The monthly meeting of the ASPE Board of Directors (BOD) was called to order at Fiesta’s Mexican Restaurant, on March 17, 2010 @ _5:43__ 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
February meeting minutes were submitted to the board and were approved as submitted.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Glynnette Hale
March Treasurer’s report was submitted to the board and was approved as submitted.
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Certification: -- Bob McMartin
Bob McMartin continues to work with Steven Witt, Sam Garrell & Larry Fletcher on their certification process & progress.
Education: -- Larry Fletcher
The Estimating Academy for 2010 was discussed. A lead person is needed. It was decided that we should do this sometime in the fall rather than this spring.
Discussed seminar topics such as:
“Where to find what you need”
“Tip of the Spear” by Larry Fletcher
“Why to join ASPE and become a CPE”
“Government Requirements for Bids”
“Conceptual Estimating & Risk Analysis for Design Build & Escalation” by Bob McMartin
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
See additional info below.
Newsletter: –- Steven Witt
No activity to report.
Industry Awareness: – Bob McMartin
ASPE March membership meeting was published in the Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook
Bob will get an article into the Journal for the April membership meeting
Bob is to contact ASA to see if they are going to have their Technical Fair this year - if so, we will see about booth space for ASPE
Public Relations: - Larry Fletcher
Larry will contact AGC about their Charter High School program.
Historical: – Richard Cottrill
No activity to report.
Website: – Steven Witt
Our Chapter website has been upgraded by 1XP with a new server – All is going well so far.
Steven Witt made the actual changes
Nominations: – Open
No activity to report.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
April 07, 2010 – Bob Johnson, J&J Consultants, LLC, and is with CSI
Presentation: “Uniformat – What is it and how do you use it”
May 05, 2010 – Possible Job Site Walk-Through at “The Pit”
Robert Mallory will contact Jim Lloyd at Flintco
June 02, 2010 – Robin Watenpaugh
Presentation: “Earned Value Management System”
July 02, 2010 – Steven Witt, ASPE
Presentation: “The Trials & Tribulations of Going through the Process to become a CPE”
August 03, 2010 - Larry Fletcher, ASPE
Presentation: ‘The Estimator – The Head of the Construction Companies Spear”
The way estimators should be viewed by the construction industries
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.
Glynnette Hale will contact Tom Payne with Miller-Bonded to see if he will do a presentation on Camera Digitizing for Compiling As-Builts or on service or marketing
Robert Mallory will contact Jack Farmer at Flintco to see about his QBS presentation
OTHER GENERAL BUSINESS
We are still short one board member. Larry will continue to try to appoint someone soon.
Steven Witt will do a 5 minute presentation on Electrical Estimating at the April membership meeting
Larry Fletcher is planning to go to the national convention in July if he makes it through his probation period at JB Henderson – 90 days if up on April 06, 2010
MEETING ADJOURNED: _____7:00___pm
