The monthly meeting of the ASPE Board of Directors (BOD) was called to order at O’Neill’s Restaurant, on May 21st, 2008 @ _5:50__ pm.
In Attendance: Glynnette Hale, CPE – President
Kathy Meadows, E – Immediate Past President
Larry Fletcher, E – Vice President
Ralph Spengeman, FCPE – Treasurer
Bob McMartin, CPE – Secretary
Jack O’Neill, CPE – Director
Absent: Joe Ledger, CPE – Director
Skip Vernon, CPE – Director
MEETING BUSINESS
PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES – Bob McMartin
March 19th, 2008 Meeting – Approved with edits
April 16th, 2008 Meeting – Meeting Canceled
TREASURER’S REPORT – Ralph Spengeman
- Ralph provided copies of the chapter’s balance sheet (by month) showing activities and associated costs from 8/1/07 through 4/30/08. The balance sheet was reviewed by the board and accepted as written. It was noted that there is income to be posted, when complete figures arrive, from the recent estimating academy and membership annual dues that are coming in.
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Certification: -- Joe Ledger
- Glynnette has not heard back from ASPE National about support that can be provided by the Society to Joe Ledger’s prior request (see reference below). It was recommended that we develop a more specific request and bring this topic up at the upcoming National Convention. It was also discussed that it would help if Joe could arrange to attend the convention to discuss this issue directly.
o Ref: From the December 2007 meeting: Joe updated the board on the status of requesting the ASPE to support Intel’s in-house estimating certification program. Joe explained that he has begun the certification program with a target of 27-ea individual estimating training modules specific to Intel’s business practices. Joe would like the ASPE’s help in supporting Intel’s program and will send the board a copy of his presentation on the subject.
Standards: -- Jack O’Neill
No activity/report
Education: -- Skip Vernon
No activity/report
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Awards: -- Ralph Spengeman
Ralph is working on Chapter qualifications and general backup to submit to National for consideration of a Society Award. He will finalize preparation and submit the information for the general Chapter Award submittal due by June 1st, 2008.
By-Laws: Kathy Meadows
On May 6, 2008 Glynnette emailed a copy of the 2008 Proposed Bylaw Amendments to our chapter members for consideration. The amendments will be voted on at the National Convention in July. Glynnette, Larry Fletcher, and Jack O’Neill are planning on attending and will represent the Road Runner Chapter.
Glynnette explained the general procedures that will be followed at the convention with respect to the amendments and how they affect our chapter. There are eleven proposed amendments and details of each are included in her email as an attachment. The Board went over each amendment and voted on the position our Chapter should take. We will discuss these amendments at the June 04, 2008 membership meeting.
Finance: -- Ralph/Glynnette/Larry
Glynnette presented a request for a travel budget to attend the national convention which was approved by the Board. Glynnette, Larry, and Jack will also receive travel funds from their respective companies.
Membership: -- Larry Fletcher
No activity/report
Programs: -- Glynnette Hale
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
June 04, 2008 – Our guest speaker will be our own Vice-President, Larry Fletcher. His program will be on "Building Safety into an Estimate".
July 02, 2008 – Robert Mallory – Squeezing Your Carbon Footprint
August 2008 – Jon Balis (Topic not Announced)
September 2008 – Glynnette Hale (et. al) – Bid Day Presentation as was planned for this year’s Estimating Academy
Discussions on new locations to have our monthly membership meetings resulted in the decision of Fiesta’s as our preferred location. O’Neil’s has become too expensive and difficult to make plans with.
OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS
Newsletter: -- Kathy Meadows
No activity/report
Industry Awareness: -- Bob McMartin
No activity/report
Public Relations: -- All Board Members
No activity/report
Historical: -- Ralph/Kathy/Glynnette
No activity/report
Website: -- Larry Fletcher
No activity/report
Nominations: --
See General Business below
OTHER GENERAL BUSINESS
- The Board decided to make initial nominations for next year’s officers at the meeting because we are running short on time. The following nominations were made and additional nominations will be sought individually as well as at the upcoming Membership Meeting:
Larry Fletcher, E – President
Bob McMartin, CPE – Vice President
Ralph Spengeman, FCPE – Treasurer
Glynnette Hale, CPE – Secretary
Jack O’Neill, CPE – Director
Joe Ledger, CPE – Director
Skip Vernon, CPE -- Director
- Larry Fletcher brought up the topic of the State will soon be requiring testing and educational credits as part of the accreditation process for Journeymen crafts. Larry would like to propose that ASPE provide continuing education credits for activities sponsored by the ASPE (e.g., Estimating Academy). This is a topic that can be discussed at the upcoming National Convention.
- Glynnette updated and explained our chapter’s tax exempt status.
MEETING ADJOURNED: _____7:20 pm___
