A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the above Corporation was held on January 11, 2003 at 4:15 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 2002 board members of the Haitian American Association of Engineers and Scientists:
Noe Dorestant (Chairman)
Sevigne Castor (Secretary)
Max Massac (Treasurer)
Marc A Leveille (Vice Chairman) by phone
Jocelyn David (Coordinator)by phone
Jean L. Bosquet (Member at large) by phone
Romain Preal (Member at large) by phone

Absent. Absent were the following 2002 board members: Gladys Durand.

Attendance. In attendance were the following HAES members: Francois Canal, Joel Francois, Paul Namphy (by phone via Haiti).

1. The Chairman opened the meeting and observed a moment of silence.

2. The minutes of the last meeting was read and accepted by the board.

Reports:

1. Secretary Report: HAES received Christmas greeting cards from State Representative Yolly Roberson and also from the South Florida Water Management District.

2. HAES received the latest issue of Solar Cooker Review (Volume 8, Number 3, November 2002). Solar Cooker Review is published two or three times per year, with the purpose of presenting solar cooking information from around the world. Topics include solar cooker technology, dissemination strategies, educational materials, and cultural and social adaptations. The magazine welcomes reports and commentary related to solar cooking for possible inclusion. Solar Cooker Review is available online at: solarcooking.org/docs.htm#newsletters.

3. Noe Dorestant reported on the following:

   Noe Dorestant received a correspondence from State Representative Yolly Roberson of District 104. The correspondence is to inform HAES of the Tuesday January 14, 2003 deadline for submitting Community Budget Requests. The attached Budget Request form must be completed and returned to her office before the deadline.

4. Noe also reported that he received a telephone call from State Representative Yolly Roberson secretary inviting the HAES Chairman and members to take part at the next NASA space shuttle lunch on February 28, 2003 as part of a delegation from Miami.

5. Noe also reported that he received a telephone call from Joel Francois requesting some help for the translation of a French document into English. The document is a financial study of electricity generation in the region of Gonaives (Haiti). Subsequent to the telephone call, the Chairman Noe Dorestant held a meeting with Joel Francois, Antoine Leveille, William Louis Charles and Jacques at the Miami Museum of Science to review the document. Joel Francois was then invited by Noe to attend the next HAES meeting.
   
   
   

   Haiti energy meeting at the Miami Museum of Science on January 7th, 2003. L-R: Antoine Leveille (Haiti), Joel Francois (HAES member/President of Carib Energy), HAES Chairman Noe Dorestant, William Charles and Jacques of the Miami Museum of Science

6. Noe received an invitation from FAVACA and the Embassy of the United States of America to attend a presentation by Ambassador Brian Dean Curran and USAID on �The Year of Florida: Enhancing Haiti-Florida Ties�. The event will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 6:00 PM. Members are invited to attend by RSVP.

7. The Chairman received an invitation to attend the 43rd Annual Tropical Hamboree.

8. Report by Max Massac: The Treasurer presented the financial status of the association. Financial transactions and banking statements were presented and accepted by the Board

9. A final report on the December 2002 gala has been postponed due to the fact that some board members haven�t returned the money collected on tickets that were assigned to them. This issue will be revisited during the next board meeting of February 8, 2003.

10. HAES is committed to full and complete success of Haiti Envirotech 2004. During the HAES gala and prelude to Haiti Envirotech 2004 ("Take care of the environment, and it will take care of you")of December 14th, 2002, Frizner Nau, President of ADIHA pledged to be a full partner with HAES in th preparation of Haiti Envirotech 2004. Effort will be made to contact the representatives of the association of Canada. In addition, member Paul Namphy during a recent visit in Haiti has contacted some representatives of the Ministry of Environment. He will provide a complete report of the meeting during the next board assembly.
    
    
    

    HAES's 2002 Chairman, Noe' Dorestant with fellow Miami board members Max Massac (Treasurer), Sevigne Castor (Secretary), Jean Junior Joseph (Honorary member/HAES 2002 Gala Master of Ceremony) and ADIHA's Chairman, Fritzner Nau with New York delegation.

11. HAES member Joel Francois presented an energy project for the city of Gonaives, Haiti. The project consists of furnishing and installing diesel power plants. According to Mr. Francois the complete project will be financed and administered by Caribes Energy a company based in Florida and Haiti. The cost of the project will be around $5,000,000.00. - $8,000,000.00. Joel also reported that Caribes Energy will be responsible for the generation of Electricity from wind Energy in Port-de-Paix. Mr. Francois has requested the help of HAES to translate the project documents from French to English.

    Motion
    A motion to translate the document was presented by Noe Dorestant and seconded by Sevigne Castor. The board accepted the motion. A HAD HOC translation committee was formed with the following volunteers: Noe Dorestant, Sevigne Castor, Max Massac, Francois Canal, and Jocelyn David.

12. The board of 2002 was dismissed by the Chairman Noe Dorestant to allow the election of the Officers for the Board of Directors of 2003 as mandated by the HAES bylaws.