Quality Certification Services

Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting

March 8, 2002

The QCS Board of Directors meeting was held at the Executive West Hotel in Louisville, KY.

Greg Marrs, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm. The directors present included:

Dan Webb................................................Field Services Advisory Committee Representative

Jere High.......................................................Laboratory Advisory Committee Representative

Greg Marrs...................................................................National DHIA Board Representative

Ryan Starkenburg.................................................................................PDCA Representative

Ken Crandall.....................................Processing Centers Advisory Committee Representative

Mark Witherspoon......................................................................................At-large Director

Denny Funk, NAAB Representative, was absent from the meeting.

Other persons in attendance at the meeting included:

Paul Miller...........................QCS Secretary-Treasurer

Michael Rector....................................QCS President

David Youngman..................................QCS Fieldman

Following introductions, the Minutes of the October 29, 2001 meeting were approved as written.

Michael Rector reviewed the current status of the auditing and audit reports. Other topics discussed included the complaint letter submitted by Bill White, the one-year certification limit placed on Andy Clubb, and the need for clarification between audit suggestions and requirements.

Michael presented a revised QCS Auditing Policies and Procedures manual for the Board to review. Below is a summary of the Board decisions:

1. The Board approved the Auditors section of the QCS Organizational Structure page with minor wording changes.

2. The Board approved the QCS Board of Directors page with an email address correction.

3. The Board agreed to remove the list of trainers from the QCS Authorized Trainers page and substitute a paragraph instructing service providers to contact QCS for training options.

4. The Board requested that a proposal be submitted detailing the requirements for a meter technician to become an authorized meter center set up and meter technician trainer.

5. The Board requested that a procedure be developed for meter technicians to attain an initial certification.

6. The Board requested that the fee examples be clarified in the Auditing Rates for Laboratories page.

7. The Board requested that references to “the preliminary audit report” be revised to read “an audit report” in the Audit Procedure for Field Services, Audit Procedure for Meter Centers, and Audit Procedure for Meter Technicians pages.

Although there were other proposed revisions to the manual, the Board decided to address them at a later time via conference call and moved on to other issues.

The Board discussed the funding of advisory committee chairpersons to Audit Review Committee meetings and agreed to have QCS cover their travel expenses.

A reorganization meeting was held and new officers were elected. Greg Marrs was re-elected Chairman, Dan Webb was elected Vice-chairman, and Paul Miller was re-elected Secretary and Treasurer.

The QCS staff was excused and the directors held an executive session. When the meeting reconvened, Michael was instructed to set up a conference call to cover the remaining topics on the agenda.

The meeting adjourned at 5:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Paul Miller

Secretary

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