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Annual Meeting
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel Appleton, WI
October 25, 2002
Region 9 Senior Chapters in attendance
Racine 2 Wisconsin
Milwaukee 4 Wisconsin
Minneapolis 11 Minnesota
Fond Du Lac 45 Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids 71 Iowa
Madison 75 Wisconsin
Des Moines 80 Iowa
La Crosse 96 Wisconsin
Greater Omaha 103 Nebraska
Southern Minnesota 162 Minnesota
St. Paul 172 Minnesota
Dubuque 175 Iowa
Waterloo 186 Iowa
South East Nebraska 222 Nebraska
Northern Iowa 225 Iowa
Spencer 226 Iowa
Southeast Iowa 238 Iowa
Central Minnesota 239 Minnesota
Rib Mountain 264 Wisconsin
Central Iowa CASA/SME 280 Iowa
Minnesota River Valley 292 Minnesota
Indianhead 335 Wisconsin
Sioux Valley 386 South Dakota
Central Plains 400 Nebraska
Lakeshore Forming Chapter F423 Wisconsin
Absence
Mid-State Nebraska 194 Nebraska
Spencer 226 Iowa
Executive Committee
Chair: Wayne Frost, CMfgE C-186
Chair-elect: Mark Hoh C-075
Treasurer: Chris Riegel, CMfgE, PE C-080
Secretary: Rich Austin C-264
Carl Brown, CMfgE - C264 Mike Gallagher - C075
Bill Schwinke - C186 Tom Linn - C004
Frank Trcka, CMfgE, PE- C080 Joe Kraft - C045
Dr. Teresa Hall, CMfgE - C186 Ron Vander Weerd - C175
Vern Castle, CMfgE, PE .C011 John Machovec , CMfgE- C194
John Ruegg - C162 Carolyn Walker - C238
Glen Pullin, CMfgT - C186 Charlene McCullen - C045
Barb O’Neil - C045 Vern Stumpenhorst - C194
Nelson Kraschel - C225 Naomi Brill - C011
Elaine Vavra - C222 Leon Nelson - C011
Cary Petersen - C222 Don Williams, CMfgE, PE - C075
Bryon Jorgenson - C172 Scott Volk, CMfgE - C400
Excused Absence:
Bill Sharpe C-186 Vern Stumpenhorst C-194
Nelson Kraschel C-225
Guest in Attendance
Bruce G. MacKender Member Relations Manager
Wayne Frost CMfgE called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m.
1.0 Roll Call R. Austin
Roll Call was taken and a quorum was determined to be present.
2.0 Presentation of Minutes, Region 9 Annual Meeting October 12, 2001 R. Austin
Region 9 Annual Meeting at the Concourse Hotel and Governors’ Club, Madison, WI , Oct. 12.2001 minutes were distributed. A Motion by Madison Chapter 75 and seconded by LakeShore Chapter 428 to accept the minutes as presented. The Motion carried.
3.0 Treasurer's Report C. Riegel
Riegel presented the Treasurer's report in the annual report. Fond du Lac Chapter 45 Motioned to accept the Treasurer's Report as presented, seconded by Des Moines Chapter 80. Motion carried.
4.0 Committees Reporting to Chair-Elect M. Hoh
4.1 Professional Development C. Brown
. Planning half day training covering Career Mentoring, Certification and the MEP Program.
4.1.1 Certification /Career Mentor C. Brown
Developing a feedback mechanism in conjunction with State coordinators and MEP coordinators, for successful and innovative programs and delivery methods for professional development. Carl Brown has put together the Career Mentoring and Life Long Learning portion of the workshop
4.1.2 Technical Programs B. Schwinke
4.1.3 Continuing Education B. Schwinke
Bill Schwinke is developing the MEP portion of the program. This is completed for the workshop.
4.2 State Coordinators M. Hoh
4.2.1 Nebraska S. Volk
Volk’s report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report.
4.2.2 Wisconsin/Upper Michigan C McCullen
McCullen’s report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report.
4.2.3 Iowa G. Pullin
Pullin’s report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report.
4.2.4 Minnesota B. Jorgenson
Jorgenson’s report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report.
4.3 Strategic Planning V. Castle
Castle’s report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report.
4.4 Officer Nominating Committee J. Ruegg
Ruegg presented the following candidates to the chapters: Chris Riegel for Chair Elect, and Rich Austin for Treasurer. Madison, Chapter 75 Motioned and Lake Shore Chapter 428 seconded them for election to the noted positions. Motion carried.
4.4.1 Introduction of Candidates J. Ruegg
Two candidates for Secretary, Glen Pullin and Scott Volk were submitted to the Chapters.
4.4.2 Officer Election J. Ruegg
Ballots were handed out one per senior chapter represented.
4.5 Election of Year 2002 Officer Nominating Committee M. Hoh
Candidates for the Nominating committee were presented as Ruegg, Walker, Gallagher and Castle.
Milwaukee Chapter 4 motioned and Madison, Chapter 75 seconded for electing the slate of candidates for the Nominating committee. Slate was elected.
5.0 Committees reporting to the Treasurer C. Riegel
5.1 Academic & Student Development - Faculty & Students T. Hall
Hall provided report in the annual report. In September 2002, an email was sent to all faculty advisors in Region 9 reminding them to send in chapter officer forms, encouraging COC attendance, and included a description of COC and the workshops.
5.2 Academic & Student Development - Sr. Chapter Liaisons L. Nelson
Nelson noted his report and that his workshop ready to go. He appreciated the help with updating the directory regarding Student Chapters and advisors. Increased costs of certification and renewing of student memberships is becoming a concern of students and could result in declining numbers.
6.0 Committees reporting to the Secretary R. Austin
6.1 Database Information - Directory V. Castle
Trying to get all of the necessary Chapter information was a difficult problem encountered and had the greatest effect on getting the required information for dissemination needed to provide an accurate tool
6.2 Bulletin R. Austin
More information will be stored on the Region 9 website
6.3 Image Enhancement - Electronic Communications B. Sharpe
Sharpe noted the Engineers week presentation on the web as well as on Iowa Communications Network.
6.5 Historian D. Williams
Williams commented that Chapters are going electronic making it harder to keep a good historical record for the region. He restated a request for good hard copy material.
7.0 Committees reporting to the Chair W. Frost
7.1 Leadership Training Coordinator J. Kraft
Kraft noted this has been a year of change for the C.O.C. workshops. He noted the "X and Y" Generation workshop will give you a very in-depth insight into young people.
7.2 Special Activities N. Kraschel
Frost reported for Kraschel. ICN night was held Feb.19, 2002. We should receive $500 innovative funding to support video streaming across the nation of Iowa State’s virtual reality cave. He invited any chapter to set up a site.
7.3 Membership Retention J. Machovec
Machovec report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report
7.4 Membership Recruitment J. Machovec
Machovec report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report.
7.5 Honor Awards M. Gallagher
Gallagher report for the meeting is included in the Annual meeting report. He stressed the importance of applying for awards.
7.6 Constitution/By Laws F. Trcka
Trcka reminds everyone that the S.O.P. is only a guideline and can be changed by the Executive Committee at anytime
7.7 Chapter Advisors F. Trcka
Trcka report is in the annual meeting report. The last year has been a tough one for many chapters. There is an ongoing problem trying to fill the various officer positions. People seem to be busy with numerous activities and they are reluctant to volunteer for their S.M.E. chapter. I encourage each one of you to make an effort to bring a new person onto your board..
7.8 2002 Host Committee B. O’Neil
Chapter 45 welcomes you to Appleton, Wisconsin. We wish you a productive and enjoyable conference.
7.9 2003 Host Committee
Cary PetersonOn behalf of the SME members in Chapter 222, Southeast Nebraska, I would like to invite everyone to the 2003 COC in Lincoln, NE on October 10 & 11, 2003. We are excited about hosting this event in Lincoln, and hope that you will make plans to attend. We have made reservations for COC to be held at the Holiday Inn-Downtown, which has easy access from Lincoln Municipal Airport and Interstate 80. We believe the accommodations will be to your liking. We have set up 2 tours. The first will be at the Kawasaki Motors plant that produces Jet Ski watercraft, ATVs, motorcycles and the new rail car plant. The afternoon tour is of Speedway Motors, which includes a car and engine collection like know other.
7.9 2001 Financial Audit Report T. Linn
Linn presented his report and considering the high number of expense reports and the number of transactions reviewed, it was concluded that the financial records have been maintained in an acceptable manner, and that the Treasurer, Mark Hoh, did an outstanding job.
8.0 International Directors Report R. Vander Weerd
Vander Weerd’s report is in the annual meeting report. Dick Smith, RCC Chair and Wayne Frost 2002 Innovation sub-committee chair presented their latest plan to streamline and enhance SME’s local member and member engagement infrastructure. The report was accepted as informative and the Board asked that additional study be made for discussion at the November Meeting.
9.0 International Committee Reports W. Frost
9.1 International Director Nominating Committee V. Stumpenhorst
9.2 Region Chair Committee W. Frost
Wayne Frost 2002 innovation sub-committee chair presented their latest plan to streamline and enhance SME’s local member and member engagement infrastructure. He felt the presentation went well. Frost noted reduced funding in 2003 to Regions
10.0 Old Business W. Frost
10.1 C.O.C. Requests R. Austin
2002-Appleton,WI-Approved
2003-Lincoln, NE-Approved
2004-La Crosse, WI Tentative
11.0 New Business W. Frost
11.1 Announcements on COC workshop Updates J. Kraft
11.3 Election Results J. Ruegg
A secret ballot was conducted. Glen Pullin was elected to Secretary position. Madison, Chapter 75 Motioned to destroy the ballots and Minneapolis Chapter 11 seconded, Motion carried.
12.0 Adjourn V. Castle
A Motion was made to Adjourn by LakeShore Chapter 428 and seconded by Southeast Nebraska Chapter 222. The Annual meeting was adjourned at 2:34 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Rich Austin Wayne Frost, CMfgE
Secretary Chair
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