Society
of Manufacturing Engineers Chapter 69 Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting February 9, 2005
Technical Presentation:
The technical presentation
began at 6:20 p.m. at Henkel Technologies
Applications
Engineers, at Henkel.
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Chairman
Petrach called the meeting of the executive board to
order at 8:00 p.m.
Meeting Attendees:
Robert
Petrach – Chairman, Gary Shepperd-
Chair Elect, Jack Wagner – Treasurer, Kathie House – Secretary, Scott Manning –
Program Chair, John Dinovski- Certification Chair,
Cathy DeNardo – Membership Chair, Viktor Astakhov – Awards Chair, Elaine Petrach
– Webmaster, Alan Wolfe, Alex Kiwior, Dave Archer,
Joe Feord, Steve Griffiths, Doug Bladecki,
and Natalie Lowell.
Chapter
Business
Secretary’s Report:
Corrections
to the January, 2005 minutes:
John
Dinovski informed members that there are not five (5)
CEM candidates; there are four (4) CMfgE candidates
and one (1) CEM candidate scheduled for certification testing. Alex Kiwior
informed the secretary that his last name was misspelled.
Chairman
Petrach stated that he’d like the minutes posted onto
the website at least one week before the meeting. These minutes will be unofficial until
reviewed at the monthly meeting.
John
Dinovski moved to accept the corrected minutes and
Scott Manning seconded the motion.
Treasurer’s Report:
While
Jack Wagner-treasurer was out of town, 2004 Chairman Crockett submitted the
2004 Treasurer Report to SME Headquarters. Jack thanked Chairman Petrach for completing the audit and reviewing the report
with Phil Crockett.
Jack
Wagner said that the Chapter overspent its income by $300.00. He has formulated the 2005 budget for
approval by members. He distributed the
monthly Finance Reports for December and January (both of which for the last
two years have been distributed together at the Feb. meeting).
The
Bank is still charging the Chapter a $16.00 accounting fee that Jack will again
look into. If the fee is not credited to
the Chapter’s account Jack will begin to research other financial institutions
for consideration of a new bank account (this is the third time that the Bank
has charged the Chapter this fee.)
Jack
stated that the Chapter received a credit form SME Headquarters for
$355.64. The beginning balance was
$3592.24 and the current checking account balance is $3518.12. Chairman Petrach
anticipates fewer dollars this year because we have fewer members. He will budget four (4) bulletins to be
mailed bulk rate out to members this year.
The bulletins will include the scheduled activities (presenters, tours,
joint activities with other chapters, et cetera). He will ask Stacey Chandler, member of the
Attendance at the 2005 SME Annual Meeting in
Budgeted
Line Items for 2005 are:
The
Awards that are given to each of the monthly presenters is budgeted at $450.00
for this year. Chairman Petrach stated that in 2004 the Chapter spent less than
$1,000.00 for Awards. The 2005
Installation Dinner’s budget is $1200.00. He has added $250.00 to the
certification budget for John Dinovski to purchase
extra study materials. He concluded by
saying that the 2005 budget is not “hard and fast” and that he wanted to share
it with the members. There is no need
for formal approval from the Chapter.
Nominations Committee:
Gary
Shepperd told members that there are three (3)
volunteers for the nominating committee. They are: Ed Marcum, Phil Crockett and
Vicktor Astakhov. The TCN Chair is Dick Bailey. Doug Bladecki SME
Member Services was pleased to hear Chapter 69 had a TCN Chair. Doug asked what
the duties were. Bob Petrach explained that the job
description was a work in progress, but the intention was to have a point
person for information about TCN opportunities and someone who could answer
questions or at least help steer inquiries in the right direction as well as
encourage participation in TCN activities.
Membership Committee:
Cathy
DeNardo needs five (5) members to purchase the name
badges that the Chapter bought.
The
Telethon will take place on April 26, 2005 at the SME Headquarters. Cathy will
attend a banquet for the Girl Scouts with the STEP Program Coordinator. Kathie
House shared with members a copy of the
Natalie
Lowell, Member Relations Manager for SME (Headquarters) discussed the Chapter’s
Telethon and how it was selected as a “Best Practice” by SME. The idea for the Telethon has been shared
with ten (10) other chapters in
Chairman
Petrach asked members to contact Cathy and inform her
if they’d like to have the Telethon publicized on the website.
Jack
Wagner suggested that the Chapter offer activities focused on the recruitment
and retention of those members who are managers.
Chairman
Petrach informed members of a presentation sponsored
by the
Natalie
Lowell is currently recruiting a Membership Consultant (MCon);
this is a volunteer job with some benefits.
The consultant will work with the senior chapters in the
Programs Report:
Scott
Manning thanked Cathy DeNardo for confirmation of the
May presenter.
New
member, Steve Griffiths, Sales Engineer at Materialize in
Bulletin Report:
Joel
Storchan was absent and no report was given. Joel did
a great job in turn around on the bulletin once again. The bulletin was
published a day after program information was finalized.
Certification Report:
John
Dinovski, Certification Chair said that the CMfgE and CEM study sessions are in progress and that there
are enough instructions to facilitate the study sessions.
Student Chapter Report:
Kathie
House asked Chairman Petrach if his “Chairman’s
message”, found in the Feb. 2005 Bulletin (it list the upcoming presenters and
their topics of discussion) can be sent out to the instructors at
Chairman
Petach informed the Chapter that Elaine Petrach is the Chairperson for
Old Business:
Chairman
Petrach will summarize the 2005 calendar and place it
on the Chapter’s website. He will speak
with Elaine Petrach to collaborate and announce Chapter
69’s and the activities planned by
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday,
March 9, 2005 at
Respectfully
submitted,
Kathie
S. House