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May Board Meeting Minutes |
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Sunday, 15 July 2007 |
MINUTES
The Iowa Section of ASCE
Board of Directors Meeting
May 8, 2007
Snyder & Associates Office
Ankeny, Iowa
1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by President Dave Moeller at 12:00 P.M. Iowa Section Officers present included Kole Berg, Jenifer Croat, Bryce Johnson, Tim Monson, Marlee Walton, Bob Lentz, and Sean Brown. Ron Gaines, Dave Claman and Lyle Brehm were not present.
a. Minutes of the March 9, 2007 Board Meeting: Minutes were reviewed by the Board. A motion was made by Jenifer Croat and seconded by Tim Monson to approve the minutes as written. The motion was approved by voice vote.
b. Agenda – The agenda was approved.
2. TREASURER’S REPORT: Ron Gaines was not present. Dave Moeller will ask Ron to email Treasurer’s report. Ron was going to look into a better financial instrument for new money.
3. NEWSLETTER REPORT: Kole Berg indicated that he still needed a few things including the President’s message, etc. Kole has been promoted to geotechnical department manager in Terracon’s Bettendorf office and will keep going as editor through the annual meeting. Will need to find a new newsletter editor for next year.
4. WEBSITE REPORT: Jon Garton thought it would be nice to get photos of the board. Dave Moeller said to keep Jon in mind for any content to place on the website. A general discussion regarding website content ensued. Consideration was given to placing board minutes and awards criteria on the site. Sean to email copy of Board approved minutes for 2007.
5. DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT:
a. Membership – Jenifer Croat said she requested names from U of I and ISU graduating engineering seniors and once she has this information, she will get letters out.
b. YMG Activities – Eastern Iowa YMG – Their budget still out. We sent $1000 and need to discuss funding to provide to both groups. $500 SPAG grant went to Eastern Iowa YMG for Future Cities competition. Board covered shortfall. Eastern YMG also wants to start a PE review course (cd set is $550) for 8 weeks, 2 nights/week. Board has decided to ask for a little more information from Eastern YMG – especially related to the concept of continuity (year to year offering, etc.). Central Iowa YMG – Dan sent in budget
c. Student Chapter Activities – Concrete Canoe – ISU came in 2nd, Wisconsin Platteville was 1st. U of I had an indoor picnic.
6. CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT :
a. Technical Committee Report – Not much to report from technical committees. Transportation had a planning session to start the process for their seminar.
b. Scholarship Meeting Report – Received recommendations from the scholarship committee. A motion was made by Sean Brown and seconded by Bob Lentz to approve the committee recommendations. The motion was approved by voice vote.
7. PR REPORT :
a. PR Professional - Tim Monson has contacted a candidate who has shown interest. Tim will work on trying to get a contract in place. Will need to use SPAG grant to fund.
b. Marston Water Tower PR project – Delayed this year.
8. ANNUAL MEETING REPORT: Lyle Brehm was not present. The Marston Water tower nomination was deferred this year. Will change the schedule of the meeting. ASCE fellow will do morning seminar titled “The stuff they didn’t teach you in engineering school”. The dates are now September 6th and 7th. Dave will ask Lyle to send out modified agenda.
9. DISTRICT 16 REPORT – Bob Lentz said the Assembly meeting is being held in Denver August 24-25. Mike VanderWert will be incoming Region VII Governor starting October 3rd for 3 years representing Iowa and South Dakota.
The Board may want to send Mike to August Assembly meeting. We will also need to identify a Region VII Assembly delegate (can be an annual position or longer). Assembly delegates will spend more time talking about what is happening in their sections. The Board has decided that the 2nd year director will take on that role. Discussion ensued related to sending Mike, Bob and 2nd year Director to Denver in August.
10. NEW BUSINESS
a. Expenditures – Dave will mail today’s lunch tab to Ron. Bryce requested $67.46 to make up cap by National related to her trip to Zone 7 conference. A motion was made by Sean Brown and seconded by Jenifer Croat to approve expenditures. The motion was approved by voice vote.
b. Headquarters Orientation – ASCE World HQ in Virginia November 5 or 12th. Hotel, breakfast and lunch covered by National. Expenses covered by section.
c. Regional Conference – Will try to connect Lyle (incoming President) to conference.
d. Dues Collection Program – National collects our dues and sends out portion to us. We have the option of collecting ourselves.
e. New Items – ASCE has developed a new strategic plan (attached). A general discussion ensued regarding the merits of an ASCE political action committee.
f. Next Meeting Date – July 10th
g. Adjournment - A motion was made by a board member and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 3:15 PM. The motion was approved by voice vote.
These minutes are being submitted to the Board of Directors of the Iowa Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers as an actual account of the proceedings of the Board Meeting on May 8, 2007 according to my notes taken during the meeting.
Sean D. Brown, P.E.
Secretary
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