
Employment Training Panel  May 11, 2009  Page 1 
ETP Special Meeting 
May 11, 2009 
(Minutes in Verbatim Format) 
 
 
Meeting began at 12:25 p.m. 
 
Brian McMahon:  Please call the roll. 
 
Sheryl Sheehan: 
 
Barry Broad has recused himself from this project due to a conflict of interest and 
is not present for roll call today. 
 
Greg Campbell – present 
 
Bart Florence – present 
 
Scott Gordon – present by conference call – Mr. Gordon participated by 
conference call from the Laborers Training School in Azusa, CA, as published in 
the Special Meeting Notice. 
 
Brian McGowan - present 
 
Janine Montoya – present – Ms. Montoya participated by conference call from Tri 
County Air Conditioning and Fireplaces in Newbury Park, CA, as published in the 
Special Meeting Notice. 
 
Edward Rendon has recused himself from this project due to a conflict of interest 
and is not present today. 
 
Janice Roberts – present 
 
Sheryl Sheehan
:  Madame Chair, there are six members present; there is a 
quorum. 
 
Also present is Brian McMahon, Executive Director, and Maureen Reilly, General 
Counsel. 
 
Janice Roberts
:  Ms. Roberts thanked everyone for attending the meeting and 
thanked the Panel members present for the quorum.  She apologized for not 
being able to attend the April 20 meeting.  She was in Dallas, Texas and could 
not participate by conference call since she was out-of-state, and her meeting 
location had to be publicly accessible within California. 
 
Brian McMahon:  The Tomatek proposal was first presented at a regularly 
scheduled Panel meeting on March 27, 2009.  The proposal was presented 
again, at a special meeting on April 20, 2009.  Both times, it was held over due to 
loss or lack of a quorum.  The quorum was lost because of conflict of interest.