Notes of Meeting/
Compte rendu de réunion
100 Craig Henry Drive,
Suite 202
Nepean, Ontario
K2G 5W3
Subject:
CSVA Board Meeting
Sujet :
Conseil d'administration de la
SCAV
Date:
February 21, 2007
Date :
Le 21 février 2007
Time:
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Heure :
17h30 à 18h30
Location:
Telephone Conference Call
Location :
Appel conférence
Purpose:
Regular Meeting
But :
Réunion mensuelle
Meeting:
No. 1
Réunion :
Numéro 1
Attendees/Personne présente
Name
Nom
Organization
Organisation
Responsibilities
Responsabilités
Steve Holmes
MTO
President
Président
Vince Thomson
McGill
Director
Directeur
Tom Fletcher
Fletcher Group
Director
Directeur
Dan Preley
MTO
Treasurer
Trésorier
Ziad Eldada
Creative Value Engineering
Director
Directeur
Valerie Fichell
RCGT
Tammy Dow
MMM
Scot McClintock
Hanscomb Faithful & Gould
Director
Directeur
Mike Pearsell
MTO
VP Communication
Communications
Faisal Khan
MTO
Mike Asselin
Town of Renfrew
Yvan Beauregard
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Secretary
Secrétaire
Alain LeBlanc
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Past President
Président sortant
Eve Malihot
RCGT
Steve Taylor
NCE
Secretary
Secretary
Page 2
Absent/Absente
Name/Nom
Organization/Organisation
Responsibilities
Responsabilités
David Jull
MMM
Director
Directeur
Ronald Blanchet
MTQ
Treasurer
Trésorier
Chris Gauer
MMM
Director
Directeur
Roch Prud’Homme
Valsys Inc.
Director
Membre du conseil
Joseph Arcaro
Itrans
Conference
Conférence
Orest Stachniak
Alberta Infrastructure
Director
Directeur
Agenda/Agenda
Item
Assigned Assigné
Article
1.0
New Board members provided
introductions to other members
2.0
The notes of the previous meeting,
although not reviewed, have been
included for remaining action items.
Communication
Communication
Vince Thompson
The CSVA brochures have been
updated and it is to be QC’d by the
French members. The QC to be
confirmed at the AGM.
It was agreed we need a single line
synopsis of recent papers (author, title,
paper description, year). As a start it
was agreed to do the last Montreal
conference.
Project to create a biography form for
each member for distribution to the
membership is still to be done. The
modified member biography is attached.
Vince Thompson
Le projet qui vise à créer une
biographie de chaque membre pour la
distribution de l’adhésion est toujours
à faire.
Mike Pearsall
It was agreed to create corporate
biographies.
Scot McClintock
Current corporate information to be
updated.
Scot McClintock
It was agreed by the Board that
corporate information sites will be
Mike Pearsall
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Item
Assigned Assigné
Article
provided on the web at no additional
cost for those paying for a corporate
membership. Vote Passed.
It was agreed to develop a
protocol/guide for adding content to the
website.
Yvan Beauregard
Steve Holmes requested Board
members prepare a one page write-up
for the web for several topics for
content to the website (Steve Taylor –
Design Build and VE). Ronald to ask
for permission from MTQ to post the
VE Guide to Project Management
All
Ronald Blanchet
Membership
A sub-committee of Steve Taylor and
Tom Fletcher to investigate a
membership campaign.
Steve Taylor/
Tom Fletcher
The Board approved $400 for placing
the sample advertisement by the
membership committee.
Tom Fletcher
Treasurer
The Board approved investing a portion
of the money ($20,000) in a sequence of
GIC’s with different maturity dates.
3.0
Steve Holmes reported back following
the AGM meeting that the MTO
members on the Board will include:
Steve Holmes, Mike Pearsall, and Dan
Preley
4.0
Faisal Khan will be assisting the Board
without being a member
Steve Taylor
Trésorier
Dan Preley
Page 4
5.0
The Board reviewed roles and responsibilities for the upcoming year and
the initial list of Board tasks are as follow:
Secretary
Communication
Web Technology
Infrastructure
Content
Manufacturing
Content
Marketing and
Media
Member
Communications,
Newsletter
Treasurer, Finance
Government Liaison
Municipal
Services,
Restructuring
Health Care/Public
Sector
Membership Activities
Ontario
Quebec Events
Student Activities
Conference 2007, Nov
20, 21
Board Governance,
Policy, History –
Bylaws
Awards
6.0
7.0
Secrétaire
Communication
S. Taylor
Mike Pearsall assisted by
Faisal Khan (member)
Yvan Beauregard
Faisal Khan
Trésorier
D. Preley
Eve Mailhot
David Jull,
Mike Asselin
Mike Asselin
Valerie Fichelle
2007 Conférence
Project Management
Manufacturing
Integration with
other
methodologies
The communications protocol for email s was reviewed and it was agreed
to reduce the number of copied
recipients to reduce the e-mail traffic to
Board members
It was agreed there would be an
emphasis on adding content to the web
site to meet our vision. By sharing
knowledge
Tammy Dow
Alain LeBlanc
Vince Thompson
Lucie. Parrot
Ronald Blanchet
Steve Taylor
Alain LeBlanc, Steve
Taylor, Ted Lane
Page 5
8.0
Meeting dates were established as the
second Wednesday of the month but not
meeting in July or August. Board
meeting dates :
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February 20, 2007
March 14,2007
April 11, 2007
May 9, 2007
June 13, 2007
September 12, 2007
October 10, 2007
November 14, 2007
December 12, 2007
Recorded by/Enregistré par:
Steve Taylor
cc.
All attending / présents
All absent / absents
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