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Business
Meeting
In attendance
were: Bill Steele, Gennie Thompson, Barry McDonnell, Tim
Walsh, Gail Dreckman, Chris Jonientz-Trisler, Sharon Loper,
Bob Freitag, Bob Zimmerman, Jack Bernhardsen ,Craig Weaver,
Rob Willis, Stacy B, James Bella, Ines Pearce, Terry Simmons,
Roberto Gonzalez , Vaughn Mason, Mark Darienzo, Amiri Farshad
and Alistair McCrone
1. Old
Business.
- Business
Meeting called to order by Bob Zimmerman, President
- Minutes
of the February meeting were disturbed and read by Bill
Steele.
Tim
Walsh moved and Gail seconded that the minutes be approved
as read
- Tim
Walsh gave treasures report.
Walsh
mentioned that $58,000 of the original $75,000 was remaining.
This included $10,000 for the November conference, but
did not include a unique contract with FEMA to hire
Barry McDonnell.
Terry
Simons move and Barry McDonnell seconded that the report
be approved as given.
- Election
of Directors
Bob
Zimmerman explained the election process.
Stacy
Bartoleti was placed in nomination Bob Freitag and seconded
by Bob Zimmerman
Inez
Pearce was nominated by James Bella and seconded by
Tim Walsh.
Both
introduced themselves to the Board. After a brief discussion
both were accepted and Zimmerman called for the question.
Both were approve unanimously.
- Election
of Officers. Bob Zimmerman explained the process involved
in the election of Officers and asked that the appropriate
By Law section be included in the minutes. This section
reads as follows:
Article
IV Section 2. The officers shall be elected by
the Board, which should seek to maintain geographic
and public/private sector diversity among the Officers.
The incoming Board shall elect the Officers at its
regularly scheduled meeting on the first Wednesday
of October (see Section 3.13(D)). Officers shall hold
office for one year or until their successors have
been elected. An Officer may serve successive terms
in office if so elected. To provide an opportunity
for continuity, the Board should consider electing
a Director to the position of Vice President who is
willing to serve as President the following year if
so elected.
- Craig
Weaver gave the results of the CREW Conference Planning
Committee:
After
much discussion, including detailed recommendations
to a proposed agenda, it was agreed that:
The conference would be held November 27th and 28th
CREW would was not entirely closed to having a third
day for the engineering community. However, the consensus
was that a third day may detract from the conference
and would greatly complicate the planning processes.
Freitag would communicate this to Swanson. If Swanson
presented a convincing argument and would be willing
to be the lead, a third day would be re-evaluated.
An invitation would be extended to Starbucks to give
the keynote speech.
The venue of choice would be the Westin Hotel
Accepted the Conference Objectives
The proceeding will be placed on a CD and distributed
to all attendees
Hospitality/exhibit
hour would be made available the evening of the first
day. Vaughn Mason offered to assist with the organization
of the event.
- Next
meeting will be in October. The 18 was suggested. This
would coincide with the Canadian Hazards Conference.
2. New
Business
- Bob
Freitag suggested that CREW develop a newsletter and have
as its first issue the results of the Conference.
A
vote was not requested. Freitag was asked to reintroduce
this as the Conference date nears and recommend a budget.
- Assistance
with the travel expenses of Directors.
There
was a discussion of travel expenses and whether CREW
could assist those Directors seeking assistance.
The
item was discussed and it was decided to ask the support
team to offer a recommendation at the October meeting.
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