International System Safety Society Minutes for Executive Council Meeting

International System Safety Society Minutes for Executive Council Meeting

August 10 – 11, 2013

Boston Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Matt D. Johnson

Revision: A September 9, 2013

Table of Contents

1. Call to Order

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  Robert Schmedake called the meeting to order on August 10, 2013 at 12:11 pm.
  
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  We will go around the room and introduce ourselves
  
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  Lunch came from the conference budget to help us meet our minimal financial obligations
  
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  Review of agenda for today – let’s stick to the agenda as best we can
  

1.1Establish Quorum

1.1.1Attendance

Voting Members
Position	Name	Present Saturday	Present Sunday
Officers
President	Robert Schmedake	X	X
Executive Vice President	Dr. Rod Simmons	X	X
Executive Secretary	Dr. Matt Johnson	X	X
Treasurer	Pamela Kniess	X	X
Past President	Gary Braman	Bob S. is proxy	Bob S. is proxy
Directors
Chapter Services	Gerry Einarsson	X	X
Conferences	Lynece Pfledderer	X	X
Education and Prof. Development	Dr. Chuck Muniak	X	X
Gov & Intersociety	Debbie Hale	X	X
International Development	Robert Fletcher	X	X
Member Services	Melissa Emery	X	X
Mentoring, R & D	Steve Mattern	X	X
Publicity & Media	Saralyn Dwyer	X	X
Chapter Presidents
Australian	Dr. Holger Becht
Bay Area	Graham Murray		X
Canada	Maury Hill
Central California	Kathleen Brenna	Steve M. is proxy	Steve M. is proxy
Georgia	Odell Ferrell	Saralyn is proxy	Saralyn is proxy
Houston	Derek Robins	Russ is proxy	Russ is proxy
New Mexico	William (Bill) Harwood	Joe Volza is proxy	Joe Volza is proxy
North Texas	Frank Rinaldo	No proxy. Planned Jerry B. as proxy, but Jerry was absent.	No proxy. Planned Jerry B. as proxy, but Jerry was absent.
Northeast	Scott Beecher	X	X
Saguaro	Amanda Boysun
Sierra High Desert	Jerry Banister	Russ is proxy	Russ is proxy
Singapore	Ten Lin Mei		X
Southern California	Francis McDougall
Tennessee Valley	Don Swallom	X	X
Twin Cities	Bill Blake
Virtual	Doanna Weissgerber	X	X
Washington DC	Sean Peters	X
Non - Voting Members
Journal, Headquarters, Founders
Founder	Roger Lockwood
JSS Publisher	Dave Davis
JSS Technical Editor	Clifton Ericson	X	X
Headquarters Office Manager	Cathy Carter	X	X
OVPs and RVPs
OVP Awards	Anthony Burno
OVP for Education	Dr. Rani Kady
OVP for History	Rex Gordon
OVP Prof. Development	Russ Mitchell	X	X
OVP Prof. Development Materials	Daniel Strub
RVP for Asia/Pacific	Eng Ling Onn (Singapore)
RVP for Europe	Gabriele Schedl (Austria)
RVP for North/South America	Paul Kryska (USA)
RVP for Region IV	Open
RVP for Region V	Open

Other Attendees

Joe Volza

1.1.2Quorum

ES Note: According to Section 5.1 of the operations manual, “An official quorum is a combination of five Officers or Directors including the President or Executive Vice President. The President, or in his or her absence the Executive Vice President, shall preside at EC meetings.”

Quorum Established.