WA-BC – AFS Chapter
EXCOM Teleconference Meeting Minutes – FINAL
July 20, 2010
Attending: Mark Pedersen, Larry Dominguez, Orlay Johnson, Lisa Harlan (Asst to Secretary/Treasurer – taking minutes).
Minutes: The motion was made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes for June 15th, and July 6th, (Jim Shannon voted by email).
Officer Reports
President – Jim Shannon: No report.
Past President – Larry Dominguez: The 2011 team will be well represented at the Pittsburgh conference. Larry suggested a few ideas to keep the momentum going through the summer months – a call for reports, more clarity on meeting times, a call for articles for the next newsletter.
President Elect – Mark Pedersen: A person from Victoria and someone from Kamloops won the BC Hydro scholarships. Mark will try to arrange for a Chapter member to give the awards.
Vice President – Mark Celedonia: No report.
Secretary/Treasurer – Erin Lowry: No report.
Newsletter Editor – Geraldine Vander Haegen: No report.
Assistant Newsletter Editor – Orlay Johnson: Orlay will get in touch with Geraldine to learn the tasks he will be doing starting mid-September. Orlay has enlisted the aid of Kathleen Neeley from NOAA Fisheries to help find possible Washington venues for 2012 AGM.
Topics
Old Business:
Retreat Date – The response regarding the date was that Saturday will work better than Sunday, so the retreat date will be Sep 25th, 2010. Orlay will confirm whether the NWFSC is available for that date, then Lisa will email everyone to vote on location for the retreat (the other option being NMT’s offices in Olympia).
New Business: No new business.
Action Items for next meeting:
Action: Orlay will contact Geraldine to set up a time for training on the newsletter and website tasks.
Action: Lisa will email everyone to vote on the Retreat location once Orlay confirms availability of the NWFSC.
Action Items carried forward from July 6 minutes:
Action: Jim will look into conference code number.
Action: Mark C will request an updated membership list from the Parent Society.
Action: Next teleconference we will discuss the budget projecting out for the next 18 months.
Action: Jim will email EXCOM regarding the meeting time changing to 8:00am.
Action: Yvonne will assemble a list of possible Canadian locations for the 2012 AGM.
Action: Orlay will assemble a list of possible Washington locations for the 2012 AGM.
Action: Lisa will talk to Bryan to find out if the documents can either be stored on the chapter’s website or if the document storage service can be linked to our website.
Action: Jim will see if Bryan Bougher can do a website training at the retreat.
Next Teleconference: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 8:00am.