General Membership Meeting Minutes

San Francisco ASIS Chapter

General Meeting Minutes for the June 20, 2002 at Gilead Sciences Company, Foster City, CA.

The General Meeting of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the American Society for Industrial Security was called to order by Chapter Chair Connie Vaughn at 9:30 am.

Chair Vaughn greeted the members and guests and called the meeting to order. Chair Vaughn led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chair Vaughn then thanked our host Lance Huntley, Facilities Manager at Gilead Sciences Inc.

Chair Vaughn announced that the Minutes from Annual Seminar and Exhibits were posted on the Chapter Web Site (www.sfasis.org).

Chair Vaughn asked the Treasurer, Patrick Sharkey, CPP for a financial report. Patrick stated that the balance as of April 30, 2002 was $44,195.16, with income for the month being $9,845.79 and expenses of $3,370.25. The ending balance was $50,670.70 as of May 31, 2002. A copy of the report is posted on the Chapter Web site (www.sfasis.org).

Chair Vaughn announced that there was a scholarship finalist for the CPP review and the name would be announced later.

Chair Vaughn announced that, at the request of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the Sacramento Chapter has been assigned as the lead to obtain and coordinate qualified volunteers from ASIS International chapters in California to sit on various committees and subcommittees for the California Anti Terrorism Center. CPP’s are preferred but a qualified and interested person will be accepted. Those interested should send their resumes to Bill Bailey, CPP, care of the Sacramento Chapter.

Chair Vaughn announced that the Annual Golf Outing would be held on August 15, 2002 at the Spring Valley Golf Course in Milpitas with a luncheon and golf and a dinner/ awards. Set the date aside for a fun afternoon and early evening.

SPECIAL GUEST: Michael Boykin of Pathway Research had a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle available for test drive. Many folks took advantage of the opportunity to drive these "golf cart" style potential security patrol vehicles. Michael will be discussing this free vehicle opportunity at our July meeting, but provided a sneak preview at this meeting.

Chair Vaughn then introduced our speaker for the meeting, Edward J. Gee AIA, President/ Principal/ Architect, Edward J. Gee Associates. Mr. Gee spoke on "Strategic Architectural Design for Mitigating the Effects of Terrorism and Other Threats".

Edward J. Gee, AIA, who has over 38 years of experience, developed the Interior Design Manual for the Renovation of Federal Office Buildings in California and other states. He has extensive experience in the planning, design, and construction of a wide range of building types including Government Facilities, Controlled Area Facilities, Airfield Cargo Facilities, Financial Institutions, Research Facilities, Communication Centers, and Police Station Buildings, June's meeting met the promises of being both informative and engaging. EJGA has provided professional services to clients throughout California, the United States, and Overseas. Their customers include the US Air Force, Army Corps of Engineers, and many other state and federal agencies.

Mr. Gee provided a Power Point Presentation and spoke on his role in designing the International Security Research Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His goal in this 65,000 square foot building was to provide a pleasing environment in which to work while complying with the new national security accreditation requirements for high security facilities. Mr. Gee provided artists renderings and photos of the facility. The photos were all approved for general release and outlined the site planning design from the exterior buffer zone to the interior office locations and layouts.

Next Chapter event is the Chapter meeting on Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 9:30am. It will be held at the KLA-Tencor, 3 Technology Drive, Milpitas, CA. The topic will be Identity Theft and what we as security professionals can do to educate our customers about the impact on victims.

Chair Vaughn closed the meeting at 10:50 am.

A total of 66 members were in attendance, including 9 guests.
 

Respectfully Submitted,
Ken Fauth, CPP
SFBA Chapter Secretary