MINUTES
AIPG-Northeast Section Executive Committee Meeting
Monday, September 9, 2002
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
104 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

I. Call to Order:
1630 hours Attendees: Dennis McGrath, Len Rexrode, Arnie Schiffman, Kerry Hanlon, Bob Stewart, Bob Blauvelt, Dan St. Germain and John Gavras (by phone); minutes by W. Thomas West.

II. Secretary's Report:
Minutes of the July 15, 2002 meeting were reviewed. John Gavras presented a motion to accept the minutes; it was seconded by Arnie Schiffman and approved with minor corrections.

III. Treasurer's Report:
The September 9, 2002 Treasurer's Report was reviewed and discussed. Bob Stewart presented a motion to accept the report; it was seconded by Kerry Hanlon and approved by an Executive Committee vote.

IV. Correspondence:
Dennis McGrath provided a copy of a letter received AIPG Nevada Section regarding sponsorship of the 2002 National meeting. In line with previous years, the NE-Section would be contributing $500 toward deferring the annual meeting expenses. Since the letter was dated March 2002, the Section gave Dennis the power to select what event the Section would sponsor.

V. Old Business:
· New York State Licensing Update: No update was provided; Dennis indicated that the current status of the licensing bill was on the NYSCPG website.
· ATMGSTF (You Can Count on Me Fund Drive): The third "you can count on me" fund drive memo is scheduled to be included with the fall newsletter.
· Fall Meeting 2002: The location for the Fall Meeting has been confirmed as the Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science in Kent, Connecticut, although the date of the meeting was not definitive due to potential scheduling conflicts with the tentative speaker. Kerry Hanlon was to select the venue for the executive committee meeting, and an announcement on the final date of the meeting was to be published on the Sections' website.
· Election ballots for the NE-Section officers were reviewed and the ballots are scheduled to be sent to Section members in the next newsletter.

VI. 2004 National Meeting Update:
Dennis McGrath indicated that he has received e-mails from nearly a half-dozen people willing to volunteer for various positions for the National meeting. Both Bob Stewart and Dan St. Germain were planning on making a visit to the Gideon Putnam hotel before the October 2002 meeting. Arnie Schiffman was to set up a separate checking account to cover National Meeting expenses; Bob Stewart was going to look into opportunity of receiving seed money from National for the account. Bob Stewart presented a motion to transfer $5,000 from the Section account to establish the National Meeting expense account. Kerry Hanlon seconded the motion and approved by an Executive Committee vote.

VII. Newsletter/Directory of Members Update:
The fall Newsletter is scheduled to be mailed with the next week.

VIII. New Business:
Dennis McGrath was planning on representing the NE-Section at the National Meeting in Reno, Nevada. Dennis indicated that he estimated the expense for attending the meeting would be approximately $1,800. Malcolm Pirnie has agreed to cover airfare and registration expenses. Dennis would be looking to receive approximately $1,000 to cover the remaining expenses from the NE-Section. The Secretary reviewed the Executive Committee decision concerning NE Section delegate expense reimbursement that had been voted on during the September 11, 2002 executive committee meeting. Based on the September 2000 motion, the NE Section has agreed to provide financial support for the section delegate in the amount of $1,500 or reasonable expenses with the expenses approved by the executive committee.

IX. Adjournment:
The Executive Committee meeting was adjourned at 1830 hours.