Newsletter

DELMARVA SUBSECTION

February 18, 2000



Dear Members:



Executive Committee has met on Feb. 8, 2000 to discuss chartering 

ceremony, engineers week activities, student chapter activities, and 

elections. Minutes of the meeting is on our web page at 

http://www.asme.org/sections/delmarva. Purpose of this communication is to 

give you some good news, invite you to Chartering ceremony at UMES, 

announce an elections/seminar/dinner meeting, and request nominations from 

you for open positions. 





1. Good News



Upon being nominated by DELMARVA Group, our treasurer Ray Jackson, has 

been appointed to complete Dr. Sahay's term as Vice President of ASME for 

Mid Atlantic Region III. Congratulations to Ray. We are sure that he will 

do an excellent job. 



It is now official that we were upgraded to subsection. Executive 

Committee would like to thank all of you for your support. Subsection will 

be receiving $450.00 in addition to what we receive from Delaware Section 

(~$750.00). This year however, we have only received $225.00 instead of 

$450.00 since approval came late. ASME V.P. Ray Jackson will deliver the 

Charter to our Subsection at UMES. 





2. Chartering of UMES Student Section 



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

room at 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. at UMES. Dr. Robert Johnson (executive V.P. 

of UMES), Dr. Boyd (Dean, School of Business and Technology), Ray Jackson 

(New V.P. for ASME Eastern Region), Chairs of Technology and 

Engineering/Aviation 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 was sent to Dr. Spikes (UMES 

president) to invite her to the activity. Unfortunately she will not be 

able to attend the meeting due to her tight schedule. During the ceremony, 

Ray Jackson will also present Subsection Charter to Bill Hargrove (Chair 

for DELMARVA Group). Lunch shall be provided. Please let me know if you 

are planning to attend ASAP. 

 

3. Elections



Executive Committee, tentatively, has set April 19 as elections night. We 

are planning to invite a speaker. We shall be meeting at Bonanza in 

Delmar, DE at 6:30 P.M. I shall be communicating final arrangements with 

you by e-mail. Those of you who do not receive e-mail from me, please, use 

our web page or give me a call to find out details as the date approaches. 

If you do have an e-mail and do not receive e-mail from me  please let me 

know or drop me an e-mail. Order of business will be dinner, seminar and 

elections. 



Our web page is at: http://www.asme.org/sections/delmarva. 





4. Open Positions/Nominations



Please send your nominations (by e-mail, telephone, mail) to me on or 

before April 12, 2000. Current open positions and nominations received so 

far are given below: 



Executive Committee:



Chair      : William Hargrove, Pokomoke City, MD

Vice Chair : Thomas Edwards, Salisbury, MD

Secretary  : Andrew Groves, Snow Hill, MD

Treasurer  : Ray Jackson, Snow Hill, MD 



Committees:



Satellite Programs: Raymond Jackson, Snow Hill, MD

Professional Practice and Ethics: Raymond Jackson, Snow Hill, MD

High School Relations: Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, Salisbury, MD 

History and Heritage: Raymond Jackson, Snow Hill, MD



College Relations, Government Relations, Honors and Awards, Member 

Interests, Membership Development, Industry Relations, Minorities and 

Women, Newsletter Editor, Professional Development,. Programs, Public 

Information, Technical Activities, Unemployed Members 





With Best Wishes,











Emin Yilmaz,

(On behalf of the Executive Council)



Secretary