Representing the interest of engineers across America

AAES Board of Directors Meeting Business Session

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES

Board of Directors Meeting

Morning Session – 9 am to 12:30 PM

Business Meeting – 2:00 to 4:30 pm Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Room 203 Keck Building of the National Academies

500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, D.C.

MORNING SESSION:  Promoting the US Engineering Community’s Pursuit of the “Rising Above” Recommendations

BUSINESS MEETING:

Attendance:

Executive Committee: Henry (Chair), Jenniches (Past Chair), Fallon (Chair-Elect), Steadman, Koffel (Treasurer), Anderson (Secretary), Salmon (Interim Executive Director)

Absent:  Kun, Natale,

AAES Staff: Kyle, Bateson

Representatives of Member Societies:  AIAA, AIMBE, ANS, ASCE, ASEE, ASME, HFES, IEEE, JETS, NCEES, NSPE, SWE

Guests

1.0     Call to Order – Henry

     1.1     Roll Call/Determination of Quorum – Anderson

     1.2     AAES Objectives – Henry

     1.3     Adoption of the Agenda – Henry

     1.4     Approval of the Minutes of AAES Board of Director’s Business Meeting of May 9, 2006– Henry

2.0     Officer Reports

     2.1     Chair’s Report – Henry

     2.2     Past Chair’s Report – Jenniches

     2.3     Chair-elect’s Report - Fallon

3.0     AAES Membership Status

     3.1     Reports by Officers and Member Society Representatives on efforts to increase membership

4.0     Treasurer’s Report - Koffel

               Financial results for 2006; Budget for 2007

5.0     Report from Engineers Workforce Commission

6.0     Report from AAES Committees

     6.1     Nominating Committee-Jenniches

          6.1.1     Election of 2007 Chair-Elect (bio of nominee)

     6.2     Awards Committee

7.0     Reports from AAES Groups

     7.1     Diversity

     7.2     International Activities Committee (IntAC)

     7.3     K-12

     7.4     American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI)

     7.5     Emerging Issues

     7.6     Engineer’s Forum on Sustainability (EFS)

8.0     Old Business

9.0     New Business - Henry

     9.1     Amendment to the Bylaws:  Motion #221-Henry

     9.2     Amendment to the Bylaws:  Motion #401-Henry

     9.3     SWE Title IX Position Paper-Shanahan

     9.4     Report on AAES/NAE Convocation May 7 & 8, 2007

          9.4.1     Arrangements – Salmon

          9.4.2     Program (based on Emerging Issues)   Henry

     9.5     Agenda items for future Board of Directors meetings

10.0     Reports from AAES Member Societies

11.0     Comments from Guests

12.0     Future Meetings - Henry

     12.1     AAES Board Meeting-May 7, 8, 2007

     12.2     ExCom Feb. 2007

     12.3     ExCom May 9, 2007

13.0     Action Items Generated From This Meeting – Henry

14.0     Adjournment

          PDF file of agenda

          AAES Constitution and Bylaws