HWEA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Monday, October 17, 2016 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Sand Island Treatment Plant – Conference Room
ATTENDANCE: | |
Board of Directors | |
Staci Taniguchi | President |
Audrey Haerle | Vice-President |
Roger Babcock | Secretary-Treasurer |
Emily Dong | Past President |
Jon Baker | PWO Representative |
Sheryl Nojima | National Delegate |
Committee – Representatives | |
Emily Dong | Conference Co-Chair 2017 |
Audrey Haerle | Public Education Co-Chair |
Lori Morikami | Public Education Co-Chair |
Martin Roush (on phone) | Reuse Co-Chair |
Roger Babcock | Research Co-Chair |
Greg Arakaki | Biosolids Co-Chair |
Melissa Carmichael | Biosolids Co-Chair |
Lance Manabe | At-Large National Delegate |
Ben Rasa | Visitor |
PRESIDING: Staci Taniguchi |
RECORDER: Roger Babcock |
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Call to Order
- The meeting was called to order at 11:41 am by S Taniguchi.
Approval of August Meeting Minutes
- The minutes of the September 19, 2016 meeting were approved.
Committee Reports
A. Board Advisory/Constitution & Bylaws (Lee Mansfield/Kristie Ching/June Nakamura): no report
B. Board of Certification (Eassie Miller): no report
C. Biosolids/Co-Generation Committee (Greg Arakaki/Melissa Carmichael)
- Looking for a venue for joint workshop with Stormwater and Safety – Manoa Grand Ballroom, looking for topics
- Looking to do a tour of Sand Island digester in mid-November/December
D. Collection Systems (Jon Nishimura/Tina Ono): there will be a meeting next month and will finalize the site (Ala Moana) for the conference in early December 2017
E. Communications (Mark Goodrowe/Leland Lee/Kapiolani Street):
- The new email system has been implemented – Kapiolani Street is coordinator
- Procedure is to send email blasts to Audrey and Staci for approval and consolidation of massages. With the exception of conference-related announcements, it was suggested that a weekly email of consolidated messages be sent on the same day each week to avoid overloading member’s inboxes.
F. Conference Committee 2017 (Feb 14-16, Puna Kaneakua/Emily Dong):
- Can companies sponsor speaker gifts? Yes, but no company logo on it
- Need keynote speakers: Nick Rolovich? Mayor-elect?
- Website is on-line
- Call for abstracts is still open - extended
- Exhibitor registration is open
- A reimbursement guideline/deadline document will be created – pending • There will be 5 preconference tracks: YP, 2 wastewater, 1 water, 1 other
G. Government Affairs (Tim Steinberger/Phil Potter): no report
H. Laboratory (No chairs): no report
I. Membership (Joni Tanimoto):
- Free membership is not included with Pacific Water Conference registration
J. Pretreatment (Doreann Kaehuaea/Jack Tano):
- No report
K. Public Education (Lori Morikami/Audrey Haerle):
- Received award at WEFTEC ceremony
- Audrey attended the WEF Public Ed Comt meeting in New Orleans
- Nov 5th – joint presentation to Girl Scouts at Pacific Aviation Museum
L. Research (Roger Babcock/Chad Morrow): no report
M. Safety (Scott McAdam/Carly Kaneko): no report
N. Student Affairs (Jayson Tasaka/Keith Miyashiro): no report
O. Stormwater (Jay Stone/Brad Takenaka):
- May joint workshop - May 26th is reserved
- Three presentation categories: Planning and Design, Stormwater Programs, Maintenance/Construction
P. Water Reuse (Martin Roush/Lorna Heller):
- Conference is Dec 1-2, 2016.
- Have sent out sponsor letters, working with hotel, program is getting finished
- Email announcement and registration form will be sent out this week
- Want to allow credit card charges – Jack Tano will set up CVENT
Q. Young Professionals (Jessica Agsalda/Mark Ohigashi):
- No report
Board of Directors Reports
Secretary/Treasurer's Report: Roger Babcock | |
Account Balances as of 9/30/2016 | |
ML Conference Checking | $292,639.17 |
Bank of Hawaii | $22,556.14 |
Petty Cash | $50.00 |
CD Investments | $100,000.00 |
TOTAL: | 415,245.31 |
Total Income | $ 52,529.64 |
Total Expenses | $ 91,780.27 |
Rolling Balance | $ 39,250.63 |
- $25,000 was transferred from conference account to checking account rather than
$15,000 as suggested, this will not be corrected. - Conference account will add Emily, Puna, and Sheryl. Take off all others (Shannon Hollman and Scott McAdam)
- Will have Taryn invoice the no-shows from the October luncheon
·President Report: Staci Taniguchi
- Email inquiry – Operator from CA looking for a job
·Vice-President Report: Audrey Haerle
- Quarterly luncheon (Oct 5) – 110 attendees, will split profits 50/50 with CMAA
- Next quarterly Luncheon – early/mid January – includes election of officers, need a wastewater topic
·Federation Matters: Delegate, Sheryl Nojima
- Sheryl Nojima was sworn in at WEFTEC 2016. Term is 2016-2019. Sheryl is a member of the HOD Strategic Planning Work Group.
- Lance Manabe was sworn in as a delegate-at-large, he is Vice-Chair of the HOD Membership Working Group, also on the HOD Nominations Committee, also on the WEF Awards Committee
- Report is attached. Appendices will be posted on the website
·PWO Matters: Jon Baker
- The team competed in all of the Operations Challenge events this year at WEFTEC
- Received a Spirit Award
- Jon to contact Chantel Clark (Aqua Engineers) about participating in HWEA
·Past President: Emily Dong
- No report
Old Business
- None
New/Miscellaneous Business
- None
Next Meeting:
- November 21st 11:30am
Meeting adjourned at 1:30 PM.