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NSPE Board of Directors Conference Call May 25, 2016

2015-16 Board of Directors In Attendance (unless noted)

President Timothy R. Austin, P.E., F.NSPE

President-elect Kodi Jean Verhalen, P.E., Esq., F.NSPE

Vice President Thomas C. Roberts, P.E., F.NSPE

Immediate Past President Harvey D. Hnatiuk, P.E., F.NSPE

Treasurer Julia M. Harrod, P.E., F.NSPE

Director, Central Region Christopher S. Butler, P.E.

Director, North Central Region Brian H. Armstrong, P.E., F.NSPE

Director, Northeast Region David M. D’Amico, P.E., F.NSPE

Director, Southeast Region

Christopher Doyle Jones, P.E., BCEE, F.NSPE

Director, Southwest Region Michael E. Aitken, PE, LEED AP

Director, Western & Pacific Region Gregory F. Brands, P.E., F.NSPE

Director, Interest Group James B. Harper, PE, FNSPE

Director, Interest Group David A. Janover, P.E., F.NSPE (Absent)

Director, Membership at Large Neal T. Wright, P.E., F.NSPE

Educational Foundation President Leanne H. Panduren, P.E., F.NSPE

SSEC President Malinda Battey

Director, Young Engineer Erin M. Gates, PE

NICET Chairman Greg Cagle, SET

Executive Director & Secretary Mark J. Golden, CAE, F.ASAE

NSPE Vision NSPE is a member-centric, nimble, future-focused and responsive organization, serving as the recognized voice and advocate of licensed Professional Engineers. NSPE Mission NSPE, in partnership with the State Societies, is the organization of licensed Professional Engineers (PEs) and Engineering Interns (EIs). NSPE, in partnership with the State Societies, serves as the recognized and authoritative expert in licensure, ethics and professional practice; promotes licensure and assists individuals in becoming licensed; and protects and enhances the value of licensure and the opportunities for the licensed engineer.

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1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL. The meeting was called to order at 12:04 p.m. All

voting NSPE Board members were present except David A. Janover. Also attending was Committee on Policy and Advocacy (COPA) Chairman Dan J. Wittliff, P.E., F.NSPE and NSPE staff members Michael A. Clark, CAE; Laura T. Meyer, CPA; Kimberly A. Granados, CAE; Nancy R. Oswald; Arielle Eiser; and Mary Ann Cannon.

2. Consent Agenda (Attachment 2) 2.1 Approval of Minutes from April 27, 2016 NSPE BOD Meeting (Attachment 2.1) 016-014 Following discussion, it was moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of Directors

approve the Consent Agenda as distributed. CARRIED. 3. MAIN AGENDA

3.1 Process and Status of Budget & Business Plan Development – Golden referred to the issue paper and noted that the Budget Committee is now ready to proceed with narrowing the focus for the 3-year business plan; metrics/strategies; exploration and implementation; and anticipation of the business plan with budget documents being presented to the NSPE Board in Dallas for discussion and approval. (Attachment 3.1)

3.2 Final Approval of Proposed New Position Statements – Austin provided background

regarding the proposed new position statements. (Attachment 3.2)

3.2.1 Autonomous Vehicles – There was general discussion regarding the possibility of grammatical corrections being made to the position statements after the NSPE Board vote. Verhalen noted that this could be accomplished with an additional motion at the end. There was also general discussion about whether any push back was received from the auto industry and technology companies regarding P.E.’s being involved in the process and if the word “verify” (Recommendation 1, line 5) was appropriate because of a matter of liability or indemnification. Wittliff explained the nature of the third-party licensed P.E. oversight and noted that the word “verify” was deemed acceptable. (Attachment 3.2.1)

016-015 It was moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of Directors approve

the proposed “Autonomous Vehicles” Position Statement as presented. CARRIED.

3.2.2 Protecting the PE Against Attacks on Licensure as a Barrier to Trade – There

was general discussion. (Attachment 3.2.2) 016-016 It was moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of Directors approve

the proposed “Protecting the PE Against Attacks on Licensure as a Barrier to Trade” Position Statement as amended with replacing the word “comprising” to “compromising” in the discussion section, paragraph 3. CARRIED.

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3.2.3 Discipline Specific Licensure – There was general discussion concerning

amending the text in the Statement portion and the order of designations to encourage PE’s to place P.E. before other designations after their name on business cards, etc. (Attachment 3.2.3)

016-017 It was moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of Directors approve

the proposed “Discipline-Specific Licensure” Position Statement as presented.

016-018 Substitute motion to amend the Statement to read “It is the position of

the NSPE that fragmenting the license into discipline-specific title or practice acts weakens rather than strengthens the integrity of the license. Furthermore, NSPE does recognize that upon obtaining a Professional Engineering license, a qualified engineering professional may pursue discipline-specific designation.”

016-019 Substitute motion moved and seconded to amend the Statement to read

“It is the position of the NSPE that fragmenting the license into discipline-specific title or practice acts weakens rather than strengthens the integrity of the license. Upon obtaining a Professional Engineering license, a qualified engineering professional may pursue discipline-specific designation.” MOTION WITHDRAWN.

016-020 Substitution motion moved and seconded to postpone action and provide revised language to the NSPE Board for electronic vote before the June NSPE Board meeting. CARRIED.

3.2.4 Use of Certification Credentials – There was general discussion concerning

a possible conflict with this proposed position statement as it relates to NSPE’s support of its NICET technicians/technologists program and also to amend the 3 recommendation replacing the word “employ” with “self limit..” (Attachment 3.2.4)

016-021 It was moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of Directors approve

the proposed “Use of Certification Credentials” Position Statement as revising replacing “employ” with “self limit.”

016-022 Substitute motion moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of

Directors approve the proposed “Use of Certification Credentials” Position Statement as originally presented.” CARRIED.

016-023 It was moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of Directors allow

NSPE staff to make scrivener and grammatical edits to these position statements before publishing, if necessary. CARRIED.

Wittliff expressed appreciation and thanked the NSPE Board for their diligent

review of the position statements. Austin thanked Wittliff and COPA staff as well.

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3.3 Treasurer’s Report – Harrod provided the NSPE Treasurer’s Report for the first 9

months which included updates on the new chart of accounts transition; planning of the 3-year budget process; implementation of the new AMS system; NSPE losses due to the acquisition of McKinley advisors and an oversight during the old and new chart of accounts transition causing an underestimation of credit card/banking fees; and NICET exceeding expectations. (Attachment 3.3)

016-024 It was moved and seconded that the NSPE Board of Directors accept the

Treasurer’s Report.” 4. OFFICER REPORTS

4.1 Executive Director – Golden reported on the upcoming PE Conference program, sessions, registration, room block, overflow hotel information; SSEC conference call; recent HoD orientation webinar; launching of the new NSPE Community Platform; NSPE Speaks Podcast Vol. 2 now available in the iTunes store; and other issues.

4.2 Past President – Harve reported on his visits to Rhode Island and Maine; work done

by the Candidate Screening Committee; Membership Committee conference calls; and other issues.

4.3 Vice President – Roberts reported on his visits to Idaho, Wisconsin, New York, and

Kansas; progress being made with LinkedIn; his meeting with McGowan regarding positive things that NSPE can do with the Order of the Engineer; and other issues.

4.4 Treasurer – Harrod referred to her written report and reported on visits to Oregon

and Michigan; and other issues. (Attachment 3.3) 4.5 President-elect – Verhalen reported on the upcoming PE Conference; visit to the

Washington Society; status of NSPE committees, task forces, and charges including a new Future of the PE Profession Task Force; update on the Membership Committee’s status for 2016-17; and other issues.

4.6 President – Austin reported on the advocacy efforts including NHTSA, Gold King

Mine law suit, Maryland Department of Revenue tax issue; Ohio pipe industry legislation introduced; NAE Convention; and other issues.

5. LIAISON REPORTS

5.1 Regional Directors • D’Amico reported on Northeast Region activities including the Financial

Technologies Task Force; draft whitepaper; and other issues.

• Butler reported on Central Region activities including Vice President candidates; committee vacancies; annual meetings; and other issues.

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• Armstrong reported on North Central Region activities including Gene O’Brien’s presentation at the PE Conference; teleconferences; new incoming director Gary Strack; and other issues.

• Brands reported on Western & Pacific Region activities including recent

teleconferences; Idaho Conference; sharing info via ListServe and Web sites; and other issues.

• Aitken reported on Southwest Region activities including visits to Oklahoma and

Louisiana multi-state meetings; amending seminar presentation to include QBS; candidate for VP position; and other issues.

• Jones reported on Southeast Region activities including monthly conference calls

that have now excited members; the Tennessee Society’s pursuit of state-only membership; incoming director Shannon Looney; and other issues.

• Harper – Nothing new to report on Interest Group activities.

5.2 SSEC – Battey reported on SSEC activities including the SSEC conference call later

in the day; upcoming Michigan and Alabama conferences; NSPE logo; membership dues model; and other issues.

5.3 NICET – Clark reported on NICET activities including his 3rd quarter written report

submitted in April; conversion of exams from the paper model to a computer model; improvements to computer model; recent NICET Board of Governors meeting held in March; and other issues.

5.4 NSPE Educational Foundation – Panduren reported on NSPE Educational

Foundation activities including the upcoming face-to-face meeting in Dallas, TX; investment portfolio; legal issues with funds and scholarships; and other issues.

5.5 Other – There was no other business.

6. NEW BUSINESS. There was no new business. 7. ADJOURNMENT. The meeting adjourned at 1:42 p.m.

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