Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Chapter 69

Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting

January 10, 2007

Technical Presentation:

Tonight the Presentation was held after the meeting and dinner.

The presenter for the evening was Dr. Suresh Rama. His presentation was on “Six Sigma vs. Design for Six Sigma.” It was a very informative night. Awards chairman, Viktor Astakhov presented a certificate of appreciation from Chapter 69 to Dr. Rama.

Chairman, John Dinovski began the meeting at 6:10 p.m.

Meeting Attendees:

John Dinovski-Chairman, Vern Speidel-Chair Elect, Alan Wolfe-Secretary,

Viktor Astakhov-Awards Chair, Robert Petrach-Membership Chair, Larie Smith-Certifications Chair, Leandro Barajas-Programs Chair, Gary Shepperd, Cathy DeNardo, Scott Manning,

Stan Duda, Mark Webster

Chapter Business

Secretary's Report

A motion made by Scott Manning and seconded by Gary Shepperd accepted the December minutes presented by Alan Wolfe.

Treasurer's Report

Jack Wagner was absent. Jack sent John the monthly financial report. We are still in good financial shape with a balance of over $4,800.00. John Dinovski will be getting together with Jack Wagner for the 2006-year end financial report that is due by the end of the month to SME.

Membership Committee:

Bob Petrach said, as of last week our membership was 392 down from 406 in mid December.

If we lose members at this rate by May we will be below the 85% mark for Chapter Funding.

Bob had another talk with Joel Storchan. Joel said he wanted to help.

Bob will look into having a workshop on writing resumes. He asked for help on this issue.

John Dinovski will update the calendar with a date for the workshop.

Programs Report:

Leandro Barajas informed us that February’s Tech Presenter notify him that he was not up to giving it. Scott Manning is looking into a tour at one of his plants. Leandro talked about a possible tour of Auburn Engineering instead. He will be emailing us if our February meeting and tour will be held there. Leandro has three possibilities’ for Tech Presentations. He feels we should be fine till

mid year for presenters. Leandro will make a list of presenters and there titles and email them to us.

Communications Report:

Doug Ruffley was absent. John Dinovski talked with Doug about emailing a Notice/Bulletin 2-3 days before our meeting. Doug will have the names of the new Board Members placed in a newspaper. John will get the database of members from Doug which will include Chapter 1,69&79.

Bulletin Report:

Paul Drallos was absent. John talked with Paul who said a monthly Bulletin would not be a problem. Need to get Presentation information to Paul.

Certification Report:

Larie Smith reported that 2 people would be taking the “T” exam in January.

The test and reviews will be held at Larie’s place of work, Michigan Production Machine.

“T” exam. - Review Saturday January 20,27 Test Sunday January 28.

There are enough members to help with the review. Larie has all the material.

Old Business:

John to email updated Chapter Calendar.

Bob Petrach will look into if Alan Wolfe needs to be sworn in as Secretary since he missed the Installation dinner.

New Business:

Gary Shepperd suggested John Dinovski get together with Jack Wagner and himself to get John’s name on the bank account.

They will work on the 2006 financial report that is due January 31, 2007 at this time.

January meeting was held before the tech presentation. There was some discussion whether this is a better format. Open for discussion at next meeting.

The meeting was opened during the presentation and adjourned after, by a motion from

Alan Wolfe and seconded by Viktor Astakhov.

Respectfully submitted,

Alan Wolfe