To  : Members

Date: Feb 10, 2000





Dear Members:



Please welcome our new members:



Giovanni Rosanova, Chincoteage

Raymond Scott, Dover

David Ednie, Easton

Bob Maine, Cambridge

Debora Fairbrother, Snow Hill

Karl Khan, Salisbury



Draft Minutes of Feb. 8, 2000 Executive council meeting is included 

below for your information.





Sincerely,



Emin Yilmaz



Secretary

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               ASME DELMARVA SUBSECTION MINUTES



                   February 8, 2000, 5:30 P.M.



                  UMES, Department of Technology





Ray Jackson, Bill Hargrove, Dr. Yilmaz, Dr. Nagchaudhuri, and 

Student members: Mr. Mayzck (president), Mr. Balentine (projects 

coordinator), Ms. Robinson (secretary) were present. 



1. ASME UMES Student Chapter Chartering Ceremony (Feb. 24, 2000)



Chartering ceremony is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2000 at Oasis 

dining room at 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. at UMES. Dr. Boyd (Dean, 

School of Business and Technology), Ray Jackson (New V.P. for 

Eastern Region), Chairs of Technology Engineering/Airway 

Science departments as well as students and members of DELMARVA 

Subsection executive council shall be attending the ceremony. 



DELMARVA Subsection members are strongly urged to attend the 

ceremony to increase visibility of ASME and our Subsection. Media 

shall be invited to cover the occasion. A special invitation 

shall be sent to Dr. Spikes (UMES president) to invite her to the 

activity. During the ceremony, Ray Jackson will also present 

Subsection Charter to Bill Hargrove (Chair for DELMARVA Group). 



2. Engineer's Week Activities



Engineers week is Feb. 21-27. Ray has contacted Thomas Edwards 

(one of our members) to draft a press release to advertise 

Engineers week in local newspapers. 



Ray ordered and received some posters from ASME. Some posters 

shall be passed to UMES Student Section for posting. Dr. 

Nagchaudhuri mentioned that JETS/TEAM is involved in 9-12 grade 

programs. Student members are encouraged to get involved with 

local high schools. 



3. Student Chapter Activities



ASME UMES Student section members have been meeting every other 

week to draft a constitution and plan activities. On October 26, 

1999 they visited Dupont Company in Wilmington. They will be 

attending career fair on Feb. 19, 2000 in Baltimore Convention 

Center. Ray urged students to be more active and recruit more 

students. Current student membership in section is 13. Ray 

suggested that students should contact Howard Berkoff (student 

representative from Penn State) for any help they need. 



Ray mentioned that there is no money available until July 1, 2000 

to invite speakers for student activities.



4. Scheduling of Executive Council Elections 



Proposed elections night is April 19 or 25th at Bonanza in 

Delmar, DE. Most likely we shall have a speaker. Members are 

requested to submit nominations or nominate themselves for all 

positions: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and 

activities coordinators/chairs. 



Bill nominated himself to stay as Chair, Ray nominated himself to 

continue to be Treasurer and Thomas Edwards as Vice Chair, Dr. 

Yilmaz nominated Andrew Groves as Secretary. 



5. Other Activities



Regional Administrative Conference (RAC) is on May 11-13, 

Bethlehem, PA. ASME covers expenses for two Executive Council 

members. 



Interim RAC (IRAC) is on Sept. 15-17 at Split Rock Resort, 

Pocono, PA. 



Regional Student Conference (RSC) is scheduled for April 7-9 at 

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Dr. Nagchaudhuri or Dr. Yilmaz 

will try to attend the RSC. Faculty advisor expenses and expenses 

for competing team are paid by ASME. Ray mentioned that competing 

team's membership fee for the upcoming year as well as their 

first year regular member membership fee is paid when they become 

regular member in ASME. 



Respectfully submitted,



Emin Yilmaz

Secretary