International Right-Of-Way Association Chapter 15

International Right-of-Way Association Chapter 15 Executive Board Conference Call Meeting Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 4:30 PM

Call to Order: Leigh Rutter, President/Director

Roll Call: Leigh Rutter, President/Director Richard Scott, Vice President Patrick McClusky, Assistant Secretary Robert Weible, Treasurer John Gillooly, Planning Committee Co-chair Stacie Curtis, Membership Committee Chair

Minutes Approval: Lynne DelTosto, Secretary (covered by President Rutter by consent)  Minutes submitted for approval via email and were approved. There were no comments or changes. President Rutter will post them to the website.

Finance Committee Report: Robert Weible, Treasurer  Current savings Acct is $2,185.76 which does not include reimbursement to President Rutter for travel to Region 4 meeting  9 Month CD balance is $10,766.09  The pay pal fees are 2.9% based on the dollar amount of event plus $0.30 per transaction fee. An example, would be $100 event would cost $3.20.  There was a discussion regarding expenses that will be incurred by the use of PayPal. This may result in a slight increase in meeting expenses.

Planning Committee Report: John Gillooly, Planning Committee Chairs

The next meeting will be held at Loucás in Edison on May 23rd at 5:30 pm. Sponsorship Committee Report: Robert Weible, Sponsorship Committee Chair  Mike Ash’s firm may sponsor at a Bronze level, but so far there are no sponsors for the dinner. PSE&G is sponsoring the course by providing the venue and breakfast. Education Committee Report: Christine Roy, Education Committee Chair (covered by President Rutter)  President Rutter stated that, as of today, we have enough people who plan to attend the planned course. We will go ahead and hold the course (431 “Problems in the Valuation of Partial Acquisitions”) on 5-23.

Membership Committee Report: Stacie Curtis, Membership Committee Chair

 The Chapter has one (1) new member. We now have a total of seventy-four (74) members. Old Business:  President Rutter stated that since no candidates have come forward to run for the Director position, she will reach out to those most qualified (past/current Presidents/Vice- Presidents and those highly active in the Chapter) to see if anyone has interest in running.

New Business:  President Rutter discussed the details of the Spring Forum that was recently held in Delaware.  A discussion of a “Get Well” gift for a member was discussed and approved. After the call, via e-mail, President Rutter made an official motion to approve this, John Gillooly seconded the motion and all Board members voted in favor.  The Chapter will send a $250 gift to the Region to be included in the Region 4 basket to be raffled off for the RWIEF at the Monday Night event at Conference in June. After the call, via e-mail. President Rutter made an official motion to approve this, John Gillooly seconded the motion and all Board members voted in favor.

Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be Thursday, June 2 at 4:30.

Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 PM.