Board Meeting of Assocation of Coastal Engineers

The meeting was called to order at 5:15 pm at South Seas Resorts, Captiva Island, September 15, 2000.

Old Business:

There was no old business.

New Business:

President Fisher thanked Leslie Ewing (chair of the By-Laws Committee) and Billy Edge for their efforts on the by-laws.

There was a motion to delay the implementation of the rotation of board memberships until next year when an election of board members by the membership can be held. This passed unanimously.

There was a motion that the existing executive committee continue until next year when a new board is elected. This is understood to be a one-year extension only.

Lots were drawn to determine the terms of office for the present board members. The results are: Charles Chesnutt (3 years), John Fisher (2 years), Todd Stockberger (1), Billy Edge (1), Orville Magoon (2), Bob Dean (1), Leslie Ewing (3), Tony Dalrymple (3), Karyn Erickson (3), Jim Houston (2), Ram Mohan (2), Fred Raichlen (1). The remaining three positions are open.

It was moved that Skip Davis, an affiliate member, be appointed to the Board as the Affiliate Member of the Board. This was unanimously passed.

President Fisher asked that board members suggest names (within the next four weeks) for board members to be appointed to the three open positions.

President Fisher pointed out that there were suggestions for by-law changes. All suggested by-law changes should be forwarded to Leslie Ewing for committee discussion. The committee will report at the next board meeting any recommended changes. These would then be submitted to the membership prior to the next annual meeting.

A discussion then ensued over the next meeting site. It was suggest that the February meeting of the FSBPA in Orlando would be convenient.

The Association's procedure for memberships was discussed. Billy Edge moved that applications be sent to the (to-be-named) Membership secretary, who would chair the Membership Committee. The secretary would mail applicant checks to the bank with copies to the Treasurer. The membership committee would then make the usual recommendation on the applicants to the board. The membership secretary would be a member of the Executive Committee. This motion was passed.

Several pending applications were discussed and recommendations were made for disposition of several of them. The issue of academic degrees substituting for years of professional experience was debated. It was the concensus of the group that an Masters degree would be the equivalent of one year of experience. An Master and a PhD would count for two years of experience. Bob Dean and Todd Stockberger are to examine the Association application form to make sure that the experience requirements are clearly spelled out.

John Fisher pointed out that 5 Professional Development Hours were to be given to the attendees of the technical meeting the next day. The first step in the Associations goal of providing continuing education to the membership.

Respectfully,

Robert Dalrymple, Secretary.