CSI Central Missouri Chapter Board Meeting
February 25, 2003

The Board Meeting was called to order at 5:10 PM at the offices of Design & Construction in Jefferson City, Missouri. Attending this meeting were:

Scott Dressel, Greg Wack, Bob Drainer, Jim Cooley, Mark Schultz, Susan Hart, Brice Moeller, Jerry Thompson

A quorum was not achieved.

Greg Wack passed out copies of the meeting minutes from the last Board Meeting held on January 28, 2003. They were reviewed however, since we did not have a quorum, we could not vote for approval.

Bob Drainer submitted the Treasures Report. Below is a brief summary:

Beginning Balance $9,363.01
January Deposits 255.00
January Checks 200.00
CD 0,000.00
Ending Balance $9,418.01

Since we did not have a quorum, we could not vote for approval.

Membership Committee: Jerry Thompson reported that our chapter currently has 65 members with two new members this period. Our Chapter has a 87% retention rate for keeping members.

Program/Education Committee: Scott reported that current program schedule is on the Website. Our next program will be on "Computer Software for Architects, Engineers and Contractors. The speaker will be Michael Goldschmidt. Discussion followed about the April Program. We will be meeting at the Daniel Boone Regional Library on April 2. The breakfast will be catered in from "63 Diner". It was decided to invite AIA and SDA to this meeting. Jerry Thompson is coordination this effort.

Bylaws Committee: There was no report given at the meeting, however, the by-laws are on the Website.

Newsletter Committee: There was not report presented.

Awards Committee: Scott reported he had a discussion with the Regional Awards Chairs. Nominations for a Regional Award will not be accepted until May 2003. Presentation of Awards will be given at the Regional Conference in July in Duluth, Minnesota.

Certification Committee: There was not report presented. To our knowledge, there is no one signed up for any of the exams to be held on April 5, 2003. Brice Moeller said that he might take the CDT Exam at the National Conference held in Chicago in April.

Website/Technical Committee: The Website has been updated. Scott will be responsible to keep the contact with Spec Source with Greg as his back up and Susan as Greg's backup.

Product Show/Golf Tournament Committee: Jim reported that the next Mini Product Show will be held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City on March 18^th from 4:30 to 7:30. Jim currently has 8 Vendors signed up for this show.

Greg reported that the first meeting of the joint golf committee meet. They reviewed the proposals submitted by Columbia Country Club and Eagle Knoll. Some clarifications were needed from Columbia Country Club, which has been done. It appears they will be awarded the event. The final decision on location will happen on March 13.

CSI Partnership with Columbia Regional Library: This effort is pushing forward. The next step is the CSI Meeting in April with a Tour of the Library and we will see the space they are providing.

Old Business:

• Strategic Plan: Scott is still working on the action plan. Scott also committed to have this completed by the end of the calendar year. The main focus has been getting the Website updated.
• Replacement of our chapter CSI Banner. Susan is working on getting the banner replaced.

New Business:

• Flowers were sent to Maggie Lewis. Bob Drainer read her thank you card.

Calendar of Events

• March 5 is the regular Breakfast Meeting at Eagle Knol l
• March 18 is the next Mini Product Show in Jefferson City.
• March 25 is the Board Meeting in Columbia.
• April 2 is the regular Breakfast Meeting and may be held at the Columbia Regional Library.
• April 2003 is the CSI National Construct America in Chicago
• April 22 will be the Member Awareness TBA
• July 28, 2003 is the tentative date for CSI/NAWIC Golf Tournament.

Open Discussion: None

The meeting adjourned at approximately 6:20 PM even though Susan had to leave at 5:45.