TO: SEAOSC Directors & SEAOC Delegates

cc: www.seaint.org/seaosc Web Page

FROM: James A. Hill, President

Don Gilbert, Administrator

DATE: April 4, 2001

SUBJECT: Minutes of Meeting 925 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, Apr. 4, 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

Dirk Bondy (DB) - Director

Albert Chen (AC) - Director

M. Saiful Islam (SI) - Director

Martin W. Johnson (MWJ) - Director

Mike Mehrain (MM) - Director

Fred Schott (FS) - Director

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

Donald H. Gilbert (DHG) - Administrator

Shafat Qazi (SQ) - Computer Applications Cmte.

Bob Hendershot (BH) - SEAOC President

Lee Adler (LA) - SEAOC Exec. Dir.

Bill Warren (BW) - Guest

(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. and introductions were made.

2 Approval of Meeting Minutes:

Ø M/S/C to approve the minutes of the Mar. 7 meeting of the Board of Directors as previously emailed.

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

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

4 Committee Reports:

4A Executive Cmte. Items: None.

4B JEB SEAOSC Seminars: JEB reported that 155 people are registered to attend the PD&D seminar later today and that the May PD&D seminar is also scheduled. JEB recommended that a $500 honoraria be established for presenters of the SEAOC Seismic Design macro seminars.

M/S/C (one opposed) to pay a $500 honoraria to the Seismic Design Manual seminar presenters.

JEB announced that a seminar will be held on a book called Seismic Design written by SEAOSC member Farzad Naeim on June 2 and 16 and asked the board to approve holding this seminar.

M/S/C to approve holding the seminar referenced above with the nonmember rate set at twice the member rate (without the cost of the book).

4C Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1509 as of Mar. 20, 2001 compared to 1569 one year ago.

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

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

4D Professional Practices Cmte (B14): JAH discussed that a member recently brought to his attention a problem that the member was having with the City of LA charging tax for business done within the city limits.

4E Computer Applications Cmte: SQ briefed the board on the activities of the CAC noting that a SEAOSC members-only list server was established last month. JAH suggested the cmte establish virtual remote locations for cmte. meetings. SQ responded that due to the expense of setting this up (~$20,000 per location), the Association consider utilizing Kinko’s facility at the rate of $250/four hours.

5 SEAOC Business:

5A SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: JAH stated that he will not be able to attend the next SEAOC board meeting on April 21 and it was agreed that DJN would carry JAH’s proxy.

5B SEAOC Old Business: SEAOC Strategic Plan – FS suggested that priority #4 (Enhance the Image of SEs in the Eyes of All Publics) be moved to priority #1.

5C SEAOC New Business:

6 Old Business:

6A Proposed Continuing Education Cmte:

6B Insurance Proposal by Chuck Kofoed:

6C Co-Sponsor Legoland Contest:

7 New Business:

7A Calif. Seismic Safety Commission Vacancies:

7B CSI Forum in San Luis Obispo:

7C Other New Business:

8 Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

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

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