The monthly meeting of the ASPE Board of Directors (BOD) was called to order at Fiesta’s Mexican Restaurant, on February 17, 2010 @ _5:40__ pm.
In Attendance: Larry Fletcher, E – President
Robert Mallory, AF – 1st Vice President
Glynnette Hale, CPE – Treasurer / Acting Secretary
Bob McMartin, CPE – Director
Steven Witt, E - Director
Absent:
MEETING BUSINESS
PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES – Glynnette Hale
January meeting minutes were submitted to the board and were approved as submitted.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Glynnette Hale
February Treasurer’s report was submitted to the board and was approved as submitted.
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Certification: -- Bob McMartin
JR Pike has found the study guide book and the other old information he was given and will get them to
Bob McMartin.
Sam Garrell, our newest member, has applied for the certification program.
Larry Fletcher is going to apply for the July cycle for the certification program.
Education: -- Larry Fletcher
No activity to report.
Standards: --Glynnette Hale
No activity to report.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Awards: -- Glynnette Hale
This is a work in progress assignment each month. No new activity to report.
By-Laws: -- Kathy Meadows
No activity to report.
Finance: -- Glynnette Hale / Larry Fletcher / Bob McMartin
No activity to report.
Membership: -- Pat Arrington, E
Sam Garrell, Chief Estimator with AUI, Inc. is our newest Chapter member.
Programs: -- Robert Mallory
Bob McMartin will check with Robin Watenpaugh to see if she will do her presentation: on “Earned Value Management” any time between May and August or later.
See additional info below.
Newsletter: –- Steven Witt
No activity to report.
Industry Awareness: – Bob McMartin
No activity to report.
Public Relations: - Larry Fletcher
No activity to report.
Historical: – Richard Cottrill
No activity to report.
Website: – Steven Witt
No activity to report.
Nominations: – Open
No activity to report.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
March 03, 2010 – Joe Craig, SMPS
Presentation: “Birth to Bid” – How a project comes together from conception of an Owner, the Architects and Engineers and the process on how it appears on the estimators desk.
April 07, 2010 – Tentative - Robert Mallory is working on speaker for this presentation – Bob Johnson with CSI who was to do this originally is not in good health – but Robert will keep checking with him.
Presentation: “Uniformat – What is it and how do you use it”
May 05, 2010 - Larry Fletcher, ASPE
Presentation: ‘The Estimator – The Head of the Construction Companies Spear”
The way estimators should be viewed by the construction industries
“Cinco de Mayo” Celebration
June 02, 2010 – TBD
Robert Mallory will talk to Jim Lloyd at Flintco about doing a presentation on the UNM Pit project.
July 02, 2010 – Steven Witt, ASPE
Presentation: “The Trials & Tribulations of Going Through the Process to become a CPE”
Future Presentation: Robert Mallory & Glynnette Hale are still working on a speaker for a “Consensus
Docs – How have they changed and how are they being used” presentation.
OTHER GENERAL BUSINESS
We are still short one board member. Larry will continue to try to appoint someone soon.
We discussed having one member per meeting get up and give us a 5 minute presentation on
“How I Estimate……..” (their business field).
Our Chapter will not have a representative at the upcoming Regional Meeting in Houston.
The board discussed having another Estimating Academy this year, possibly in April.
MEETING ADJOURNED: _____6:50___pm
