IEEE Central Texas Section - Power Engineering Society

IEEE
Central Texas Section
Power Engineering Society
Austin Chapter

Chapter Committee
Regular Monthly Meeting
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot), Austin, Texas
2008 May 13, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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Participants

Name	Organization	Title	Present
Stacy Smith, P.E.	IEEE	Chair	Yes
Rheuben Hair	IEEE	Vice Chair	Yes
Stan Friend	IEEE	Secretary	No
Bobby Spear	IEEE	Treasurer	No
Catalina Martinez, E.I.T.	IEEE	Webmaster	No
Don Dumtra	IEEE	Member at Large	Yes
Ron Brown, P.E.	IEEE	Past Chair	No
Steve L. Kanetzky, P.E.	IEEE	Past Chair	No
Roy Matthews, P.E.	IEEE	Past Chair	Yes
Walter May, P.E.	IEEE	Past Chair	Yes
James Mercier, P.E.	IEEE	Past Chair	No
Mike Noth, P.E.	IEEE	Past Chair	Yes

If this differs from your understanding, please notify Stacy Smith.

Agenda Item and Completed Action	Action Before Next Meeting
1. NEC Code Class Results Bobby, Stan, Mike, and Stacy worked with Hill Country, IBEW, and Grayboy to make final payments. Bobby worked with the CTS Treasurer, Kenny Rice to update CTS accounts and draft the financial results of the event. Preliminary figures indicate a profit to the section of around $1100.	Bobby to finalize the financial report and send to ChapComm members before the next meeting.
2. 2008 General Meeting Schedule Stacy has tentative and confirmed programs lined up through January 2009.	Stacy to finalize the 2008 meeting information and forward to Catalina to post on Website schedules. Stacy to provide speaker topic and bio information on remaining 2008 and 2009 confirmed speakers to Catalina for the announcements and home page.
3. Website	Catalina to post a photo of and herself and update other pages of the Website. Don to provide help.
4. Future education events ChapComm Members began consideration of having an education program each year perhaps in April or early May.	Mike and Stacy to explore education program possibilities for 2009 or 2010 before the next NEC update class in 2011.
5. Local cash box Bobby received an email form Kenny offering to help us set up an official petty cash box of $200 or less with PES Austin ChapComm and CTS ExComm approval. The ChapComm approved the concept.	Stacy and Bobby to work with Kenny to get CTS ExComm approval and necessary accounting procedures in place.
6. Attendance at the PES general meeting. The ChapComm approved Rheuben to represent the Chapter at the next PES in Pittsburgh, 20-24 November 2008.	Bobby to work with Kenny in identifying funds and paperwork needed to support the trip.
7. Name tags Don provided all ChapComm members a copy of the new menu to facilitate identifying meals on nametags.	Stan to develop a way to identify the meal selected on the face of the nametag. James to print a large menu for the meeting entrance poster. Catalina to post the new menu on the Website.
8. Next meetings The next regular meeting is scheduled for June and the second Tuesday of each month at TxDot for the rest of 2008 unless the chapter membership is notified otherwise.
Recorded by Don Drumtra

Updated 2008 May 20 by Catalina Martinez