2.      Treasurer Report – David Mallory

The Treasurer’s Report was presented. It appears that there will be a net increase in the 2004 ending balance. Tom Browning asked what the IRS limits are for maintaining non-profit status. David Mallory will discuss with the tax advisor and will report back. David will prepare the 2005 budget for discussion at the January meeting. It was noted the Dr. Guo’s scholarship donation has not been received. Debbie Haferman will call him.

The treasurer’s report was approved by a motion and vote.
 

3.      2004 Conference Review – Robert Krehbiel

Results of the conference evaluation were reviewed. 33 evaluations were received. The evaluations generally gave the conference good ratings.

The 2005 conference will be at the Sheraton in Steamboat Springs, September 21-23, 2005.

The 2005 Conference Team is:

4.      Regional Representatives’ Reports

Brad Anderson reported the Steve Smith is resigning his position at the Metro Regional Representative.

Debbie Haferman reported that the Northeast region would plan an activity for the spring of 2005.

No other regional representatives were present.
 

5.      Proposed Schedule for 2005 General Membership Meetings – Brad Anderson

The following meeting schedule was approved:

6.     Committee Reports

a) 2005 Conference (Robert Krehbiel) – the 2005 conference will be in Steamboat Springs. The costs will be higher. There was discussion about raising the conference rates to cover the additional costs. Because the organization is running a surplus consideration will be given to subsidizing some of the conference costs. A final decision will be made later when the costs are better known.
 

b) Floodplain – Brad Anderson reported the Kallie Sampish had e-mailed him that 26 of 28 passed the CFM exam.
 

c) Stormwater Quality (Kevin McBride) – Kevin reported that the Non-Point Source Council would re-write the management plan in 2005. A water quality field trip will be planned in 2005.
 

d) Scholarship (Jeremy Franz) – the ’04/’05 scholarship recipient has been selected. There has not been much interest in the scholarship. Only two applications were received. Ideas to promote the scholarship were discussed and included contacting student chapters of professional organizations, contacting financial aid offices, eliminating the post-graduate requirement, advertising with the International Erosion Control Association (ICEA). When Dr. Guo’s contribution is received, 2 scholarship awards will be made.
 

e) Outreach (Chris Carlson) – the two CASFM award projects will be included in an article for the CML magazine. Chris is resigning his position. A replacement chair is needed.
 

f) Membership (Kevin Gingery) – it is time for membership renewal. No changes in the membership rates are proposed for 2005. Kevin is still looking people to submit information for federal contacts so that an offer of complimentary memberships can be made.
 

g) Website – No report was made.
 

7.      Discussion of New Committees

a) Training Committee - Kevin Gingery proposed that a training committee with a $2,000 per quarter budget be started. The committee would plan quarterly training sessions that would be 1-3 days long. Suzanne Moore, Chuck Childs and Howard Wagner expressed an interest in helping with the committee. Ideas for training sessions, committee member commitments and proposed budget will be prepared for discussion at the January 2005 meeting.
 

b) GIS Committee – Jeff Sickles was not present. Brad Anderson suggested that the GIS Committee might fall under the Training Committee.
 

8.      Workshop & Seminars – Kevin Gingery

This discussion was part of the proposed Training Committee discussion noted in item 7.
 

9.      Newsletter – Tom Browning

The winter ‘04/’05 newsletter will be printer in December or January. Articles are needed. Ideas and suggestions for changes to the newsletter are welcome.
 

10.     Other Items not on the Agenda

Chuck Childs reported that during National Engineers Week there would be a Future City competition in major cities. The competition in Denver is January 29, 2005. Volunteers are needed to be mentors and judges. It was suggested that a link to the futurecity.org site be added to the CASFM web site.