Board of Directors Meeting Minutes - August 11, 2006

1. Meeting began 8:30 am

2. Attending
     John Pickett, Eileen Nelson,David Lowdermilk,  Frank Stanton, Jessica Hooper (Widener University), 
     Kevin Matson, Nora Kogut  (Widener), Bill Malloy, Chris Volkay-Hilditch,Walter Kleponis, 
     Carol Kleponis.
     Kevin was Chairman due to Carl's  absence

3. Approval of Notes of March 10, 2006
     Tabled

4. State Director's Report
     Since Jack Smyth was absent,Frank Stanton, SE  Regional Vice President 
     gave a Report
     . PA Senate Bill S 655 is now in the PA  House.
       Continuing Professional Competence,2 Hours per year.
       If not voted on by  November, Bill will die.
     . Harve Hnatiak has a Strategic PLan for PSPE for  presentation at the 
       State Board Meeting on Sept.23 rd.

5. Treasurer's Report
     . In Mike Ciocco's absence, The Report posted by Carl Dupoldt on the 
       Internet was discussed.The Chapter has a healthy Balance. 
     . Should Scholarship awards be increased?
     . Frank Stanton suggested that an Audit of the Report be made since a new 
       Treasurer will be taking over.He would oversee  the Audit.

6. Program For Meetings
     September 20th  Helicopter Museum, 6:30 pm  .Set up by Dave Bevan 
     November/December Thursday Nov.30 th. SE Regional  Meeting,Chester County Chapter will be the Host.
     February:John Pickett will head up this Committee.  He would like some volunteers to help.
     March Meeting: Bill Malloy gave four Topics:  1- CAD ,New Technologies, 
     2-Engineers without Borders, 3-Visit Trash  to Steam Plant ,4-?????(Sorry Bill).

7.Old Business
     Bylaws (Nawn)  Tabled
     Web Site:  Members can get Hard Copy from the web site. Members without 
     Internet can request Hard Copies to be  mailed. This is a considerable
     savings in printing and mailing costs.

8. New Business
     Golf Outing:Eileen and David volunteered to assist Raj in his efforts.
     Math counts: Chris volunteered to be the  Coordinator.
     Newsletter:Eileen volunteered to be the  Editor
     Lifetime Achievement Award:Candidates by December 1st
     Continuing Education:Jessica said that Widener will present courses for 
     CEU's at their Exton Campus. She will supply more  details later.
     Publicity Committee: Frank would like to  establish a committee to increase  membership.

9. Next Meeting
     Set for Friday October 13,2006,  8:00  am, at the Little Inn for a Breakfast Meeting

10. Adjournment  9:35 am

Submitted by Walter Kleponis

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