Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Chapter 69

Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting

December 10, 2008

Technical Presentation:

There was no technical presentation as this is the yearly planning meeting for the chapter.

Chairman, Bob Petrach began the meeting at 6:05 p.m. with introductions of new officers in attendance.

Meeting Attendees:

Robert Petrach-Chairman, Gary Shepperd-Treasurer, , John Agapiou-Programs Chair, Viktor Astakhov-Awards Chair, , Paul Drallos-Bulletin Editor, Jon Dinovski-Certification Coordinator, Phil Crockett-OCC Advisor, Doug Ruffley- Communications, Jack Wagner- Webmaster, Chapter 69 members-, Stuart Selis- Secretary Elect, Chengyin Yuan- Chair Elect,

J. Eduardo Gonzalez, Rex Smith, Guest- Mark Neitzke

Chapter Business

The topic of the meeting is yearly planning and helping the new officers to understand their duties.

Bob began the meeting by showing the website www.sme.org. There is a chapter dashboard with a login and password that enables officers to get a member list and secure form, as needed. At SME, Natalie Lowell has shown to be very helpful. Members can logon to update their own profiles. There is a Volunteer Leader’s Toolkit that is available to get forms.

Bob reviewed the significant events of 2008 with tours taken, the social event at the Dream Cruise and other chapter accomplishments.

There is a CPAG sheet for chapter accomplishments that needs to be filed with Natalie Lowell by January 31, 2009.

Upcoming events include Kuka Robotics on January 14^th. People need to RSVP for this event as Kuka has concerns about who is attending.

January 5^th is the target date for the chapter bulletin and January 12^th is the date for a meeting reminder to be sent.

CMFGT is set for Saturday, January 31, 2009.

For February ABB is is scheduled for the chapter tour. Bulletin should be scheduled for February 2^nd, Meeting reminder on February 9^th with the meeting on February 11^th.

March has a schedule of Single Source Technologies as the tour. Bulleting is March 2^nd, Meeting reminder on March 9^th and the meeting is on March 11^th.

April has an event with SME to promote Professional Networking. The bulletin is scheduled for March 30^th, Meeting reminder on April 6^th and the meeting is April 8^th.

We are looking for a presentation for the May meeting which is scheduled for May 13^th. East Tech is scheduled May 9-21^st.

The June Annual SME meeting will be held in Philadelphia this year.

There are no scheduled events for July.

August is the month for the chapter social activity. We are hoping that Jack Day will volunteer again to host us for a Dream Cruise event.

For September we are looking for suggestion for a program. Meeting reminder is due on September 7h with the meeting scheduled for September 9^th.

October is the month for a new Officer’s slate to be presented. The bulletin is due on October 5^th. The Meeting reminder is due on October 12^th and the meeting is on October 14^th.

The meeting in the month of November is for the election of officers.

The December meeting is the yearly planning meeting.

As always, the chapter is looking for help in securing tours and presentations.

The chapter is interested in people looking for certification. The chapter does it in a cost effective manner and has members eager to help with classes.

John Agapiou announced that the chapter is looking for award candidates.

• SME Fellow nominations are Due December 1^st each year
• College of Fellows
• Honorary Membership
• Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
• Award of Merit
• Total Excellence in Electronic Manufacturing Award
• FFC Technical Paper
• President’s Award
• And more can be found on the SME web site.

Secretary's Report

Bob Petrach asked if there were any additions or corrections to the November minutes. One was offered to correct the spelling of Herb Dobbs for the SME Follow award. Paul Drallos made a motion to accept as amended, seconded by Jack Wagner, approved.

Treasurer's Report

Gary Shepperd gave the report. Balance before this month’s expenses and tonight’s meeting $5,939.98. Expenses to be paid include Jet’s Pizza for $95.00 and Chapter 1 for the installation dinner is owed $429.00.

Bulletin Report:

Paul Drallos announced that due to his teaching schedule that he may not be able to make all meetings. Please e-mail him information so that he has material to put into the bulletin.

Student Chapter Report:

No student report.

Old Business:

Bob Petrach talked about the Installation Dinner with Chapter One on December 16^th at the Gazebo in Warren. It was requested from Chapter One that Gary sends one check to cover all members. The cost is $23.00 single or $45.00 couple. There are currently about 19 reservations.

Bob went through a list of who is coming.

A motion adjourned the meeting from Viktor Astakhov and the meeting ended at about 8:30.

Respectfully submitted,

Stuart L. Selis