MINUTES Northeast Section - AIPG
Executive Committee Meeting
Monday, March 12, 2001
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
White Plains, New York

I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm. Attendees: Dennis McGrath, Dan St. Germain, Robert Stewart, Arnold Schiffman, John Gavras, Craig Werle and Kerry Hanlon. Minutes prepared by Dan St. Germain and Dennis McGrath.

II. Secretary's Report
There was no Secretary's report from the January 8, 2001 meeting.

III. Treasurers Report
The March 5, 2001 Treasurer's report was submitted and discussed, however, a motion to accept the report was never made. Arnie discussed the Section's treasury with the accountant for AIPG National who stated that it was inappropriate for the ExCom to hold Section revenue in equities. We discussed this issue and decided to table any further decision until more members of the ExCom were present for a vote. Consideration will be given to withdrawing all Section monies from equities by the end of the year. A motion was made by Dan St. Germain and seconded by John Gavras to move $4,000 from the Section funds into the scholarship fund to reimburse the scholarship fund for the 2001 scholarships.

IV. Correspondence
Dennis McGrath presented the latest update on membership renewals from National. As of March 12, 2001: 574 members have renewed their membership; 36 memberships have not renewed; 5 applications are pending; and 19 applications have been received.

V. Old Business
ATMGSTF. Kerry Hanlon will prepare a memorandum/minutes describing the 2001 scholarship process.

NHCPG. An update was read from information that was provided earlier in the day by Tim Stone to Dennis McGrath. The Draft rulemaking is proceeding and over 200 requests for license applications have been received.

NYSCPG. A brief update was read from information that was provided earlier in the day by Sam Gowan to Dennis McGrath and information that was circulated in an e-mail message from Jeff Loney. The NYS licensure bill (#A05262) was introduced in the assembly by Rep. Englebright with no co-sponsors. Paul Tonko (D) announced his commitment for the bill. A "Memorandum In Support" was received from the New York State Society of Professional Engineers.

Spring Meeting: The Spring meeting will be held on May 16th at the Institute for Exploration (IFE) in Mystic, CT. A presentation will made by Dwight Coleman on The Search for Ancient Habitations and Shipwrecks in the Black Sea.

July 9th ExCom meeting date was changed to July 16th because of a conflict with the Dennis' schedule.

VI. 2004 National Meeting
Bob Stewart will initiate a discussion with Jeff Lefferts (meeting consultant for the 2004 National meeting) this weekend about refining the list of potential meeting locations. This list will be presented to the ExCom meeting for discussion and a vote.

VII. New Business
ATMGSTF Trustees. A discussion followed pertaining to the trustees of the Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geologic Scholarship Trust Fund (ATMGSTF). It was agreed that based on the by-laws of the ATMGSTF, the Section Officers were the Trustees of the ATMGSTF.

Subcommittees. The Nominating and Public Affairs subcommittees were updated to replace Lenny Rexrode with Dennis McGrath (current President) as the only member. All other subcommittees remained unchanged.

Fall 2001 Meeting. Fall meeting locations were briefly discussed. Long Island was briefly discussed as a potential location.

VIII. Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 1800 hours