ATTENDANCE:
Present were: John Burkhart, Steve Scott (Harris), Jeanne Innis-Olson, Dan Burkett, Lorne Caddick, Len Jacobson, Linda Taylor, Don Tomajan, Bob Smith, James Dalton, Spence Bauer, Nancy FitzGerald, Dan Foley, Drew Frohlich, Jim Grace, Wayne Kauffman, Bob Recker, Scott Royball, Steve Scott (Raytheon), Robert Skloss, Jan Thomis

John Burkhart called the meeting to order. Steve Scott, Raytheon, hosted the meeting and presented a company highlights presentation.

PRESIDENT’S REMARKS:
The Board has received a letter from the LAAFB Spouses’ Club for the 2005 Scholarship Award on May 18. In addition, we received a thank you letter from the Boy Scout Troop benefiting from our Chapter’s donations. The National Guidance on “Sponsored by” has been sent to the Board members. There is a National Small Business Conference to be held June 1 and 2 at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott. General Arnold’s farewell will be May 12th from 3 pm to 5 pm on base; register for access.

Those board members present gave company remarks.

The WCD Committee report was presented early so that Wayne could leave to catch a plane. Wayne Kauffman announced the transition of leadership for the dinner to Bryan Adams. He stated that there are four key factors that need to be addressed: venue, date, speaker, and awardee. There is no clear venue or date yet for 2006. Bryan Adams will conduct site surveys. Wayne reported that the committee is chipping away at the final payments for 2004 WCD; there are only three outstanding payments. The 2005 dinner resulted in profits>$35K. There also remain members who have not yet paid for the 2005 Executive Breakfast. Dan B. will send out the non-payers list. Jan Thomis suggested returning to the ‘no pay, no play’ rules of the past. Drew Frohlich has completed audits.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:
John Burkhart had compiled the minutes of the April 2005 meeting and distributed these via e-mail. Two corrections were identified: 1) he spelling of Len Jacobsen’s name, 2) Drew Frohlich had given his proxy to John Burkhart for the April meeting. Minutes were accepted as corrected.

TREASURER’S REPORT:
The treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Disbursements:
Lorne Caddick presented the Disbursements Committee Report. Lorne requested and received approval to give $3000 to the Space Walk Camp at the Queen Mary.

Membership:
Len Jacobson reported that there are ~ 1,600 members in our chapter. He reminded the Board members that there is an election coming up for the next term.

Communications:
Linda Taylor now has the CD with photos from the 2005 WCD. There are not many good ones. Linda is working on an article for the national magazine.

SMC Interface:
Linda Taylor announced that Acquisition Immersion Days at SMC are scheduled for June 28 – 30.

Website:
Aviel has sent a bill to Walter Meares. John B. suggested that unless there were any objections, the bill should be paid. Please send specific comments related to the website to Linda and Walter for action.

Golf :
There are currently only 2 Industry and 10 Military persons registered for the golf tournament. May 30 will be the cut off date. Need to elevate the AF participation. By the end of the week, the committee needs to determine how to proceed if the attendance is not increased. Need foursomes and sponsorships from industry.

SMC Industry Days:
Bob Recker announced that SMC Industry Days was a “Howling Success”. Too much money was made. The committee is working on improvements for next year, such as a website to be available all year and a possible credit arrangement. Bob also mentioned that perhaps one of the other industry groups would want to lead the event next year.

The next meeting will be held at BAH on 2 June.