GCPTA MEETING MINUTES

GCPTA MEETING MINUTES

Nassau Bay Hilton Hotel
Date: Friday, January 28, 2000
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Merv Treigle, Secretary, opened the meeting. Steve Ames, President, was unable to attend due to prior commitment with his company business. The participants introduced themselves.

New Members
Voting – None

In District Associate – (1) Jesse Gonzalez, Phillips-Pasadena, (2) Phillip Oliver, Valero

Out-of-District Associate – (1) Rich Patterson, Valspar-Garland, Texas, (2) Thomas Judge, Simtronics- New Jersey

Approval of Last Meeting Minutes – Minutes of November 19, 1999 meeting were approved January 28, 2000.

Subcommittee - Funding – Merv Treigle for Steve Ames

Colleges represented were urged to purchase and use the Course Instructor Guides and Student Workbooks developed and adopted by the GCPTA. Information on ordering these materials is on the web site www.processtech.org.

Subcommittee - Rules & Bylaws - Merv Treigle

Copies of the revised By-laws were distributed to those present. A total of 24 voting members voted for the proposed changes in the GCPTA Bylaws, as presented at the November 19, 1999 meeting. The revised GCPTA Bylaws were adopted on December 28, 1999.

Subcommittee - Public Relations - Karen Baird

The next GCPTA newsletter has been put together by Jim Gardner and is ready to go to print. Celanese, Bayport, has agreed to pay for the cost of postage and the handling of the mailing. The next education Expo will be held February 11, 2000 at San Jacinto College. Students will be required to have a ticket (obtained from instructors) to enter. Student volunteers are needed from member colleges to assist with logistics of the Expo.

Texas Skills Standards Board - Cathy Williams-Foster

Nothing to report.

Education Subcommittee – Joanna Kile and Kathy Williams-Foster

Evaluation plans for the NSF Grant (due in March) and the LAAP Grant (due in April) are being developed. To date, six (6) external presentations to other interested organizations and sixteen (16) internal presentations to college advisory committees have been made. A new logo for the NSF Grant has been developed. The logo is CAPT-Center for the Advancement of Process Technology. The NSF and the Department of Education both seem pleased with our progress to date. Joanna Kile, Bill Raley, and the entire NSF team were praised for their excellent work.

Cathy gave a report outlining the contributions of the members of the Education Subcommittee.

Course Status Reports:

Quality Course - Education Subcommittee approved objectives; next step is lesson plan development
PT I- January 21, outline approved
PT II- February 1-15, outline review
PT III - February 10, objectives review
SHE- Being converted to Distance Education

Distance Learning - Duncan Welder

Duncan Welder provided information on web-based courses and web-based course distribution and delivery. Anyone wanting to pilot the web-based introduction course should notify Joanna Kile immediately in order to be enrolled in an on-line course on effective web-based instruction offered through the Virtual College of Texas.

Scott Bruno reported on the Introduction to Process Technology Course being developed by TDS. The project plan, design document, and prototype are developed. Two modules have been produced and the storyboards for the remaining modules have been designed.

Financial Report – Ed Stiles

In 1999, the GCPTA received membership fees of $23,626.00 and book sales receipts of $2,627.50. Expenditures included $17,712.16 for salaries and $11,231.07 in other expenses. Balances on hand as of 12-31-99 were $2,381.34 in a checking account at Bank of America and $4,000.95 at Lee College. A more detailed report will be prepared for the March meeting.

College Advisory Committee Reports

College of the Mainland—not getting as many new students, but are seeing more students remain through graduation; piecing together a pilot plant; putting together a co-op program; expect 7 or 8 May graduates
Wharton—70 enrolled; expect 5 May graduates
Victoria—175 enrolled; expect 10 May graduates
Sowela Tech—P-Tech program just getting started; hopes to learn from others
Alvin—P-Tech program received exemplary rating from State of Texas; May graduates are already committed to local companies.
Lee—600 enrolled; expect 20 May graduates
Baton Rouge CC—136 enrolled; expect 4 May graduates
TSTC Marshall—29 enrolled; expect 3 February graduates (Quarter System)
Lamar—expect 30 May graduates; for information, contact Yolanda Avery @ 409-880-8189
San Jacinto—185 enrolled; expect 30 May graduates and 25 more to receive certificates

New Business

We have contacted Coach USA and they can provide a bus to transport up to 47 people for $550 to the Lake Charles Meeting, March 31^st. However, we need at least 20 or more to justify the cost. Those interested in going to the meeting this way, please contact Steve Ames at 281-834-4492 or Merv Treigle at 713-740-1995. Those utilizing this transportation will equally share the cost. We must know by February 15^th in order to secure the bus reservation. The bus will depart ExxonMobil, Baytown Parking Lot at 7:00 a.m. and return by 5:00 p.m.

Alliance Web Site

Web Site www.processtech.org is fully active and maintained by Bob Kosar of Resource Development Corporation. If your school or company has a web site and it is not accessible by just a click, contact the webmaster by E-mail: bobkosar@hal-pc.org. College of the Mainland is providing the host server.

Future Meetings

Career Expo 10am till 2pm
Friday, February 11, 2000
San Jacinto College Central Campus in Pasadena

IPTA Conference

Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Fairmont Hotel - New Orleans

Next Alliance Meetings

Friday, March 31, 2000
Holiday Inn Express – Lake Charles, LA
Phone: 337-625-2500
10:00 am – 2 pm
Registration Fee $35.00 at door (cash or check only—sorry, no credit cards this meeting)
Lunch included in fee

Friday, June 2, 2000
Friday, August 11, 2000
Friday, November 17, 2000
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Nassau Bay Hilton

Meeting Adjourned at 12:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Merv Treigle, Secretary
Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance

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