CASI General Membership Meeting
Friday, July 31, 2020, from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm PDT
CASI President, Ernest Wuethrich, provided an organizational update, shared membership and financial stats from the last decade, and discussed the Board of Director's goals established at the November 2019 Strategic Planning Meeting. Ernest also reviewed the Bylaws Amendments approved by the Board of Directors on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, addressed member comments received, and members present at the July 31 General Membership Meeting participated in a poll to approve the amendments.
Ernest Wuethrich is the current CASI President and a Certified Access Specialist in addition to an International Code Council Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner. He is currently the accessibility program manager for PM Design Group, a Santa Rosa architecture firm, and comes from a background overseeing architectural projects in the private sector including fueling, restaurants, and retail. Prior, Wuethrich was a project manager for a landscape architecture firm designing public parks and lands.
- 2017, Ernest was selected to be the CASp representative for the Access Code Collaborative (ACC). The Division of the State Architect established the ACC, a diverse 14 person panel, that provides input and feedback to the DSA on proposed amendments to California Building Code (CBC) Chapter 11B regulations affecting individuals with disabilities.
Throughout his career, Ernest has gained a wide variety of experience in the design industry and has become an advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Click here to download the PDF slides.
Click here to view Bylaws member comments received.
Click here to view the final amended Bylaws.
(Approved by the Board of Directors on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 with included updates per the member comments received between July 17 and July 28, 2020.)