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PRESIDENT SECRETARY
W. ARTHUR BARRETT, P.E. JOHN D. MALINOWSKI, P.E.
GANNETT FLEMING, INC. W ILBUR SMITH ASSOCIATES
4701 MT. HOPE DRIVE, SUITE A 810 GLENEAGLES COURT, SUITE 306
BALTIMORE, MD 21215 BALTIMORE, MD 21286
PHONE: 410-585-1460 PHONE: 410-339-6355
EMAIL: wbarrett@gfnet.com EMAIL: jmalinowski@wilbursmith.com
VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER
AMANDA D. SCHINDHELM, P.E. DIRECTORS MARK S. RICHMOND, P.E.
KCI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. JOSEPH P. KITTNER, P.E. HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT
10 NORTH PARK DRIVE KEITH A. DUERLING, P.E. 6751 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE, SUITE 514
HUNT VALLEY, MD 21030 KELLY E. BRENNAN, P.E. COLUMBIA, MD 21046-3143
PHONE: 410-316-7955 DR. MANOJ K. JHA, P.E. PHONE: 410-313-6413
EMAIL: aschindhelm@kci.com EMAIL: markrichmond@co.ho.md.us
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
MARYLAND SECTION
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
DATE: November 10, 2004
LOCATION: Engineering Society of Baltimore
IN ATTENDANCE: Board Members
President Art Barrett
Vice President Amanda Schindhelm
Treasurer Mark Richmond
Secretary John Malinowski
Director [Not present-Keith Duerling]
Director Manoj Jha
Director Joseph Kittner
Director (YMCC) Kelly Brennan
Editor Rizwan Siddiqi
Scholarship Ed Meehan
1. President Art Barrett called the meeting to order.
2. Secretary’s Report (John)
John distributed minutes for the October Board meeting. The minutes were approved by
proper motion.
The Section Report is due to National by the end of November. John has received a
copy of last years Report to use as a base. With input from Mandy and Mark the report
will be submitted by the end of next week.
3. Treasurer’s Report (Mark)
The budget for ‘-03-’04, with some additional information added after the October
meeting was re submitted for approval and approved by proper motion.
The Budget for ‘-04-’05 was submitted for approval and it was approved by proper
motion.
The monthly Budget report was presented and approved by proper motion.
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A Bar bill was included in the last invoice from ESB. For the October meeting the cost
for the drinks was a little less than the per person charge. We will continue to go with
the per drink charge until further notice.
Need to get a Committee for Audit. Art will contact Mike Krupsaw to see if he will chair.
Letters have been received from Morgan & Maryland Student Chapters requesting funds
for the year. After a review of the letters a motion was made and approved to send each
chapter their allotment of $500 each.
4. Newsletter (Rizwan)
With the holidays approaching the Editor has requested that submissions to the
newsletter be done in a timely manner.
5. Programs ( Frank Kaul - Not present)
The new reservation process continues to do well.
Attendees will continue to obtain drink tickets at the door and present them to the bar
tender.
December – Bridge aesthetics
January - OPEN
February – Student Night - Morgan state? Manoj thought it was Hopkins’s turn to host
the student meeting. Joe will check with Frank concerning this and the topic for the
Carroll Lecture. This meeting will include the job fair.
March – Geotech / SEI - Mandy will check with SEI group.
April – Carroll Lecture
May – Awards Night
June – BMI on Flag Day. Frank to contact BMI to check on availability.
MDSPE would like to have a joint meeting and to have an Order of Engineer Ceremony.
6. Young Members (Kelly & Michelle)
ASCE Conference – had a good response at all the YM events. The Rebuilding
Together Community Service went well and they have requested that we do something
in April. The YM committee will look into it.
We will make an announcement to check out the Young Member area on the website for
other information on upcoming events. Events include Indoor Soccer, Holiday Bowling
party and Future Cities Competition.
Will be submitting a SPAG Grant for the Future Cities
7. Awards (Dave Labella - Not present)
The committee still needs to meet.
It was suggested that Life Members be inducted with the swearing in of the Board of
Directors in September of 2005. The committee will check into this.
8. Scholarship (Edward Meehan)
Ed will be handing out Flyers on the Indoor Golf Tournament in March.
Jack Moller from JMT will be available to set up the Scholarship funds properly.
9. University Outreach (Angel Lennon – Not Present)
Morgan Student Chapter has submitted all the necessary information to National and
has been re-instated.
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10. Hospitality (Chris Heyn – Not Present)
No Report
11. Associates Council (Richard Hine - Not Present)
No Report
12. Engineers Week Council (Jerry Jannetti – Not Present)
No Report
13. Infrastructure Champion – Not Present)
No Report
14. Education (Doug Andrews – Not Present)
No Report
15. Geotechnical Jim Sherring – Not Present)
No Report
16. History and Heritage (Matthew Fenton – Not Present)
No Report
17. Government Relations (Joe Kittner)
Should plan to attend the meeting in March.
18. Public Affairs (Dana Knight - Not Present)
No Report
19. Web Site (Jake Smith – Not Present)
No Report
20. Membership (Dave Elberti – Not Present)
No Report
21. Professional Objectives (Randolph Petersen – Not Present)
No Report
22. SWM Group (Mike Wilmore – Not Present)
No Report
23. SEI (Jim Zhao – Not Present)
Some issues still need to be resolved concerning the formation of SEI. The Board will
work to resolve these issues with SEI in the next few months.
Mandy will be serving on the Board of SEI this year.
24. Organizational Chart
All updates for the chart are to be sent to Art.
The website will need to be updated based on the new chart.
All Board members should review the Chart.
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25. District 5 Meeting (Region 2)
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A meeting was held on Saturday, Oct 23 in the afternoon during the Conference. The
ASCE governance restructuring was discussed and a follow up meeting will be held in
Hershey before the Zone I meeting at the need of January. A volunteer will be needed
to attend. This will be a long term commitment; it will be two years before our new
region is in place.
Joe Kittner volunteered to be the District 5 secretary.
26. Constitution and Bylaws (Joe Kittner)
No report.
27. Strategic Plan
A volunteer is still needed.
28. 2004 ASCE Conference in Baltimore
The Conference was a big hit and thank you to all who helped and attended.
29. Current Business
A. Leadership Conference
Mark Richmond and John Malinowski will be attending.
Kelly to check on the YM and student status with National.
B. Deadline to submit pictures for Photo Contest has been extended to December 6th.
C. FTP Hint: Use Data to Identify Members’ Institute Affiliation
D. Section Leaders Go to Washington: Leadership Training in Government Relations
Program Applications Available – http://www.ASCE.org/govrel
E. 2005 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure to be released in March, Press Release,
MD Information.
Need to talk to Dana Knight about his willingness to participate.
Meeting was adjourned by proper motion.
Respectfully submitted,
John D Malinowski PE, M. ASCE
cc: Board and Committee Members
Reza Darvishian – District 5 Director
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