January 5th - Board of Director's Meeting Minutes

The meeting followed the Agenda prepared by President Carl DuPoldt.
 
The Meeting began at 8:15 am at the Little Inn in Media.
 
1. Attending
     Susan Best, John Nawn, Carl DuPoldt, Bill Mulloy John Pickett, Eileen Nelson, Jack Smyth, Christine Hilditch, Walter      Kleponis, Carol Kleponis. Kevin Matson came after the meeting.

2. Notes of the October 13, 2006 meeting were approved.

3. State Directors Report
     The State Legislature passed the Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Act. The new regulations require 24      Professional Development Hours per two years.  
     They start in 2008,and will be effective for the 2009 renewal.
     The next State Directors meeting will be in Harrisburg on Saturday Jan.20th.
     Jack Smyth is giving up his Secretary and State Director's Positions.
     A State Conference will be held on May 31 in Reading.
     The NSPE is holding up payment of dues to the PSPE.

4. Treasurer's Report
     A Report dated January 2 2007 ,prepared by Mike Ciocco, was distributed in Mike' absence.
                        General Fund            $5,749
                        Math Counts Fund      $8,240
                        Scholarship Fund        $6,868
                        Golf Outing Fund       $0 
                        Total Funds Available $20,732

5. SE Vice Presidents Report Stanton - John Nawn gave a brief update on PSPE activities
                  
6. Programs
     January 17th   Ed Magargee
     February 22th   Engineer of the Year
     March 21st - PSPE/ASCE Infrastructure Initiative presented by Chris Menna and Mark Tiger
     April 18th - Chris Hildich is arranging a tour of the Covanta facility
     May 16th - Awards Meeting - Mathcounts, Delaware County Science Fair and Scholarships
     May? - Golf Outing - Raj Arora - Pending
     June? Picnic - Mike Ciocco - Pending

7. Reports
     Mathcounts ; Feb.24th at Garnet Valley School
     Scholarships Awarded: $2000 to Kacee Hwang,and $2500 to Amy Connelly
     DELCO EOY : Eileen Nelson
     DEL VALLEY EOY: Joe Viscuso
     DELCO Young EOY: Mike Ciocco
     Future City   1/27/07 Sent $250, Need Judges
     DELCO Science Fair: 3/5/07   Need Judges - contact Barbara Grimste at DCIU
     Lifetime Achievement Award: Have two Candidates

8. Old Business
     Bylaws: Nawn-Wait for PSPE's Report

 9. New Business
     Get Corporate Sponsor for our Meetings, Suggest $100.
     DELCO Chapter Membership in DCTMA :$300.per year, Passed
     DELCO Chapter Membership in Delco Chamber: $215 per year, Passed
     Donation to St.Aloysius Development Fund in memory of Maryanne Smyth,$250 ,Passed
     Fellow Application submission for John Kampmeyer approved
 
10. Next Meeting: Friday March 16th Little Inn,8:00am

11. Adjournment: 9:15 am 

Prepared by Walter Kleponis
Questions or Comments on the minutes, contact: Walter Kleponis at wjklepx@aol.com