Progress Meeting for the Concrete Coalition

Nov. 23, 2009

A joint meeting of SEAONC EBC, YMF and EERI NC Chapter

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Venue: Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, One Market St,  Suite #600 , San Francisco

Please RSVP by email to Juliane Lane at EERI by Monday November 16th if you plan to attend.

Come to a meeting of the Northern California chapter of EERI and SEAONC (EBC and YMF) to learn more about the recent progress made by the Concrete Coalition to determine the number of older concrete buildings in the 22  California counties with the highest seismic risk.  The purpose of the meeting will be to review progress to date with the Concrete Coalition‐‐estimates that have come in from volunteers in various Northern CA cities, approaches used by the volunteers, the development of a regression model to provide further estimates of the total number of buildings in California, and next steps.

The Concrete Coalition has received a time extension on its California Inventory project so even if you missed the first deadlines there is still time to participate.

We are still looking for volunteers:
1. to adopt cities that have been identified as high priority cities
2. to assist with cities where counts have begun but not yet finished
3. to gather further, more detailed data on buildings in San Francisco

Based on successes to date, specific instructions will be provided to future volunteers about how to approach the data‐gathering for items 1 and 2. Training followed by a one‐day walk‐around in San Francisco with students from UC Berkeley to gather further data on the SF buildings is planned for
item 3. We will encourage people to work in small teams.

TENTATIVE AGENDA:
6:00 pm Light dinner available

6:30 pm Overview of progress:
# of cities/# of buildings
projections made by regression model
discussion about results

7:00 pm Specific reporting from two cities (Alameda and SF) + collage of approaches from many of the other 22 cities in Northern CA where we have estimates

7:25 pm Still looking for volunteers:
high priority cities where we are looking for volunteers cities that have been started where we need assistance specific instructions for how to proceed (we’ll have a handout that summarizes a typical approach in a medium‐sized city)

7:40 pm Time frame for completion, progress on next steps (identifying which buildings most vulnerable)

8:00 pm Adjourn

Questions?

For more information see the meeting announcement or contact Marjorie Greene at EERI.

EERI NC Board Elections – Votes Due Nov 18, 2009

It is time to vote for new EERI NC Board Members!  Thank you in advance for casting your vote in this election.  Election results will be announced by email on Thursday, November 19.

Download the OFFICIAL BALLOT & CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES (pdf file 27KB)  and submit via the voting instructions below.

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERSHIP STATUS

The following table summarizes the current and future Board positions.

CANDIDATES

The Board would like to thank the Nominating Committee of Ron Mayes, Chair, Laura Samant, Laurie Johnson, and Alan Kropp for proposing the following excellent slate of candidates for the Chapter’s consideration.

For the Office of President-Elect:

• Janiele Maffei

For the Office of Secretary-Treasurer:

• Heidi Faison

For the Office of Director:

• Chris Barkley
• Ayse Hortacsu
• Keith Kelson
• Lelio Mejia
• Justin Moresco
• Marko Schotanus
• Sahar Safaie had to withdraw from the election due to personal reasons

VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

Please cast your vote for the five open positions on the Board of Directors of the Northern California Chapter of EERI. Please return your ballot in one of the following four ways prior to the closing of the polls at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 18, 2009:

1. Return your ballot by E-Mail to:
norcalchaptervote@eeri.org
Your ballot must be received by 5:00 PM, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Your vote will be recorded and any e-mail identifiers will be separated from your ballot, so it will be anonymous to the tellers.  There are two ways to send an email vote: either print the ballot, scan it, and attach it, or simply type the names of your chosen candidates into your email.

2. Return your ballot by Facsimile to the EERI office at:
(510) 451-5411
Your ballot must be received by 5:00 PM, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Your vote will be recorded and any fax identifiers will be separated from your ballot, so it will be anonymous to the tellers.

3. Return your ballot by US Mail to the EERI office at:
EERI
499 14th Street, Suite 320
Oakland, CA 94612-1934
The ballot must be received by Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Place your ballot in a plain, unmarked and sealed envelope, and place that envelope into a second envelope with your name and signature on the back.

4. Complete your ballot in person at the Chapter meeting and place it to the ballot box prior to 6:30 PM.  The November Chapter meeting will be held on:
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
SGH Office
The Landmark at One Market, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Adjacent to Embarcadero BART Station)

If you wish to cast your vote for a write in candidate, please mark the box and enter the person’s name in the space provided.

Questions?
If you have questions, please contact your Chapter Secretary, Kate Stillwell at (650) 303-7906 or stillwellkate@yahoo.com.