The board has been working on filing for a tax ID to allow individual sections to properly open checking accounts and file requisite forms.

• Nosh Vadoli has the forms in his possession, and will fill them out before the next meeting (bnm). Nosh has received all applicable information from the section treasurers.

National URISA has urged all Chapter Board members to join URISA National. By joining URISA National, board members are included in National’s legal liability policy.

• Board members are urged to go to the URISA National web site at: www.urisa.org.
  http://www.urisa.org/individual.htm
  Both of which now work.

The Chapter completed the annual report to URISA National. And for its efforts, was recognized as the "Best Chapter," with a recognition plaque to be presented at the URISA National 1999 conference in Chicago.

• Nosh Vadoli will go to Chicago to accept the award for the Chapter. Lorenda Lee was nominated to attend the Chapter Leader’s workshop in Chicago. Both representatives will attend the conference.

Treasurers report was given by Ingrid Bruce. The 1999 State URISA conference in Oakland was a success. Its committee has returned the $3,000 seed money to the Chapter. The final profit summary is estimated at $ 12,000.

The 1998 joint APWA and So. Cal URISA conference was a success, but not as successful as the previous year. No seed money was involved. The Chapter received a profit of $2,142.88 for its involvement. It may receive more money when Intergraph and GDMS pay their bills.

The 2000 State URISA conference in Palm Springs is in the planning stages. The Chapter expects to put up $3,000 in seed money, to match that put up by BAMA. Thus far $1,000 was spent to get a web site designed and hosted.

• The board endorsed the above actions.

State URISA Conference 2000 in Palm Springs. Update.

There is a need to set up a fictitious business name for the So Cal URISA, in order to do registration on the web. Doug will fill out the forms. He also needs the tax ID.

They would like to send flyers to all chapters / section members.

• Eric to compile the So. Cal URISA members’ database.
• Nosh will get the tax ID.
• Lisa will reconcile Eric’s list with the 7000+ 1999 mailing list.

The California Spatial Reference Center (CSRC) has asked So Cal URISA to appoint a member to serve on the CSRC Coordinating Council. Lisa Lubeley appointed Fred Wong, GIS Mgr. SDCWA, to this position. The CSRC is located at UCSD – Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO), in La Jolla, CA.

• The board endorsed this action.

Contrary to earlier oral and written agreements, BAMA has forcefully argued that there should still be a state conference in February 2001, in Sacramento, along with the National URISA conference in August 2001, in Long Beach.

A three way call between BAMA, URISA National, and So Cal URISA concluded in National URISA declining to enforce an earlier non-competition agreement by BAMA and So Cal URISA to not hold a State conference in 2001.

• The board will participate in a 2001 State conference if:

• URISA National states in writing that it retracts its no competition requirement.
• BAMA accepts, in writing, that the State conference in 2000, and 2002 will occur in the south and 2001 and 2003 will occur in the north. But if too much conflict occurs with the National conference and the 2002 State conference must be postponed, the successive north / south rotation will still be maintained.