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Technical Presentation:
The technical presentation commenced at 6:15 p.m. in
room T-6 of the Advanced Technology Building on the Auburn Hills Campus of
Oakland Community College. Dr.
Gerald S. Cole, PhD FASM, CEO and President of LightWeightStrategies LLC was the
presenter. Dr. Cole was a Senior
Staff Technical Specialist with Ford Motor Company. His career at Ford spanned 38 years in a
range of subjects from metallurgy and cast metals R&D, physical analysis and
vehicle weight reduction.
This evening he discussed “Casting/Machining of Magnesium Components” and
“China’s Evolution of Magnesium Production”.
Chairman, Robert Petrach called the meeting of the
executive board to order at 7:15 p.m.
Meeting
Attendees:
Gary Shepperd – Chair Elect,
Jack Wagner-Treasurer, Kathie House – Secretary, Scott Manning – Membership
Chair, John Dinovski – Certifications Chair, Cathy DeNardo – Membership Chair,
Viktor Astakhov – Awards Chair, Elaine Petrach – Webmaster, Phil Crockett – OCC
Student Advisor, Alan Wolfe, Wayne Hertlein, Josef Lorenzi, Brian Pelinski, Ted
Bernhard, Arman Khan, John Eckart, Yogen Rahangdale, Chris Zenas, Lisa Martin,
Niall Sullivan, Constantin Balan, Doug Ruffley, Alex Kiwion, David Lau, Pedro
Silva, John Quigley and Gerald Cole.
Chapter
Business
Secretary’s Report:
Robert Petrach presented the
minutes from the December meeting that were reviewed, voted on and
approved. Motion was made by Scott
Manning and seconded by Phil Crockett to accept the minutes as recorded.
Treasurer’s Report:
Jack Wagner distributed the
monthly reports for November and December 2004, the SME Headquarters’ Chapter 69
Balance Sheet and Chapter 69’s Budget Planning Guide for 2005. He informed members that Chapter 69
should have receive a reduction in the Bank account expenses (a credit of
$18.27). He said he’d check with
the Bank so that the Chapter is not a charged a certificate fee in December
2004. He said that for 2004 the
Chapter broke even with the expenses and credit received from
SME.
The SME Balance Sheet was given
for members to review all of the expenses for 2004. The total charges received from SME
totaled $6,000.
The Chapter spent $3,000. The Chapter received $3,000 in its
checking account, which results in the current balance. Last year the Chapter received three
payments from SME.
Jack stated that if the Chapter
sends a representative to the 2005 annual meeting (which will take place in
Baltimore) it may cost the Chapter $800-$1200. (Gary Shepperd has been asked to attend
the annual meeting.)
Chairman Petrach tabled the
discussion on the 2005 proposed budget
until the next meeting. Jack will schedule his audit in two
weeks.
Nominating Committee:
Gary Shepperd informed everyone
that he has two volunteers for and will report status at next
meeting.
Membership Report:
Cathy DeNardo completed the
survey of current members and has developed a new welcome letter to send out to
members. She has purchased 50
nametags for $28.38 and has ordered 110 stick on SME labels at a cost of
$10.00. She asked the membership if
it would be interested in purchasing engraved SME name badges. The engraved name badges cost
$10.00-$15.00 each. If any members
are interested in purchasing badges please contact Cathy. John Dinovksi motioned to reimburse
Cathy for the expenses she incurred purchasing the nametags and stick on
labels. Kathie House seconded it
motion, which was accepted by the members.
Outreach STEPS Program:
Cathy DeNardo stated that she’d
spoken with Kim and that STEPS already has entered into a relationship with
Macomb Community College. Cathy
will stay in touch with Kim as future developments for the STEPS program are
initiated.
Programs Report:
Scott told that membership that
he and Gary Shepperd have a speaker for the February 2005 meeting. Chairman Petrach stated that he’d like
to finalize the speakers for the months of April and May. Scott said no tours had been
scheduled as of yet due to the work schedules and available times for tours at
most companies. Royal Tool
Management System in Madison Heights hosted the October 2004 meeting and tour of
its facilities, which was well attended and managed. Scott suggested to the members that
tours be held at companies who host monthly meetings.
Chairman Petrach indicated that
advanced planning of presentations and tours was a key enabler to reducing the
number of bulletins and bulletin expense. Target is to have information early
enough to take advantage of bulk mailing rate and to do to reduce the bulletins
to four per year.
Bulletin Report:
The report was presented by
Chairman Petrach in Joel Storchan’s (Bulletin Editor) absence. We have been mailing bulletins first
class, using a bulk rate will save 80% in postage cost. He also said that some chapters now send
out quarterly e-bulletins to its members.
He will monitor the e-bulletins and keep members informed of its success
or failure.
Certification Report:
John Dinovski said the date for
the study session has been changed to Jan. 21st and that there have
been some changes made to the times of the study sessions. On Friday April 1, 2005 the session will
be held from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
On Fridays, Feb. 4 & 25, 2005 the session will take place from 6:00
p.m. – 8:30p.m. On Friday, March
18, 2005 and on Friday, April 4, 2005 the session will
___________________.
To date, there are five
candidates who will be tested for the CMfgE certification. John asked the Chapter to consider
purchasing a set of the textbooks.
He also informed the members that there is a need for additional
instructors to lead the study sessions.
Student Chapter Reports:
Several students attended this
evening’s presentation. Chairman
Petrach discussed a letter he received from Dr. Beth Zou, student chapter
advisor at Oakland University. Dr.
Zou will host a meeting Jan 21 from 12 Noon – 2:00 p.m. on the campus of
Oakland University in Dodge Hall.
Everyone is invited to attend the meeting to discuss technology
events.
Old
Business:
None
New
Business:
Scott Manning thanked
Cathy DeNardo for confirming March’s guest
speaker/presenter.
Kathie House informed the
Chapter of the death of student Stacy Chandler’s husband. She asked the members for their approval
to send a sympathy card to Stacy from Chapter 69. It was unanimously agreed upon. She asked for members to volunteer to
talk with high school students during the OCC – Auburn Hills’ Campus Technology
Day, Feb. 8, 2005.
The meeting was adjourned at
8:15 p.m. The next meeting will be
held on
Wednesday, February 9, 2005 at
Oakland Community College – Auburn Hills Campus in the Technology Building Room
T-6.
*AFTER THE FACT
CHANGE - FEBRUARY 9, 2005 6pm MEETING WILL BE
AT HENKEL TECHNOLOGIES
2455 FEATHERSTONE ROAD, Auburn Hills, MI
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and Map Below
Topic -"Adhesives, Design & Application Criteria Sealing and Bonding Adhesives"
Respectfully
submitted,
Kathie S. House
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