Society
of Manufacturing Engineers Chapter 69 Minutes of the Executive Board Meeting November 8, 2006
Technical
Presentation:
The
presenter for the evening was Dr. Hongping Gu from
Powerlasers.
Dr.
Gu’s talk was on welding plastics with diode lasers.
Awards
chairman, Viktor Astakhov presented a certificate of appreciation from Chapter
69 to Dr. Gu. Dinner and socializing followed the
presentation.
Chairman,
Gary Shepperd began the meeting at 7:20 p.m.
Meeting
Attendees:
Gary Shepperd-Chairman, John Dinovski-Chair Elect, Alan Wolfe-Secretary, Scott Manning-Programs Chair, Cathy DeNardo-Membership Chair, Viktor Astakhov-Awards Chair, Paul Drallos-Bulletin Editor, Ed Marcum-International Awards Chair, Robert Petrach, Vern Speidel, Frank Fenton, Michele Bluebend, Bill Butler, Hongping Gu
Chapter
Business
Secretary's
Report
A
motion made by Ed Marcum and seconded by Bob Petrach accepted the October
minutes presented by Alan Wolfe.
Treasurer's
Report
Jack
Wagner was absent. Gary Shepperd mentioned that he was in contact with Jack and
we were still in good financial shape. Balance to date is
$5,649.21
Membership
Committee:
Cathy DeNardo talked about the Steps program and is looking forward to next year. Twenty-five girls went through the program. Next year they are thinking of having two smaller classes of twenty in each class maybe one in the spring and one in the fall.
Cathy also talked about ordering nametags 3 to 4 times a year instead of monthly.
Programs
Report:
Scott
Manning said the January presenter would be Suresh Rama, which will be on “Six
Sigma versus Designing for Six Sigma”.
Communications
Report:
Doug Ruffley was absent.
Certification
Report:
Larie Smith was absent. No report on November certification class and test status.
Bulletin
Report:
Paul Drallos was asking how many bulletins the Chapter wanted per year.
This will be determined at the December planning meeting.
It was also decided the next bulletin would be a combined December-January bulletin.
Student
Chapter Report(s):
Jennifer Warstler was absent. No report on student chapter status. We are looking for volunteers for incoming 2007 Student Coordinator position and speakers to talk to students about SME, Manufacturing in general and professional organizations.)
Nominations
Committee:
Bob
Petrach read the nominees for 2007 and asked if there were any more nominations
from the floor. There were no further nominations. Nominees were: Chair- John
Dinovski, Chair Elect- Vern Speidel, Treasurer-Jack Wagner, Secretary-Alan
Wolfe, Membership Chair-Bob Petrach, Communications-Doug Ruffley,
Certification-Larie
Smith, Programs- Leandro Barajas.
A
motion to accept nominations and approve by acclimation was made by Bob Petrach
and seconded by Scott Manning. The motion was unanimously accepted. As
outlined in
BYLAWS ARTICLE 36 - CHAPTER ORGANIZATION Section 12 of SME GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT
Updated July 2005, Gary Shepperd directed Alan to note the slate was elected
unanimously.
Appointed positions will be made by 2007 Chair
John Dinovski.
Old
Business:
Viktor
Astakhov will bring the awards for the Installation Dinner.
Ed
Marcum is working on the International Awards.
Gary
Shepperd made reservations at
New
Business:
John
Dinovski asked that everyone bring a calendar and any material that can be of
help to the next person doing their job.
John
want’s to plan the entire 2007 schedule at this meeting.
Scott
Manning thanked Bob Petrach for his work on the Nomination
Committee.
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:25pm by a motion from Viktor Astakhov and seconded by
Scott Manning.
Respectfully
submitted,
Alan
Wolfe