Holiday Inn, Houston, TX
Date: Friday,
November 21, 2003
Time: 9:00
am – 1:00 pm
Steve Ames, President, opened the meeting and
welcomed everyone in attendance.
The participants introduced themselves.
There were 42 members and guests in attendance.
Special Presentation
–
A plaque was presented to Bill Raley with the College of the
Mainland in recognition for his past & present contributions to
the GCPTA and process technology.
Steve Ames, Mike Kukuk, Merv Treigle, and John Payne each
spoke about Bill’s contributions. Bill spoke of his experience and association with a
number of individuals and organizations that led to the founding of
the GCPTA and he thanked all those who have and continue to support
the efforts to educate the workforce of the future.
Approval of Last Meeting Minutes
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Minutes of the July 25, 2003 meeting were distributed, read, and
approved November 21, 2003 with two minor amendments.
The word annual was changed to recurring in the Standards
& Quality report, page 4, last sentence; and the Alvin Community
College’s Advisory report, page 7, first item, 61 students was
changed to read 61students in “Summer 2003”.
The
following members were approved by the steering committee.
Non-Voting—
Javier Esparza, Conoco Phillips China,
Bartlesville, Ohio
Timothy
Brown, Bayport Training & Technical Center, LaPorte, TX
Raymond
Perry, Sterling Chemicals, Texas City, TX
Todd
Griffen, Conoco Phillips, Westlake, LA
Paul
Heidleberg, BASF Corporation, Beaumont, TX
Leavon
Robinson, Union Carbide Corp./Subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., Texas
City, TX (taking the place of John Borecki)
John
Sandell, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
(taking the place of Todd King)
GCPTA Officers’ Election – Steve Erickson – Steve’s first order of business was to announce and call for nominations for the offices of President and Treasurer for the GCPTA for the next two years. He announced that Steve Ames and Mike Gragg were both standing for reelection to the offices of President and Treasurer respectively.