On February 8, 2012, the ACEC Board of Directors met in Sacramento. Key items from the meeting are summarized below:

President’s Report

• Executive Committee. The Executive Committee discussed several pending initiatives, including the Stop Special Interest Money Now (SSIM) initiative, the GANN limit initiative, the Governor’s tax proposal and other tax increase proposals, and the part time legislature initiative. President Kho reported on the chapter survey questionnaire rating the value of ACEC programs. He also reported on the ongoing salary and benefits survey, which is due at the end of February. President Kho discussed the ASCE Infrastructure Scorecard which will be released on Feb 29th. ACEC will provide funding.
• Chapter of the Year and Professional Development Awards. President Kho presented the Golden Chapter award to the Sierra Chapter, and the Silver Chapter award to the Los Angeles Chapter. He then presented the Professional Development Award to RBF Consulting.

Executive Director’s Report

• Financial Report. Paul Meyer gave an overview of the financial report and noted that ACEC California is ahead of budget projections in Q3 by keeping the membership numbers steady and reducing costs. Paul Meyer addressed the Carter Burgess (Jacobs) vs City of Victorville lawsuit related to indemnity, and ACEC CA amicus curiae funded in part through an ACEC national Minuteman grant.

National Director’s Report

• Bill Green spoke about the national issues and the benefits of ACEC national membership to ACEC CA members, including the upcoming Legislative Summit in April in Washington, DC, the Minuteman grants that are being distributed to various state MOs (including CA), and the Institute of Business Management.
• Blake Murillo updated the Board about ACEC national activities, including issues surrounding advocacy efforts.
• Related to the ACEC National PAC; 30 states met their goal, and CA beat its previous years number by 50% but did not reach its overall goal.
• Bob Close discussed the ACEC national PAC. ACEC CA goal has not yet met this year’s goal, and ACEC national is reducing ACEC CA overall goal for next year.

ACEC California Operations and Planning Program Area

• Nominating Committee. The Board approved the selection of Bruce Presser as the newest addition to the Executive Committee beginning July 1st, 2012. President Elect is John Moossazadeh, with Vice President Bill Wagner.

Membership Development and Services Program Area

• Membership Development Committee. Dawn Antonucci reported that membership is slightly down on FTEs but slightly up in number of firms.
• 2012 Annual Conference Committee. Jeff Walker updated the Board that the Annual Conference is being held in Maui, HI May 14-17th at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa.

Legislative Program

• Grassroots Committee. Mark Smith reported on the efforts of the Grassroots committee, and the logistical challenges related to the change of Legislative Visit Day from Feb 7th to March 14th.

Procurement Program Area

• The Board approved a new partnering agreement with the Corps of Engineers.
• Mark Smith reported that the QBS & LAC committee has proposed QBS seminars at the League of California Cities annual conference, and the California Special Districts Association conference.

Promoting the Profession Program Area

• Engineering Excellence Awards Committee. Richard Hart reported that there was good turnout from municipal agencies, including Sacramento County for the Golden State Award winner. Three legislators also attend.
• Scholarship Foundation. Randy Leptien noted the committee will be meeting later in the week to award approximately $20,000 in scholarships at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Academies

• Infrastructure Delivery Council. Bob Close reported that the next meeting will be held in Hawaii. IDC is trying to recruit membership, targeting small and medium sized firms.