Calgary Branch
Executive Committee Minutes

Monday, February 11, 2002

APEGGA Board Room, Calgary
1600 - 734 7th Ave. SW

PRESENT
S. (Steve) Wyton, P.Eng., Chair
T. (Terry) Cooper, P.Eng.
E.A. (Ed) Wilson, P.Eng.
K.L. (Francis) Chan, P.Eng.
I.M. (Ian) Squires, P.Eng.
A.K. (Anil) Gupta, P.Eng.
D.V. (Duane) Peperkorn, E.I.T.
S.W. (Sheldon) Douglas, P.Eng.
L.J. (Laura) Ferguson, Geol.I.T.

L.A. (Len) Shrimpton, P.Eng., Director, Professional Development

REGRETS
J.K. (Judith) Lentin, PhD., P.Geol., Vice Chair
J.W. (John) Pastega, P.Eng., Past Chair
T.G. (Tibor) Kaldor, P.Eng.
R.C. (Ronald) Hinds, PhD., P.Geoph.

Patricia Huynh recorded the minutes.

1. CALL TO ORDER

The meeting commenced at 12:15 p.m.

Steve Wyton introduced himself as the new CBEC Chair. He welcomed old and new members and asked that they introduce themselves to the committee.

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

MOVED by Terry Cooper and SECONDED by Anil Gupta, THAT the agenda be accepted as distributed. Carried.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 14, 2002, MEETING

MOVED by Ian Squires and SECONDED by Francis Chan, THAT the minutes of January 14, 2002, be accepted as distributed. Carried.

4. REPORT FROM BRANCH CHAIR

Please refer to the attachment.

5. CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE

The APEGGA Calgary Branch Corporate Sponsorship Guideline (draft copy), prepared by Steve, was handed out to everyone at the meeting to review. He asked those with ideas/suggestions/comments for improving the guideline, to contact him by phone, or by email, before the next meeting.

ACTION: All

6. SPECIAL EVENTS SUBCOMMITTEE

6.1 National Engineering Week

National Engineering Week (NEW) will run from March 2-10 this year. There will be a thirty-two-page insert on it in The Calgary Herald and The Edmonton Journal on February 28th.

Francis Chan reported that the Calgary Branch is running two contests for NEW:

¨ A poster contest at the elementary school level - the winning groups will get passes to the Calgary Science Centre including a pizza party.

¨ An essay contest at the high-school level - the winners will get to spend a ½ day with an engineer at his/her workplace and also receive passes to the Calgary Science Centre.

7. BRANCH MEETINGS COMMITTEE

7.1 Luncheons

All luncheons for the season are confirmed with the exception of the one on April 10th - to come up with the topic, and for May - to set the exact date.

7.2 PD Evenings

The CBMC is working on scheduling another PD evening before season-end.

8. CONFIRMATION OF CBEC MEETINGS DATES/TIMES

The CBEC meeting dates are as follows at noon in the Calgary APEGGA Office:

Monday, March 11, 2002
Monday, April 8, 2002
Monday, May 13, 2002

9. ADJOURNMENT

MOVED by Ed Wilson and SECONDED by Francis Chan, at 12:55 p.m., THAT the meeting be adjourned. Carried.

Attachment:

¨ Report From Branch Chair

Distribution:

S. (Steve) Wyton, P.Eng., Chair
J. K. (Judith) Lentin, PhD., P.Geol., Vice Chair
J. W. (John) Pastega, P.Eng.
T. (Terry) Cooper, P.Eng.
T. G. (Tibor) Kaldor, P.Eng.
E. A. (Ed) Wilson, P.Eng.
F. K. L. (Francis) Chan, P.Eng.
R. C. (Ronald) Hinds, P.Geoph.
I. M. (Ian) Squires, P.Eng.
A.K. (Anil) Gupta, P.Eng.
D.V. (Duane) Peperkorn, E.I.T.
S.W. (Sheldon) Douglas, P.Eng.
L.J.(Laura) Ferguson, Geol.I.T.

H. N.(Neil) Windsor, P.Eng., Executive Director
L. A. (Len) Shrimpton, P.Eng., Director, Professional Development
Shirley Layne, Edmonton APEGGA Office
Calgary APEGGA Office