AIA Eastern Ohio Board of Directors' Meeting Minutes:
February 21, 2002

 

Attendees:
Joe Makosky
Perry Douglass
John DeFrance
Art Morris
Tim Thomas
Bruce Sekanick
Mary Dennis
Sue Douglass
Melissa Jenoff
Absent:
Walter Van Scoter
Gregg Strollo
Jay Crafton


A. Motioned made to suspend January's meeting minutes

B. Treasurer's report: Approved to table approval of treasurer's report. Approved 2002 budget as amended.

C. Standing Committee Reports:
Awards: Art Morris, Walter Van Scoter -
Committee has been formed to revamp request letter for awards entries and the awards submittal packets.

Membership: Perry Douglass, Joe Makosky, Sue Douglass-
As of 2/8/02 the chapter has an 82% retention for membership.
Sue will be attending training on the TIMMS membership program at Grassroots

Website: Bruce Sekanick, Melissa Jenoff -
The committee is working diligently updating the website, posting meeting schedules and events

Continuing Ed: Walter Van Scoter, Mary Dennis, John DeFrance -
Johnsonite will be presenting a CE luncheon scheduled for March 6th at the EOC office. Lunch will be provided.
Civil Engineers Dinner is scheduled for the first week of April. The Chapter is responsible for lining up a speaker.
It was discussed Bruce to be the speaker with the topic "Code Changes"
Mary is pursuing with Don Hall to arrange for a half-day seminar with a speaker regarding a more in depth review of the Code Changes.

Annual Dinner: Perry Douglass -
Perry will send out a fax to all firms regarding facilities to hold the annual dinner.

IDP: Walter Van Scoter

Public Relations / Political Action Committee: Bruce Sekanick, Gregg Strollo -
John brought in information regarding the chapter participating in the Walk for Life at YSU. The board agreed to consider participating in the walk in 2003, as it is late in the process for this year.

Ohio Director(s): Bruce Sekanick, Tim Thomas -
State Grassroots is slated for March 14th. All board members are asked to attend.

Golf Outing: Bob Steines

Gold Medal: Tim Thomas, Joe Makosky, 3 past recipients

D. Old Business: Changing time of meeting was discussed. The meeting time will stay the same, 5:15 PM, with the possibility of changing from Thursday to Wednesday.

E. New Business

F. Motion made to adjourn meeting.