Society
of Manufacturing Engineers Chapter 69 Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting March 9, 2005
Technical Presentation:
At 6:10 the technical
presentation "The Changing Face of Automotive Manufacturing" was
given Dr. Jay Baron Director, Manufacturing Systems at the Center for
Automotive Research. (a pdf
file of the presentation can be found on the Chapter 69 website.
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Chapter
Business
Chairman
Petrach called the meeting of the executive board to order at
Meeting Attendees:
Robert
Petrach – Chairman, Gary Shepperd- Chair Elect, Jack Wagner – Treasurer, Scott
Manning – Program Chair, John Dinovski- Certification Chair, Cathy DeNardo –
Membership Chair, Viktor Astakhov – Awards Chair, Elaine Petrach – Webmaster,
Alan Wolfe, Alex Kiwior, Erich Mau, Ed McCallum,
Chris Reinhout, David Dilley, Bijay
Nayak, Jack Day, Gerald Cole, Doug Ruffley, Gary Gathen, Qian (Beth) Zou, Phil Crockett,
Ed Marcum, Russell Hamann,
Karen Frank, Patrick Eveland.
Chapter
Business
Secretary’s Report:
Chairman
Petrach asked if there were any additions or corrections to the unofficial
February minutes as posted on the website.
There were none, Gary Shepperd moved to accept the minutes and Scott
Manning seconded the motion.
No other chapter business was
conducted.
After
the Technical presentation there was a joint meeting with two presentations,
one from SME Chapter 69 and one from IIE-GDC Chapter 47.
First,
Chapter 69 Oakland Macomb of SME began the meeting that commenced forty-five
minutes after seven. Bob Petrach kicked
it off introducing the chapter and officers, Gary Shepperd
talked about future plans and student programs to expand membership, Scott
Manning described upcoming programs, John Dinovski
explained Certification support and opportunities, Cathy DeNardo
described membership programs including the 2 telethons, future possible
activity with STEPS and the Diversity Initiative in SME to encourage
participation among our women members and opportunities related to the
integration of women in the technical work environment.
Bob
Petrach finished up by touching on the many opportunities in the Technical
Community network noting the opportunities on over 50 specialized areas and
then presented the floor to Bijay Navak
who is the President of IIE-GDC Chapter 47 and a member of SME Chapter 69.
Bijay
presented the IIE-GDC Strategic Plan 2005, Chapter Programs emphasizing the
Symposium 2005, Lean Six Sigma Value Management Symposium - October 21st, Board
Meetings schedule for all of 2005, 2005 Board Officers. He also showed us some IIE-GDC procedures
such as the Chapter Activity report and the Member Satisfaction Survey.
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:31 p.m. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday,
April 13, 2005 at
Respectfully
submitted,
Elaine
M. Petrach – SME Chapter S224 President –
For
Kathie House, Secretary Chapter 69