ASABE MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

CONFERENCE CALL

 

May 9, 2006

 

Minutes

 

Present:           Paul Heinemann, Gary Anderson, Erin Wilkerson, Lal Kushwaha, Brady Lewis, Vince Bralts, Sonia Jacobsen, Wayne Bogovich, Qiang Zhang, Paul Walker, Richard Cavaletto, Peter Ling, Larry Johnson, Joey Norikane and Mark Crossley

 

The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m.

 

AGENDA

 

1. Member Statistics

-Retention

-General Member Stats

 

2. Budget Report

-2006 Forecast

 

3. Fellows Eligibility Issue Update

 

4. M-102 Award Committee - Bylaws Changes

 

5. CSBE Dues Subsidy

 

6. 100th Anniversary Logo & Tag Line

 

7. Updates from April Board of Trustees Meeting

 

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Paul Heinemann began the call by welcoming everyone. A list of those MDC members present was confirmed. He then asked for additions to the agenda. There were none.

 

Member Statistics

Mark Crossley overviewed some member statistic highlights from the Headquarters Report (Attachment A) and the 2005-2006 Annual Report (Attachment B). It was noted that retention figures for 2006 are running a bit behind those of 2005 due to the delay in initially mailing invoices last October. It is expected that they will be in line with 2005 figures in the very near future. Final retention figures for 2006 are determined on 12/31/06.

 

Other highlights included increasing non-student members for the first few months of 2006 as well as increases in non-US and Canadian members and graduate students.

 

 

Budget Report

There was not a whole lot to report in this area. We have not made any forecast changes to the MDC portion of the overall Society budget, as it is too early in the year to do so. We will revisit this topic at the July meeting in Portland.

 

Fellows Eligibility Issue Update

The attached document outlines the progress on this issue to date (Attachment C). As it currently stands, Past President Jerry Wille is appointing a Board of Trustees (BOT) subcommittee to look at this issue further and bring a recommendation to the Portland BOT meeting. The following motion was made:

 

Motion:            To support the idea of non-engineer members being eligible to be recognized as Fellows of ASABE. Seconded and passed.

 

CSBE Foundation Student Membership Subsidy

CSBE has made a concerted effort to address declining preprofessional numbers by subsidizing membership through donations to their Foundation. In January, they subsidized both CSBE and ASABE 2006 member dues for 106 preprofessional and 24 graduate student members living in Canada. They will subsidize dues only for the first year of membership.

 

100th Anniversary Logo & Tag Line

The BOT has developed a 100th anniversary logo and tag line to be used from now through the end of 2007. Please see Attachment D for the logo. The tag line will read as follows: ‘Engineering for a sustainable tomorrow.’ The tag line will not be used after the conclusion of 2007.

 

Updates from April Board of Trustees Meeting

The BOT discussed plans for the 100th anniversary and what expenditures would be appropriate for the BOT to approve. They decided that expenditures up to $10,000 could be approved by the 100th Anniversary Committee – Bob Gustafson, Melissa Moore and Dolores Landeck; from $10,000 - $50,000 by the Past, Current and President-Elect presidents and the 100th Anniversary Committee; and over $50,000 by the BOT.

 

Of the available 100th Anniversary funds through the Foundation, the BOT ranked their top five choices to fund. They are as follows in no particular order:

 

-2007 Annual International Meeting keynote speaker of mass appeal;

-High School Paper Competition on the future of the profession;

-Wall calendar of significant achievements;

-DVD of clips celebrating the breadth of the profession; and

-Reception in Washington, DC with key political figures.

 

M-102 Award Committee Bylaws - Changes

Brian Holmes sent Attachment E before the meeting to alert the MDC of bylaws changes from M-160 Rosenstreter Standards Award and M-156 Kishida International Award committees. The changes were approved by M-102 Awards Coordinating Committee and are for information only for the MDC.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

District 2 Representative Chris Butts sent Attachment F for review by the MDC. No action was needed.

 

Finally, the MDC will be meeting in Portland on July 9th from 1:30 – 3:30 pm in the Oregon Convention Center and from 8:00 – 10:00 am on July 13th in the Doubletree Hotel.

 

The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.