TO:                 SEAOSC Directors & SEAOC Delegates

                        cc:       www.seaint.org/seaosc Web Page

                                     

FROM:           James A. Hill, President

                        Don Gilbert, Administrator

 

DATE:            May 2, 2001

 

SUBJECT:   Minutes of Meeting 926 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, May 2, 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

Martin W. Johnson (MWJ)                - Director

Mike Mehrain (MM)                           - Director

Fred Schott (FS)                               - Director

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

Donald H. Gilbert (DHG)                  - Administrator

Bill Warren (BW)                               - SEAOC Certification Cmte Chair

 

(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 12:55 p.m.

 

2                                  Approval of Meeting Minutes:

                                   

Ø      M/S/C to approve the minutes of the April 4 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 April 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 164 people are registered to attend the PD&D seminar later today and that a seminar will be held on a book called Seismic Design edited by SEAOSC member Farzad Naeim on June 2 and 16.  A seminar on Vol 3 of the Seismic Design Manual is scheduled for Sept. 8th.

 

4C                               Membership Report: DHG reported that membership totaled 1519 as of Apr. 19, 2001 compared to 1569 one year ago.

 

                                    Candidates for Membership: 2 candidates including 0 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.

 

                                    It was suggested to offer student members a discounted membership upon their upgrading their membership to Associate member at graduation.

 

4D                               Speakers Bureau (B18):  FS agreed to assist Herb Stockinger with the Speakers Bureau’s activities in the San Luis Obispo.  DJN gave a report for the Speaker’s Bureau.

 

4E                               Younger Members (B21): No report.

 

4F                               Honorary Member Cmte: BLC reported that the recommends John Shipp and David Breiholz for Honorary Members; Carl Johnson and Gerald Lehmer for Fellow; and the Steel Ad Hoc Cmte for the Stephen Barnes Awards.

 

Ø      M/S/C to approve the cmte’s recommendation above.

 

5                                  SEAOC Business:

5A                               SEAOC Executive Cmte. Items: None.

 

5B                               SEAOC Old Business: None.

 

5C                               SEAOC New Business:

1.      Review Apr. 21 Board Meeting: DLN briefed the board that SEAOC is doing well financially and gave a synopsis of the meeting.

 

2.      Appoint 2 Reps to Certification Cmte: DJN reported that SEAOC is to draft a Certification Plan to be given to NCSEA for adoption hopefully nationwide.  BW reported on the last SEAOC/NCSEA Certification Cmte meeting and the “multi-tiered” concept.  It was agreed to have John Shipp and FS assist BW as SEAOSC representatives to the SEAOC Certification Cmte.

 

3.      Establish Student Chapters: The proposal by SEAOC to establish statewide student chapters was discussed but wasn’t well received by the SEAOSC directors.  It was discussed whether to table this issue and have the Executive Cmte appoint a chair for the cmte from the general membership. 

 

Ø      M/S/C to table this issue and have the Executive Cmte canvas the membership for to find a chair.

 

4.      Awards: It was noted that the poster boards will be displayed at tonight’s dinner meeting.  SEAOSC had only one entry from Taylor & Gaines.  It was suggested that SEAOSC play a more active role in the Awards process in future years with the winner of the previously year possibly named as the chair of the cmte for the next year.

 

6                                  Old Business:

6A                               Proposed Continuing Education Cmte: Discussed.  It was agreed to combine the Seminar Cmte, Programs Cmte, the Continuing Education Cmte and the Dinner Meeting Cmtes all into one cmte named the Programs Cmte.

 

6B       DHG               Insurance Proposal by Chuck Kofoed: DHG was asked to contact Chuck Kofoed and have him supply a copy of whatever it is that Kofoed wants SEAOSC to sign regarding the insurance proposal by the next board meeting.

 

7                                  New Business:

7A                               Other New Business:

            DHG               1. Assisting COLA with Hiring SE: It was agreed to forward this request to the seaoscmembers.org listserver.  Responses are to go directly to COLA.  A response should be given to the COLA contact stating what we’re doing and that the replies will be sent directly to COLA.

 

Ø      M/S/C to approve the above.

 

8                                  Consent Items & FYI: See agenda packet.

 

9                                  Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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