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Society of Manufacturing Engineers Chapter 69 Minutes of the
Executive Board Meeting October 8, 2008
Technical
Presentation: The
presenter for the evening was Brian Shay from Siemens PLM Software a Detroit
Chapter 001 member. Along with Brian were Dipesh Gandhi & Nabil Sater. Brian’s presentation was applying Digital Manufacturing to assembly processes. Nabil Sater, GM Account -Manufacturing for Siemens PLM
Software raffled off a Canon digital camera to the presentation attendees.
Viktor Astakhov was the happy winner. Viktor Astakhov presented a certificate of appreciation
from Chapter 69 to Brian. Dinner followed the presentation. Chairman, Bob
Petrach began the meeting at 7:45 p.m. with introductions. Meeting
Attendees: Robert Petrach-Chairman, Gary Shepperd-Treasurer, Alan Wolfe-Secretary, John Agapiou-Programs Chair, Viktor Astakhov-Awards Chair, Larie Smith-Certification Chair, Chapter 69 members- Chengyin Yuan, Alexander Kiwior, Frank Fenton, Stacy Behrens, Jason Viers, Mike Majewski, Chapter 01 members, Dan Acciacca, Brian Shay, Guests, Dipesh Gandhi, Nabil Sater Chapter BusinessSecretary's
Report Bob Petrach asked if there were any additions or corrections to the September minutes. None were offered. Gary Shepperd made a motion to accept, seconded by Larie Smith, approved. Treasurer's
Report Gary
Shepperd gave the report. Balance after tonight’s meeting $5,110.25 Gary
received the statement from the bank. Everything balances. Nominations
Committee Bob Petrach listed the slate of candidates nominated
to run for the 2009 board. There is no nominee for the Programs Chair position. Other opened positions are Student Relations Chair,
Best Practice Chair and the Tech Community Network Coord. Chair. Membership
Committee: Bob Petrach said we were at 342 members as of today. Last months 311 members were incorrect. At the end of this month is when we are rated by SME. Looking for 85% retention. This will bring us $2.00 per member from SME. Programs
Report: Bob
Petrach talked about last months Saleen plant tour and thanked John for a
great job. John
Agapiou talked about the November presentation which is on the same topic as
October, Digital Manufacturing, November’s presentations will be by Delmia. Brian
Shay asked if he could attend the presentation and Bob said yes you are
welcome. January
presentation is planned for a tour of KUKA Robotics. John
Agapiou asked what we would like for February. Larie
Smith suggested a robotics presentation at the OCC Lab might draw students to
the event. Mike Majewski who works for ABB said
he would look into ABB doing something for February. Certification
Report: Larie Smith said he had no candidates for the fall exam. The fall exams have been canceled. Will look into
having the exam’s in the spring. We will discuss this at next months meeting. Bob Petrach said both of the SME review slides had been purchased. Larie is to give
Viktor Astakhov the names to put on a plague to give to Michigan Production
Machine for their generosity in giving us their conference room for the
reviews and exams. Communications
Report: Doug Ruffley is out of town. Mark Tomlinson and Chengyin
Yuan have not been receiving emails from Chapter 069. Bob Petrach will notify Doug about this. Bulletin
Report: Paul Drallos was absent. Bob Petrach praised the great job that Paul has been doing and the fast turn around on this month’s bulletin. Student
Chapter Report: Bob Petrach said elections for OU S224 would not be
held soon due to the lack of student member interest. Bob talked about the
need in 2009 to get more students involved. Bob has not talked to Phil
Crockett this month about status of OCC S144. Old
Business: Bob
Petrach talked about the Installation Dinner with Chapter One on December 16th
at the Gazebo in Warren. It was requested from Chapter One that Gary sends
one check to cover all members. The cost is $23.00 single or $45.00 couple. Bob asked members that are going to bring
their checks to the next meeting or to mail them to Gary Shepperd. Dan Acciacca from Chapter One and Bob Petrach talked about past and future events and doing more joint events next year, and getting the student chapters involved. Dan Acciacca also talked about the need to go to SME for additional funds for the Chapters to advertise SME. Bob
Petrach talked about the benefits of SME and about getting Frank Fenton lined
up with the Laser Welding Tech. Community. Bob said Stacy Behrens would like
to do a presentation on Business Networking. Possible 1st or 2nd
quarter of 2009. New
Business: The slate of officers is to be in the
November Bulletin.
The vote for officers will be held at
the November meeting. Bob will make some calls to find a Programs Chair. A motion adjourned the meeting from Viktor Astakhov, seconded by Alexander Kiwior at 8:20pm. Respectfully
submitted, Alan
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