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December 11, 2018 12:00 pm

President Thornton called the meeting to order with the following in attendance:  Thornton, Brown, Lander, Pollock, Nagie, Bartley, Geist, McNamee, Shuster, Henze, Wygal, Bosco, Vargo, Vernon, Strayer, Zell, Carnegie, Womer, Defilippo, Carty, Keener, Prindible, Trimble


PRESIDENT:
• The November meeting at Carnegie Mellon University was a huge success. Great job to Defilippo getting this event organized.
• The Dynamic Chapter classes are proceeding well. Will be sharing some of the lessons learned in future chapter meetings.

SECRETARY:  November meeting minutes from the conference call are submitted for approval.

MOTION: To approve the November meeting minutes as submitted was proposed by Strayer seconded by Vargo. Motion unanimously approved.

TREASURER:

MOTION: To approve November treasurer’s report as corrected (Budget heading) was proposed by Mcnamee seconded by Strayer. Motion unanimously approved.

Shuster, Lander and Nagie to work out issue with PayPal delay in processing transfer to checking will need to report next month to establish procedures. Needs to be moved from David Millers personal account.


COMMITTEE REPORTS:

PROGRAMS:
• December – 24 station sponsors are confirmed. Expecting 100 participants.
• January – Green Build is confirmed for presentation at Cefalos. Carty will bring projector
• February – Speed Dating Jordan is ready to host again this year at Cefalos
• March – Meeting idea from Dynamic Chapter program at Cefalos
• April – Possibly new PA building code at Cefalos. Jeff Konkle to reach out to Erik Harless.
• May - Walking tour at location TBD in downtown Pittsburgh. Kelly will look into tour guides.

HOSPITALITY:
• Meeting Locations – Cefalos to be reserved for rest of the year except May.

PUBLICITY / ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS:
• Website –. New updates posted
• Postcards – Will need to be sent early for January
• Specigram – Still needs new editor
• LinkedIn – Thornton to post information. Asked board to continue sharing

MEMBERSHIP:
• Total Membership held steady. Carnegie to prepare preemptive email. Thornton will send personal message. Board members should be able see membership list online.

TECHNICAL EDUCATION:
• No Report

CERTIFICATION:
• No Report

AWARDS:
• Region awards due 5 pm December 31, 2018
• Strayer Needs to establish list of nominees will reach out for backup documentation
• Outstanding Chapter Award – due Mid-July, 2019.

GBA LIASON:
• Ready for January meeting

STUDENT OUTREACH:
• No Report

LONG RANGE PLANNING:
• No Report

ARCHIVING:
• No Report


OLD BUSINESS:
• Region awards in progress by the Awards committee
• MARC Greater Leigh Valley May 2-4 looks to be fun event

NEW BUSINESS:
None


MOTION: For adjournment at 12:24 PM, since there was no additional business before the board; proposed by Vargo seconded by Nagie. Motion unanimously approved.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Pollock.