The Scheduled Meeting of the Executive Board of the Illinois Water Environment Association was called to order by President Larry Ziemba at 1:02 p.m. December 5, 2005, 2005 at the Egan Treatment Plant in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Present at the Meeting were Herb Anderson, Greg Cargill, Kathy Cooper, Chuck Corley, Ted Denning, John Drake, Toby Duckett, Tom Granato, Mark Halm, Rich Helm, Lou Kollias, Mary Johnson, John Lamb, Jay Patel, Pat Schatz, Linda Smith-Vargo, and Larry Ziemba.

Rich Helm moved and Lou Kollias seconded that the minutes of the 09/23/05 Executive Board and Committee Chairs Meeting be approved. The motion was approved.

1. Treasurer Dennis Priewe provided a written budget report.
2. Mary Johnson proposed posting information regarding the IWEA on the Better Business Bureau’s website for on-line charity reporting and evaluation. Members tabled discussion until more information was available. President directed Dennis Priewe to research what information is requested and what type of organizations post on this website.
3. Lou Kollias reported that a professional audit of the IWEA’s finances will be performed within the next three weeks.
4. The IWEA currently pays $300 annually to maintain bulk mailing permits in Rockford and West Chicago. This may not be necessary as the Organization currently does all its mailings through Midwest Mailworks in Rockford, IL. Mary Johnson will check with MWMW to determine if we can use their bulk mailing permit rather than maintaining our own.

1. Chuck Corley reported on WEFMAX 2007 local arrangements. He has quotes from two downtown Chicago hotels, but is still waiting for WEF to confirm the dates.
2. Larry Ziemba reported Brian Perkovich was willing to serve as chair of WEFTEC 2008 Local Arrangements, but was waiting for MWRDGC approval. Lou Kollias will check on this.
3. Larry Ziemba gave a presentation regarding newsletter publishing partnership. Lou Kollias presided over the meeting during this presentation. Mary Johnson moved to table discussion to establish work group to study advantages/disadvantages of contracting newsletter publication and to make a recommendation to the Board. Lou Kollias accepted the move to table the discussion. President Ziemba will establish the work group.
4. Linda Smith-Vargo presented a design for an IWEA business card. Chuck Corley moved we accept design with minor modification. Kathy Cooper seconded. Motion passed. Mary Johnson will contract printing of cards.
5. Pat Schatz presented criteria for an IWEA Membership Recruitment Award. Mary Johnson moved to establish the Membership Recruitment Award effective January 1, 2006 with members defined as including all membership categories. Lou Kollias seconded. Motion passed.
6. Larry Ziemba and Mary Johnson will work on letter to Bill Bertera regarding partnering with WEF on local conferences and seminars. They will specifically mention co-sponsoring the 2006 National Operators Conference.
7. Larry Ziemba volunteered to serve on WEF’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize committee. Decision regarding this was tabled pending more information on what this involves.

1. Larry Ziemba noted WEF recognition of IWEA’s $750 donation to Water for the People.
2. Water for the People requested WEF member associations email a year end appeal for donations to their members. The IWEA Board agreed not to do this
3. Mary Johnson requested that Committee Chairs send all reports to her in an electronic format. She will then archive each year’s reports and save them on CD-ROMs.
4. Kathy Cooper will serve as IWEA representative on WEF’s Membership Working Group. Ted Denning and she will complete the WEF membership survey.
5. IWEA received WEF’s approval for the establishment of new student chapters at UIUC and IIT.

1. John Lamb presented the Annual Conference Committee report.

• IWEA will send postcard announcing conference to members in JanuaryISAWWA will send conference registration forms.
•  They will also have on-line registration available.
• IWEA will recruit volunteers to serve as greeters, work at registration, and man the IWEA table.
• John Lamb verified the ISAWWA Executive Director will be available to oversee registration on Monday, March 13.
• IWEA will waive registration fees for students if they pre-register.

2. Lou Kollias presented the Audit Committee report. Audit will be performed within the next three weeks.
3. Pat Schatz presented the Awards Committee report.The following is the Committee’s recommendations for 2006 Awards

• Aurthur Sidney Bedell Award  -  Herb Anderson
• Burke Safety Award  -  TBA by Safety Committee
• William D. Hatfield Award  -  George Schillinger
• Laboratory Excellence Award  -  William Lazouskas
• IWEA Kenneth C. Merideth Award  -  Charles Corley
• IWEA Paul Clinebell Award  -  Gregory Brunst
• IWEA Best Tech. Presentation  -  Daria Zelasko

Lou Kollias moved and John Lamb seconded that the nominations be accepted as slated. Motion passed.

Pat Schatz will make sure moderators receive Best Paper evaluation forms at the 2006 Conference. Presiders will be strongly encouraged to complete forms.

4. Tom Granato presented the Biosolids Committee report.

• The Biosolids is presently reformulating itself. They plan to sponsor a Biosolids session at the 2007 conference.
• The Midwest Byproducts Association asked Tom Granato to serve on its Board. In the past, the Biosolids Chair has served on this Board, but the IWEA does not support the Byproducts Association monetarily

1. Al Hollenbeck submitted a written Collection Systems Committee report.
2. Jay Patel presented the Government Affairs Committee report. The Government Affairs Seminar is scheduled for January 18, 2006. Marcia Willhite will be the key note speaker. Larry Ziemba asked that registration forms for the IWEA Annual Conference be available for distribution at the seminar. He also asked that our brochure, The Environment, Invest in your beliefs, Invest in Yourself, be available for distribution.
3. The History Committee did not submit a report. Larry Ziemba reminded members to send items of significance to Karl Pajak
4. Lou Kollias presented the Industrial Pretreatment Committee report. The annual Pretreatment dinner meeting is scheduled for February 16. Speaker is Bob Voss.
5. The Laboratory Committee had no report.
6. Sherri van der Wege submitted a written Local Arrangements Committee report.
7. John Drake presented the Lower Illinois Committee report. Larry Ziemba and John Drake met with IAWPCO representatives to explore holding regional operators meetings as a joint activity.
8. Greg Cargill suggested sponsoring a bus to bring operators to our annual conference. John Drake will purse this with Scott Wallis of the IAWPCO.
9. Linda Smith-Vargo presented the Marketing Committee report.

• Marketing Committee will send out an Annual Conference announcement in January. This is the postcard John Lamb discussed in the Annual Conference report.
• Market Committee can do press releases as needed.

10. Ted Denning presented the Membership Committee report. The IWEA currently has 640 associate members and 5 affiliate members.
11. Eliana Brown submitted a written newsletter report.
12. John Drake presented the Nominations Committee report. The Committee nominated Amanda Withers for Second Vice President.
13. The Plant Operations Committee did not submit a report.
14. Amanda Withers submitted a written Program Committee report.
15. The Public Education Committee did not submit a report.
16. Kathy Cooper presented the Safety Committee report. The Committee is reviewing two candidates for Burke Safety Award and will recommend on a nomination to the Executive Board in January.
17. Greg Cargill presented the Student Chapters Committee report.

• IWEA, CSWEA, and ISAWWA jointly sponsor all student chapters.
• There are student chapters as UIUC and IIT. There is interest in forming a chapter at Northwestern
• Greg Cargill expects about two dozen students to attend the ISAWWA/IWEA Joint Annual Conference.

11. Rich Helm presented the 10 Day Water Environment Curriculum Committee report.

• Larry Ziemba noted there is federal grant monies available for this project.
• Sam McNeilly sent letter to WEF asking for help marketing the Water Environment Curriculum several months ago. He received no response.

12. The Watershed Committee did not submit a report
13. The Young Professionals Committee submitted a written report. Mark Halm noted the YP jointly sponsored a November meeting at Yeoman’s Pump with ISAWWA.

1. President Larry Ziemba submitted a written report.
2. Lou Kollias presented the President Elect’s report

• He met with representatives of the Bloomington Radisson regarding the 2007 Annual Conference. He will mail summary of meeting to Board within the next month.
• Lou Kollias moved the Executive Board contract with the Bloomington Radisson to hold the IWEA’s 2007 annual conference March 5 – 7, 2007. Contract may be negotiated to our benefit. Kathy Cooper seconded. Motion passed.

3. First VP John Lamb had no report.
4. Second VP Kathy Cooper had no report.
5. Secretary Mary Johnson submitted a written report
6. Past President John Drake had no report.
7. Director 07 Rich Helm discussed the Directors meeting at WEFTEC

• A task force was formed to reevaluate the mission of the safety committee.
• WEF Constitution and Bylaws changes were approved.
• Each IWEA Director attended a separate strategy session.
• A complete report of the WEFTEC Directors meeting is in the Fall 2005 issue of the Clarifier.

8. Director 08 Chuck Corely submitted a written report

John Lamb moved and Lou Kollias seconded adjournment at 5:20 p.m. The motion was approved.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mary Johnson
Secretary