The monthly meeting of the ASPE Board of Directors (BOD) was called to order at Fiesta’s Mexican Restaurant, on February 16, 2011 @ _5:35__ pm.
In Attendance: Glynnette Hale, CPE – President
Glynnette Hale, CPE – Acting Treasure
Larry Fletcher, E – Past President
Bob McMartin, CPE – Secretary
Absent: Richard Cottrill, E – Director
Steven Witt, E – Director
Pat Arrington, E – Director
MEETING BUSINESS
PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES – Glynnette Hale
The January 2011 BoD Meeting Minutes submitted to the board were approved as submitted. Minutes have been posted on the Chapter’s Website by Larry.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Glynnette Hale
The January 2011 Treasurer Report will be submitted to the Board for approval at the next meeting.
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Certification: -- Bob McMartin
Sam Garrell and Steven Witt have apparently passed their GEK and Discipline Exams and their papers have also received a passing grade. National will complete the certification paperwork soon and send their certificates, pins, etc. for distribution to the candidates. The Board will make plans for presenting the credentials at a Membership meeting in the near future.
Education: -- Larry Fletcher
1. The Estimating Academy remains on hold. Discussions continued about how to draw more people out to attend and more involvement by the Roadrunner Members to warrant going forward with future seminars.
- It was previously recommended that we develop a presentation of a typical “Bid Day” scenario as a seminar topic to be added to seminar topics discussed in previous BoD meetings. Glynnette updated the board with information from National and their development of a canned presentation on the same subject and the potential support to our chapter they can provide.
2. Larry updated the board on estimating classes that he has developed, for the Construction Reporter folks, and recently completed his first round of classes. Larry received excellent feedback on the courses and plans to conduct additional classes in the near future as well as potentially making a video of the class presentations.
Standards: --Glynnette Hale
No activity to report.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Awards: -- Glynnette Hale
No activity to report.
By-Laws: -- Kathy Meadows
No activity to report.
Finance: -- Glynnette Hale / Larry Fletcher / Bob McMartin
Glynnette has decided not to attend the upcoming ASPE NW/SW Regional Meeting in San Diego in February and represent our chapter. Prior funding support approved is now available to others, however; no one else has shown an interest in attending.
It was noted by Glynnette that Joe Flemming, CPE will be our Chapter Representative as well as National 1st VP at the regional meeting. ASPE Chapter #47 will pay his registration fee for this meeting.
Membership: -- Pat Arrington, E
The following info from last month’s Meeting Minutes remains current:
· Bob asked about the status of Marty McAllister (Noel Co.) joining ASPE because of an earlier contact. Glynnette will continue to send Marty monthly meeting info – so far she has had no response from him.
· Glynnette was contacted by Zeb, (she doesn’t recall his last name at this time), saying he had moved to the ABQ Area and was interested in ASPE – she will get info out to him – previous try was not successful.
Programs: -- General Board Members
The following info from last month’s Meeting Minutes remains current:
· Richard will check further with Solar Resources as a potential presenter.
· Other recommended topics recommended to consider were “IBC Code Updates” and “Cap & Trade”.
Newsletter & Website: –- Steven Witt & Larry Fletcher
The following info from last month’s Meeting Minutes remains current:
· It was recommended and approved by the Board to combine the “Newsletter” Standing Committee Section with the “Website” Section.
· The website has been kept up to date by Larry Fletcher to current status. Larry volunteered to add the Construction Reporter web link to our ASPE website.
Industry Awareness: – Bob McMartin
The following info from last month’s Meeting Minutes remains current:
· Glynnette provided a flyer with information about an upcoming CASS show on March 19th & 20th. Glynnette will check about receiving a booth for free from the CASS folks because we are a non-profit organization. If we can receive a booth for free, the Board will discuss further and decide if we want to set up an ASPE booth.
Public Relations: - Larry Fletcher
No activity to report
Historical: – Richard Cottrill
No activity to report.
Nominations: – Board
No activity to report.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
March 02, 2011 – Mike Riordan, Director of the Department of Municipal Development with the City of Albuquerque has confirmed that he will be our guest speaker at this month’s membership meeting. He will discuss upcoming City projects, plan reviews, permit changes, etc.
April 06, 2011 & Following Months – TBD
OTHER GENERAL BUSINESS
No further business to report.
MEETING ADJOURNED: _____6:45___pm
