DATE:          March 7, 2001

 

SUBJECT:    Minutes of Meeting 924 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, Mar. 7, 2001 meeting held at the Luminarias Restaurant, 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 Trsr.

Richard L. Hess (RLH)                 - Treasurer

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

Shirin Ader (SA)                          - Director

George E. Battey III (GEB)          - Director(1)

Dirk Bondy (DB)                          - Director

Albert Chen (AC)                         - Director(1)

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

Martin W. Johnson (MWJ)            - 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 JAH at 1:05 p.m.

 

2                            Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                             

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

                                       

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

 

Ø     M/S/C to receive the financial reports for February 2001 and approve the payment of expenses for the month. 

 

Discussion centered on the revenues and expenses for hosting the Web site.  It was requested to have Shafat Qazi attend the next board meeting to give a cmte. report and status of the Web site.

 

4                            Committee Reports:

4A                          Executive Cmte. Items: None.

         

4B      JEB              SEAOSC Seminars: JEB reported that 163 people are registered to attend the PD&D seminar later today and that the April PD&D seminar is also scheduled.  He also noted that Bill Nelson will be presenting on snow loads at the May PD&D along with someone to speak on wind and another TBD topic.

 

          MWJ            MWJ agreed to shepherd the May dinner meeting on the topic of the Seattle earthquake and will notify Program Cmte Chair Dilip Khatri.

 

          DJN              DJN agreed to shepherd the June dinner meeting on the topic of bridges and will notify Program Cmte Chair Dilip Khatri.

 

          JEB              JEB notified the board that the Seismic Design Manual Seminar is temporarily on hold until he can determine substitute presenters.  The suggested honorarium for the presenters was agreed at $300 per presenter.

 

4C                          Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1503 as of Mar. 2, 2001 compared to 1560 one year ago.

 

                              Candidates for Membership: 9 candidates including 0 Member SE; 1 Member; 3 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                          Legislative Cmte (B11): FS gave a verbal report for Chair David Weiss.

 

4E                          Awards Cmte (C13): BLC reported that the Awards Cmte is working on defining the awards for presentation this year.

 

5                            SEAOC Business:

5A                          SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: None.

 

5B                          SEAOC Old Business: JAH reported that SEAOC’s priorities for the upcoming year were defined at the recently held SEAOC Strategic Planning meeting noting that the development of a certification program for structural engineers in association with NCSEA was identified as the number one priority.  DJN requested DHG fax to the board the proposed organizational chart developed by Jon Kiland combining the Seismology and Code Cmtes.

 

5C                          SEAOC New Business: None.

                             

6                            Old Business:

6A                          Proposed Continuing Education Cmte: Not discussed.

 

6B                          Insurance Proposal by Chuck Kofoed: Not discussed.

 

6C                          Co-Sponsor Legoland Contest: Discussed during lunch.  Bill Warren to organize.

 

7                            New Business:

7A                          Request to Co-Sponsor COLA Bridge Building Contest: Agreed to donate $500.

 

7B                          Request to Co-Sponsor Bridge Building Contest at California High School: Agreed to donate $200.

 

7C                          Request to Attend City of Simi Valley Emergency Preparedness Exposition: Not discussed.  DHG to fax request to Herb Stockinger, Chair of Speakers Bureau.

 

7D                          Other New Business: None.

 

8                            Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

9                            Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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