Geoprofessionals Serving Texas

Minutes - 2016 TCEL Annual Meeting

Embassy Suites Energy Corridor Houston, Texas January 22, 2016

I. Welcome and Call to Order The meeting was called to order by President Roberts at 8:18 AM.

II. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

III. Report of the Host Committee Icenhower and Lampe presented the agenda for the Management and Technical Seminars for the weekend. President Roberts addressed the benefit of having the Management Seminar on Friday and the Technical Seminar on Saturday to allow participation in both seminars.

IV. Roll Call of Member Firms Secretary Gibson called the roll of Member Firms. The following were present:

Member Firm Present Absent Alliance Geotechnical Group, Inc. X Alliance Laboratories, Inc. X All-Terra Materials Testing, Inc. X Austin-Reed Engineers, LLC X Aviles Engineering Corporation X Earth Engineering X ETTL Engineers & Consultants, Inc. X Fugro Consultants, Inc. X Geotech Engineering, & Testing, Inc. X Geotest Engineering, Inc. X Globe Engineers, Inc. X Gorrondona Engineering Services, Inc. X HTS, Inc. Consultants X HVJ Associates, Inc. X Kenall, Inc. X Ninyo &Moore, Inc. X Paradigm Consultants X PSI, Inc. X Raba-Kistner Consultants, Inc. X T. Smith Inspection and Testing, LLC X Terracon X The Murillo Company X Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc. X

Secretary Gibson then called the roll of Officers and Directors.

Page 1 of 3 Geoprofessionals Serving Texas Board Member Position Present Absent Jeff Roberts President X Woody Vogt President-Elect X Pete Bush Past President X Rusty Gibson Secretary-Treasurer X Martin Elliott Director X Paul Lampe Director X Doyle Smith Director X Terry Smith Director X Kim Icenhower Executive Director X

V. Approval of Minutes from 2015 Annual Meeting. Minutes of the 2015 Meeting were approved as presented.

VI. Teller’s Committee Report President Roberts reported that Tellers Committee tallied the votes for Directors and confirmed the unanimous election of:

 President Woody Vogt, P.E.  President-Elect Rusty Gibson, P.E.  Secretary-Treasurer Telfryn John, P.E.  Director-at-Large Preston Parker, P.E.  Director-at-Large Terry Smith

VII. Standing Committee Reports A. Finance and Budget Treasurer Gibson presented the 2016 Budget. Motion was made to accept the proposed budget as submitted. Motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

B. Membership No new applications have been submitted since the Fall Meeting. New Members for 2015 were Kleinfelder and Gorrondona Engineering Services, Inc. The general membership is invited to contact prospective member firms or submit potential member firms to the board to contact.

C. Public Relations 1. Web Site was updated in 2015.

D. Liaison 1. ASCE / TSPE / ACIL / AIA / TxDOT Updates – There was general discussion on updates. 2. GBA / ACI – There was general discussion on updates.

E. Local Chapter Activities Updates 1. Houston Chapter - The Chapter has negotiated new rates with Harris County entities but the City of Houston has refused to adopt comparable rates for 2015. 2. San Antonio 3. North Central Chapter 4. Austin Chapters

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VIII. New Business A. Award Presentation President Jeff Roberts presented Joe Cibor with the Award of Excellence. Joe is a past President of TCEL and thanked the board and membership for the nomination and award. B. Next Annual Meeting Location There was discussion that the 2017 Annual Meeting will be held in San Antonio. C. Installation of New Directors Lyndon Cox installed new officers and directors.

IX. Meeting adjourned at 9:01 AM.

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