CONSOLIDATED ACTION CHECKLIST

  • NSPE Board of Directors Meetings(since July 2006)
  • NSPE Executive Committee Meetings(since July 2006)
  • NSPE House of Delegates Meetings(since July 2006)

(Updated: 1/2/07)

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APROVED MOTION/ACTION

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WHO

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STATUS

11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Develop a model setting forth terms and establishing a timeline/work plan for providing administrative assistance to the Vermont Society / F. Battle / December 1, 2006 / VtSPE point of contacts and NSPE staff working jointly on education, GR, publications, technology and recruitment initiatives.
11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Follow up with South Dakota Society regarding dues invoicing / R. Miller / December 2006
11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Refer to Board of Directors the Florida Society question re: Associate Member category / M. Cannon / January 2007 / Item to appear on the January 2007 BOD agenda.
11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Provide delinquent member lists to states prior to dropping members / Baltimore / Ongoing
11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Prepare a timelines for the NSPE NSPE Web site redesign process / Siegel / December 1, 2006 / Web site redesign is expected to take 6-7 months; 2-day meeting was held with Melia (Web site developer) on November 9-10; on November 17 staff received a proposed development timeline that has a site launch tentatively slated for early May 2007.
11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Post NSPE volunteer and staff travel to states on the NSPE web site / Oswald / Ongoing / Done. Ongoing
11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Review items raised by Board member Tim Austin / R. Miller / January 2007
11/14/06 ExCom conference call / Follow up with MATHCOUNTSexecutive director regarding national sponsorship opportunities / Miller/Oswald / December 2006 / Meeting set up with R. Miller and Larry Jacobson on December 8
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Prime recommended that NSPE-PAC send an invoice to all NSPE-PAC members as a regular practice. / Lee White / October 11, 2006 / Done. White reports that this is standard procedure.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / NSPE to send out a reminder in early 2007 reminding states to designate their House of Delegates representative for the coming administrative year. / Nancy Oswald / Late 2006 / Planned to be sent out. Included mention in 9/30/06 NSPE Board highlights.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Send communications relating to the NSPE Council of Fellows also to the full NSPE House of Delegates. / Nancy Oswald Laura Burns
Bernie Berson / November 1 / Done on October 24, 2006.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Draft a letter indicating NSPE’s support the NCEES Practice of Engineering Education Award by providing financial participation through year one and two by providing 20% of the actual dedicated expense up to a maximum of $5,000 per year. / Nancy Oswald Robert Miller / October 12, 2006 / Done.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Action Checklist will be available on the NSPE Web site. / Art Schwartz / October 24, 2006 / Done. Once Item 6 is final, it will be available on the NSPE Web site.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Action Checklist will include all items from all governance components lists (HOD, BOD, and EXCOM). / Art Schwartz / October 11, 2006 / Done. Reviewing final version with NSPE Executive Committee and NSPE Board.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Follow up with TSPE state visit by NSPE staff will be accomplished / Angel Baltimore / October 20, 2006 / Done. Baltimore discussed with Smith.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Communicate state financial assistance availability to all state leaders (state outreach, membership recruitment, and dues advances, and “Jump Start Fund”) / Art Schwartz
Bill Brown / November 15, 2006 / Schwartz to work with Bill Brown on communications.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Develop an invoice for all PAC donors showing the amount of donation, when it was last given, and date of donation / Sarah Ogden / October 11, 2006 / Done. Spoke w/ Ogden and was informed that this system is in place.
9/30/06 Board of Directors Meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Provide to the Executive Committee the criteria used by the NSPE Council of Fellows in selecting Fellow members / Nancy Oswald
Laura Burns
Art Schwartz
Bernie Berson / November 15, 2006 / Share criteria with Executive Committee at 11/14 conference call and receive instructions from ExComm on further research/action required.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Request comments from the Board of Ethical Review (BER) prior to January meeting regarding the Florida letter / Art Schwartz / December 16, 2006 / Item to appear on the January 2007 BOD agenda.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Add all Regional Action Items to NSPE Action Checklist / Art Schwartz / Ongoing / Receive action items from regional meetings and add to NSPE Action Checklist.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Look into the (EROOM) Wisconsin calendar question / Angel Baltimore / October 26, 2006 / Discussed with RMTF. Baltimore to follow-up with SSEC.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Respond to Michigan letter / Bob Miller / October 25, 2006 / Done. Letter sent on October 16, 2006.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Respond to Florida letter / Bob Miller
Art Schwartz
Nancy Oswald / November 21, 2006 / Done. Letter mailed 10/30/06. Schwartz and Miller to draft a response to FES letter on NSPE Board of Ethical Review issues.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Formalize the review process for document publications / David Siegel
Karen Moran / December 1, 2006 / Done. Communications Advisory Group submitted draft OP to NSPE PRTF on 11/16/06 for review prior to submission to NSPE BOD in January 2007.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / YE Advisory Council Appointments / Bob Miller / December 1, 2006 / Miller to make appointments.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / COFPAES Virginia Area Appointment / Bob Miller / December 1, 2006 / Miller to make appointments.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / EXCOMM minutes to BOD and HOD / Art SchwartzNancy Oswald / Ongoing / Done. Sent to BOD and HOD following finalization by ExComm on October 23, 2006.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / EXCOMM Agenda will be sent to the BOD / Art Schwartz Nancy Oswald / Ongoing / Send ExComm Agenda to BOD in future.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / EXCOMM monthly conference call notification to NSPE BOD / Art Schwartz Nancy Oswald / Ongoing / cc NSPE Board of Directors on NSPE ExComm agendas – monthly.
9/30/06 Board of Directors meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Respond to Minnesota letter / Bob Miller / June 29 and October 20, 2006 / Miller/Schwartz/Detloff to finalize joint letter with MSPE taking lead.
9/29/06 Executive Committee meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Develop one consolidated Action Item list including all action items from NSPE HoD, BoD and ExComm meetings in a table format with the following columns: Action item; Source, i.e., identify meeting;
Responsible Party; Status / Art Schwartz / October 15, 2006 / Done. Draft prepared and distributed.
9/29/06 Executive Committee meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Encourage Regional Directors on the Board of Directors need to work with state societies to identify delegates for the July 2007 House of Delegates meeting in Denver. / NSPE Board Art Schwartz
Nancy Oswald / October 13, 2006 / Done. Included in NSPE Board meeting highlights with follow-up communications planned in future.
9/29/06 Executive Committee meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Prepare a protocol for internal staff review of NSPE documents in coordination with internal and external stakeholders. / David Siegel
Karen Moran / December 1, 2006 / Done. Communications Advisory Group submitted draft OP to NSPE PRTF on 11/16/06 for review prior to submission to NSPE BOD in January 2007.
9/29/06 Executive Committee meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Contact ASCE to add R. Miller and B. Berson to the Global Principles for Professional Conduct / Art Schwartz Mary Ann Cannon / October 10, 2006 / Done. Sent to ASCE on October 4, 2006.
9/29/06 Executive Committee meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Send draft to FES of Board of Ethical Review issues re: Code of Ethics and Sustainable Development / Art Schwartz NSPE Board of Ethical Review / December 16, 2006 / Send to FES following BER’s review of request.
9/29/06 Executive Committee meeting, Minneapolis, MN / Add a disclaimer to the PEI employment guidelines document or remove it from the NSPE Web site. / Art Schwartz / October 11, 2006 / Schwartz reviewed PEI Web site and guidelines are not posted.
9/12/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / NSPE staff to develop a recommended operating policy that allows for a more equitable distribution of partial dues payments. / Bill Brown
Russ Devick / December 1, 2006 / Brown and Devick to prepare for NSPE Board consideration.
9/12/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / A. Gray to send the latest draft of ACEC/NSPE MOU to Russ Devick who is attending the ACEC Conference in Charleston in September. / Nancy Oswald / September 15, 2006 / Done.
9/12/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / R. Miller to finalize decision on a consultant to assist with state-national partnership. / Bob Miller / October 15, 2006 / Done. James DeLizia selected.
9/12/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / NSPE directors to provide committee/task force status reports / NSPE Board of Directors / Ongoing / Ongoing for each BOD meeting.
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / National staff to submit final draft version of member invoice to SSEC for review/feedback. / Angel Baltimore / August 2006 / Done.
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / Communicate NSPE staff changes to NSPE volunteers and states as early as possible. / NSPE Executive Office / Ongoing / Done for Al Gray’s departure.
Done for Lee White’s departure
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / Begin to develop a means for sharing best practices among state societies to bring to the attention of NSPE members. / SSEC
NSPE Staff / December 1, 2006 / Will be an agenda item at SSEC retreat, December 1-3, 2006.
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / Develop a state association management service model using NSPE staff resources to provide services to state societies beginning with the Vermont Society of Professional Engineers. / Art Schwartz
Russ Devick
Joe Duncan / October 20, 2006 / Discussed during teleconference on October 21, 2006 in conjunction with NE Regional Meeting. Schwartz to follow-up with NSPE staff to develop implementation plan and timeline & staffing plan.
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / As proposed by the Florida Engineering Society, submit to NSPE Board of Directors request to reconsider the January 2006 changes to the NSPE Code of Ethics which incorporate language promoting the principles of sustainable development. / Art Schwartz
NSPE Board of Ethical Review / December 16, 2006 / Item to appear on the January 2007 BOD agenda.
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / Refine the draft ACEC/NSPE MOU (see #3 under 9/12/06 conference call). / NSPE Executive Committee / September 2006 / Done.
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / Explore the development of a formal policy relative to releasing information about NSPE positions/policies. / Art Schwartz
NSPE Board of Directors / October 1, 2006 / Done. OP approved.
8/8/06 Executive Committee Conf. Call / Refer the concerns of the Arkansas Society relative to the MATHCOUNTS program to MATHCOUNTS. / Art Schwartz / October 11, 2006 / Done. Schwartz followed-up with Larry Jacobson.
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / Get questions in advance to the presidential candidates / Candidate Screening Committee / June 2007 / Communicate to K. Gray proposed questions in advance.
The CSC is meeting Oct 30th at 2:00 pm EST to begin formulating the appropriate questions.
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / Have handouts available in advance of the HoD meeting / Nancy Oswald / June 2007 / Will incorporate this request in planning.
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / Explore more efficient room set-up for the HoD meeting / Polly Collins / June 2007 / Collins will incorporate this request in meeting with hotel in Denver.
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / Consider an executive session for the HoD meeting / Bob Miller
Art Schwartz Nancy Oswald / May 2007 / Will be incorporated in preparation of agenda for HOD meeting
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / NSPE Executive Director to provide monthly management update to leadership / Art Schwartz / Ongoing / Done. August report emailed on 8/31/06
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / Post list of NSPE staff visits to State societies on NSPE Web site / Nancy Oswald / Ongoing / List in process of being developed.
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / ITS to complete list of six priorities related to the AMS (as stated in Angel Baltimore’s report) within 90 days. / Angel Baltimore / October 1, 2006 / Done. Report presented at NSPE BOD meeting on 9/30/06.
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / Pursue request by the Florida Engineering Society to include verbiage in the NSPE Bylaws authorizing the House of Delegates to approve changes to the Code of Ethics / Art Schwartz
NSPE Board of Ethical Review / December 2006 / Item to appear on the January 2007 BOD agenda.
7/11/06 House of Delegates Meeting, Boston, MA / Pursue request by the Florida Engineering Society to seek input from NSPE members prior to making changes/modifications to the Code of Ethics / Art Schwartz
NSPE Board of Ethical Review / December 16, 2006 / Item to appear on the January 2007 BOD agenda.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Post the Student Programs Evaluation Task Force Report on the Members Only Section of the NSPE Web site (without recommendations). / SPTF
David Siegel
Mary Ann Cannon / Completed on August 1 / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Review NSPE MOUs with other engineering societies if any such limitations exist for NSPE to establish interest groups in technical areas of practice. / Alliances Task Force / Ongoing / Review NSPE MOUs with other engineering societies if any such limitations exist for NSPE to establish interest groups in technical areas of practice.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Refer the proposed Professional Policy on Combating Corruption prepared by the NSPE Board of Ethical Review to the Policy Review Task Force for review and action. / Bob Miller
Art Schwartz / Referred to the Board of Ethical Review on August 1 and will be considered at its meeting in December 2006. / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / In response to its Recommendation 4, inform the NSPE Board of Ethical Review that it is the group most appropriate within NSPE to receive and evaluate issues of corruption in engineering and construction. / Bob Miller
Art Schwartz / Referred to the NSPE Board of Ethical Review on August 1 and will be considered at its meeting in December 2006 / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Refer the Public Relations Task Force Report to the NSPE Director of Marketing. / Al Gray / Gray discussed with appropriate NSPE staff / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Ask the Council of Fellows Executive Committee to implement a continuous improvement process to increase participation in the NSPE Fellows Program and that the continuous improvement process shall include (a) an outreach program with a goal that all state societies participate in the nomination process; (b) an informational program to educate all state societies about the nomination process and qualifications criteria for fellows candidates; (c) a collaborative decision making process to go beyond a review of written submittals to involvement of fellow members from nominees’ state societies; and (d) establishing goals for state participation and for fellow nominee endorsement. The continuous improvement program shall be presented to the NSPE Board of Directors at the January 2007 NSPE Board of Directors meeting. The measurement data for continuous improvement program shall be presented to the NSPE Board of Directors at the January 2007 NSPE Board of Directors meeting. Improvements proposed for the 2007-2008 program year shall be presented at the July 2007 NSPE Board of Directors meeting. / Bobby Price Monte Phillips / Report on 9/30/06 NSPE BOD meeting agenda. / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Provide additional detailed AMS documentation following the NSPE Board of Directors meeting. / Angel Baltimore / Done / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Make the following changes to Policy Review Task Force Recommendation 19:
1. Change “NSPR” to “NSPE”
2. Change item “4” to item “3”
3. Delete in newly titled item 3 the following words “such as the Education foundation, Auxiliaries Friends of the Foundation, MATHCOUNTS, Institutes, and others.” / NSEP Policy Review Task Force
Mary Ann Cannon / Completed on August 1 and posted to the NSPE Web site in revised Policy Manual. / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Accept the final report and also refer the Overruling Judgment Task Force Final Report back to the task force for the development of more specific recommendations. / Bob Miller
Overruling Engineering Judgment Task Force
Art Schwartz / Referred back to the OEJTF on August 1 and currently under active consideration / Item to appear on the January 2007 BOD agenda.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Direct the NSPE Board of Ethical Review to review the entire NSPE Code of Ethics and consider categorizing the provisions in the NSPE Code of Ethics into “mandatory practices” and “recommended practices” and that the results be submitted to the NSPE Board of Directors for action and thereafter to the House of Delegates for discussion and approval. / Bob Miller /NSPE Board of Ethical Review Art Schwartz / Referred to the NSPE Board of Ethical Review on August 1 and will be considered at its meeting in December 2006 / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Include BOD Meeting Highlights as an Informational Attachment to BOD minutes. / Mary Ann Cannon / Ongoing / Ongoing
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Post the Final Report of the OEJTF Report on the Ethics Page of the NSPE Web site. / Mary Ann Cannon / Completed on August 1 / Done.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Provide monthly management update to the leadership. / Arthur Schwartz / Ongoing / Provide monthly management update to the leadership.
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Post list of staff visits to state societies to NSPE Web site / Nancy Oswald / Ongoing / Post list of staff visits to state societies to NSPE Web site
7/10/06 Board of Directors meeting, Boston, MA / Complete list of six priorities related to the AMS (as stated in A. Baltimore's report) within 90 days / Angel Baltimore / Due October 10 / Complete list of six priorities related to the AMS (as stated in A. Baltimore's report) within 90 days

CONSOLIDATED ACTION CHECKLIST – pg. 1

(As of: 1/2/07)