May 14, 2011

The Executive Council met in Knoxville, TN, on May 14, 2011.

The Council voted TBP Distinguished Service Awards to retiring District 13 and 14 Directors R.W. Mead, CO G '63, and J.A. Hester, WA A '88, and a Resolution of Appreciation to retiring EF Facilitator Jike Chong, PA G '01. Ricardo K. Komai, CA T '10, was appointed as District 8 Director to a term ending June 2013 and Ian J. Frank, NY P '09, as District 14 Director, ending June 2014. The Council re-appointed as District Directors for 2011-14: E.R. Armstrong, J.P. Blackford, D.E. Dale, S.V. Eckersall, L.C. Gascoigne, E.P. Gorzkowski III, R.A. Holcomb, W.A. Hull, S.D. Jennings-King, B.A. Kramer, M.V. Paragano, T.A. Pinkham IV, J. Rogan, and E.A. Stephan, and for 2011-12: C.D. Gomulinski.

Engineering Futures Facilitators J.P. Blackford, K.T. Blazevic, C. Cheng, S.C. Dao, P.E., S.P. DeCabooter, S.K. Kramer, M.D. Lauer, M.W. Ohland, A.J. Passman, and N. Pih were re-appointed for 2011-14; and H.R. Bhambhani, Y.C. Chang, W.A. Hillard, B.E. Kabes, A.J. Pinkus, and R. Singhal were reappointed for 2011-12. Katie S. Samuels, LA G '86, was appointed as Engineering Futures Facilitator to a term ending June 2013.

Dr. Darrell W. Donahue, NC A '86, was re-appointed to the Fellowship Board for a term ending July 31, 2014. The Selection Committee reported that the 2011 TBP National Outstanding Advisor had been chosen. The Council discussed expanding the Engineering Futures Program.

Councillor J.F.K. Earle reported on recent progress in the TBP K-12 MindSET Program; the report of a training meeting for five chapters in Laurel, MD, on December 11-12 was received. Project grants with cash awards were given under the MindSET Program to the New York Tau (two), Michigan Gamma, and Florida Epsilon Chapters and under the GIG Program to the Michigan Kappa Chapter, and the local projects will be reported in later issues of THE BENT.

Executive Director J.D. Froula reported on the status of the 2010 and 2011 Alumnus Giving Programs, the Heritage Society mailing that was completed in January to 21,400 members, the multi-state charitableorganization registration project, on GEICO's contribution of $14,000 in October for seven TBP-GEICO Scholarships, and on the various information-technology improvements; his second- and third-quarter financial reports of the fiscal year had been sent to the Council and were accepted. He reported that chapters had ratified the Constitution amendments from the 2010 Convention that allow multiple Officers and Directors appointed to a Convention committee to serve as advisors and that corrected an error in the actual procedure of selecting, rather than electing, the Convention Chair. The Council approved a named Charitable Gift Annuity Fund for a $100,000 Charitable Gift Annuity with a donor. The salary schedule for the Headquarters staff was modified in accordance with merit policy and the cost-of-living index.

The Council approved the name change of the reactivated Grand Rapids Alumnus Chapter to the West Michigan Alumnus Chapter. Mr. Froula reported that the Texas Delta Chapter had initiated 20 members at the Texas A&M University-Qatar branch campus on April 20.

The Council reviewed arrangements for the June 11, 2011, meeting of national officials to be held in Knoxville.

The Council discussed the results of interviews on May 12-13 with the final two candidates for the position of Executive Director of the Association.