ATTENDANCE:
Present were: John Burkhart (by proxy), Steve Scott (Harris), Jeanne Innis-Olson (by proxy), Lorne Caddick, Len Jacobson, Jim Gates, James Dalton, Nancy FitzGerald, Dan Foley, Wayne Kauffman, Bob Recker (by proxy), Robert Valleni

John Burkhart called the meeting to order. Those present gave company remarks.

PRESIDENT’S REMARKS:
Steve Scott presented the NDIA BoD Host Sign-Up list for information and validation. John Burkhart announced that NDIA National would like 1 or 2 representatives from the Board to assist in working on the planning committee for the Symposium coming in July at the LAX Marriot. John also discussed attendance and a need to encourage current Board members participation and also reaching out to other businesses to get them involved. He has made a commitment to be more hands-on and follow-through. John presented letters from Dr. Elachi, (JPL). He also presented a letter from Chief Travis (Los Angeles Air Force Base) in regards to the Awards Banquet on Feb. 18th. Anyone who would like to attend should contact John and he will follow-up on the details. John talked about the meeting of four Chapter presidents and the topic of discussion was the revenues from the Industry Days and how the funds would be disbursed. It was decided that all the funds will be given in the name of all 4 professional organizations.

TREASURER’S REPORT:
Steve Scott presented the treasurer’s report for Dan Burkett who was not in attendance. Dan needs help hunting down the missing table for West Coast Dinner. Action Item – Wayne, John and Dan will take action to work on this. The committee commented that the Treasurer should include register & summary in his future reports.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:
Jeanne Innis-Olson was not in attendance. Steve Scott distributed the roster for attendance and update. The minutes from January were reviewed and accepted.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Disbursements:
Lorne Caddick presented the Disbursements Committee Report. He did research on providing funds to VA hospitals and distributed a hand-out on his findings. Lorne will get together with his committee to discuss further and will make recommendations in terms of the dollar amount to be disbursed.

Membership:
Len Jacobson reported that there are actually 1,636 members in our chapter, of which 263 are free 3-year government members. Len would like to find a way to possibly get the word out about future meetings to these individuals.

Communications:
Linda Taylor was not in attendance.

SMC Interface:
Linda Taylor was not in attendance.

Website:
Walter Meares was not in attendance, but is continuing to upload documents to the website.

Programs:
Jim Gates discussed the BSS Tour March 3, 2005. He needs names of those who are interested in going on the tour. He will send the roster out and hopefully members will sign up.

Jim Gates discussed the possible upcoming events. We might be too large of a group for a SeaLaunch tour. The C-17 might work. The BSS could do a lunch and tour. Jim will have a schedule and proposal by the next BoD meeting.

Golf Tournament was not discussed.

WCD:
Wayne Kauffman presented a very detailed summary of the progress of the West Coast Dinner. As of today there are a total of 50 paid tables. However, Wayne expressed his concern that this year’s table sales are short of Board commitments. Last year there were a total of 63 paid tables and this year’s sales reflect that the BoD has fallen short of that since they are ultimately responsible for table sales. Wayne presented a list of those companies who have already purchased tables and is in the process of calling those companies who have not yet purchased any. John remarked that the Board is not clear on what the expectations are and offered to assist Wayne in making calls to companies to remind them of their responsibility to buy tables. Dr. Elachi is the Bob Hope Awardee. (There were extensive notes taken on the WCD details, however, Wayne will send out a detailed attachment to the Board members). Nancy Fitzgerald reported on the tasting and menu for the night of the event…delicious.

New Business:
There was no new business.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:05PM.

The next meeting will be held …