ASME
Section Meeting Minutes 10-25-05
At Fairleigh
Dickinson University (FDU)
Attendance: attendees noted by bold type
D'Agati,
Iggy
Dolinsky, Richard
Foster, Bud
Goodman, Sid
Gulrajani, Ramesh
Khusid, Boris
Laplante, Lisa
Lewis, Mel
Litvany, James
Moore, Beal
Ohland, Karen
Ospina, Pablo
O'Toole, Jim
Pristernik, Arnold
Schmerzler, Larry
Touma, Richard
Vatsky, Art
Richard Dolinsky
chaired the meeting, starting at 7:30 pm.
Next
North Jersey Section Executive Section Meeting:
Thursday,
November 17, @ 7:30 pm at FDU
Address of
Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
1000 River Road
Muscarelle building
Directions:
FDU is along side of route 4, on the east side of the Hackensack River.
To get to the FDU parking lot you must turn off River Road (if you are
on River Road)
Make a turn at the West bound side of route 4 to get in the parking lot.
Bear to the right and loop around under route 4 to get to the other side
of the highway.
If you are on
route 4, going east, take the River Road exit. A sharp right goes to the
parking lot. Go to the end of the parking lot, heading away from route 4
bearing to the right. At the far end of the lot (south), go up the
stairway that has 3 landings.
The Muscarelle
building is at the top of the stairs. It is a brown building.
The building has its name on the wall, which you can see from the top of
the stairs.
If you are on
route 4, going west, exit at River Road.
A Brainstorming
Session for Program planning will be held on either December 6th or 8th.
Richard Dolinsky will pick a place. He will notify us when arrangements have
been finalized.
This will be a
planning session including strategy for dealing with the reorganization of
ASME. A preliminary list of program options (copy attached) stimulated some
members to offer active involvement in some of the listings.
Richard looked
into arranging future Section meetings at the ASME field office, because it
is at the centroid of where our membership lives. He found the office is not
a practical place. He is looking into holding meetings at the FDU Madison,
NJ campus.
Karen reported
that The Section and our Sub-Sections received the annual stipend from
headquarters. The stipend was $3,772.50 for the Section and $450 for each of
our three Sub-Sections. The total amount was $5,122.51. This is 60% of last
years total stipend.
It was agreed that
a snail-mail letter should be issued by Richard Dolinsky to all members.
This letter will invite participation in the mentioned Brainstorming
Session. The letter will notify North Jersey members that we must take
changes in the ASME structure into account. Also, we have a future of
reduced, or completely eliminated stipends. Richard asked (attendees of this
Section meeting) to submit draft text for the letter within a week. Based on
submissions, Richard will prepare his letter. He will have it mailed as soon
as possible.
Rebuilding Together:
Lisas request
for volunteers for Rebuilding Together in Mahwah attracted some interest
by FDU students.
Wine
Tasting/wine making Program:
Lisa said that
about 20 people are interested in attending such a program. The event
will take place at Wine Making Plus NJ. She will finalize planning in
about a week.
Sterling
Mine/Fall Foliage:
This event may
be held this Sunday. Notice will be sent by email. Although it is short
notice, this event will coincide with the peak in fall foliage.
FIRST
Robotic Competition:
Richard is
interested in recruiting mentors for high school and college teams. It
was suggested that Richard speak to Marian Heller for ideas on how to
involve engineers and community hosts.
In addition to
supporting this robotic student competition, he would like to recruit
speakers to give talks on engineering to high school and college
students.
Present
North Jersey Section Officers:
Section Chair
Richard Dolinsky
Treasurer Arnold Pristernik
Secretary Sid Goodman
Bergen/Passaic Subsection Chair Lisa Laplante
Morris/Sussex Subsection Chair Ramesh Gulrajani
Essex/Hudson Subsection Chair Boris Khusid
History and Heritage Beal Moore
Industry Relations Lisa Laplante
Leadership and Development Initiative James Litvany
Webmaster Pablo Ospina
Submitted by Sid
Goodman, Secretary
E-mail address: goodmans1@asme.org
Phone no. (201)327-5158
Attachment:
Suggestions for discussion at
brainstorming meeting | 