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ASME Section
Minutes 5-27-03
At
Kraft Headquarters, 7 Campus Drive, Parsippany
Attendance:
(Attendees noted by *)
Anold
Pristernik-Honors and Awards & Treasurer *
Beal Moore-Chair, History and Heritage
Boris Khusid-Essex/Hudson Chair
David Greenhut
Doug Longo
Hugh Huntzinger
Iggy D’Agati
Jim O’Toole
Karen Ohland-Section Chair & Vice Chair,
Bergen/Passaic*
Keith Olasin-past Section Chair
Larry Schmerzler
Lisa Grenier
Lisa Laplante- Industry relations
N. “Bud” Foster
Pablo Ospina-Webmaster
Peter
Hauser -Director, Northeast Region Office
Richard Dolinsky-Bergen /Passaic Chair*
Richard Touma
Sid Goodman-Section Secretary*
Steve Liss-Past Section Chair
Vikey Suwanprutsachati
Karen
called the meeting to order at 7:45 pm
Next
Section Meeting June 17th,
Tuesday
Kraft
Headquarters, 7 Campus Drive, Parsippany, at
7:30pm.
Scheduled
Programs:
(See
our web page for details)
Web
Page: http://sections.asme.org/northjersey/
Metal
Improvement of Shot Peening June 13.
Honors
and Awards Dinner June 26
Picnic
July 19 Specifics will be posted on the web page as soon
as possible. See general information below.
Additional
Region II programs:
Microfluidic/Biosensor
Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania onJune 5,
Forum
on Nanotechnology at NYU Stern School of Business on June 20,
7:30 am - 5:30 pm, http://www.asme.org/nano/forum
Other
Region II programs
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Westchester
& Mid-Hudson Region – Family Day at Croton-Harmon
Railroads, Saturday, June 14, contact Robert Farrell by June 7,
845-628-8573 or mbar202@aol.com. |
Programs
to be considered:
Metal
Improvement by Magnaplate coating (end of September)
Sterling
Mine (1st or 2nd week of October)
Paterson
Falls (1st or 2nd week of October)
Van
Peenen Dairy Farm, Wayne
Winery
(for Industry Relations and for Section)
Visit
to Consumer Union laboratory
Website
and Webmaster:
Submissions
to the Website by members or student chapters should be
in Front Page or a Microsoft Word document.
Before
items are posted on the site, they must be proof read.
Submit
e-mail articles to…
Lisa
Laplante llaplant@nji.com
Richard Dolinsky dolinskyr@asme.org
Sid Goodman sjgdesin@mindspring.com
Final approval of submissions will be made by
Karen
Ohland Karen.ohland@metmuseum.org.
Special
articles for the website are welcome.
Treasury
Report:
The
Section received our allocation from Headquarters (approx.
$8,000 which includes $450 for each of our three subsections.
No formal report. We
still need to get sign-off papers for our Certificates of Deposit
from Keith Olasin.
Karen
has been temporarily handling the vacant Treasurer’s position.
Karen
has sign off authority for Checks.
Sid
is a back-up signatory. Arnold Pristernik volunteered to be
Treasurer for the new season.
Training
Trainers (ASME
reimburses expenses)
There
will be a semi-annual meeting for training trainers June 13th
to June 15th in Atlanta, Georgia.
This
is to train trainers for regional student groups and for
administrative conferences.
There
are Regional Student Leadership Training sessions on October 4 in
Puerto Rico, and also on October 18 at Manhattan College.
Anyone
interested in becoming a trainer should contact Karen.
Her
e-mail address Karen.ohland@metmuseum.org
Section
Directors for Next Year
Chair
– Karen Ohland
Treasurer
– Arnold Pristernik
Secretary
– Sid Goodman
Bergen/Passaic
Subsection Chair – Richard Dolinsky
Morris/Sussex
Subsection Chair - open
Essex/Hudson
Subsection Chair – Boris Khusid
Please
think about volunteering for the position of Morris/Sussex
Subsection Chair
Picnic
- July 19 – RESERVE THE
DATE
Tomahawk
Lake, Sparta, NJ
Sid
is reserving picnic tables for up to 75 people with a grill that can
accommodate 50
Bring
food, cook it on grill, or buy from concession.
Boat rentals ( paddle boats and row boats)
Swimming
beach with full facilities and lifeguards
Special water slides at
extra cost of $13/person – must be 4 ft tall and able to swim.
$40 reservation (paid by Section) to reserve tables.
If it rains, this fee would be applied to another date,
provided tables are available. We cannot reserve a rain date.
If it rains on July 19 we hope that we will be able to reschedule
for July 26.
Admission charge is $10/adult and $8/child 8yrs and under.
There
is a web site for Tomahawk Lake, http://www.njskylands.com/attomlake.htm
Other locations were investigated but they did allow
reservations and they offered much fewer facilities.
Beal Moore found this site for us.
Honors
and Awards Dinner
The
date will be June 26th at the Hanover Manor.
Richard Dolinsky is making arrangements with the Manor.
Entrée:
chicken Francaise, broiled salmon, or vegetarian
Vegetable: twice baked potatos and mixed vegetables
Desert: peach melba
Arnold Pristernik will issue invitations with an RSVP of June 18.
Bud Foster volunteered (at a previous meeting) to assist in
issuing invitations.
Invitees
will include 25, 35, and 50 year members, past chairs, and present
Section Directors.
Special
Award to PSE&G
We
hoped to present a special award to PSE&G some time in the fall.
Submitted
by Sid Goodman, Secretary
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