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ASME
Section Minutes 7-15-03
At
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Muscarelle building 1000 River Road, Teaneck
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
Ramesh Gulrajani – Morris/Sussex Chair
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:
August 21,
Thursday at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), 1000 River Road, Teaneck,
Muscarelle building, at 7:30pm.
See the FDU website for directions: http://www.fdu.edu
Data
from ASME:
Karen
distributed data from ASME as a guide for planning programs.
The data indicated membership primary technical interests, membership
categories, dates when members joined, and areas in which most members are
located.
Scheduled
Programs:
Visit
our web page for details:
http://sections.asme.org/northjersey/
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Picnic
July 19 at Tomahawk Lake.
Specifics are posted on the web page
An announcement has been mailed to members who do not have E-mail
addresses.
E-mail announcements were sent to members who do have E-mail addresses.
The entrance fee for Tomahawk Lake will be paid by the Section for members
who send an RSVP to Karen. Karen will fax a list to Tomahawk
Lake of RSVP names that the Section will pay for, so they can be checked
off at admission.
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Engineering
Weekend at West Point – featuring
football game between Army vs. Tulane.
September 19-20.
See web page for details.
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Honors
and Awards Dinner for 2004.
We have selected June 10th for this future event.
We
were very pleased with the Honors and Awards Dinner, held on June 26,
2003.
The
Hanover Manor did a great job for us.
Sid Goodman will send a letter of appreciation to the Hanover
Manor, indicating that we look forward to planning future events there.
Beal Moore distributed photos he took at this dinner.
Future
Programs strongly suggested
Karen
will contact ASME headquarters to attempt engaging distinguished lecturers
who are sponsored by the ASME.
ASME pays their fees and traveling expenses.
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Lecture
on How to Start Your Own Business.
We hope to schedule this between September and November.
Sid suggested that this should be a dinner meeting. An ASME
survey said that most members have expressed an interest in
management. This should appeal to that interest.
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Fire
in Space – Space Shuttle emergencies
- by a speaker who was on a
mission.
We hope to schedule this for the next Engineering Week Dinner. We set the
date for this dinner as February 19, 2004. This topic should have
broad appeal to all Societies and all engineers.
We intend to contact other Societies and Engineering Schools
earlier this time.
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Tour
of Lucent laboratory.
Beal Moore said he would investigate arranging a tour.
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Program
that would be of high interest to engineering students as well as
engineers in general.
Lisa Laplante said she will contact NJIT to make inquiries.
Other
Possible Programs (mentioned at the last Section Meeting)
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Sterling
Mine – Lisa Laplante’s suggestion
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Wine
tasting event – Lisa Laplante’s suggestion
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Possible
special award to PSE&G some time in the fall (coordination with Norris
Allman)
Sid
Goodman prepared an article for our web page on the Shot Peening seminar
presented by the Metal Improvement Company, Inc on June 13th.
See the web page at the "articles" section.
Planning
future Section Meetings
Between
August to December, we plan to schedule meetings at FDU.
The dates at FDU will be as follows:
(3rd Thursday of each month @ 7:30pm)
August
21
September
18
October
16
November
20
December
18
Between
January to February we propose holding meetings at Kraft Headquarters in
Parsipany.
Sid
will ask Brian Boden if we can schedule meetings at Kraft Headquarters so
that they are also generally the third Thursday of each month?
For
February, we will shift to the second Thursday to accommodate our
anticipated Engineers Week
Dinner (planned for the third
Thursday).
The time of each meeting would also be 7:30 pm.
The
dates at Kraft would be as follows:
January
15
February
12
March
18
April
15
May
13
June
17
Holding
the meetings in a general format for 6 months in succession provides a
distinctive pattern, evenly distributing convenience to members who live in
separate regions.
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.
Karen
stated that members of the Committee will be reimbursed for their purchase
of Front Page software and for on-line training costs.
Treasury
No
report.
Arnold
Pristernik volunteered to be Treasurer for the new season.
Karen has been temporarily handling the vacant Treasurer’s
position. Karen has sign off
authority for Checks. Sid is a
back-up signatory.
Training
Trainers (ASME
reimburses expenses)
The
intent of the program is to give organizational skills for conducting ASME
meetings and events. General topics also cover leadership, team
building, and management skills.
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 – Ramesh Gulrajani
Essex/Hudson
Subsection Chair – Boris Khusid
Ramesh
agreed to become the Morris/Sussex Subsection Chair at the Honors and Awards
Dinner.
Submitted
by Sid Goodman, Secretary
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