ASSELA
LOS ANGELES CHAPTER 2010/2011
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS
100 YEARS, JUNE 2011
Board meeting of Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Held at Luminaria’s Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA
Members in attendance:
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Lorenzo Jackson
Guillermo (Bill) A. Taylor
Scott Boim
Melonee Cruse
Jay Preston
Victor Garvey
Bruce Brown
Regina Hollins
Jane Bartlett
Hector Escarcega
Robert Sautter
AGENDA
1. Regional Operating Committee Meeting-August 29, 2010, Medford, Oregon
Attendees: Lorenzo, Regina and Don Kramer
2. Student Chapter:
Rio Hondo College, Environmental and Technical Program--Go to the college and make a
presentation? Who? Speak about the benefits of ASSE membership and a mentor program.
August 31st to September 2nd time for possible presentation. Waiting for a response from the
Board.
Scott: Dominguez Hills is a possibility. Maybe get several schools together on one night? A job
fair might work. Melonee will volunteer to get this going.
Hector: Increase student membership by? A goal. Student task force to be headed by Hector
and Guillermo
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Scott: Each Board member should call 10 members to update and verify e-mail addresses.
Hector: We need a script put together for the phone solicitations. Scott will send an EXCELL
spreadsheet of members.
4. Scott: Construction Symposium at USC (Practice Specialty) $2,000 per year. We will need
advanced planning to make this work. Marketing and advertising and sponsorships with
vendors. We need a sub-committee for this. Perhaps a safety symposium for either general
industry or construction.
5. Meetings:
SPAWL Event in May 2011 with Cinco de Mayo
Guillermo: Maybe an emphasis should be put on the 100th anniversary for each monthly
meeting leading up to June 2011.
September: Bruce Brown will speak about the Triangle Fire. Regina will check with Stevens
Steakhouse for this meeting.
October: Joint Technical Symposium on the 20th
November: Scott will speak on the BP gulf catastrophe form his “eyes-on” perspective.
December: Holiday event and toy drive. Consumer Product Safety topic.
January: Another Board Planning meeting. Construction safety
February: Emergency Preparedness and special student program
March: Studio or Staples Center tour. Etc.
April: Earthquake topic
May: SPAWL meeting. (Safety Professionals in the Latino Workforce).
June: Awards, installation of the new board and WISE (Women in Safety Engineering)
6. Scott: Job Line going great.
Melonee: CSP Certification class. Any interest in starting one up?
Jane: We need to do media announcements. Suggestions were made for Don Kramer to do.
What about a Scholarship Essay Contest? We need a team of people to organize this. Perhaps
make an announcement in the newsletter.
Regina: Will get table top displays for meetings (?)
Leadership Conference in Chicago on October 13th. Regina and Victor will attend.
Board members must complete the on-line training from ASSE
Scott: We need to audit our finances. Hire a CPA? Check with Valley or Orange chapters of
ASSE.
Guillermo (Bill) A. Taylor
ASSE-LA Chapter Secretary