Haitian-American Association of Engineers and Scientists

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF H.A.E.S.

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the above Corporation was held on April 13, 2002 at 1:30 PM, in the offices of Best Care Agency, Inc. located at 310-S NE 1st Avenue in Hallandale, Florida.

Quorum. A quorum was declared present, based on the presence of the following five board members of the Haitian American Association of Engineers and Scientists:
Noe Dorestant (Chairman)
Peter Kammeyer (Public Relation Officer) by Paltalk
Max Massac (Treasurer)
Gladys Durand (Member at large)
Sevigne Castor(Member at large)

Absent. Absent were the following board members: Romain Preal (Secretary), Marc A. Leveille (Vice-Chairman), Jocelyn David (Coordinator), Jean L. Bosquet (Member at large)

Attendance. No regular HAES member was present.

Visitors. No visitor was present.

  • Romain Preal (Secretary) was absent, Sevigne Castor was asked by the Chairman to volunteer and take notes as Interim Secretary to assist the Chairman in preserving the record of the meeting proceedings

    Reports:

  • Report by Noe Dorestant. Noe reported the following correspondence:

    a) Letter from Jean Collin � the Chairman will respond by email.

    b) Letter from Marc Laurent of FAVACA inviting the Chairman of HAES to attend the Haitian DIASPORA meeting at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami.

    c) Flyer from the Caribbean Business Community of North America, Inc.

    d) Letter from David Lawrence Jr. of the Early Childhood Initiative Foundation and WLRN Public Radio and television inviting the HAES Chairman to attend a lecture and film preview in Haitian Creole and English on "school readiness" and Early Childhood development. The Chairman attended the meeting on behalf of the association.

    e) Membership application of Francois Canal. Since Mr. Canal is neither an engineer nor a scientist, he was accepted as an honorary member. Mr. Canal is a math teacher and therefore, does not meet the criteria to be a full member with the rights to vote. Gladys Durand has challenged this aspect of HAES regulations. The board will review this subject in the following weeks.

    f) Letter from Commissioner Rolle regarding his grassroots coalition.

    Noe also reported that the HAES Web site is running out of memory. Mr. Dorestant proposed either the association buy more memory (meg) or deletes some files.

    The Chairman also reported that he attended on April 6th, 2002 the Haitian-American Nurses Association of Florida (H.A.N.A.) 18th Anniversary gala. He also attended the 6th Annual Haitian Music Awards om March 31st 2002. A report of the Music Award can be viewed on the HAES Chairman web site at www.geocities.com/ndorestant/haitista.htm

  • Report by Max Massac. Max made the treasurer report and reported on SFWM participation in the Tech Fair. Joe Jean Baptiste was contacted and HAES will send a formal invitation to the District.

  • Report by Peter Kammeyer. Peter Kammeyer reported on the Earth Science project for Haiti. He also informed the assistance that the Episcopal University of Haiti will fund and provide technical assistance for a survey of Haiti's territory.

  • Report by Gladys Durand. Gladys Durand reported on studies conducted by the Caribbean Institute for Applied Geography (CIAG) in Little Haiti and the eventual participation of HAES members in the analysis of the data.

  • Report by Jocelyn David. Jocelyn David was not present to report on the progress of HAES Tech Fair scheduled for May 2002. Gladys Durand will contact Miami Dade County Community College (MDCC) and the Catholic Charities about using their auditorium for the fair. She will keep HAES informed accordingly.

    • Motion

  • A motion was presented by Noe Dorestant and seconded by Max Massac regarding HAES participation with CIAG in the project to strengthen Little Haiti. HAES will be involved in the analysis of the data, the focus group, and the revision of the questionnaires. HAES will also encourage its members to participate at all level in the study as they see fit. The motion was accepted by vote unanimously.

    • Action Items

  • Complete HAES 501C-3 report

  • Work on backup plan and coordinate presentations and demonstrations for the HAES annual Tech Fair to be held on May 12th, 2002 at the Miami Museum of Science and Space Planetarium (a backup location proposed by the Chairman Noe Dorestant to insure that the show will go on the agreed upon date).

    • Next Meeting.

    The next regular meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on May 11th, 2002, at 5:00 PM, in Hallandale, FL.

    There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4PM by the HAES Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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    Sevigne Castor, Interim Secretary of the Board of Directors 2002.

    HAES Official Minutes WEB page maintained by the HAES Chairman, Noe' Dorestant. Last updated on 5/17/2002.

    HAES regular meeting schedule

    Past 2002 HAES minutes (Geocities & Haiti-Science site)

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