Calgary Branch
Executive Committee Minutes

Monday, January 14, 2002

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

PRESENT

T. (Terry) Cooper, P.Eng.
T.G. (Tibor) Kaldor, P.Eng.
J.K. (Judith) Lentin, PhD., P.Geol.
E.A. (Ed) Wilson, P.Eng.
.K.L. (Francis) Chan, P.Eng.
R.C. (Ronald) Hinds, PhD., P.Geoph.
L.A. (Len) Shrimpton, P.Eng., Director, Professional Development – Via videoconference

REGRETS

J.W. (John) Pastega, P.Eng., Chair
K. (Kevin) Richmond, P.Geol., Past Chair
S. (Steve) Wyton, P.Eng., Vice Chair
T.M. (Tumpa) Reinhardt, E.I.T.
M.J. (Mike) Styczen, P.Eng.
I.M. (Ian) Squires, P.Eng.
A. (Anil) Nayak, P.Eng.

Patricia Huynh recorded the minutes.

In the absence of John Pastega, Terry Cooper chaired the meeting.

1. CALL TO ORDER

The meeting commenced at 12:15 p.m.

 

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

    MOVED by Judith Lentin and SECONDED by Ed Wilson THAT the agenda be accepted as distributed. Carried.

     

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 17, 2002, MEETING

    MOVED by Judith Lentin and SECONDED by Ed Wilson THAT the minutes of December 17, 2001 be accepted as distributed. Carried.

     

4. CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE

    Tabled until the next meeting.

     

5. SPECIAL EVENTS SUBCOMMITTEE

    Ron Hinds and Judith Lentin have agreed to look after the arrangements of the CSEG/CSPG Honourary Address, and the CSEG convention this year. They will coordinate these events with Carmen Killick, Public Relations Coordinator, Calgary APEGGA Office.

    ACTION: Hinds/Lentin/Killick

      5.1 National Engineering Week

      Francis Chan has volunteered to head NEW this year, which will run from March 2-10. He will contact Carmen to get details and ideas.

    ACTION: Chan/Killick

6. MENTORING SUBCOMMITTEE

    The Mentoring Committee is now a stand-alone committee and therefore it was agreed that this item be removed from future agendas.

     

7. PROMOTIONS/NEWSLETTER SUBCOMMITTEE

    In future, branch’s events will be discussed under special events subcommittee.

     

8. CBEC NOMINATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

For nominations update, please see attachment.

 

9. BRANCH MEETINGS COMMITTEE

9.1 Luncheons

January 24th - Calgary Branch AGM will be held at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel. Robert Marshall, P.Eng. will make a presentation on Canada’s Pipeline – Economic Benefits to Alberta.

February 6th - The President’s Visit will be held at The Westin Calgary.

February 21st – It will be held at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel. The topic is Bridging Technology & Business in Difficult Times with Michel Futtouche from Cell-Loc as the speaker.

March 21st – It will be held at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel. Dave Chalcroft, who until recently was the Senior Vice President of UMA, will speak on the subject of RedR, engineering without borders.

April 10th - Topic and speaker are not confirmed. This luncheon will be held at The Greenwood Inn.

April 18th – Topic and speaker are not confirmed. It will be held at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel.

May 16th – It will be held at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel with Steve Wyton making a presentation on landfill gas.

May ? – Pamela Danyluk is working on getting Dr. Kodur from the National Research Centre in Ottawa to speak on the WTC disaster - the collapse/damage to the buildings and their surrounding.

June 5th – The Ticket Agents’ appreciation luncheon will be held at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel.

9.2 PD Evenings

The registration for the next PD Evening, January 17th is full. Roger Hough will be speaking on the topic of Competitive Intelligence.

10. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, ATTENDANCE

The APEGGA Branch AGM will be held on January 24, 2002, at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel. Those running in the election were reminded to call the APEGGA Calgary office to register.

11. ADJOURNMENT

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

The next CBEC meeting will be held at noon on Monday, February 11, 2002, at the Calgary APEGGA Office.

Attachment:

  • APEGGA Calgary Branch Executive 2002 Nominations

  • Calgary Branch AGM minutes of January 24, 2002

Distribution:

J. W. (John) Pastega, P.Eng. Chair
K. (Kevin) Richmond, P.Geol., Past Chair
S. (Steve) Wyton, P.Eng.
T. (Terry) Cooper, P.Eng.
T. G. (Tibor) Kaldor, P.Eng.
J. K. (Judith) Lentin, P.Geol.
T. M. (Tumpa) Reinhardt, E.I.T.
M. J. (Mike) Styczen, 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. (Anil) Nayak, 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