Society
of Manufacturing Engineers Chapter 69 Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting October 12, 2005
Technical
Presentation:
The
presenter for the evening, was Dr. Sharon Xiao from GM
R&D USCAR.
Her
talk was on High-volume composites used in the automotive industry.
Dinner
and socialization followed the technical presentation. Awards chairman, Viktor Astakhov, presented
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Chairman,
Robert Petrach began the meeting at 7:20 p.m.
Meeting
Attendees:
Robert
Petrach-Chair, CMfgT, CMfgE,
Gary Shepperd-Chair Elect, Cathy DeNardo-Membership
Chair, Scott Manning-Programs Chair, CMfgT, Viktor Astakov-Awards Chair, PhD, Jack Day-SME Member Council,
CEM, CMfgE, Joel Storchan-Bulletin
Chair, John Dinovski-Certification Chair, CMfgE, Alan Wolfe-Best Practice Chair, Josef Lorenzi, Larie Smith, Amanda
Smith, Jennifer Warstler, Sharon Xiao, Paul Drallos
Chapter
Business
Secretary's
Report
Kathie
House gave her resignation as the Secretary Chair.
Robert
asked Al Wolfe to take minutes for the rest of the year.
Robert
Petrach presented the minutes from the September meeting. The
Minutes
were accepted by a motion made by Scott Manning and seconded by
Gary
Shepperd.
Treasurer's
Report
Robert Petrach gave the report in Jack
Wagner’s absent.
Joel
asked that we should look into a standard excel file to be used for the
accounting.
Bylaws Change
A
vote was taken to have a Communications Chair as an elected office.
The
communications chair will be responsible for coordinating communications with
membership. Specifically, the Communications Chair will coordinate the
activities of Bulletin Editor, Webmaster, Bulk email and Public Relations and
any other communications needs that should arise. Motion made by Joel and
seconded by Scott Manning. Motion passed on voice vote.
Nominations
Committee:
Jack
Day gave the report and said our chapter is a model chapter for the MEI.
He
listed the names of the new board members and their titles.
This
information is on our website.
Chair
and Chair elect will pick the non-elect positions. Gary Shepperd
talked about the SME Annual Meeting he and Jack Day attended on June 1-5 in
Awards Banquet
Robert
asked for a volunteer to make arrangements for our Awards Banquet.
No
one volunteered. There will be approximate 40 people and a budget of
$1,500-$1,800 dollars. The date is November 22, 2005 the Tuesday before
Thanksgiving. Anyone interested in taking this on contact Robert.
Membership
Committee:
Cathy
Denardo asked for volunteers for the telethon that
will be held on October 25, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. at SME Headquarters.
Cathy again encouraged members to purchase name badges at the new cost of $8.00
Programs
Report:
Scott
Manning said the Presentation is on for next month and asked for the meeting to
start at 5:45pm.The Brewery Dragon Meade tour is still in the works.
Scott
asked for ideas on plant tours to be emailed to him. Gary Gathen
is our presenter on “Lean Manufacturing for the Tool & Die Shop” for the
January meeting.
Bulletin
Report:
Deadline
for November bulletin information to Joel is October 21, 2005. Joel Storchan is
going to be adding some new features to the bulletin. He is also changing the
wording from Executive Board Meeting to Board Meeting.
Awards Report:
Victor
and Ed submitted their candidate for the SME International Award.
Certification
Report:
John
Dinovski said that one person is signed up for the
certification exams.
Gary
Shepperd said he would also sign up. John asked to
change the date of the exams to past Thanksgiving. Also he would like to get
more students to take the certification exams. Student’s cost is half the
normal cost.
Student
Chapter Report(s):
Jennifer
Lyn Warstler, our Student Relations Coordinator told
us about her educational background and stated see was looking forward to her
new position.
The
Chapter is looking to get feed back from students and working on a long-term
relationship with OU & OCC.
Robert
Petrach stated that there were no reports from either
TCN Report:
Robert
Petrach gave the report in Dick’s absence.
The Technology Community Network is a new initiative. There are 7 communities and 58 TCN total
groups.
He
asked members to check out the SME website for TCN upcoming meetings and
events.
Best Practices
Report:
Alan
Wolfe said he was working on guidelines to help the next Best Practice Chair.
Old Business:
Jack
Day and Bob Petrach talked about charging non-members five or ten dollars for
the technical presentations, to cover cost of their dinners.
Jack
wrote an email to Bob with the advantages and disadvantages, neither of them
had it handy to discuss. This idea and implementation plan will be a topic at
the December Planning meeting.
New Business:
There
was no new business. Bob Petrach mentioned October 20 "Designing for Die Casting: how
to plan for ‘precision’ die cast components." By: Jim Aydelotte
and Mark Stuligross of Dynacast.
Check out the chapter 79 website for details. Also The Design and Manufacturing
Alliance is holding a conference October 28 at OCC.
Deadline for registration is October 21. There is no charge. Topic is “The
Future of Design and Manufacturing in
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
The next
meeting is scheduled for November 9, 2005 at OCC T-6 at 5:45pm instead of the
normal 6:00 time. The presentation for
November is "Optimizing
Cutting Tool Performance in Die, Mold, & Job Shop Applications
Respectfully
submitted,
Alan
Wolfe for Kathie House