BOARD OF DIRECTORS Regular Telcon February 15, :00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

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1 FAA Managers Association, Inc # Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC (202) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Regular Telcon February 15, :00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time MEETING MINUTES 1. Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Board of Directors (BOD) was called to order by the Association Treasurer at 9:01 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). A. Roll Call. Present were: Mr. Conley (President), Mr. Dury (Treasurer), Ms. Fidler (Secretary), Ms. Gerlach (Alaskan), Mr. Kahl (Central), Mr. Baker (Eastern), Mr. Wahlberg (Great Lakes, Associate), Ms. Scharf (Northwest Mountain), Mr. Hildebidle (Southern), Mr. Allen (Administration), Ms. Zugay (Communications), Mr. Taylor (Convention and Parliamentarian), Mr. Albert (Membership Education), Mr. Cunningham (Political Action), and Ms. Wylie-Brown (Administrative Services). Absent were: Mr. Smith (Vice President), Mr. Jefferson (Southwest), Mr. Chappuies (Western-Pacific), Mr. Tisdall (Legislative Affairs), and Mr. Alexander (Membership) Also present was Mr. Dupart of The Normandy Group, LLC. Six voting members present, and a quorum. B. Correction/adoption of minutes. The minutes of the January 14-15, 2011, BOD meeting were adopted without objection. 2. Unfinished Business A. Testimony and FAA Response. Mr. Conley briefed on his testimony before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure/House Aviation Subcommittee. His testimony focused on three key areas: supervisor staffing, ATSAP, and supervisory/managerial involvement in NextGen. The FAA

2 Administrator and key FAA leaders have expressed their disappointment with his testimony, especially with regard to ATSAP. (This item is closed.) B. Update on FAA/FAAMA consultative agreement. Mr. Conley reported that the FAA General Counsel s office has not reviewed our proposed agreement. He was told the FAA Administrator is concerned about the FAA budget and does not want to treat FAAMA differently than FAA employee associations. Mr. Conley reminded the FAA that FAAMA is not an employee association; FAAMA has its own funds and is not looking for money from FAA. (This item remains open.) C. Status of Finalizing Revised FAAMA Travel policy. Mr. Allen reported that additional revisions are being made and will be sent out again for Board review. (This item remains open.) D. Guaranteed Fair Treatment, PRIB 17; Committee Findings and Recommendations. Mr. Wahlberg reported that the group is working on this issue. (This item remains open.) E. Selection of a Site for the 2012 Convention. Mr. Taylor reported that he received another site suggestion for the Baltimore area, which was the Baltimore Hilton. He determined the hotel is not large enough to accommodate all of the exhibitors that are expected to participate. The Board wants cost comparisons of different sites, advantages vs. disadvantages, etc. A small work group, led by Mr. Dury, will submit a list of locations to the Convention Committee. The Convention Committee will then conduct a review of those locations and provide its recommended site to the Board. (This item remains open.) F. Status of Appointing a Membership Director. Discussion on this item was postponed until the next meeting. (This item remains open.) 3. New Business A. Location of the April face-to-face BOD meeting. Mr. Dury reported the meeting will likely be held April 9-10 in Portland, Oregon, to help support the 2011 Professional Women Controllers Training Conference being held there. (This item is closed.) 2

3 B. New England Regional Director vacancy. Mr. Conley accepted Mr. Guiod s resignation. Mr. Baker and Mr. Hildebidle will canvas the New England region for a candidate to complete the remainder of Mr. Guiod s term. (This item remains open.) 4. Executive Reports A. President. Mr. Conley announced that he accepted Mr. Blank s resignation as Corporate Relations Representative. He is waiting for a proposal from YGS to handle the corporate work through the 2011 convention. He plans to meet with Mr. Rinaldi, NATCA President, about common FAAMA/NATCA interests. B. Vice President. No report. C. Secretary. Nothing significant to report. D. Treasurer. Nothing significant to report. 5. Director and Committee Chair Reports A. Administration. Mr. Allen briefed that he plans to talk with representatives from other organizations about establishing a FAAMA Charitable Foundation. A new contract was reached with Ms. Wylie-Brown and will be signed soon. Chapter 157 is partnering with the local NATCA chapter on a concert. B. Communications. Ms. Zugay reported the new website should be launched on March 1 st. She is working on the March/April issue of Managing the Skies. She will be sending out an blast for FEDS. C. Convention. Mr. Taylor reported that early registration for the 2011 convention will begin on June 1 st. The committee has not yet selected a convention theme. D. Corporate. No report. E. Legislative Affairs. Report was provided to the Board via . F. Membership. No report. 3

4 G. Membership Education. Mr. Albert reported the second Leadership Training (LT) session for Kansas City, Missouri, was cancelled. LT is planned for Denver in March; Washington D.C. in April; Seattle in May; and Orlando in June/July, at which he plans to include a tryout for Chapter Leadership training. H. Political Action. No report. 6. Regional Director Reports A. Alaskan. Ms. Gerlach reported the Alaska Flight Service organization will not be featured in an upcoming magazine issue. B. Central. Mr. Kahl reported that LT was conducted in January; three new members joined. C. Eastern. Mr. Baker reported his region is preparing for LT in April. He plans to travel to New York TRACON in March to meet with members and potential members. D. Great Lakes. Nothing significant to report. E. New England. No report. F. Northwest Mountain. Ms. Scharf reported that Chapter 315 plans a reception for Mr. Conley during his visit to Utah. She will participate in the Western Service Area Employee Association Fair this month. Her region is looking forward to LT in Denver. G. Southern. Mr. Hildebidle reported he will be traveling to Washington, D.C. next month to participate in the FAAMA Legislative Strategy meeting. H. Southwest. No report. I. Western-Pacific. No report. 7. General Discussion. none 4

5 8. Adjournment. There being no further business and no objection, the meeting adjourned at 11:15 p.m. EST. Respectfully submitted, Julie Fidler Secretary Approved, Stephen Smith Vice President 5