MINUTES
AIPG-Northeast Section Executive Committee Meeting
Monday, December 3, 2001
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Learning Center-The Hazen Room
White Plains, New York

I. Call to Order
1615 hours Attendees: Craig Werle, Bob Blauvelt, Len Rexrode, Bob Stewart, Arnold Schiffman, Dennis McGrath and Tom West. Tim Stone, Dean Herrick and Sam Gowan participated via conference call. Minutes prepared by Tom West.

II. Secretary's Report
Minutes of the October 17, 2001 meeting were reviewed. Craig Werle presented a motion to accept the report, it was seconded by Bob Stewart and approved.

III. Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer's Report was provided by Arnold Schiffman and reviewed. Craig Werle presented a motion to accept the report, it was seconded by Len Rexrode and approved.

IV. Correspondence
No correspondence was received over the reporting period; however, two e-mail correspondences were received, including: 1. AIPG Editor request for a short article on the Advisory Board meeting for the TPG; and 2. Tom Berg, AIPG Membership Chair request for a motto for the AIPG membership fact sheet.

V. Old Business
1. 2002-2003 Ballots for three members at large - currently the Secretary had received approximately 25 election ballots. The deadline for return of the ballots is December 15, 2001.
2. ATMGSTF - Bob Stewart recommended that the list of scholarship contributors be updated and included in the next newsletter. Dennis indicated that announcements for the scholarship fund needed to be sent out to the schools by October and that the announcements hadn't been sent to his knowledge. Dennis agreed to follow up with Kerry Hanlon, and if there was a problem with sending the notices out, then Len Rexrode indicated that he could assist in the notifications.
3. New York State Registration Update - Sam Gowan and Dean Herrick provided an update on the NYSCPG licensing effort. The bill is currently stalled in the NYS Assembly's Education Committee. A committee staff member needs to authorize the bill before it will be allowed into the higher education committee. If it is allowed into committee and passes, then it will be submitted to the NYS Assembly for a vote. Debate on the current bill concerns the definition of the term "intern". If the NYSCPG adopts a program similar to "Engineering In Training - EIT", the bill will move forward. NYSCPG is currently drafting language to define "geologist in training - GIT". Sam feels that they are on the final step of the licensing process. Discussion continued with Sam regarding the status of the NYSCPG funding deficit. The current bill for the lobbyist is significantly more than NYSCPG's available funds. The NYSCPG is in the process of a new fundraising drive, but contributions are coming in slowly. Arnold Schiffman made a motion that NE-AIPG provides a $2,000 to the NYSCPG, it was seconded by Bob Stewart and approved by an Executive Committee vote.
4. New Hampshire Registration Update - Tim Stone provided an update on the licensing program. The New Hampshire licensing board has received between 20 and 25 applications that are pending review. Tim however noted, that approximately 450 application packages were mailed out, and that the board is preparing to receive a majority of the applications before the deadline in June 2002. The deadline for grandfathering into the New Hampshire licensing program is June 15, 2002. In addition, the NHCPG was invited to participate in an ad-hoc meeting with the New Hampshire legislature to discuss the revising of the state's ground water and hazardous waste rules. Finally, the NHCPG is exploring a possible merger with the New Hampshire Geological Society.
5. Recruiting "new" Newsletter Sponsors - Dennis McGrath provided a summary of the newsletter distribution. According to Dennis, NE-AIPG orders and pays for approximately 750 copies of the newsletter but actually receives about 800 copies of the newsletter. Of the copies that are received, approximately 600 copies are mailed to section members, 80 copies are mailed to the newsletter advertisers, 35 copies of the newsletter are sent to the AIPG section presidents, 15 copies of the newsletter are provided to National and approximately 10 copies are mailed to friends of the section. The discussion regarding the "new" newsletter sponsors was interrupted by the incoming conference call with Sam Gowan, Dean Herrick and Tim Stone at 1715 hours.

VI. New Business
1. 2004 National Meeting - Bob Stewart provided an update on the selection of a meeting location for the 2004 National meeting. Bob provided a memo summarizing his October 2001 trip to Saratoga Springs and his meeting with Dewey Walling, the convention sales manger for the Saratoga Convention and Tourism Bureau. Bob considered four meeting locations including the Gideon Putnam (GP), Hilton Garden Inn, Holiday Inn and Sheraton. The GP provided the best match for hosting the 2004 National meeting for the following reasons: a) past success with professional meetings of similar size and venue, b) the GP is historically significant and well suited for AIPG meeting format, c) the GP is located close to many local attractions, d) the GP is close to, but not in the downtown area, and e) Dewey felt that the GP would provide the best rates for meeting. A discussion followed on topics ranging from hotel availability, timing of the event with regard to the peak of fall foliage, ambiance and cost of the location, local tourist attractions, and transportation logistics. Following the discussion, Craig Werle presented a motion to accept Bob's recommendation that the 2004 National meeting be held at the GP, it was seconded by Sam Gowan and approved. It was agreed that the next step is to notify the GP that NE-AIPG wants to secure the location for the first week in October 2004. Bob indicated that he would contact Bill Siok to let National know that NE-AIPG had selected the GP. It was acknowledged that there is now a lot of work to done, including the assignment and staffing of a number of committees and sub-committees.
2. 2002 Executive Committee Meeting Dates - The executive committee reviewed the list of meeting dates prepared by Dennis. The executive following 2002 meeting dates were accepted: January 7, 2002; March 4, 2002; May 15, 2002 - Spring Meeting; July 8, 2002; September 9, 2002; October 16, 2002 - Fall Meeting; and December 2, 2002.
3. Spring Meeting Location - Dennis McGrath mentioned the Franklin Mineral Museum in Franklin, New Jersey. Other potential meeting locations that were discussed included a pegmatite mine in CT (Bob Stewart), Liberty State Park Science Center (NJ), Hackensack Development Center (NJ), and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (NY).

IX. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 1840 hours.