Other actions of the SEAOC Board included the following:

• Authorization of the Business Forum to conduct salary and fee survey of the SEAOC membership;
• Authorization of the Seminars Committee to make plans for seminars based on the Seismic Design Manual that is scheduled for publication in March;
• The Bylaws and Policies Committee, chaired by Donald Strand, is now active in reviewing needed changes to the SEAOC Bylaws and in updating the procedures for operation of the Board. Your local Board appointed Richard Hess to collect comments and suggestions from our membership and to forward same to SEAOC for consideration. Proposed changes must be submitted in writing with appropriate reasons.
• The SEAOC Executive Committee will meet in mid March to review and evaluate the SEAOC executive office. Constructive suggestions are welcome. Please send comments in writing to either myself or Manny Morden.

Our State President John Shipp started his term by requesting each state committee chair to develop, in addition to the annual work plan, a "five-year plan" for each committee identifying the issues and objective of each committee organization. When the Committee plans are in full operation, SEAOC will without a doubt become one of the most formidable organizations in Northern America.

Thanks to the organized work of the Structural Engineers Auxiliary and, in particular the fine help from Nancy Cochran and Diane Thompson, our Student Night in February was a great success. Our Education Committee Chair, Ming Yang Yeh, was able to solicit support of several engineering firms and individual members towards the corporate-sponsored scholarships. We were able to meet our goal to give one $2,000 and three $1,000 cash scholarships to four of the most promising students who represent four universities. We sincerely thank all those who have contributed to this year's scholarship fund. We hope this effort will continue next year. See separate report in this NEWSletter.

While attendance at our dinner meetings in Orange County and Tri-Counties has been steadily increasing in recent months, the attendance at our Los Angeles dinner meetings has been decreasing. It may seem natural that attendance at dinner meetings in Los Angeles may have been impacted by the choice of more convenient local meetings in the neighboring counties. Yet, your Board is very concerned about such a decrease in meeting attendance in the Greater Los Angeles area, and plans to take some actions. Members are asked to post meeting notices on their office bulletin boards and to encourage colleagues to attend, and share the kinship of your Association. Future plans may include group discount or free drawing tickets for multiple pre-registrations from the same firm.

Looking ahead to future SEAOSC meetings, we will be having our biannual Computer Expo before our dinner meeting in May. Members are invited to come to meet a large number of software vendors. The program for our May meeting will be the joint meeting with the Southern California American Concrete Institute and, for the first time, the International Concrete Repair Institute. Please mark your calendar for May 5. Bring a guest with you. Support your Association!

Program: Tsunamis

Speakers: Costos Syholakis, USC

Location: Luminarias Restaurant, 3500 Ramona Blvd., Monterey Park

Time: Social hour: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Program: 8 p.m.

Menu: Boneless breast of chicken. (Vegetarian meal available if requested by

Cost: $22 Students:$10

Drawing: Half the money collected will go to SEAOSC, half to the lucky winner! Tickets $1 for one ticket, $3 for five tickets and $5 for 10 tickets. If winner not present, another ticket will be drawn until prize money is distributed.

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Reservations Due by Noon Mar. 1 

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Expiration:_______

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Wednesday, Mar. 3

Program: Tsunamis

Speaker: Costos Syholakis, USC

Menu: Boneless chicken breast. (Vegetarian meal available if requested by Noon Mar. 8)

Location: Luminarias Restaurant, 3500 Ramona Blvd., Monterey Park

Time: Social hour: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Program: 8 p.m.

Cost: $22 (Full-time undergraduate students: $10)

SEAOSC will host another in its popular Practical Design and Detailing Seminar series from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. prior to the March 3 Dinner Meeting at Luminarias Restaurant in Monterey Park. The topic is "Wall Framing and Wood Diaphragms."

See yellow insert for registration information. Special "package deal": $35 for seminar and dinner, savings of $7. (Pre-registration required for discount rate.)

Wednesday, Mar. 10

Program: Modeling of a Dual System WSMF Building to Capture Nonlinear Behavior

Speaker: Todd Erickson, EQE International Inc.Location: Costa Mesa Country Club, 1701 Golf Course Dr.

Time: 5:30 p.m. social hour, 6:30 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. program

Menu: Buffet

Cost: $22 (Full-time undergraduate students: $10)

RMS Engineering & Design, a small structural firm in Newport Beach, needs drafter with five years experience in concrete, masonry, wood, and steel design. A thorough knowledge of ACAD 14 is required. Fax resume to 949-721-0920. State salary requirements. No phone calls please. 

Immediate opening for experienced project engineers and design engineers. Experience in structural design of buildings required. Fax resume to Flores, Lund & Mobayed, 6362 Ferris Square, San Diego, Calif. 92121; 619-546-1275.

Fast-growing West L.A. firm: Structural engineer: Minimum five years experience in residential, commercial, computer proficient, excellent communication skills, comfortable with handling clients and multiple tasks. P.E. preferred. CAD Draftsperson: Experience in structural engineering drafting, strong computer skills and knowledge of networking a plus. Fax resume to 310-839-6247.

Li & Associates Structural Engineers, Thousand Oaks, seeks California Licensed P.E. or S.E. Applicants must have experience in mid- to high-rise structures, as well as industrial, commercial, residential and school project. Computer experience with AutoCad experience is helpful. Fax resumes to 805-495-4083. Attention: Joe.

Saiful/Bouquet Inc. seeks structural engineers with 0 to 6 years experience and structural CAD drafters with a minimum six years experience for major new design and seismic retrofit projects. Good communications skills and strong practical training preferred. Fax resume to 626-304-2676.

The SEAOSC Business Forum/ Consulting Structural Engineers Society (CSES) will hold a Dinner Meeting Mar. 18 at Taix's Restaurant, 1911 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. Social hour: 6 p.m.; dinner meeting: 7 p.m. Cost: $20 at the door.

The topic will be "Engineers are From Earth, Architects are From Pluto, But Together Can We Get Our Project Through Plan Check?" A panel of architects will address how they view structural engineers and their foibles. Time for discussion will follow. Panel participants will include Ed Woll of Tomko Woll Group Architects, Criss Gunderson of Gunderson Associates and Steve Hosa of Hosa Design Group.

SEAOSC recently designated CSES as its Business Forum, which is a group within SEAOSC with special interests in the business aspects of structural engineering.

For reservations call Brad Smith at 818-505-l9490.

The Applied Technology Corporation recently awarded the initial phase of ATC-50 to Breiholz Qazi Engineering Inc., Lomita.

The project is being performed for the City of Los Angeles through a Hazardous Mitigation Grant Program award from the Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). ATC-50 was developed to provide a seismic grading system for single-family, wood-frame dwellings and also test guidelines for the rehabilitation of dwellings with inadequate earthquake resistance. Other SEAOSC members on the BQE project team are John Wiggins, president of J. H. Wiggin Co., Nels Roseland, S.E. and Craig E. Taylor, Ph.D.

Mar.3: Noon April Newsletter Deadline

2:30 p.m. Board Meeting Luminarias Restaurant

3:30 p.m. PD & D Seminar Luminarias Restaurant

5:30 p.m. L.A. Dinner Meeting Luminarias Restaurant

Mar.9 2 p.m. Quality Assurance Committee SEAOSC Office

4 p.m. Existing Buildingn Committee SEAOSC Office

Mar.10 5:30 p.m. Orange County Dinner Meeting Costa Mesa Country Club

Mar.18 3 p.m. Testing Stds. Committee SEAOSC Office

6 p.m. Business Forum/CSES Mtg. Taix's Restaurant

Mar.31 Noon May Newsletter Deadline

Floyd E. (Bo) Weaver, 76, passed away Nov. 7 from cancer in Newport Beach, Calif. A member of SEAOSC since 1951, he obtained his three-digit S.E. license in 1953. His wife Dorothy wrote, "Floyd was always proud to be a member of your group."

He received his bachelor's degree from California Institute of Technology. During WWII he was stationed in Okinawa with the Navy Seabees Engineering Corps. After the war, he worked as a structural engineer for the state of California and then started his own firm in Santa Ana and earned a master's degree from USC.

One of the original members of the San Onofre Surf Club, he surfed for four decades. He was also an active golfer and sport fisherman. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, son Casey, a brother and two granddaughters. Two sons predeceased him.

SEAOSC welcomes its newest members:

Ian Black, Associate, Scott Wallace Structural Engineers.

Paul A. Bock, Member, Bock Engineering Inc.

Pablo A. Bruno, Associate, VCA Consulting Engineers

Stephen B. Carnes, Member, Self

Wayne Chang, Associate, Degenkolb Engineers

Sahadev Chirayath, Member SE, Black & Veatch

Amir R. Hariri, Associate, WHL Consulting

James Harper, Industry Member, Pacific Pest Elimination

Cecil Hensley, Member, Li & Associates

Debra Hight, Dual Member (SEAONC), Triad-Holmes Assoc.

Mohammed Ibrahim, Member SE, Brandow & Johnston Assoc.

Richard Jones, Associate, Bock Engineering Inc.

George Kuznetsov, Member, Mandley Inc.

L. Scott Markle, Member SE, Scott Wallace Structural Engineers

Alan L. Nguyen, Associate, Ove Arup & Partners

Gwynne Pugh, Member, Pugh & Scarpa]

Neal L. Smithhammer, Member, Self

Siavash Tileh-Kooh, Member, Tildin Engineering

Farro Tofighi, Member, Martin & Peltyn

Craig Baltimore, Member SE, Craig Baltimore Consulting Eng.

Perucchini Vitale, Corresponding, RI.VI sas (Italy)

Arpinee Yoghouridjian, Member, Bahman Ehsan Inc.

Patrick Lama was listed in error in the January NEWSletter as delinquent. The SEAOSC Office regrets the error.