Representing the interest of engineers across America

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES

Executive Committee Meeting Agenda

9:00 am Thursday, December 7. 2006

AAES Headquarters

1620 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 210

Expected to Attend:  Henry (Chair), Jenniches (Past Chair), Fallon (Chair-Elect), Natale (phone at 12:00 noon), Steadman (phone), Koffel (Treasurer), Anderson (Secretary), Salmon (Interim Executive Director), Kyle (Staff), Bateson (EWC)

Absent: Kun,

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 Board ExCom Meeting of September 11, 2006 – Henry

2.0         Officer Reports

     2.1         Chair’s Report – Henry

                           Metrics on AAES Success

     2.2         Past Chair’s Report – Jenniches  

              Relations with Plexus Consulting

     2.3         Chair-Elect’s Report - Fallon

3.0         AAES Membership Status

     3.1         Current Membership  

              Paid Membership:  AIAA, AIMBE, ANS, ASCE, ASEE, ASME,  HFES, IEEE, JETS, NCEES, NSPE, SWE

     3.2         Report by ExCom members on their efforts regarding contacting additional member societies

4.0         Treasurer’s Report - Koffel

     4.1         Budget for 2006

          4.1.1  Status of Budget

     4.2         Approval of Budget for 2007

     4.3         Finance Committee - Henry

5.0         Report from Engineers Workforce Commission – Fallon

6.0         Reports from AAES Groups

     6.1         Diversity - Fallon

     6.2         International Activities Committee – Henry & Natale

     6.3         K-12 – Steadman

     6.4         ACI – Natale

     6.5         Emerging Issues - Kun

     6.6         Engineer’s Forum on Sustainability – Salmon

7.0         Old Business - Henry

     7.1         Planning for AAES/NAE Convocation May 7 & 8, 2007

          7.1.1  Arrangements – Salmon

          7.1.2  Program (based on Emerging Issues) - Henry

     7.2         2006 Awards Committee - Jenniches

          7.2.1 Status of Committee and notice to member societies

     7.3         Nominating Committee for 2008 – Jenniches

          7.3.1  Membership of Committee

          7.3.2  Schedule for 2008 Slate

8.0         New Business – Henry

     8.1         Executive Committee Appointments: Treasurer; Secretary

     8.2         Executive Director Search (Fallon)

     8.3         Items from AAES Board of Directors Meeting December 6, 2006

          8.3.1  Agenda items for future ExCom meetings

     8.4         Formation of AAES Groups (i.e. Forum, IntAC, EWC)

     8.5         Constitution/Bylaw Amendments - Anderson

9.0         Future Meetings - Henry

     9.1         ExCom  Feb. ?, 2007 meeting agenda items

     9.2         AAES Board Meeting May 7, 8, 2007

     9.3         AAES ExCom Meeting May 9, 2007

10.0         Reality Check

                    Is AAES still in transition?   Are we adequately serving our member societies?   Have we reached a plateau on membership?  Should we consider a lower dues level to attract more societies as members?

11.0         Action Items Generated From This Meeting – Henry

12.0         Adjournment