1998 ECC Board of Director Meeting Minutes
1998 ECC Board of Director Meeting Minutes
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December
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, December 7. 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers’ Club at 11:30. Chapter President, Buff Tibbetts, called the meeting to order. Steve Hall, Bill Mandigo, Bill Dyess, Mike Buck, Tom Rodgers, and Tom Timothy were present. The previous meeting minutes were reviewed and approved. The Treasurer reported $11.87 in the checking account and $17,024.82 in the savings account for a total of $17,036.69.
The status of Fall elections was discussed. The BOD is still searching for individuals to find three nominees for the four open officer positions—President-elect and two BOD members. Steve Hall will be nominated for one BOD position. We are attempting to find a BOD member from the Hurlburt C2 community and one from the operational test community. Current plans call for BOD members to continue their efforts to locate nominees and report back at the January 1999 meeting.
Steve Hall briefed the status of the symposium preparation. He is to contact each of the four session chairs to discuss their responsibilities with respect to their sessions activities. Invitation letters to the distinguished speakers were to go out mid-month.
Buff Tibbetts is to call Alan Plishka to determine if National will be able to provide the Chapter matching funds for our University of Florida GERC scholarship.
The meeting adjourned at 12:30.
Buff Tibbetts
President
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION(ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, November 2, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 11:30 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order at 11:30. Steve Hall, Steve Czonstka, Mike Buck, Wayne Ingram, and Tom Timothy were present. The previous meeting minutes were reviewed and approved. The Treasurer reported $87.60 in the checking account and $16,919.60 in the savings account for a total of $17,006.76.
At the next scheduled program on 24 November MGEN Kostelnik would brief on the State of Eglin at a Joint Meeting with the AFA and AOC. The President solicited recommendations for nominations for new officers for those whose terms expire at the end of the year. A President Elect and three Directors were needed. A slate of nominations should be ready by the Nov 24 meeting. The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing plans for the Command &Control Test and Training Symposium in March 1999. The next regular BOD meeting would be December 7 at 11:30 AM. The meeting adjourned at 12:25 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
October 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION(ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, October 5, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 11:30 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order at 11:30. Steve Hall, Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Mike Buck, Bill Dyess, Lee Newton and Tom Timothy were present. The previous meeting minutes were reviewed and approved. The Treasurer reported $87.60 in the checking account and$16,919.60 in the savings account for a total of $17,006.76. A check for$369 was written to Simple Net to establish a new ECC web site. The URL would be itea-ecc.org. There would be two email addresses: symposium@itea-ecc.org and feedback@itea-ecc.org.
Lee Newton reported that there was growing concern among the Test Community about the cut backs in T&E facilities and resources. There was discussion among the BOD as to how the ECC could provide a forum to broadcast these concerns. Mike Buck has volunteered to chair the Education Committee. The join luncheon meeting with the Eglin AOC scheduled for September 3 was postponed and not rescheduled. A briefing on the Drone Radar Frequency Enhancement Mechanism (DREEM) has been scheduled as a joint luncheon program with the Eglin AOC for Thursday, October 29th at 11:30 AM at the Eglin O Club. MGEN Kostelnik would brief on the State of Eglin on 24 November at a Joint Meeting with the AFA and AOC.
The President solicited recommendations for nominations for new officers for those whose terms expire at the end of the year. The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing plans for the Command & Control Test and Training Symposium in March 1999. The next regular BOD meeting would be November 2 at 11:30 AM. The meeting adjourned at 12:35 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
Septmber 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION(ITEA)
The BOD met Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 11:30 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order at 11:40. Steve Hall, Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Wayne Ingram, Mike Buck, Al Doman, Bill Mandigo, Lee Newton and Gary Drake were present. The previous meeting minutes were reviewed and approved. There was no Treasurer's report.
Lee Newton reminded the BOD of the National Symposium at Albuquerque during September 21-24. There would be a Chapter Presidents' meeting at that event to discuss several issues. There were no reports from the Education or Membership Committees. The joint luncheon meeting with the Eglin AOC scheduled for September 3 was postponed due to problems obtaining release approval by the speaker, Lane Thompson, and uncertainties caused by the sudden appearance of Hurricane Earl. It would be rescheduled for a later date. A briefing by MGEN Kostelnik concerning the new Air Armament Center was tentatively scheduled for November as a Joint Meeting with the AFA and AOC. A briefing on the EFX was also suggested. The BOD voted to fill the vacancy created by Dennis Love resigning due to reassignment for training by appointing Steve Hall to fill the remainder of the term. Election of new officers for those whose terms expire at the end of the year would be discussed at the next BOD meeting.
The BOD voted to authorize Gary Drake to investigate and take action concerning establishment of an independent dedicated web site for the ECC. The next regular BOD meeting would be October 5 at 11:30 AM. The meeting adjourned at 12:40 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
August 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION(ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, August 3, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 11:30 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order. Tom Timothy, Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Wayne Ingram, Mike Buck, Bill Dyess, Bill Mandigo, Lee Newton and Clarence Mayo were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed. There was no Treasurer's report.
A follow-on program to award a yearly scholarship to the Graduate Engineering and Research Center was still not formalized. It was preferred that the scholarship be associated with the T&E Certification Process. Planning for the March 1999 Eglin-Pax River T&E Workshop was continuing. The next Workshop Planning Meeting would be August 17 at 11:30 at the Eglin Officers Club. The vacancy created by Dennis Love resigning from the BOD due to reassignment for training would be filled by appointment by the remaining Directors as a later meeting. A recommendation to recruit from the active duty military was made.
Lee Newton reported that ITEA National was pressuring the Chapters to conduct any regional events as workshops so that the National Symposium would represent the culmination of events for each year. Consensus was to proceed with the March 1999 event as a workshop. Presently, there were no membership meetings planned. Several recommendations for programs were made. The next regular BOD meeting would be September 8 at 11:30 AM. The meeting adjourned at 12:15 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
July 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION(ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, July 7, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 1130 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order. Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Mike Buck, Bill Dyess, Steve Hall and Clarence Mayo were present. There was no quorum, therefore the meeting was for information purposes only. Minutes of the June 1 BOD meeting were reviewed. There was no Treasurer's report.
A follow on program to continue awarding a yearly scholarship to the Graduate Engineering and Research Center was still not formalized. Planning for the March 1999 Eglin-Pax River T&E Workshop was continuing. The next planning meeting would be July 20 at 11:30 at the Eglin Officers Club. The President announced that Dennis Love would be resigning from the Board of Directors because he was leaving the area due to reassignment for training. The vacancy could be filled by appointment by the Board of Directors as a later meeting.
Presently there were no membership meetings planned for July or August. The next regular BOD meeting would be August 3 at 11:30 AM. The meeting adjourned at 12:30 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
June 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION(ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, June 1, 1998 at the Eglin AirForce Base Officers' Club at 1130 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order. Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Lee Newton, Al Doman, Bill Mandigo, Mike Buck, Dennis Love, Bill Dyess and Wayne Ingram were present. Rob Bahnij was also present as a guest of Al Doman. Minutes of the May 4 BOD meeting were approved. There was no Treasurer's report.
Lee Newton reminded the BOD that this year's ITEA National Symposium would be held September 21-24 in Albuquerque, NM in conjunction with the New Mexico State Fair, which would help increase registration and exhibits. Tom Rodgers reported that he was receiving the information necessary from the six scholarship winners to mail the funds to their respective schools. Steve Czonstka attended each of the schools' honors ceremonies and reported that although the winners had been informed of their scholarship most of their high schools were not and so the ITEA Scholarship did not appear on the awards program. The oversight would be corrected so that publicity could be enhanced.
The next membership meetings would be Thursday, June 18 at 11:30 AM at the Eglin O Club where the Air & Space Command and Control Agency would brief, followed by a program on Thursday, June 25 at 3 PM in the Bldg 351 first floor conference room where the EW Operational Shortfall Study Methodology would be briefed. Al Doman introduced Rob Bahnij who proposed a new ECC Web site and independent newsletter. He also volunteered to serve as Publications Chairman. Bill Dyess was asked to report on the use of the $2,500 Scholarship presented to the GERC to justify repeat of the award next year.
The President called a special meeting of the Board on June 15, 1998 at 1130 hrs at the Eglin O Club to begin planning for the 1999 Joint Workshop at Sandestin. He also called for nominations for the ITEA National Awards, which were due June 19. The next regular BOD meeting would be July 7 at 11:30 AM instead of July 6 due to the holiday on the Fourth. The meeting adjourned at 12:30 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
May 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, May 4, 1998 at the Eglin AirForce Base Officers' Club at 1130 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called themeeting to order. Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Lee Newton, Al Doman, BillMandigo, Tom Timothy and Wayne Ingram were present. Minutes of the April 6th BOD meeting were approved as amended to indicate that the $2,500 to the GERC was yet to be presented. TheTreasurer reported no change in the $16,054.50 savings account and $844.21checking account balances.
Lee Newton reported from ITEA National that profit from the Pax River Joint Workshop appeared to be approximately$22,000 derived mainly from exhibits. Tom Rodgers reported that from the fourteen scholarship applications received, the Scholarship Selection Committee rank ordered the students resulting in six students standing out from the rest of the group. The ECC BOD had previously voted to award five scholarships this year. There was a tie in the present ranking for the fifth position. The BOD voted to award six $1,200 scholarships in 1998. Al Doman reported that ECC membership now stood at 118, with three new applications received. New participants for some of the ECC Committees would be solicited.
The President recommended that planning for the 1999 Joint Workshop at Sandestin be the primary topic for the next regular BOD meeting June 1, 1998 at 1130 hrs at the Eglin O Club. The meeting adjourned at 12:30 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
April 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD)MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATIONASSOCIATION (ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, April 6, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 1130 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order. Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Lee Newton, Al Doman, Bill Mandigo, Tom Timothy and Bill Dyess were present. Minutes of the February 2 BOD meeting were approved as originally submitted indicating that the amount of scholarship presented tothe GERC was $2,500. Minutes of the March 2 meeting were also approved. The Treasurer reported $16,054.50 in the savings account and $844.21 in the checking account.
Lee Newton reported that ITEA National discussed including cash as part of the National Awards program. No change was expected in this year's awards. A student cooperative program with government and industry for Scholarship winners was also under consideration. Tom Rodgers reported that fourteen scholarship applications had been received to date and that the Scholarship Selection Committee consisted of Drs Sue Carlton, Henry Register and Mat Riley. ITEA National approved a recommendation to include student memberships to ITEA for ECC scholarship recipients.
The next membership meeting would be Thursday, April 23 at 11:30 PM at the Eglin O Club. Mr Terry Little, the JASSM SPO Director, would speak concerning Acquisition Reform. MGEN Kostelnik, the new AFDTC Commander, would address a joint Annual Scholarship Awards Luncheon for ECC and the Eglin AOC on Thursday, May 21. The possibility of conducting a membership meeting at Hurburt Field to increase ECC visibility there was discussed.
The President reminded the BOD of the1998 Joint Workshop at Pax River during the last week in April. Recommendations for a theme for the 1999 workshop at Sandestin were solicited. The next regular BOD meeting was May 4, 1998 at 1130 hrs at the Eglin O Club. The meeting adjourned at 12:30 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
March 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATIONASSOCIATION (ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, March 2, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 1130 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order. Steve Czonstka, Tom Rodgers, Lee Newton, Dennis Love, and Wayne Ingram were present. Minutes of the February 2 BOD meeting were approved. The Treasurer was absent and no report was given.
Lee Newton reported from ITEA National. Tom Rodgers reported that scholarship applications were being received and that he was in the process of finalizing the appointment of the third member of the Scholarship Selection Committee. A recommendation was made that the ECC purchase student memberships to ITEA for its scholarship recipients. It was suggested that HQ ITEA be asked to fund those five student memberships. Steve Czonstka announced that $291 of the funds received from ITEA National had been expended for awards for the Okaloosa & Walton County Annual Science & Engineering Fair Team Competition.
The BOD approved a $34.30 reimbursement of the Eglin Chapter AOC to share cost of the February 25 joint luncheon meeting. The next meeting would be Thursday, March 26 at 11:30 PM at the Eglin O Club where a representative of the US Department of Interior Minerals Management Service would present a briefing on off-shore gas and oil exploration or drilling and its impact on Eglin Mission areas. MGEN Kostelnik, the new AFDTC Commander, agreed to address a joint luncheon meeting of ITEA and the AOC on Thursday, May 21. Steve Czonstka recommended that meeting be the Annual Scholarship Awards Luncheon. There was no program yet for April. A proposed change to the ECC By Laws and Board of Directors structure was unanimously approved by those members attending the February 25 meeting. President Tibbetts congratulated the new President-Elect, Tom Rodgers
Wayne Ingram reviewed the progress in planning the 1998 Joint Workshop at Pax River and expressed concern about the availability of funds for Eglin members to attend. Recommendations for a theme for the 1999 workshop at Sandestin would be solicited. The next regular BOD meeting was April 6, 1998 at 1130hrs at the Eglin O Club. The meeting adjourned at 12:20 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
February 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATIONASSOCIATION (ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, February 2, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 1130 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order. Steve Czonstka, Al Doman, Tom Timothy, Bill Mandigo, Dennis Love, Lee Newton and Wayne Ingram were present. Gary Drake, who constructed the ECC internet web page, was also present. Minutes of the January 5 BOD meeting were approved as read. The Treasurer reported balances of $16,654.50 in the savings account and $1,245.59 in the checking account, for total assets of $17,300.09.
Lee Newton reported from ITEA National concerning the status of 1998 Joint Workshop with Pax River 27-30 April. Several of the presentations were still undetermined. He recommended that it was not too early to begin planning the 1999 Joint Workshop to be cosponsored by the ECC at Sandestin on 8, 9, 10 March. The ECC received $750 from ITEA National to fund trophies for the Team Competition at the Okaloosa/Walton Counties School Board Science & Engineering Fair. Steve Czonstka would represent the ECC at the awards ceremony. ITEA National dispersed $2,500 to the Graduate Engineering Research Center for establishment of a scholarship there at the request of the ECC. Al Doman reported active membership stood at 118.
The next program would be a presentation on Wednesday, February 25 at 11:30 PM at the Eglin O Club by MGEN Richard H. Paul, Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory . A proposed change to the ECC By-laws and Board of Directors structure would be voted on by the membership at that meeting. It would be a joint luncheon with the Eglin AOC.
Gary Drake updated the BOD concerning the contents of the ECC web site. A
discussion of whether the ECC should become a member of the Ft Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce was
tabled until the next meeting. There was no further business. The next regular BOD meeting was
March 2, 1998 at 1130 hrs at the Eglin O Club. The meeting adjourned at 12:20 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
January 1998
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) MEETING
EMERALD COAST CHAPTER (ECC)
INTERNATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (ITEA)
The BOD met Monday, January 5, 1998 at the Eglin Air Force Base Officers' Club at 1130 AM. President Dan Tibbetts called the meeting to order and welcomed the newly elected BOD members. Steve Czonstka, Al Doman, Tom Timothy, Dr Bill Dyess, Bill Mandigo, Dennis Love, Lee Newton and Wayne Ingram werepresent. The Treasurer reported balances of $16,654.50 in the savings account and $303.23 in the checking account. He reported that income for 1997 was $11,256.43 and expenses were $9,125.29 for a net income of $2,131.14 for the year.
Lee Newton reported from ITEA National. The maximum funding that each chapter would be allowed to keep from profits of locally conducted workshops was being increased to $10,000 and to $18,000 for joint workshops. An effort to limit terms of the National Board of Directors was unsuccessful. Due to a successful financial year, National was increasing matching funds for local chapter education programs to two for one for last year. It was proposed that any additional funds received by the ECC would be given to the Graduate Engineering and Research Center for future use. Al Doman reported that National provided a list of 165 members some of whom had memberships that had expired several months ago. Active membership stood at 115.
Steve Czonstka reported that the next program would be a membership social and town hall meeting to be conducted at the Eglin O Club on Wednesday, January 21 at 3:30 PM. A proposed change to the ECC by-laws and Board of Directors structure would be discussed. The proposed change would be announced in a newsletter published in mid January. The newsletter and the meeting would be joint with the Eglin AOC. New officers for both organizations would be installed at that meeting. The proposed change would be voted on at the next membership meeting on Wednesday, February 25. The program scheduled for that meeting was a briefing by Gen Richard H. Paul of Aeronautical Systems Center on the new Air Force Laboratory structure. It was a joint luncheon program with the AOC and NDIA at the Eglin O Club.
Gary Drake was updating the local website. Plans for the new web pages
would be discussed in the future. Planning of the 1998 and 1999 Eglin & Pax River Joint
Workshops was proceeding. There was no further business. The next regular BOD meeting was February
2, 1998 at 1130 hrs at the Eglin O Club. The meeting adjourned at 12:35 hrs.
Steve Czonstka
Secretary
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