Felisha Battle, CAE, Director of Membership – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 1 of 1

MEMBERSHIP Felisha Battle, CAE Director of Membership Responsibilities include: Recruitment *Discounted Dues Programs/Initiatives: 6 Month Free - Trial membership reserved for new members wanting to explore the benefits of membership; Six months only. Currently we have a 50% first year retention rate with this group Introductory Dues – Special discounted rate reserved for new members; full year of membership Graduated Dues – Discounted dues for recent ABET accredited college graduates, dues increase 20% each year Enterprise Membership – Program targeted at company rather than individual; 10% discount on dues at all levels. Currently 90% retention rate with this group. On average 120 firms participate; 2500 people Give Back Get Back – NSPE’s Member Get A Member Program, Sponsor two new members and receive national dues free. Refer A Friend via NSPE website. Recruitment mailings to recently licensed PE’s Retention Quarterly follow up emails; exit surveys to lapsed members; survey results posted in Leadership Toolbox Telemarketing; calls to lapsed members Services New Member Welcome communication series; new member kit, welcome email, new member orientation webinar Member Services Hotline 1.888.285.6773; memserv@nspe.org – email address reserved for member inquiries, receive anywhere from 20 – 200 daily. Statehelp@nspe.org – email address reserved for state staff inquiries Development Partnerships/MOU’s – NSBE, SHPE, SWE, ASAE Committees/Task Forces Membership Committee Enterprise Membership Task Force

Item 2.A Attachment

Finance and Accounting Department William A. Brown Director of Finance Professional

• CPA • I have been with NSPE for 25 years • Worked for a large national/international accounting firm for 10 years before that • Specialized in not-for-profits while in public accounting • NSPE was one of my clients—located on K street in DC at the time.

Responsibilities

• 2 primary responsibilities are financial reporting & safeguarding of assets • Responsible for 3 separate corporations, each with its own set of books, but which we

consolidate at the end of the year in our audited financial report o NSPE & NICET with a budget of $10.5 million o E-Week, with a budget of 2 million o Educational Foundation, with a budget of slightly more than $100K

Size & Scope

• As controller, then, I oversee consolidated corporate revenues & expenses of approximately $12.6 million

• In addition, we collect and transmit out about $3.5 million in state and chapter dues each year

• So, grand total, the operations I oversee total about $16.1 million • In one year, we make about 8,000 individual disbursements

o 5500 in the form of checks o 2500 in the form of electronic ACH transfers

Controller Duties o Oversee accounting personnel (4), assign responsibilities, make sure that we maintain a

segregation of duties to ensure good internal controls o Review every employee’s expense report, with exception of Art and Larry o Hand sign every check over $5,000 (we use dual approval system for any disbursement

over $25,000) o Other duties

o Ensure that receipts are directed to our bank lockbox, rather than to 1420 King Street

o Review bank reconciliations o Review all general journal entries made by the accounting manager or the general

ledger accountant o Review employee timesheets o Review the general ledger monthly for any signs of posting errors (unusual

balances, large change in an account balance, negative balances, etc.)

Bill Brown, Director of Finance - Departmental Responsibilities - pg 1 of 3

Banking Relations

o Maintain relations with 3 different banks where we have accounts o Primary bank is Bank of America o I meet periodically with our account reps, as well as our loan reps o More and more banking is being done electronically o We use BankofAmerica Direct to

o Monitor balances o Monitor daily activity o Download daily reports on disbursements & receipts o Initiate ach transfers

o New feature is POSITIVE PAY o Transmit a file after every check run o Receive an email every day from bank (exception or no exception)

Investments

o Maintain relations with 3 different brokerage houses o NSPE invests only in Treasuries or FDIC insured CDs

o I use RBC Wealth Management in NJ for this o Royal Bank of Canada is one of the strongest banks in the world. Did not invest

in mortgage backed securities; excellent liquidity; strong reserves o I buy brokered CDs, almost all below the $100K FDIC limit. Brokered CDs can

be bought and sold at market value, just like a bond…so no penalty for early liquidation

o Amount invested in CDs ranges from $3 million to $4.5 million, depending on the time of year.

o CDs are laddered so that I have several maturing each month o National Engineers Week

o Half million Reserve Fund managed by Beacon Trust o I work with the account manager and reconcile the accounts to the monthly

statement o In the course of the monthly reconciliation, I review every single transaction for

the month o Educational Foundation

o About $800,000 is invested in CDs at RBC Wealth Management o Another $250,000 is invested in five different equity mutual funds at Fidelity

Investments o I provide a report on investment activity to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees

on a monthly basis. Annual Audit

o All three corporations undergo an annual audit by an outside CPA o To save money, my staff and I prepare literally dozens of schedules and account

reconciliations for the auditors, so that there job is limited to what is know as “tic and tie” o I personally prepare the audit report, both the financial schedules and all the footnotes, so

that the auditor simply has to attach his opinion to the report

Bill Brown, Director of Finance - Departmental Responsibilities - pg 2 of 3

Budget

o My single biggest project in any year o Process takes 2 to 3 months o I prepare input forms for all project managers and oversee the entry of budget items into

our accounting database o I work closely with the Treasurer, members of the ExCom, the Executive Director and

other senior staff to arrive at a balanced budget that can be submitted to the Budget Committee for review and approval

Financial Reporting

o Monthly financial reports for all 3 corporations o Periodic revision of formats o Ensure that financial reports are transmitted to third parties, such as banks, insurance

companies, and rating agencies o Work with the Treasurer to prepare reports & slides for 4 Board meetings

Headquarters Building o I have primary responsibility for tenant relations

o Currently 7 tenants under lease on 4th, 5th, and 6th floors o Recently negotiated new leases with 3 tenants (2 for 10 year terms, one for a five

year term) without having to pay brokerage fees o I do work with Jones, Lang LaSalle, our rental agent when we have a vacancy

o I also work with our building management agent, a Virginia firm known as Gates Hudson & Associates

o Their job is to collect rents, maintain the building, and ensure that all building equipment is working correctly.

Bill Brown, Director of Finance - Departmental Responsibilities - pg 3 of 3

Kim Granados, CAE, Director of Professional Practice – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 1 of 4

Professional Practice Department Kim Granados, CAE Director, Professional Practice Professional Practice Staff: Kim Granados, CAE, Director - kgranados@nspe.org (with NSPE 6 years, previous work with 4 other

associations with experience in the areas of education, membership, marketing, meetings) Erin Garcia Reyes, Sr. Manager – egarcia@nspe.org (with NSPE 7 years) Marcia Prichard, Sr. Manager – mprichard@nspe.org (with NSPE 9 years)

EDUCATION

• Continuing Education o Web seminars -13 scheduled this fall (flyers distributed) one is a partnership with NAFE,

one free on QBS http://www.nspe.org/Education/WebSeminars/index.html o Cross marketing with ASHRAE/SAME/CMAA o Four Free PDHs (lower than hoped usage numbers 242, but still possibly hurting live

webinars revenue attendance.) o # of archived presentations: 56 webinars for sale, 10 videos for sale, 15 free offerings

(webinars & video) including the following at http://www.nspe.org/Education/WebSeminars/index.html;

• Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering >> • Changing the PE Paradigm in the Future: Additional Education for Professional Practice >> • Importance of Becoming a Professional Engineer >> • Improving the Professional Engineering Licensure for Construction Engineers >> • Adapt to Politics While Keeping Your Engineering Ethics >> • Career Success in Engineering: A Guide for Students and New Professionals >> • Ethics and Professionalism for Students and Young Engineers >> • House of Delegates Orientation >> • Leadership and Emerging Generations >> • Leading Change >> • Membership Recruitment and Retention for State and Chapter >>State Continuing Education Requirements for Engineers >>

o Working to find savings in our operations • Synergy 2010 (PEPP HR &CFO Roundtables/ Council of Principals) Alexandria, VA. Attendance

usually sells out. (kept small for various reasons). Have tried holding some in Texas 2007/2008 and Illinois 2006 with lesser success.

• Annual conference education • Free webinars as part of leaders development • PE review/Kaplan/MGI products. • University interaction (RPI/Drexel others)

Kim Granados, CAE, Director of Professional Practice – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 2 of 4

EDUCATION FOUNDATION

• Scholarships (9 -4 are interest group)… • Board of Trustees governance (meet twice a year) • EWeek/Mathcounts/JETS/NICET/other external relationships (STEM focus outreach) • Eweek Strategic Planning. Million Hours. • Design Squad WGBH (other PBS stations/Cyberchase) • Art serves as corporate secretary to Eweek. • NSPE hosts a booth during National Engineers Week family Day. (8,000 attendees)

EJCDC

• ASCE/ACEC/Associated General Contractors of America are other sponsoring organizations • MANY other organizations attend and contribute including: sureties, insurance companies, owner

organizations, AIA, ABA, • 3 meetings a year to review documents and operations. • NSPE serves as Treasurer (for fee -$8,000) and serves other Secretariat roles. • Over 40 products –downloadable or customized CD make up the majority of ShopNSPE and product

revenue. • New releases –Design/Build, Owner/Engineer –Task Order edition. Documents updated on 5 year cycle. • Competition –other sponsoring orgs, AIA and Consensus Docs. NSPE currently sells the most EJCDC

documents of the 4 sponsoring orgs. Done through a lot of marketing. (85,000 brochures sent to NSPE members, and purchased lists from AWWA, APWA, DBIA, CSI, WEF, ARTBA and others)

• NSPE holds copyright for EJCDC • Department staff answer multiple calls/ e-mails a day on EJCDC. (all staff cross trained to sell)

HONOR AWARDS • Committee oversight, seasonal

INTEREST GROUPS Interest groups serves as a niche/a home for members in an organization of 40,000 engineers. Executive Boards provide a resource for staff and a place for members to get involved on the national level. Executive Boards oversee the following activities.

• Awards & Recognition o Federal Engineer of the Year Award (clips on YouTube) *event probably one of NSPE’s

most high profile events attended by high ranking military and other government engineers. 2010 KeyNote Speaker/Member: Dale Klein, Ph.D., PE, Commissioner ,U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

o New Product Awards (PEI) – work with states for more recognition o Order of the Engineer –NSPE serves as a link and holds a ceremony at the annual meeting o QBS Facilitator grants (with APWA, ASCE, ACEC, AIA)/ QBS award (NSPE-

PEPP/ACEC) o Education Excellence Award o Other awards o Scholarships

• Communications

Interest Group newsletters provide articles on relevant topics as well as marketing of NSPE products and activities.

o PEPP Talk o PEC Reporter o PEI E-News o PEG E-News

Kim Granados, CAE, Director of Professional Practice – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 3 of 4

• Outreach/Relationships with other organizations

• American General Contractors/ ASCE/ACEC through EJCDC (PEPP) • AIA/ACEC through NSPE/PEPP Professional Liability Committee • NCEES/IEEE through Software Engineer Licensure Consortium (PEI) • ASEE/NCEES through planned dialogues on faculty licensure. (PEHE) • Proposed USGBC relationship to focus on LEED and PE. • American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians MOU (PEI) • CMAA MOU(PEC)/

• Products & Services

o Engineer Your Way to Success – (PEG) creating new downloadable product. Giving current inventory to states free for promotion to YE members and for recruitment.

o Professional Liability Committee products (PEPP) o Career Asset Manager (PEI) – online and giving current inventory to states o E-newsletters PEC Reporter, PEG E-news, PEI E-News, PEPP Talk o PEPP Guides to the Professional Practice of Engineering being reviewed for

distribution • Sustaining Entities programs

Revenue producing programs. Provide only listing of members on the NSPE website. Serves as a directory for the public.

o PEPP Sustaining Firms o PEI Sustaining Sponsors o PEC Sustaining Firm o PEHE Sustaining University

MENTORING

• Task Force staff • Recreating e-newsletter. • Reviewing Get Licensed Get ahead materials and distribution. (currently GL/GA on web in

multiple places, giving free DVDs and posters to SSEC and schools) • Reviewing Mentor toolkit

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LICENSURE CONSORTIUM

• Staffing

STUDENTS • Student web pages • Student Chapter Task Force staff • JETS initiative providing cash to chapters • NEED to create NSPE branded resources for chapters (will look to call on student group/YE

group to help)

Kim Granados, CAE, Director of Professional Practice – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 4 of 4

YOUNG ENGINEERS

• Quarterly electronic newsletter dedicated to the interests of Young Engineers • Funded, encouraged, supported by Interest groups (PEPP & PEI most active) • Helping start student chapters (PEI) • PEPP YEAC products all free to members. Most in Leader toolbox and Shop NSPE. Power

point distributed. NSPE's Mentoring Guide for Small, Medium, and Large Firms Motivation Factors of Young Engineers How-to Manual for Seminars, Socials, and Ceremonies: A Practical, Step-By-Step

Guide to Organizing and Hosting Events for Local and State Chapters A Guide to Enhancing Professional Development: From College Student to

Company Principal A Guide to Enhancing Professional Development: From College Student to

Company Principal Web Seminar Strategies For Member Retention and Attraction Engineers in Elected Office

LEGAL DEPARTMENT Arthur E. Schwartz, CAE Deputy Executive Director & General Counsel

LICENSURE ISSUES • Resource to states on licensure laws nationally and internationally – close liaison with

NCEES Executive Director Jerry Carter and a long line of NCEES Presidents Henn Rebane, Skip Lewis and many others;

• Invited by Jerry Carter to make two presentations at the NCEES Meeting in Louisville, KY in August 2009

Other Licensure Initiatives:

1. Licensure Mobility – Identify which jurisdictions do not currently provide expedited comity for Model Law Engineers, and prepare information on the benefits of expedited comity for NSPE to disseminate to state societies of NSPE in those states.

2. Master’s or Equivalent – Prepare educational materials for distribution to NSPE state societies, and provide updates of the status of this initiative through PE Magazine articles and a plenary session at the NSPE Annual Meeting if and as appropriate.

3. Engineering Education Outcomes Required for Professional Practice – Review the outcomes presented in the civil engineering and environmental engineering Body of Knowledge reports, determine which of these outcomes are not currently addressed in ABET general baccalaureate level accreditation criteria, determine which of these outcomes appropriately apply across all engineering disciplines, obtain input from the various NSPE practice divisions on the applicability of these outcomes across all engineering disciplines, and report to the NSPE Board of Directors on recommended actions which NSPE might consider. This is a significant and timely initiative in which NSPE can and should take a leadership role on behalf of the engineering profession.

4. Early Taking of the PE Examination – Continue to monitor data from jurisdictions which allow taking of the PE examination prior to obtaining the requisite years of experience required for licensure and conduct a plenary session at the NSPE Annual Meeting on this topic.

5. Faculty Licensure – Continue to evaluate means to encourage and/or require licensure of faculty teaching courses in engineering design topics. Monitor the activities of the NCEES Faculty Licensure Task Force. Make recommendations to the leadership of NSPE on actions NSPE may consider.

6. LQPC Blog On-Line at NSPE Website – We have a blog on-line at nspe.org to discuss licensure issues. We can post a new item of up to 300 words every ten days or so. Items are planned to be posted on various aspects of the engineering education initiative, and on other L&QP topics as appropriate, to get national discussions going on engineering licensure topics.

Art Schwartz, CAE, Dep. Executive Director/General Counsel – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 1 of 4

7. General On-going Committee Activities – Continue to provide information and recommendations to the leadership of NSPE, the Board of Directors and other NSPE Committees and Task Forces on an as requested basis on topics related to engineering licensure and qualifications for practice. Pertinent continuing subcommittees are as follows:

a. NABIE b. Specialty Certification c. Discipline Specific Licensure – ASCE-SEI d. National Meeting Sessions e. Retired PE Status f. Software Engineering Licensure Path g. Others as Appropriate

2 Recommendations before the NSPE Board today – (1) on the FE Examination and (2) Roadmap for Faculty Licensure

ETHICS ISSUES • Invited by the National Academy of Engineering to weigh in on ethics issues - Rachelle

Hollander (NSF now with NAE) • Update on NIEE Activities • Report on NSPE Ethics Web Seminars • Ethics Questions for State Societies e.g., California Society of Professional Engineers • NSPE Code of Ethics • Draft Cases 12 per year • On Ethics in PE magazine • 2009 Milton F. Lunch Ethics Contest • Invited to make ethics presentations to other national organizations (ASME, ASHRAE, IEEE,

ACE, NCEES, state societies, universities, etc.) • Launching a new ethics consulting service to companies, firms, government agencies,

universities. • Write Articles for Zweig-White’s Structural Engineer Magazine on Ethics LEGISLATIVE/LEGAL ISSUES • Legal Fund • Legal Briefs • Respond to questions from individual members, state societies, local chapters, etc., on a

variety of topics (e.g., licensure, contract documents, local/state/federal legislation, professional liability, procurement, scope of practice, professional practice, etc.)

• Draft model legislation - Statute of Repose, Sole Source Worker’s Compensation, Certificate of Merit, Joint and Several Liability Laws and testimony

• QBS – Brooks Act, draft letters opposing efforts by federal agencies to circumvent QBS, draft letters supportive of laws to strengthen QBS.

Art Schwartz, CAE, Dep. Executive Director/General Counsel – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 2 of 4

LIABILITY/CONTRACTS • Liaison with AIA and ACEC Risk Management Committees • Annual Professional Liability Insurance Interviews and Survey • Publications on Risk Management – Document Retention Guidelines, Understanding and

Managing Risk, Significant Legal and Legislative Actions, Providing Pro-Bono Services as an Individual or Company

• EJCDC – content questions on contract documents, encourage use by federal and state agencies (e.g., Rural Utility Service, DoD)

STATES/CHAPTERS • Insurance Certificates for designated state and chapter events; • Review of Contracts for states and chapters • State and National Partnership Agreements - NH, CA and SC • Sample Policies for State Society IRS 990 Compliance

Antitrust Compliance Statement (PDF) Conflict-of-Interest Statement (PDF) Document Retention (PDF) Joint Venture (PDF) Non-Harassment (PDF) Objective Compensation (PDF) Privacy Policy-E-mail, Web, Member Data (PDF) Whistle blowing (PDF) Legal Responsibilities: A Guide for NSPE and State Society Officers and Directors

(Microsoft PowerPoint file) GOVERNANCE

• NSPE Board Meeting Agenda • NSPE Board Meeting Minutes • NSPE Board Voting • NSPE Executive Meeting Minutes • NSPE House of Delegates Minutes • NSPE House of Delegates Voting • NSPE Policies and Procedures

NSPE Professional Policy Screening Task Force – Report Approved by NSPE House of Delegate

NSPE Position Statement Development Task Force Currently reviewing existing and developing new NSPE Position Statements out of

material approved by the NSPE House of Delegates

Art Schwartz, CAE, Dep. Executive Director/General Counsel – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 3 of 4

OTHER • NSPE Building – Leases and tenant issue, contracts for renovations • HR issues • Review all contacts, other documents for NSPE’s official approval • Drafting MOUs with other organizations • Serves as NEW Corporate Secretary – work with NEW staff regarding trademark, copyright,

liability, insurance, contracts, tax issues. • Works closely with NICET on a variety of operational issue • Assists JETS, MATHCOUNTS, NSPE Ed Foundation etc. Prepares, files and prosecutes

trademark and copyright applications for NSPE and its related/affiliated entities • Arranges and overseas all of NSPE corporate business insurance programs for NSPE and its

related entities (e.g., Package/Property/General Liability, Unowned Auto, Workers Compensation, Umbrella, Crime, Directors and Officers, Travel and Meeting Cancellation Insurance).

Art Schwartz, CAE, Dep. Executive Director/General Counsel – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 4 of 4

Nancy Oswald, Executive Office Manager – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 1 of 2

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Nancy Oswald Executive Office Manager JOB PROCESSES: 1. Executive Office Management:

a. Manages administrative functions for the executive office and executive director. 2. Liaison to NSPE President, President-Elect, Vice President and Immediate Past President:

a. Manages correspondence and prepares responses and other correspondence as needed. b. Makes travel arrangements and prepares briefing books and other meeting materials.

3. Advisory Groups/Liaison Societies:

a. Arranges for all NSPE member appointments to liaison/sister societies as directed by the NSPE president/executive director

b. Sets up meetings with partners, NAVFAC, US Army Corps of Engineers, Sister Societies, et.al. c. Handles preparation and final execution of MOUs/PAs; updates activity related to all

MOUs/PAs annually d. Handles all protocol for Liaison Society leaders to attend NSPE Annual Conference as special

guests (includes invitations, registration, arrangements for speaking to BoD/HoD) e. Prepares and maintains correspondence; prepares and maintains rosters

4. Staff Liaison for NSPE Council of Fellows Executive Committee (COFEC)and Annual Fellow

Selection Process

5. NSPE House of Delegates: a. Follows up with all NSPE state societies/interest groups to collect names of HoD members b. Composes and transmits correspondence throughout the year to HoD members and

state/national leadership to ensure they are kept current on Society activities c. Ensures that all HoD members receive timely details on the annual HoD assembly so that

delegates know exactly what they will be doing, when they will be doing it and what will be expected of them. Provides assistance to delegates as requested.

d. Responsible for preparing/finalizing all HoD agendas and collecting attachments, reports, etc. for posting to the NSPE Web site.

e. Finalizes minutes of HoD meetings and assembles all appropriate attachments; ensures minutes are posted to Web site

6. Staff Liaison to Candidate Screening Committee (CSC)

7. Committee/Task Force Appointment Process:

a. Assists the NSPE president-elect with appointments to nearly 40 committees/task forces/liaison societies. Tasks include solicitation of nominees, correspondence, invitations to serve, tracking of all members in NetForum, and thank you letters or other appropriate recognition to those going off committees and task forces. Also assists in ensuring committee/task force chairs/vice chairs understand duties and responsibilities in the coming year.

Nancy Oswald, Executive Office Manager – Departmental Responsibilities – pg 2 of 2

8. NSPE Executive Committee:

a. Arranges monthly conference calls of NSPE Executive Committee b. Prepares, finalizes, and transmits all agendas and attachments for face to face/conference call

meetings c. Maintains action check list items from all ExCom meetings to ensure follow through

9. Officer Travel

a. Creates, maintains, coordinates and manages the NSPE Officer Travel Schedule (approximately 75 meetings annually).

10. Board of Directors:

a. In accordance with the NSPE Bylaws, ensures that nominations are received for upcoming regional/interest group/young engineer council vacancies on the Board; prepares slate of candidates for election by the HoD at the annual House of Delegates assembly.

b. Prepares correspondence to all Board members welcoming them as Board members and advising of responsibilities as a Board member, detailing committees/task forces on which they are to serve and apprising of travel reimbursement policy.

c. Arranges for Board member protocol 11. Liaison to NSPE Past Presidents:

a. Serves as main contact for all NSPE Past Presidents 12. Other Areas of Responsibility

a. National Leadership Handbook i. Updates National Leadership Resources Handbook maintained on the NSPE

Website:http://www.nspe.org/leadership/membonly/National_Leader_Handbook/natlead-home.asp

b. Updates and maintains liaison society rosters annually 13. Liaison to/Protocol for International Members

a. Korean Professional Engineers Association (KPEA) b. Japan Society of Professional Engineers c. Engineers Canada

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CERTIFICATION IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES® sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers

1420 King Street ○ Alexandria ○ Virginia ○ 22314-2794 ○ 1-888-IS-NICET

Since the Institute was founded in 1961, more than 127,000 technicians and technologists have met NICET's rigorous certification criteria, and this number grows 4-5% each year as more employers and local/state/federal governmental agencies rely on NICET certification to measure the qualifications of their workforce. The certificate and wallet card issued by NICET serve as a portable credential for certified technicians and technologists who seek to maximize their skills and knowledge and advance in their professions. By employing those workers who have demonstrated their technical mastery, organizations can provide their customers higher quality goods and services. And, ultimately, the public enjoys a higher degree of safety and protection.

NICET defines engineering technicians as the "hands-on" members of the engineering team who work under the direction of engineers, scientists, and technologists. They have knowledge of the components, operating characteristics, and limitations of engineering systems and processes particular to their area of specialization.

The Institute defines engineering technologists as members of the engineering team who work closely with engineers, scientists, and technicians. Technologists have a thorough knowledge of the equipment, applications, and established state-of-the-art design and implementation methods in a particular engineering area.

A strong force in many technical fields, NICET regularly brings together industry leaders and subject matter experts to identify industry needs and design and maintain technician certification programs that promote technical knowledge and skills. The resulting programs measure the competency of and layout career paths for engineering technicians and technologists and supply industries and employers with a more highly skilled workforce. Further, the Institute promotes the continuing professional development of its certified technicians and technologists through a recertification process that emphasizes updated skills and state-of-the-art knowledge.

NICET is a semi-autonomous, yet totally self-reliant, division of the National Society of Professional Engineers. NICET certification does not entitle certificants to practice engineering.

Michael A. Clark, CAE, Chief Operating Executive, NICET – pg 1 of 8

About the NICET Certification Programs

NICET's nationally recognized certification programs lay out a path for the career advancement of engineering technicians and technologists from entry to senior level responsibilities. Designed by industry experts to provide engineering technology fields with a qualified workforce, our programs are increasingly used by employers and specifiers to measure job skills and knowledge. Technician certification requires testing (written, multiple choice) and documentation including a work history, recommendations, and, for most programs, supervisor verification of specific experience. All documentation can be submitted with the testing application (recommended to expedite the final result) or send separately later. Technician certification is currently available in the following specialty areas: Transportation Engineering Technology: Construction Materials Testing:

- Highway Construction - Asphalt - Highway Design - Concrete - Highway Traffic Operation - Soils - Highway Survey - Bridge Safety Inspection Fire Protection Engineering Technology: - Highway Materials - Automatic Sprinkler Systems Layout - Highway System Maintenance & Preservation - Fire Alarm Systems - Roadway Design - Inspection & Testing of Water-Based Systems

- Special Hazards Suppression Systems Architectural/Building Construction Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology Electrical Power Engineering Technology:

- Distribution Geotechnical Engineering Technology - Production - Generalist - Substation - Construction - Transmission - Exploration

- Laboratory Industrial Engineering Technology

Civil Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Technology

Underground Utilities Construction Electrical Testing Engineering Technology - Water & Sewer Lines

- Stormwater & Wastewater System Inspection Land Management & Water Control

- Erosion & Sediment Control Industrial Instrumentation Engineering Technology - Industrial Instrumentation

Building Construction Engineering Technology - Water/Wastewater Plants Low Voltage Communication Systems

- Audio Systems Security Systems

- Video Security Systems Designer Telecommunications Engineering Technology - Video Security Systems Technician

Technologist certification requires a 4-year engineering technology degree (no testing required), and at the advanced level, documentation including a work history and endorsements.

Michael A. Clark, CAE, Chief Operating Executive, NICET – pg 2 of 8

Continuing Professional Development NICET requires certificants to update their skills and knowledge through a recertification process that encourages continuing professional development. For more information, please visit NICET Policy 30 and our recertification webpage. Program Development NICET certification programs are developed at the request of Industry – based on demonstrated interest by representative stakeholders, and the potential market for such a NICET certification program among employers and specifiers. The development process begins with a general description on the actual certificate holder(s), and a definition of their career path and desired certification progression. NICET then convenes a panel of subject matter experts (SMEs) to conduct a complete Practice Analysis for each certification level; which is ultimately validated through an Industry-wide survey. The next step is to create a Test Specification/Blueprint that defines relevant knowledge and skill of minimally competent practitioners at each level. Additional SMEs are then tasked with writing, editing and assembling hundreds of test questions for into the various examinations – which are then beta tested by working engineering technicians. The final step in the development process is to analyze the results of beta testing, create the final examination forms, establish passing scores, and publish the examinations. Program Administration NICET administers all of its programs through in-house staff as much as possible. Everything from application processing for candidates, examination printing, shipping and scoring, and candidate eligibility evaluation to certification issuance, database maintenance, certificants recertification and general customer service is handled by in-house NICET staff. The only operational activity that is out-sourced is the actual candidate testing process. In order to provide testing opportunities for candidates throughout the United States (and now Canada and beyond), NICET has made arrangements with various community colleges and technical universities to have some campus staff member proctor NICET examinations. These examination sessions are generally conducted on a given Saturday each month. Other testing arrangements can be made, however, to accommodate candidates with special needs – generally on a case-by-case basis. Other special services (i.e., psychometric analysis, IT systems administration, web site management, etc.) are contracted with local vendors as needed. Technical Support NICET is lead by a dedicated and talented Board of Governors made up of NICET-certified engineering technicians and technologists, licensed Professional Engineers and an independent member representing the Public. The Board of Governors meets twice each year to set strategic goals and establish operating policies for NICET.

Under the direction of a Chief Operating Executive (who reports directly to the NSPE Executive Director), NICET is divided into two main divisions with two departments each, plus Marketing and Public Relations. The Technical Services Division consists of Certification Services and Program Development. Administrative Services consists of Customer Services and Testing Services.

Our skilled staff includes many individuals with several years of experience in engineering, technology, certification and marketing. Through training, teamwork, and listening to you, we are constantly looking for ways to serve you better. If you have comments, suggestions or questions, please let us know.

Michael A. Clark, CAE, Chief Operating Executive, NICET – pg 3 of 8

Michael A. Clark, CAE Ext. 105 Chief Operating Executive

Ahmed Farouki Ext.103 Regina L. Stevenson Ext.106 Senior Director, Technical Services Director, Administrative Services

Brian R. Gifford Ext.101 Gloria C. Mathson Ext.108 Director, Program Development Manager, Customer Services

Jan Paul Miller Ext. 132 Regina L. Smith Ext. 109 Manager, Program Development Manager, Testing Services

Paul L. Stockman Ext.102 Manager, Certification Services

Charles E. Hollis, Jr. Ext.107 Manager Marketing & Public Relations

NICET staff participates and contributes to the work of several “credentialing” associations, including: – ABET, Inc. (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) – American National Standards Institute – American Society of Association Executives – American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians – American Society of Engineering Educators – Association of Test Publishers – Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists – Council of Engineering & Scientific Specialty Boards – Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation – Institute for Credentialing Excellence (formerly National Organization for Competency

Assurance) – National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying – Performance Testing Council

Michael A. Clark, CAE, Chief Operating Executive, NICET – pg 4 of 8

Outreach The ultimate success of NICET and our various certification programs is highly dependent on the voluntary contributions and commitment of many industry associations, employers and governmental agencies. This list includes such notable organizations as: Professional/Trade Associations:

Civil Engineering Technology

– American Association for Laboratory Accreditation – American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials – American Concrete Pavement Association – American Council of Independent Laboratories – American Public Works Association – American Society of Civil Engineers – ACI International (American Concrete Institute) – ASFE, Inc. (American Society of Foundation Engineers) – Asphalt Institute – Asphalt Materials Reference Laboratory – Associated General Contractors of New Mexico – ASTM International (American Society of Testing and Materials) – Concrete Materials Reference Laboratory – Construction Management Association of America – Construction Materials Engineering Council – Design Build Institute of America – Five Cities Plus – Storm Water & Wastewater Districts – International Code Council – International Erosion Control Association – Mississippi Transportation Institute – MDOT Engineering Technician Conference – Multi-Regional Training and Certification – National Association of County Engineers – National Association of Sewer Service Companies – National Partnership for Highway Quality – National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association – National Transportation Training Directors – New England Transportation Technician Certification Program – North American Society for Trenchless Technology – Society of Military Engineers – Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials – Texas Council of Engineering Laboratories – Transportation Curriculum Coordinating Council – Transportation Research Board – Washington Area Council of Engineering Laboratories – Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

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Electrical/Mechanical Engineering Technology – American Fire Sprinkler Association – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers – ASIS International (American Society for Industrial Security) – Automatic Fire Alarm Association – Code Officials – Fire Protection Consortium – Electronic Security Association – Fire Suppression Systems Association – Institute for Building Technology & Safety – International Facility Managers Association – International Society for Automation – International Security Conference (East and West) – National Association of State Fire Marshals – International Electrical Testing Association – National Fire Protection Association – National Fire Sprinkler Association – National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors – National Systems Contractors Association – Security Industry Association – Society of Fire Protection Engineers

Private Sector Employers – Alarmtech Solutions, LLC – Antronnix, Inc. – APAC, Inc – ATSERAPAC/ Ashland – Bosch Security Systems – Bourgeois & Associates – Bowser-Morner, Inc. – Cana Communications – Chemtron Fire Systems – Code Consultants – Communication Concepts – Concrete Producer – Arkansas – CTI Labs, Inc – Dedicated Micros – Dynalectric – East Coast Fire Protection, Inc. – ECS, Ltd – Edwards Service, a Division of Carter Brothers, Inc. – Fire Materials Group, LLC – FM Global – Friedman Consulting – Froehling & Robertson, Inc. – Granite City Electric Supply Co. – Granite Construction – Graybar Electric Company, Inc. – Gregory W. Gallagher

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– Henderson Engineers, Inc. – Hochiki America Corp – Honeywell – Hughes Associates, Inc. – IDS Research & Development, Inc. – Johnson Controls, Inc. – KCI Technologies, Inc. – Kleinfelder, Inc. – Lourenco Consultants, Inc. – Marriott International, Inc. – MARTCP – NCAT Auburn University – Norfire Design, Inc. – Panasonic System Solutions Company – Pelco – Penn State University – Professional Services Industries/ PSI – PSA Security Network – Pyro-Stop, LLC – QC Labs – Robert B. Balter Company – Robert H. Fuller and Associates, Inc. – Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. – Schirmer Engineering Corp. – Schnabel Engineering – Security Central – Simplex Grinnell – Strickland Fire Protection, Inc. – T.A. Beach Corp. – Telgian – Terracon – Triad Fire Protection Engineering Corp. – TTL Associates – Tyco Fire & Security – Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. – Urban Engineers – Virginia Sprinkler Company, Inc. – WAQTC Applied Pavement Technology, Inc. – Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers – WDP, Inc. – Western Rock (Old Castles Company) – Western Technical Services – Wyandotte Alarm Company

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Governmental Bodies

Federal Agencies – Bureau of Indian Affairs – Department of Veterans Affairs – Federal Aviation Administration – Federal Highway Administration – Joint Urban Manpower Program – Local Technical Assistance Program – National Highway Institute – National Institute of Standards and Technology – U.S. Air Force – U.S. Army – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation – U.S. Department of Labor – U.S. Department of State – U.S. Navy

State and Local Agencies – Alaska DOT – Alaska State Fire Marshal – Denver Regional Fire Districts – Florida State Fire Marshal – Iowa DOT – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – Maryland State Highway Administration – Mississippi DOT – Missouri DOT – Mobile County Commission – New York State Office of General Services – North Carolina DOT – Oklahoma State Fire Marshal – Oregon DOT – Pennsylvania DOT – Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission – Texas DOT – Texas State Fire Marshal – Virginia DOT – Washington DOT – West Metro Fire Protection District

For additional information about NICET and our various certification programs, please visit our web site: www.nicet.org or call our toll-free telephone number: 1-888-IS-NICET (1-888-476-4238).

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Government Relations Sarah Ogden Senior Manager of Government Relations sogden@nspe.org703-684-2844 Legislative and Regulatory 1. With NSPE leadership and the Legislative & Government Affairs (L&GA) Committee, craft NSPE’s

federal legislative and regulatory agenda and develop a plan to achieve positive legislative and regulatory outcomes through direct lobbying, grassroots action, grasstops action, and participation in issue-based coalitions with like-minded organizations. • 2009-10 legislative agenda:

o QBS o Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education o Comprehensive energy policy o Good Samaritan protection for engineers volunteering in an emergency o Infrastructure improvement

2. Evaluate and track legislative and regulatory issues relevant to the engineering profession.

• This year, QBS faced legislative threats at the state level in Texas, West Virginia, and other states. NSPE worked with ACEC, ASCE, and AIA and coordinated with the states to defeat the legislation in both Texas and West Virginia.

• Government Relations is developing a web seminar on QBS to be held on Wednesday, November

4. Panelists will include NSPE Vice President Chris Stone, L&GA Committee Chairman Bill Fendley and L&GA Committee Immediate Past Chairman Dan Tanksley.

• Overview of current legislation:

o Transportation legislation: Before adjourning for the August recess, Congress passed a bill (H.R. 3357) that would

add $7 billion to the Highway Trust Fund to keep it solvent through the end of FY09, until Congress can act on longer-term funding this autumn. The fund was expected to run short in August and faces an additional $8 billion to $10 billion shortfall in FY10.

The current highway law, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) is set to expire on September 30. The White House has asked Congress to extend the law for 18 months – until after the 2010 elections – and add $20 billion to the Highway Trust Fund to keep it solvent until March 2011.

The Senate is on board with the White House’s proposal; but the House plans to introduce a six-year, $500 billion transportation authorization bill this autumn. The House’s Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 would require a significant source of revenue that could generate an additional $144 billion beyond the current gas tax.

Part of the resistance to the House’s comprehensive authorization bill is that the U.S. has already invested nearly $81 billion in infrastructure this year as part of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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o SPEAK Act (H.R. 2790) The Standards to Provide Educations Achievement for All Kids (SPEAK) Act would

create American education content standards in math and science in grades K-12 and incentivize states to voluntarily adopt them. The goal of the bill is to ensure that all students are given the same opportunity to learn to a high standard no matter where they live. A single standard would also allow for benchmarking of student achievement across states. The bill would establish a fund to incentivize states to adopt the standards.

o STEM Education Coordination Act (H.R. 1709 and S. 1210)

The STEM Education Coordination Act has already passed in the House. Senator Kaufman introduced the Senate version in June. The bill would ensure existing STEM education resources are employed efficiently and effectively through greater coordination at the federal level. It would establish a committee that would be responsible for coordinating federal STEM education programs by developing a five-year STEM education achievement plan, maintaining an inventory of federally sponsored STEM education programs, and delivering an annual report to Congress.

o Research and Development (R&D) credit bills (H.R. 422 and S. 1203)

The R&D credit bills would improve and simplify the R&D tax credit, which is designed to encourage innovation that would spur economic growth and competitiveness.

Currently, the R&D provision comprises two credits: a traditional credit and the alternative simplified credit, both of which provide American firms a tax credit for qualifying research expenses. These bills would allow the traditional credit to expire in 2010 and increase the alternative simplified credit, which is currently 14% of qualifying expenses, to 20%.

Firms could claim the credit under current law in 2009 and 2010 so that they would have time to adjust their accounting and shift to the new, simplified credit.

3. Represent NSPE before federal agencies and Congress. Develop and maintain relationships with

elected and appointed officials, including Members of Congress, key federal agency personnel, and their staff. Congress • A highlight of NSPE’s relationships on the Hill is Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE), a mechanical

engineer with a B.S. from Duke and an M.B.A. from Wharton. He was appointed to fill Vice President Biden’s empty seat. NSPE has had a working relationship with Senator Kaufman since March 2009, when Kaufman’s office called to ask for input on a bill. Kaufman is not running for election in 2010 (as an appointee, he faces a special election rather than serving the usual six-year term), but because he is exceptionally sharp and has worked for Vice President Biden since 1975, it is likely that he will hold a Cabinet post at some point in the future.

o NSPE worked with Kaufman on the STEM education portion of the Edward M. Kennedy

Serve America Act, which encourages retired engineers to volunteer in communities, classrooms, and after-school programs to share their knowledge and experience with students; and integrates hands-on, service-learning programs into STEM curricula at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels and draws on practicing or retired STEM professionals to work in these programs. President Obama signed the bill into law at the end of April.

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o Sarah Ogden, Senior Manager of Government Relations, met with Kaufman’s chief of staff

in May to brief him on NSPE’s main issues: QBS; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; Good Samaritan protection for engineers volunteering in an emergency; infrastructure; and energy. The issues in which Kaufman’s office were most interested were STEM education and Good Samaritan protection for engineers. The chief of staff said he thought Kaufman, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, could pass Good Samaritan legislation as part of a larger bill.

o Executive Director Larry Jacobson’s July meeting with Senator Kaufman focused on STEM

education. Kaufman advocates students taking calculus in high school, but Jacobson pointed out that in order to do that, someone needs to intervene by seventh grade to ensure that students have the proper prerequisites. They also discussed the fact that there is a shortage of engineers even though first- and second-tier engineering schools are full, and the implications that 1) there are not enough engineering schools, 2) engineering students do not become engineers, and 3) foreign students are taking up seats at the best engineering schools.

Agencies • NSPE is working to build and maintain relationships with the federal agencies. For instance,

NSPE met with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of Education on September 10 to discuss improving K-12 STEM education. NSPE joined approximately 20 engineering and scientific organizations in providing input on ideas for public-private initiatives to advance STEM education. NSPE will continue to participate in this working group as it moves forward with its planning.

• NSPE also submitted a letter as part of the design and construction association community to

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan earlier this year, offering to help as the Department of Education determined how to spend ARRA funds set aside for school modernization. Within 15 minutes of receiving the letter, the Secretary’s office responded. The group is continuing to provide recommendations to the Department of Education and is working to set up a meeting with Secretary Duncan.

• This summer, Energy Secretary Steven Chu asked NSPE to recommend candidates to perform

peer reviews of ARRA-funded project proposals. NSPE culled through 30 qualified applicants and forwarded an elite eight names to the Secretary. At least two of those candidates were chosen to perform peer reviews.

• NSPE also submits comments to agencies. For example, earlier this year, at the behest of the

Association of Communications Engineers, NSPE submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Agency and the USDA Rural Utilities Service stipulating that professional engineers should perform ARRA-funded broadband work.

4. Assist states with legislative and regulatory advocacy upon request. 5. Establish and maintain partnerships with like-minded organizations that seek to advance NSPE’s

legislative and regulatory interests. NSPE leverages coalition memberships by attending coalition-led congressional and agency meetings and by signing on to coalition-sponsored letters, raising NSPE’s profile before Congress and the Obama Administration and offering NSPE opportunities it may not have had as a single organization. NSPE’s coalition memberships include:

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• The 2030 Coalition is composed of a group of industry leaders who are committed to delivering

high-performance sustainable solutions for the built environment. Members include AIA, ASLA, ASHRAE, DBIA, International Codes Council (ICC), and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

• The Clean and Safe Energy (CASEnergy) Coalition unites members from across the business,

environmental, academic, consumer, and labor community to support nuclear energy in the belief that nuclear energy can improve energy security, ensure clean air quality, and enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of our nation. The coalition has a diverse membership of 1,248 individuals and 830 organizations that includes state and local elected officials, small businesses, large corporations, labor organizations, nonprofits, and professional associations.

• The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) is an alliance of more than 100

organizations united by a concern for the future vitality of the national science, mathematics, and engineering enterprise. CNSF supports the goal of increasing the national investment in the National Science Foundation's research and education programs in response to the unprecedented scientific, technological, and economic opportunities facing the U.S. Other members include ASCE, ASME, ASEE, IEEE, Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America (ASTRA), American Mathematical Society, National Science Teachers Association, and American Chemical Society; plus institutions like MIT, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, UCLA, USC (Southern California), Vanderbilt, Purdue, Penn State, Northwestern, and Ohio State.

• The Council on Federal Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services

(COFPAES) is a coalition of A&E organizations that seeks to protect the Brooks Act and promote the use of QBS in federal contracts. NSPE was a founding member of this organization. The other members are ASCE, AIA, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), and Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS).

• The Energy Engineering Policy Alliance was created when NSPE joined IEEE and ASME in

adopting a common set of energy policy goals: to maximize the use of economically and environmentally sustainable electric power, to modernize the nation’s electric transmission grid, to maximize electrification of the transportation sector (reducing dependence on oil), to establish substantial national energy efficiency and conservation goals, to employ indigenous raw materials to manufacture liquid and gaseous fuels, to build and deploy generating capacity to supply reliable electric service, and to provide a long-term commitment to energy R&D.

• NSPE was invited to join the FEMA National Incident Management System (NIMS) Public

Works Working Group early in 2008. NIMS developed a national credentialing system to provide the Incident Command System (ICS) with the means to verify quickly the qualifications of emergency responders who have been called to support state and local resources at a disaster site. ICS is continuing to develop criteria for various positions, teams, and equipment within public works that could be asked to respond to emergencies. As these and other documents are updated and new information is developed, the working group provides comments before the official public review period begins.

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• The High Performance Building Council Energy Efficiency Roundtable is a group of industry associations that meet monthly to discuss current events and best practices in “green” building. The Roundtable is led by ASHRAE. Among the numerous members are ACEC, AIA, and AGC.

• The Research and Development Credit Coalition, led by NAM, is a group of more than 100

trade and professional associations and companies of all sizes that collectively represent millions of American workers engaged in U.S.-based research throughout major sectors of the U.S. economy, including aerospace, agriculture, biotechnology, chemicals, electronics, energy, information technology, manufacturing, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, software and telecommunications.

The objectives of the R&D Credit Coalition are a strong, permanent R&D credit of commensurate rate for all companies; a 20% simplified credit; and an extension of the traditional credit. The R&D tax credit is available for certain qualified research performed in the United States. The credit has been hailed as a “jobs” provision because approximately 80% of the benefits of the credit are attributable to salaries of workers performing U.S.-based research. The credit is limited to U.S.-based research, which ostensibly will stimulate short-term business investment decisions with long-term benefits to the U.S. economy. The credit also improves the ability of U.S. businesses to compete overseas. Congress is currently considering legislation (H.R. 422 and S. 1203) that would strengthen and make permanent the R&D tax credit. Other coalition members include ACEC, IEEE, American Chemistry Council, Business Roundtable, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

• The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP), a public-private partnership, is the recognized

leader in promoting collaboration to improve the resilience of the nation's critical infrastructure against the adverse impacts of natural and man-made disasters. TISP members, representing the design, construction, operation, and maintenance communities; local, state, and federal agencies; academe; and other related organizations, work together to develop and implement cost-effective solutions to enhance the resilience of the nation's critical infrastructure by leveraging their collective resources and expertise regarding natural and man-made disasters. Members include ACEC, AIA, ASCE, ASLA, AGC, ASHRAE, SAME, National Fire Protection Association, National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USACE, NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command), and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security.

6. Communicate information about legislative and regulatory issues to NSPE members in publications such

as the Policy Perspectives column in PE magazine, Washington Watch, issue briefs, and the Government Relations website.

7. Serve as staff liaison to the L&GA Committee and its subcommittees. 8. File quarterly (LDA) and semiannual (LD-203) Lobbying Disclosure Act reports on federal lobbying

expenditures and activities. Maintain knowledge of frequently changing lobbying laws and ensure NSPE is in compliance.

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PAC 9. Develop an annual marketing plan for the PAC. Craft a clear and compelling message to inspire

members to contribute to the PAC. Implement a schedule of communications with NSPE members, including solicitations, the NSPE-PAC newsletter, thank-you letters to PAC contributors, and renewal letters to those who have contributed to the PAC in the past.

10. Plan fundraising campaigns for the PAC to increase member participation and receipts.

• This year, NSPE-PAC held two events at the Annual Meeting in St. Louis. The Wine and Cheese Reception raised $1,700 for NSPE-PAC, and the 3k/5k Walk/Run raised $650 for the PAC and LEF.

• NSPE-PAC also conducted solicitations of the NSPE Past Presidents and the 08-09 House of

Delegates, state presidents, and state president-elect to increase leadership participation in the PAC.

• Send email “renewal” reminders to past PAC contributors on a quarterly basis.

• In the near future, NSPE-PAC is planning a solicitation of Enterprise members; and a membership-wide email campaign is planned for this fall.

• The PAC balance as of July 31, 2009 was $7,703.19. 11. Develop criteria for candidate contributions. Research and recommend candidates to receive PAC

contributions. Attend candidate fundraisers and encourage state society executives to distribute PAC checks to candidates locally.

12. Communicate regularly with NSPE-PAC members by sending thank-you letters to contributors and

publishing a PAC newsletter.

13. Act as staff liaison to the NSPE-PAC Board of Trustees.

14. Prepare monthly financial accounts of PAC activity and file with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

15. Maintain knowledge of frequently changing FEC regulations and campaign finance laws and ensure

NSPE is in compliance. Grassroots 16. Manage Engineer Advocates program. Coordinate with the L&GA Committee and states to recruit

NSPE members to attend meetings with their members of Congress in their home districts. Arrange meetings and provide talking points and “leave-behind” materials to participants. • This year, NSPE restructured the Engineer Ambassadors program as a select group of NSPE

members who would be charged with meeting with their Members of Congress two to three times a year. The program has been renamed “Engineer Advocates” to more accurately reflect the grassroots volunteers’ charge. With L&GA Chairman Bill Fendley’s leadership, NSPE launched an Engineer Advocates pilot program in Texas during the April district work period.

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The goal is to have these Engineer Advocates build relationships with their Members of Congress so that when a legislative issue arises, NSPE can more easily access that Member of Congress by leveraging the NSPE member’s personal relationship. Ultimately, the L&GA Committee would like to have at least one NSPE member assigned to each of the 435 congressional districts across the U.S.

17. Manage the online Legislative Action Center by using Capwiz online software to publish legislative

information and send Action Alerts to NSPE members. Publish action alerts, track bills, provide issue summaries, and generate legislator scorecards. Assist state societies in setting up state Capwiz sites upon request. (NSPE provides Capwiz to the states as a free service.) • NSPE members can use the Legislative Action Center to register to vote; find their federal, state,

and (in some places) even local legislators; and find out how their federal legislators voted on issues of importance to NSPE. The Legislative Action Center can be found at www.capwiz.com/nspe.

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Communications Department David Siegel Director, Communications There are four main pieces to the Communications Department

1. PE Magazine • Huge team effort: story ideas, research, interviewing, fact checking, editing, design,

layout, plus the advertising side Associate Editor: Danielle Boykin Staff writers: Eva Kaplan-Leiserson and John Dugan Assistant Editor: Alexandra Bradley Graphic Designer: Lori Fields

• PE is the only magazine for the profession of engineering – we’re covering information about the profession that no one else covers.

• At NCEES Annual Meeting: Art received a number of comments about PE, and PE articles were referred to in NCEES’s discussions of professional issues.

• If you want to get a good overview of what’s going on in the profession and within NSPE and the state societies, read PE.

• October PE article topics: the growing importance of service learning in engineering education; software engineering licensure; ISPE: allows licensure candidates to take the PE exam early; Minnesota SPE leadership development program; FES involvement in court case on professional liability; Paul Brady on licensure board issue in CT.

• Encourage NSPE leaders to send news from their own states or news they learn about on their visits with other state societies or organizations.

2. Web Site

Web Master: Barbara Parker • Barbara Parker is the only NSPE staff person dedicated to the Web site full-time, but

because the site is integrated with NetForum, there’s a lot of teamwork between Communications Dept. staff and IT staff. Barbara’s time is spent adding content, such as PE magazine articles and ethics cases, and working on longer-term projects such as the recent launch of the NSPE blogs. She works a lot with other departments, and monitors webmaster@nspe.org and jobboard@nspe.org.

• The Web site is one of NSPE’s faces to the outside world, and a lot of the traffic is from nonmembers. Over the past month, the site has had 130,000 page views, but according to a recent survey of members, 62% said they visit the site less than monthly.

• Among the most visited pages (not including the homepage): ethics, Job Board, licensure, and education.

• Social Networking: Stacey Ober, Chris Tilley, and Eva Kaplan-Leiserson helped plan strategy. Exciting new options for getting the word out about NSPE activities and for letting the world know that NSPE is an information resource for the profession.

Twitter: Big-name followers include NAVFAC, Project Lead the Way, ASCE Gov Relations, NSBE, PBS&J, McGraw-Hill Engineering (ENR), Clark School of Engineering at U. of MD, U. of Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education. Twitter is an experiment, not a game changer, but NSPE is now part of the conversation and that’s very important. Exciting to see new followers every day.

Facebook: Asked followers of NSPE’s “fan page” if they had questions for the board. You Tube: features “Get Licensed, Get Ahead,” FEYA interviews, “Professional Engineers:

Building a Career, Making a Difference”

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• Video for Web site: a lot of exciting possibilities and we’ll probably be tapping your expertise.

Examples: Interviews with FEYA winners, interviews with NPA winners, leadership topics, what does it mean to be a professional engineer, etc.

• New Blogs on Licensing (Craig Musselman), Young Engineer Issues (Austin Lin), and Sustainability in Engineering (Brad)

• Currently working on search engine improvements • Coming Up: Forums • Oversee production and administration of e-newsletters: Daily Designs, weekly U.S.

Engineering Press Review, and the monthly NSPE Update 3. Marketing

Senior Marketing Manager: Becky McCarthy Assistant Marketing Manager: Chris Tilley

• The Marketing Team works with almost all NSPE departments to help tell the membership and the outside world about what NSPE has to offer. Membership, education sessions, Interest Groups, the Legal Department, Government Relations, awards & scholarships, EJCDC documents, etc.

• Salary Survey: NSPE has been in the salary survey business since 1952. Recently ended a joint salary survey that NSPE conducted with other engineering

organizations. NSPE’s salary survey is now fully owned and operated by NSPE. We have 2,735 participants. Need to boost this number. Salary Survey is now a free member benefit for any member who completes the survey.

• Marketing team also works on maintaining our relationships with our affinity partners: Bank of America, Pearl Insurance, Fed Ex, Geico, Schinnerer, and others.

• Also promoting NSPE’s “Four Free PDHs”: Four Web seminars on ethics topics. 174-253 members have taken the seminars.

• PE Reader Survey: handled by Becky McCarthy. It had been a few years since our last survey. Quickly received 3,000 responses: 73% looked through or read at least three of the last four issues. Top departments included On Ethics, You Be the Judge, Communities 25% visit the NSPE Web site at least monthly 89% male, mean age of 50

• NSPE’s advertising efforts extend to the Web site, e-newsletters, conference sponsorships • Other “Small Steps”....

New-Member E-mail: worked with Membership Department to launch an e-mail that will be sent every four months to all new members who have joined during the previous quarter. This will serve as reminder of what NSPE has to offer, and we will ask for feedback.

To improve our market research without spending a lot of money, we will be conducting short online member surveys on various topics throughout the year.

Job Board promotional effort by Chris Tilley. Working on plans to create a jobs newsletter. Discipline Data: To improve the quality of our membership data, we recently e-mailed

thousands of members who did not have an engineering discipline listed in their NetForum record. We are now close to completing all the data entry.

“Press Release” Recruitment Pilot Project: Every week, the Communications Dept receives press releases about nonmember PEs who have been hired, promoted, or earned an award or other distinction. Now these nonmembers are receiving personalized letters (along with a copy of PE and a membership application) inviting them to join NSPE.

NSPE Products: To save money, Chris Tilley has led an effort to bring product fulfillment in house.

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4. Public Relations and Outreach

Senior Manager, Public Relations: Stacey Ober • Stacey has been leading our social networking efforts. • Handles calls from reporters: Recent placements in the Boston Globe, NY Times (A1), and

Forbes. Need to work on building a group of experts who can respond quickly to calls from reporters.

• State media clip reports: These reports are assembled twice a year for all state societies. • Press Releases: There will be an upcoming release about NSPE’s and PEI’s role in advocating

for the new software engineering PE exam • Outreach: including Design Squad event in St. Louis, EWeek, Engineer Your Life, and the

Million Hours campaign. • Stacey also represents NSPE’s presence at the conferences of other associations such as the

Design-Build Institute of America and the National Society of Black Engineers.

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Meetings Polly Collins Director of Meetings (National) Board Meetings – four times annually [or more times if necessary]

• Fall – Team Building • Winter – Governance Meeting • Early Spring – Governance Meeting - ($10.80 per/person - $.06 per min x 180 minutes) • Late Spirng – Budget Meeting – ($3.60 per/person - $.06 per min x 60 minutes) • Summer – Governance Meeting

(National )Annual Meeting Cycles

• Destination determination • Site Visits • Convention Bureaus • Hotel connections • Volunteer connections • Contract negotiations • Coordination/Planning of – Golf and 3k/5k, State Leader Conference, Task Force/Interest

Group/Committees, Governance-HoD and BoD, Staff and Volunteer Leaders • Implementation – registration, etc. • Reconciliation – fiscal components finalized

Other Local/National Meetings and Seminars St. Louis (2009)

• Opportunity to partner with NAFE [Meet & Greet Reception] – 35% partipation by NAFE • Cross-marketing NAFE seminars at “intro price” {$595/$100] to NSPE membership

Board Meeting Schedule 2009-2010 • Fall-Alexandria • Winter-New Orleans • Spring-Electronic/Telephonic • Summer-Orlando

New Orleans (WM 2010) -

• Opportunity to partner with NAFE [ Post Katrina Tour – afternoon tour will have three components (city tour, hurricane in the bayou history lesson, and USACE component)

• LES Executive Director, Brenda Gayan and New Orleans Chapter President, Frank P. Gallagher, III, P.E., CIH, URS Corp [Metairie, LA Office; lives in New Orleans]

• Timothy B. Zimmerman, Protocol Specialist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

Orlando (2010) • Opportunity for university partnership – University of Central Florida [fourth largest in USA] • Marvin A. Simaan, Ph.D., PE, Interim Dean of Engineering and Computer Science, University of

Central Florida • Robert M Rich, Director of University, Corporate and Public Affairs, College of Engineering and

Computer Science, University of Central Florida, • Goal: introduce students to NSPE “licensure”

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• Andrea Martinez-Graves, PE and her husband John [semi-pro] are coordinating golf arrangements for Edu Found Golf in Orlando. Martinez-Graves is also coordinting with Central Florida Chapter Golf Tournament Co-Chairs, Jeff O’Connor and Tony Melton and the FES Annual Golf Tournament Chair.

Board Meeting Schedule 2010-2011

• Fall-Alexandria • Winter- AZ - Western destination choices being discussed (Tuscon, Phoenix?) • Spring-Electronic/Telephonic [early and late] • Summer-Las Vegas

Las Vegas (2011)

• Claire Kohatsu, PE, (Neveda State President 2008-09) – email pal for several months • Meeting with Nevada SPE Board on Friday, 9/18/09 - explore possibilities • Meeting with CVB [Jill Picinich for multiple hotel sites and Nevada exploration] • Opportunity to partner with NAFE – exploring Pre/Post tour option[s]

Future Annual Meetings (2012 – 2015)

• Future annual meeting destination voted by NSPE Board at fall meeting [9/12/09] • Repeat cycle [west, central, east, and wild card] • 2012 – San Diego; 2013 – Minneapolis; 2014 – Baltimore; 2015 – Hawaii; 2016 - Seattle • Current Hotel Market is a “Buyers Market”!!

Partnerships

• NAFE – National Academy of Forensic Engineers • NABIE = National Academy of Building Inspection Engineers • CVB – Convention and Visitor Bureau • NSPE State/Chapters – state and local chapter leaders • NSPE Meeting Advisory Group – Pres, Pres-elect, Vice Pres, Treas + Staff • Team NSPE [Staff]

Professional Association Memberships • ASAE – American Society of Association Executives - education • CESSE – Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives – peer to peer • CIC – Convention Industry Council – work with peers to develope and advance meeting standards

[member of council task force and focus group] • CMP – certification/recertification [met high standards of proficiency in meeting management as

demonstrated by substantial professional experience and superior examination performance

Office of Human Resources Nancy Schroff, CAE Director, Human Resources Employee Recruitment

• In coordination with hiring manager, develops and implements recruitment strategy • Directs all preemployment functions, such as reference checks, drug testing, etc. • Obtains all necessary approvals; makes offer • Directs acquisition of all temporary employees

Orientation

• Directs and implements all facets of orientation program, including payroll and benefit enrollment

Termination

• Directs all activities of terminating employee, including exit interview and benefit coordination • Sends all required notices

Benefit Administration

• Evaluates, researches, recommends, implements and manages all benefit programs, working with Executive Director and Director of Finance, as applicable. Major plans include 2 medical, 1 dental, STD, LTD, GTL, Flexible Spending, EAP, and 401(k).

• Directs annual open enrollment period, including review of programs and costs • Oversees all employee additions, cancellations, and changes and reviews and approves all

benefit/insurance invoices. Staff Development

• Oversees Employee Service Award Program • Direct allstaff meetings, management retreats, and on-site training programs • Directs annual performance appraisal process • Provide counsel and assistance to employees and managers regarding employee performance,

training, and related issues Records Management

• Maintains all employee records in compliance with all benefit contracts and all federal, state, and local legal requirements

• Processes all payroll additions and changes; reviews draft payroll semi-monthly. Employment Policy

• Monitors and maintains all federal, state, and local requirements regarding employment issues to ensure compliance

• Establishes and maintains all personnel policies and human resources department procedures, in coordination with the Executive Director and General Counsel, to ensure compliance with all federal, state and local legal requirements

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Data Processing/Information Technology Alan Thompson Director, Data Processing and Information Systems Data Processing The Data Processing department is the one department that every member interacts with, as it is directly responsible for collecting all dues from our members in 45 states, and processes the national money for all our members.

• Maintain Dues Dictionary • Prep and Send Invoices • Process Payments – making sure the money goes to the right place

o National o State and Local o Voluntary Contributions

• Process member information changes – chapter moves, status updates and so on • Support other departments:

o Event Registrations o Product setup for the online store o FEYA Support

Forthcoming/active projects in Data Processing:

• Online Voluntaries – allow voluntary contributions to be made online and when renewing

• Paperless processing – currently, work comes from the bank in the form of paper. This paperwork contains sensitive information (checks and CC details, for example) and can’t leave the building. We’re building a secure infrastructure to allow this to be handled digitally. This will allow staff to work from other locations during our busy renewal season, free up office space as we reduce the need for filing cabinets, and improve the speed of information retrieval.

• Preparing for the busy renewal season. Most of our members expire on 12/31. Invoices for the members are prepared in late October, and between then and the middle of February our staff time is dedicated to processing the renewals. Prior to this, we spend time fixing anomalous or mistaken information in the database and sharpening our procedures to allow the renewal to proceed as smoothly as possible.

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Information Technology This department is responsible for the smooth running of the IT infrastructure at National headquarters.

• Upgrading software • Replacing machines • Making backups • Resolving user problems • User training • Data Security • Maintaining and improving network infrastructure • Maintaining NSPE’s mailing lists • Managing governance’s electronic votes

This year we have scheduled

• major upgrades to our email system, our network operating systems, and our desktop management software.

• Adding circuits in our computer room to our emergency generator, to maintain system availability during lengthy power outages

• Virtualizing some servers There is a degree of intersection between the two departments, centering on the member database, NetForum.

• providing reports to other departments • providing research facilities to other departments • researching improvements to how the database is designed and used, and communicating

these to staff members throughout the organization The largest current project here is moving the Netforum into the headquarters computer room. It’s currently hosted by Avectra, at considerable expense.

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