NORTH AMERICAN DIE CASTING ASSOCIATION Board of Governors March 23, :30 a.m. Orange County Convention Center South Hall.

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1 I. Roll Call NORTH AMERICAN DIE CASTING ASSOCIATION Board of Governors March 23, :30 a.m. Orange County Convention Center South Hall Minutes Leonard A Cordaro, Chairman... Premier Die Casting Co Robert P Dathe, Vice Chairman... A & B Die Casting Inc. Andrew D. Behler... Blue Ridge Pressure Castings Robert D Black, Jr.... DY-KAST Supply & Equipment Scott A Frens... Fort Recovery Ind. Inc. Harold J. Gerber... Albany-Chicago Co. Patrick J. Greene... Cascade Die Casting Frank C Haney... Versevo, Inc. Douglas D. Harmon... Twin City Die Castings Co. Bernard Jaeger... Diversified Machine Inc. Thomas Johnson... Ryobi Die Casting USA Inc. Alan Loeffelman... Production Castings Inc. Mark Los... BuhlerPrince Inc. Robert C. Marconi... RCM Industries Inc. Mark J. Marshall... Chem-Trend Richard P Rogel... Empire Die Casting Douglas R. Taylor... Del Mar Industries Eric Treiber... Chicago White Metal Casting Inc. Tom Troxclair... Tom Troxclair & Associates John R Walker... Walker Die Casting Inc. Robert Worthy... The Worthy Company Absent Jeff Albertson... Simon Newman... Dynacast Inc. Ryan Winter... Eastern Alloys Inc. Mel Koenig... Key Associates of Minnesota Larry Larson... Rangers Die Casting Co Inc. John Littler... Littler Die Casting Guests Ron Smith... Helen Salata... Cast Products Inc. Staff Daniel L. Twarog... NADCA

2 II. III. Approval of 10/3/09 Minutes A. A motion was made to accept the minutes of the 10/3/09 board meeting as written. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Report of the Chairman A. Chairman Cordaro welcomed the new members to the Board and introduced the guests. He reviewed the highlights of the agenda and issued the Business Barometer. Finally, he spoke about the international events that NADCA has been asked to participate in. These events are discussed under new business. B. The Business barometer results were reported as follows: Suppliers 7 Die Casters 16 What % up or down are your sales for 1st qtr of 2010 compared to last quarter of 2009? 1 up 50% 1? 5% 2 up 30% 1 Same 1 up 20% 4 Up 5% 2 up 15% 4 Up 10% 1 up 10% 1 Up 15% 3 Up 20% 1 Up 30% 1 Down 15% What % up or down do you expect your sales to differ for the 1st qtr of 2010 compared to the 1st qtr of 2009? 1 up 10% 1? 5% 1 up 20% 1 Same 3 up 30% 3 Up 10% 1 up 30% - 40% 1 Up 15% 1 up 40% 5 Up 20% 2 Up 25% 1 Up 30% 2 Up 40% What % up or down do you project your sales will be in 2010 vs 2009? 1 up 50% 1? 7-10% 1 up 33% 2 Same 1 up 30% -40% 4 Up 10% 1 up 30% 1 Up 15% 2 up 15% 2 Up 20% 1 up 12% 3 Up 25% 1 Up 28% 1 Up 30% 1 Up 40%

3 IV. Report of the Secretary A. Mr. Treiber reported that an Ad-hoc Committee needs to be formed for the Selection of Corporate BOG Members for 2011 Terms. Mr. Treiber, Mr. Behler, Mr. Marconi, and Mr. Taylor agreed to serve on this committee. The four members of the Board which require consideration are listed below: 1. Corporate Representatives with terms ending in 2010: a. Andy Behler (replacement needed) b. John Walker (replacement needed) c. Mark Los (eligible for second term re-election) d. Robert Dathe (eligible for second term re-election) B. Mr. Frens reported for the Chapter Board Selection committee. The committee will contact Chapters 6, 12, 7 & 3 to offer them an opportunity to re-elect their current representative to the Board or nominate another person. Chapters 9 and 29 will be contacted to determine if they would like to provide a nominee to replace the Chapter 14 representative. If neither of these Chapters provides a nominee, the CBS committee will ask Chapter 14 to provide a new person to replace Mr. Frens: 2. Chapter Representatives with terms ending in 2010: a. Rob Black - Chapter 6 - (eligible for re-election) b. Frank Haney - Chapter 12 - (eligible for re-election) c. Ryan Winter - Chapter 7 - (eligible for re-election) d. Mark Marshall - Chapter 3 - (eligible for re-election) e. Scott Frens Chapter 14 - (replacement needed) C. Finally, the committee has approved a Chapter 10 replacement for Dave Dalpappa. Their representative will be Mike Juric. V. Report of the Treasurer A. Mr. Treiber reported that the Finance Committee had met several times since the last Board meeting. The committee has selected a new investment management firm and the funds have been transferred. The Board recommended that the Finance Committee review the NADCA investment policy to make sure the current allocation of NADCA s reserves are in line with the policy. B. Mr. Twarog reviewed the end of year (2009) financial statement and said that the preliminary expenses over revenues were approximately $542,000. Almost all of this loss was attributed to cutting the dues by

4 50% in He said the outlook for 2010 is much better now that the dues are only cut by 25% and that CastExpo will generate some positive revenue over expense. Finally, Twarog reported that the reserve funds of NADCA are invested with the investment manager or in CD s and Corporate Bonds. VI. Report of the President A. Mr. Twarog reported that show had been well attended and the Executive conference had over 42 registrants (66 with spouses). He said that the first quarter of 2010 was very busy for NADCA and that bodes well for the industry. In-plant courses and research programs were picking up and NADCA s education online will be launched after the Defects course (online) is completed. Twarog said that NADCA had worked to request congressional adds in several research areas which include; magnesium, titanium, thin-wall aluminum, and Hypercast. Finally, he said that NADCA has been politically active on the GHG issue, Arc-Flash, and Magnesium tariffs. Twarog felt that 2010 would be a strong year for NADCA. VII. Report on Retain/Grow Corporate Membership A. Twarog reported that Corporate Membership had slipped due to the economic downturn. The ad-hoc committee on retention and growth has worked to develop a plan of action. The points on that plan are as follows: 1. Die Casters on the Board should identify their top ten suppliers and see which ones are not corporate members of NADCA. A form letter, written by NADCA and given to the Board members, could be sent to ask them to join. 2. The Board members should contact non-corporate members for peerto-peer discussions about NADCA membership and the industry in general. 3. NADCA does not produce bad services. They need to improve on their marketing of the NADCA services. 4. Conduct a survey of the Corporate Membership regarding what they view as valuable from NADCA. 5. NADCA should develop a presentation that can be viewed/heard over the internet about the products and services offered. Differences should be highlighted between non-members, individual members and corporate members. 6. NADCA should highlight what companies do not get if they aren t corporate members.

5 7. Conduct a survey of the non-corporate members to understand what they would see as adding value from NADCA and how much are they willing to pay for it. 8. NADCA needs to work to get the value message to the right person in the company. This may be best accomplished by hosting regional (local) breakfasts. Facilitate networking. 9. NADCA should video interviews of good corporate members (maybe Board members) about the value they find in NADCA. 10.NADCA should develop an ad package, with membership rolled into it, and recruit suppliers with a tiered pricing scheme. (adlets, print ads, online ads, conference brochure ads, etc.) 11.NADCA should subsidize die caster s as beta-sites to test promising research results. 12.NADCA should offer free in-plant courses/conference to potential corporate members, if they join. 13.NADCA could develop an incentive system for people to recruit NADCA corporate members in their area. VIII. Activity Reports A. Committees 1. Education Committee - Twarog reported that the committee is focusing on developing a skills challenge test for die casting operations to take in order for them to identify areas for improvement within their workforce. 2. Membership & Chapter Relations - Mr. Worthy reported that the membership committee was looking to improve the use of the Chapter rebates and steer this money towards subsidizing educational events in the Chapter area. He also said he will continue to work to get Chapter 29 moving forward. 3. Government Affairs - Mr. Treiber encouraged Board members to request Senators and Congressmen visit their plants. He said the committee will be voting to switch our Government Affairs service contract to Stephanie Salmon/Alicia Oman. Finally, he reminded everyone that the Washington Conference would be May 5-7 this year. 4. Laine Report - Mr. Twarog reported that Laine gave out five scholarships in October, He also said that companies would be solicited in April, 2010 to see if they have an interest in hiring interns for the summer.

6 5. Harvill Foundation Report - Mr. Treiber reported that the Foundation has funded online courses on energy, introduction to die casting, gating, PQ2, and is currently completing efforts on Arc Flash and Defects. IX. New Business A. International Activities 1. Chairman Cordaro reported that he and Eric Treiber would be traveling to Italy in April to represent NADCA at a Die Casting conference. They will be guests of the Italian Association and conducting an interview with the Italian media on die casting conditions in the United States. 2. He also said that Mr. Twarog would be traveling to China in June to speak about the state of the industry. Twarog s trip will be paid for by the Chinese. 3. Finally, he asked the board if there was interest in a foreign delegation to Spain in September, NADCA has been invited to attend the International Foundry Forum on 9/10-11/10. Twarog will organize a NADCA delegation to tour die casting operations in Spain prior to this event. X. Next Board of Governors Meetings Friday, June 25, 2010 NADCA Headquarters, Wheeling IL Friday, October 8, 2010 NADCA Headquarters, Wheeling, IL Submitted by: Daniel Twarog NADCA President Approved by: Leonard Cordaro Chairman, NADCA Board of Governors