Election Results
The CSI Tellers Committee met on March 16, 2007 at the Institute headquarters in Alexandria, VA, to validate the election and ballot results. The Tellers Committee comprises CSI members from the DC Chapter:

  • Joseph Berchenko, CSI, CCS, AIA, Chair
  • Robert McPheeters CSI, CDT
  • Howard R. Weiss, CSI, RCDD
  • Donna A. Robb, CSI

Also present were Executive Director/CEO Walter T. Marlowe, P.E. CSI, CAE, and Jackie Henson, CSI's legal counsel.
The Tellers Committee certified the following results:
Total Ballots Received: 4,042
Winning candidates:

  • President-elect: Gilman K. M. Hu, FCSI, AIA
  • Secretary: John Patrick McCaffrey, FCSI, CCS, AIA, SCIP
  • Vice President, Professional: David S. Proudfit, FCSI, CCS, AIA
  • Vice President, Industry/Associate: Tom R. Deines, FCSI, CCCA
  • Institute Director, North Central Region: John M. Griffith, II, CSI
  • Institute Director, Northwest Region: Robert W. Simmons, CSI, CDT
  • Institute Director, Northeast Region: Scott Tobias, CSI, CDT, AHC
  • Institute Director, Gulf States Region: M. Keith West, CSI, CDT
  • Institute Director, Southeast Region: George Wade Bevier, CSI, CCS, LEED-AP, AIA
  • Institute Director, West Region: Duane Michael Johnson, CSI, CDT

The ballot included two recommended changes to the CSI Bylaws. A Bylaws change requires a two-third majority to pass.
Governance Restructure: 60.4%; did not pass.
Honorary Member Name Change: 77.9%; passed

 

CSI College of Fellows Website
By Sheldon Wolfe, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA

The College of Fellows now has its own website, at www.FCSINet.org. The website is an online equivalent of a collection of Fellows' biographies that has been presented to Fellows after their investiture. The site went online a few months ago with about thirty-five biographies; since then, more have been added, bringing the total to about ninety. Fellows' biographies can be accessed by last name or by class year; another index, by chapter, will eventually be added. The index of last names shows only those Fellows whose biographies have been posted to the website, while the class list includes the names of all Fellows.

Class pictures were added for the Classes of 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The intent is to have a class picture for each year, a real challenge, as formal pictures were not always taken. As the site develops, I hope to add other pictures from each year's convention, along with highlights of the year.

The standard biography format (BioFormat?) comprises three elements: the head contains the Fellow's name, citation, and picture; the narrative area describes the Fellow's history; and the contributions area lists the Fellow's chapter membership, significant Institute and region service, and significant honors. The biography format is available for download on the FCSI website.

As you look through the biographies, you will note that some do not have pictures, and some have very little information. We have nothing at all for almost fifty Fellows! Updating Fellow biographies provides an excellent opportunity for regions and chapters to dig into their histories, discover more about their own Fellows, and find better pictures. If you are interested in helping with this project, contact Sheryl Dodd-Hansen, sheryl@dodd-hansenconsulting.com, or Sheldon Wolfe, swolfe@bwbr.com.

Biographies are formatted to fit on a single 8-1/2 by 11 page, which makes hardcopy reproduction easier. It also imposes a limit on content. If you do decide to work on a biography, note that the narrative should be limited to about 350 words, and the contributions should be limited to about 250 words. None of the spaces are fixed, though the head is usually about the same size. The narrative and contributions areas can easily adapt either a long narrative or a large number of contributions, but not both.