The August meeting of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council was held Wednesday, August 9, 2000. The meeting was called to order at 7:15 PM by Dave Licata, President.

Attendees

The agenda was amended to separate Fund Raising from the Banquet in separate agenda items. The agenda was approved.

A motion was made to elect the Council President as Board Chairperson, Council Vice-President as Board Vice-President, Council Secretary as Board Secretary and Council Treasurer as Board Treasurer. The motion was seconded and approved. [David Licata - President, Clifford Monroe - Vice President, Ed Kaminski - Treasurer, Larry Bethel - Secretary]

Cliff took action item to determine if a bylaw review committee is needed, and to report at the next Executive Board meeting.

Cliff distributed an organization chart. This chart was discussed and updated later during the meeting. A copy e-mailed after the meeting is included in the web site. The board agreed it should be on the agenda for the Council Meeting.

Item 4. Purpose and Clarity of 2000-2001 Plan. There was discussion about the role of speakers at the council meeting, in particular whether there should be technical speakers.

An action item was accepted by the Chairperson to find time for a two hour meeting to discuss the SVEC mission.

Item 5. Fund Development

The plan is to separate fund development and fund raising from the banquet.

Item 6. Banquet

Rendee distributed an outline for the 2000-2001 Banquet committee.

A motion was made to allocate $100.00 for a thank you gift for Valorie Diaz. The motion was seconded and approved. Steve Sherman will take care of selecting and delivering the gift.

Item 7 Board Meeting Dates and Times

The following dates and times were agreed on for future meetings.

The meetings are at 7:00 PM, Mondays two weeks prior to Council meetings.

SVEC Board Meetings

9/11/2000 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
10/9/2000 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
11/5/2000 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
1/8/2001 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
2/5/2001 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
3/12/2001 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
4/9/2001 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
5/7/2001 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.
6/11/2001 Mon.	7:00 PM	LMMS Bldg.107	Board Mtg.

Item 8. Speakers

It was Sam Haddad's concept to have new companies speak to the Council, since they are able to pay the expenses and they will (eventually) form the basis for new members.

The next speaker is the ASME Western Region Vice President, who will talk about ASME's role in education, particularly the Robotics FIRST program.

Item 9. No report, have a team inplace

Item 10. Budget for the Board, no action taken

Item 11. Assign Five Societies per Director

A sign-up sheet was passed around, with the following sign ups.

Mike	Felicita	Cliff
ISA ECSCV (aka ECSJ) AIAA Perham SFPE	SWE NSBE O. of E. CSPE IEEE	ASCE IIE SAE SAME IEEE AVS ASHRAE

Item 12. Open House

A motion was made to invite Dr. Moody as a speaker. The motion was seconded and approved.

Item 13. AEA Membership

A motion was made to have SVEC join the AEA (American Electronics Association). The motion was seconded but failed.

Item 14. Deleted

Item 15. Tech Museum Membership

A motion was made to renew SVEC membership at the Tech Museum. The motion was seconded and passed.

Item 16. BGA Group Membership

Larry Bethel agreed to talk with Metin and/or Sam regarding the suggestion for membership in or by this group.

Item 17. Newsletter and Web Site

There were discussions about use of these media for fundraising or selling advertisements.

Item 18. Dr. Diamond Proposal

A motion was made to not hire Dr. Diamond at this time. The motion was seconded and passed.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 PM.

Minutes submitted by Larry Bethel, September 11, 2000
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