W. C. Section Board Meeting

April 10th, 2012 - at Noon At AQMD HQ in Conference Room CC-4

Minutes

Present at the meeting were Mohan Balagopalan, Glenn England, Steve Menkus, Sang-Mi Lee, Cynthia Carter, Laki Tisopulos, Martin Ledwitz, Bhaskar Chandan and Rich Watson. On the conference call were Nancy Meilahn-Fowler, Joe Hower, Krishna Nand, Sara Head, Tom Gross, Mike Kleinman Richard Wales and Dipak Patel. Glenn started the meeting at 12:05. 1. Minutes of the March 13, 2012 Board meeting were moved to be approved with correcting that the Executive Director (not the President) resigned and Panama Canal spelling correction by Menkus, seconded by Balagopalan. Motion passed. 2. Annual Reports for 2011: Menkus went over what he had put together for the 2011 ANNUAL REPORTS which are due April 16th. Board members updated Menkus on papers and meetings. 3. Reimbursement Procedure: Mohan proposed revising the reimbursement procedure including using a new form he designed. Wales seconded it and motion passed. 3. Added-Grant $500 to Mojave Chapter for Clean Air Month Poster Contest: Wales presented the Mojave Chapter’s request (attached) for $500 for awards for their annual Clean Air Month Poster Contest. Motion by Wales seconded by Glenn passed. 3. Added-Cal Poly Pomona Solar Boat Project: Wales presented Sam Oktay’s 4/5 email (attached) forwarding MDAQMD’s proposal to assist Cal Poly Pomona’s Solar Boat Project. Another $11,000 was needed. Mohan moved and Menkus seconded that the Section grant $500 to the project in hopes it would encourage participation in A&WMA. Motion passed. Side note: Mohan submitted the Edison grant for $3,000 on March 31, 2012. If received, $2,000 should go to national and $1,000 goes to WCS. 4. Leadership Training Costs (Mohan/Cynthia) Nancy, Cynthia and Bhaskar are going. Due to rising air fare costs were approaching $800 each. Mohan moved and Martin seconded that the Section reimburse a maximum of $800 per attendee for up to 3 attendees. Motion passed. 5. NETWORKING MIXER: Cynthia Carter proposed 3 options for a May 29th social mixer; Tesla Motors in Santa Monica, Quiet Cannon in Montebello and the Diamond Bar Holiday Inn. After discussion and a motion by Martin was amended, Laki moved and Glenn seconded that Tesla be first choice depending on the parking availability to a maximum of $3000 and Holiday Inn as the second choice. Motion passed. 6. Exploratory committee on hosting ACE in 2014. Glenn confirmed WCS will host the 2014 ACE. Dorothy Chmiel will visit possible sites in Long Beach and Anaheim on April 26 and 27. Glenn said only convention centers would be looked at because no hotel had the capacity needed to keep it all in one consolidated location. Glenn will send out signups for various committee positions soon. Head of Tech. Council will chair ACE. Tech Council will vote and approve Vice Chair from WCS. Chair of WCS Local Host Committee will be on conference calls for 2012 as of June. Sponsorship chair, General Conference chair Keynote Speaker chair Krishna suggested plan face to face. Mohan will beef up website. Appearance already changed to National Standards. Bhaskar volunteered to update website. Conference call for 2014-only is in a few weeks. 7. Presentations: Krishna suggested Bob Wyman USEPA presenting on GHG BACT 8. Treasurer’s Report for March 2012: Glenn moved for approval, Menkus seconded and the motion passed. A New format for Treasurer’s report (below) was proposed and approved. A new Expense Claim form was proposed and approved as well. Account Balance December January February March 2011 2012 2012 2012 Savings $71.62 $71.62 $71.62 $71.62 Money Market $75,250.27 $75,285.42 $75,353.50 $65,385.23 *$75,320.59 Checking $1,356.21 $1,356.21 $1,356.21 $9,056.71 Total $75,678.10 $76,713.25 $76,781.33 $76,713.25 *$76,748.42 (Balance does not reflect outstanding checks.) * see 2. Corrections to the previous report in treasurer’s report below

Meeting ended at 1:05pm

West Coast Section 1. 2011 Annual Financial Report

TOTAL CASH RESERVES at beginning of year (January 1, 2011): Cash/checking/savings accounts $ 4363.10 Other investments $ 68881.60 TOTAL – CASH and INVESTMENTS (A) $73224.70 INCOME EARNED from January 1, 2011 to December. 31, 2011: Meetings and special events $0.00 Educational courses/conferences/workshops $6263.94 Scholarship contributions $1500.00 Local dues collected $4791.00 Interest earned $433.61 Social events income $0.00 Other $3100.00 TOTAL – INCOME EARNED (B) $16088.55 EXPENSES INCURRED from January. 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011: Meetings (notices/meals/rentals) $1302.16 Educational courses/symposia $1161.21 Scholarship awards $750.00 Donations $5600.00 Operating/administrative expenses $411.80 Social events $0.00 Other $3394.83 TOTAL – EXPENSES (C) $12620.00 TOTAL CASH RESERVES at December 31, 2011 (D) $76713.25 2. Corrections to the previous report 3. As the end of January, 4. Money Market Account Balance was $75,320.59 not $75,285.42, which lead to the overall balance of $76,748.42 not $76,713.25. 5. 6. March 2012 Treasurer’s Report 12. O 7. v D 8. Description 9. Savings: 0 11. Checking Account: 74 er al l 17. B 24. B 1 1 a 20. B 22. D a 1 19. D 21. Cr 1 5 6 l al e 23. Bal l 8. e e 3. 14. . . a a b an a Cr bi di n nc i ce n C D t t c e t c e e 36. $ 7 29. $ 6 32. $7 2 2 2 7 35. $1, , 3 5, 5. 7 8 1 35 7 26. Balance 0. 31. 35 33. 34. 2 . . . 6.2 8 3. 6 1 1 50 2 . 3 3 48. $ 45. $ 7 41. $ 1 6 43. $1 44. $6 3 3 4 7 0, 47. $1 , 4 0, 5, 7. 38. Balance 9 0 1 0 1,3 7 2. 00 35 46. 3 Transfer . . . 0 56. 8 0. 3. 6 0. 21 1 00 50 2 0 . 0 3 3 4 50. AWMA ACE 5 5 53. $ 5 55. 56. $6 57. 58. $ 59. $8, 60. $ 9. Sponsorship 1 2 7 4. 5, 3 35 7 3 . . 1 35 , 6.2 3 . 3. 0 1 , 6 50 0 7 8 0 1 . 2 . 0 3 0 3 72. $ 7 69. $ 65. $ 5 68. $6 1, 6 6 6 7 71. $9, , 6 5, 2 1. 62. Membership 3 4 1 65 0 6. 67. 35 9 70. 3 Dues from HQ . . . 0.2 7 3. 4. 6 1 5 50 0 2 . 0 3 3 84. $ 7 82. $ 77. $ 4 80. $6 1 7 7 7 83. $9, , 7 74. Membership 7 5, 1 5 6 1 53 9 3. Dues Channel 8. 79. 35 81. 8 . . . 2.2 5 Islands 3. . 6 1 7 50 0 2 . 0 3 3 96. $ 7 89. $ 94. $ 4 92. $6 8 8 7 7 95. $9, , 8 86. Membership 9 5, 7 8 1 6 45 8 5. Dues Mojave 0. 91. 35 93. . . . . 6.2 8 Desert 3. 6 0 1 1 50 2 0 . 3 3 101 108. 1 . 106. $74,7 9 $ 1 104. 9 98. Membership 0 7 $140 107. 4 9 0 $65,35 7. Dues Orange 0 1 103. 105. . $9,315. 0 . 2. 3. County . . 5 71 . 50 6 0 8 2 3 113 120. 1 1 . $74,6 1 $ 1 116. 118. 110. San 1 1 7 119. 8 0 1 $65,35 $59. DiegoOrange 1 2 1 115. 117. $9,256. 1 9. 4. 3. 0 County . . . 71 . 50 0 6 8 2 3 125 132. 1 1 1 . 130. $74,4 $ 1 128. 2 2 2 7 $200 131. 8 122. Blues 2 $65,35 3 4 1 127. 129. . $9,056. 1 1. ky Café 6. 3. . . . 0 71 . 3 50 6 0 8 2 3 137 144. 1 1 1 1 . $ 140. $74,5 3 3 3 7 3 143. 1 134. Divid $65,38 5 6 1 139. 141. 142. $9,056. 3 3. end 8. 5. . . . 71 . 3 $ 23 6 5 2 6 149 156. 1 1 1 . $74,5 $ 1 152. 4 4 4 7 155. 1 146. Balan 5 $65,38 7 8 1 151. 153. 154. $9,056. 3 5. ce 0. 5. . . . 71 . 3 23 6 5 2 6 157. 158. 159. Plan For 2012 Luncheon Speakers & Conferences 16 161. 0. 163. 162. LUNCHEON SPEAKERS/OTHERS 164. 170. Propos 172. Coordi 167. 168. 169. Topics 171. Date 173. 174. ed Speakers nator 177. C OMPL 178. J ETE oel 179. January Worksh Levin 180. 12, 175. 176. 1 181. Rich 182. 183. op on CA 2012 11 – 2 GHG Climate CC-6 Reporti Reserve ng 186. C OMPL ETE Souther n Californ ia Summer 187. Prof. Coastal 188. April 5, 189. C 184. 185. 2 Robert 190. 191. Cooling 2012 ynthia Bornstein : A Reverse - Reactio n to GHG Warmin g? 194. C lean Commu nities 195. S 192. 193. 3 Plan at am 196. TBD 197. Mohan 198. 199. San Soret Bernard ino Rail Yards 202. U sing CO2 for 203. C Cement alera 200. 201. 4 204. TBD 205. Krishna 206. 207. Concret Corpora e tion Manufa cturing 208. 209. 5 210. G 211. T 212. TBD 213. Hal 214. 215. eneral BD Taback Atomics on Nuclear Energy 218. S outh Coast Air 219. T 221. Sang- 216. 217. 6 220. TBD 222. 223. Quality BD Mi Lee/Laki Manage ment Plan 226. E thics Worksh op/Joint 229. Hal Meeting 227. T 224. 225. 7 228. TBD Taback Matt 230. 231. w BD Dunn Americ an Civil Enginee rs 234. A &WMA Preside nt 235. - 237. Nancy 238. 232. 233. 8 236. TBD 240. Speech ----- Meilahn 239. (at our confere nces) 244. T om Chico 243. A & 241. 242. 9 ERScre 245. TBD 246. Mohan 247. 248. Jillian en Baker working on 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. 255. C 254. ONFEREN 256. 258. 259. CES 257. 263. Propos 265. Coordi 260. 261. 262. Topics 264. Date 266. 267. ed Speakers nator 270. Federal & CA Climate 272. Fall 273. Krishna 268. 269. 1 Regulations: 271. TBD 274. 275. 2012 /Laki Strategies to Achieve Goals 278. PM10/P 280. Spring 281. Joe/Lak 276. 277. 2 M2.5 279. TBD 282. 283. 2013 i/Minh/Hal Conference 284. 285. 286.