IN ATTENDANCE: [Top of page]

Officers:

Kristian Luttrell, President
Steve Snelling, Past Chapter President
Eydie Kooiman, Treasurer
Scott Cherry, Secretary

Others:

No other individuals in attendance

OLD BUSINESS: [Top of page]

1. The Hexcell plant tour, which was tentatively scheduled for May 12, has been postponed pending Hexcell management approval. After some discussion, it was decided to hold over scheduling the tour until next year.
2. Kristian Luttrell received many positive responses following his hosted plant tour of RaleighUSA held in Kent on April 16. Eighteen of the chapter membership attended. Attendees indicated a desire to participate in other manufacturing plant tours and expressed a preference for food processing, light manufacturing and biotech representative facilities for forthcoming tours.
3. The subject of chapter funded reimbursement of IIE events was discussed again. It was reported that Bill Kluck was unable to attend the national conference in May due to lack of funding. It was decided that the chapter would provide at least partial reimbursement so a chapter officer or designee will be able to attend the national conference in the coming year. It was noted by a number of members present that the number of published papers in the annual conference proceedings has declined markedly over the past few years. It was generally felt that the authoring and publication of scholarly works was crucial to the continued professional viability of the institute.
4. A number of board members reiterated their request to receive a copy of the membership roster. Steve Snelling agreed to contact Joel Storckman and have him provide copies for the chapter president, secretary, newsletter editor and member services liaison officer before next board meeting.
5. Kristian Luttrell reported that he is finally up in running with E-mail at Raleigh USA. His new E-mail address is KristianL@raleighusa.com. It was reported also that the web site E-mail addresses need to be updated for the new officers. Kristian Luttrell will direct Bill Kluck to make modifications and ensure that the E-mail addresses are accessible and working before the next board meeting.
6. Scott Cherry completed a draft of 1998 Chapter Survey which he presented to the board for final approval. Pending a couple of textual modifications, the survey was approved. Scott Cherry reported that he had E-mailed a copy of the survey draft to Terry Jaret for review and inclusion in the May newsletter. He had not heard back from Terry before the meeting and was uncertain if in fact the newsletter was going to be published for June. The members in attendance were unaware if the newsletter was setup for publishing. Steve Snelling will contact Terry Jaret in the next couple of days to determine the newsletter status. Scott Cherry agreed to reformat the survey and mail it out separately, if Steve determines that the newsletter will not be published on schedule. Scott Cherry has agreed to tabulate the survey results and present them during the summer programming meetings.

NEW BUSINESS: [Top of page]

1. Eydie Kooiman reported that the chapter is expecting a second disbursement of approximately $700 for June depending on national’s final membership reconciliation. National provides three disbursements of operating funds per year, February, June and October. Eydie estimated the expected annual revenue from dues to be close to $2,500.
2. Steve Snelling swore in the following new officers for 1998-89 programming year:

   President - Kristian Luttrell
   Secretary - Scott Cherry
   Treasurer - Eydie Kooiman

   Steve will meet with the other new officers not present and swear them in later.
3. Bill Kluck needs board members to add and update sections of the chapter website. If members submit documents in text (. txt) format he will be able to convert them to HTML format and include them in the web site. Scott Cherry reported that PSEC is looking to link our website in a central PSEC website with the other engineering societies in the area.
4. Kristian Luttrell will host a chapter barbecue recreational get-together at a one of the area state parks on August 15. He will update everyone at the next board meeting in June.
5. Steve Snelling reported that no new membership packets are going out to new chapter members or phoning recently dropped members in the last year. Krisitian Luttrell will follow-up with Joel Storckman during the week of May 11, to determine a plan of action.
6. Steve Snelling presented a white paper entitled “Benefits of IIE Membership” which he presented to the IE group at Boeing-Everett (Wing RC) to encourage them to join IIE and the local chapter. It introduces our chapter organization and outlines benefits and opportunities for participation in IIE sponsored programs and events at the chapter and national levels.
7. Steve Snelling is developing a Puget Sound Chapter #20 resource handbook to be utilized as a programming and organizational planning guide to aid board members in their duties and standardize practices on a year to year basis.
8. The next meeting is scheduled for June 3 at 6:30 PM at the Bellevue Regional Public Library.

Without further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:55 PM.

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