AIA Continental Europe Board Meeting Minutes
Dubai, 5 October 2009
The meeting was called to order Sunday, 5 October at 2:00 pm am at the Dubai Conference center in Dubai, UAE.
Voting members:
- Marc DiDomenico AIA, Chapter President (proxy for Charles Croigny AIA, First Vice President)
- Sandra Zetterstan (proxy Maureen Reinertsen AIA, Vice President)
- Gregg Brodarick Assoc. AIA, Chapter Secretary
- Steven Miller FAIA, Southern Europe Section Director
- Giuliana Barbano, Int'l. Assoc. AIA Chapter Treasurer.
Non-voting members:
- Steve Scamihorn AIA, Past President
- Fariba Shirdel Assoc. AIA, 2010-11 France Section Director
1. Welcome:
President Marc DiDomenico, AIA called the board meeting to order at 2:00. Five Board members eligible to vote were present, as well as two representatives by proxy. The minimum quorum was reached.
2. Minutes Approval:
A motion was made by Marc DiDomenico to approve the minutes from the April 25th Board Meeting in Manchester. The Minutes were reviewed and a motion was made to approve the meeting notes.
Vote: Unanimously approved.
3. Future conferences:
Marc DiDomenico reported that a conference is still on track for Stockholm, Sweden in May 2011. No budget has yet to be presented to the board for approval. Marc DiDomenico made a motion to approve the chapter’s intention to continue the planning of the event in Stockholm organized by Peter Jurlama.
Vote: Unanimously approved.
Marc DiDomenico presented the preliminary budget for the Istanbul conference in April 2010 that was prepared by Murat Soygenis. The proposals were reviewed by the board. There was a motion to approve the budget for the event.
Vote: Approved with a condition that the max expense for chapter members should be between 300 and 350 Euros.
Steven Miller asked the board to review the need to pay anyone for the development of the Continuing Education points program. As a non-profit, volunteer organization, we would do well to have this capability at hand without incurring extra costs for event organizing. It was concluded that this issue will be reviewed in more detail at the next board meeting.
4. Fellowship:
Steve Miller asked the chapter to take the necessary steps to review James C. Jao’s application for fellowship since deadlines were nearing. The Chapter only has to sign a letter noting that they support this Fellowship. The Fellowship committee chaired by Steven Miller has asked the President for this support. Steven is also sponsoring James.
