The Oct Distinguished Lecture was an excellent presentation, and slides will be posted to the PES Chapter Webpage for review. Many thanks to our Section Chair, James Bolitho and Section Treasurer, Mike Cooper for their help in bringing this meeting to Hampton Roads. Also, Bill LaBelle was instrumental in developing brochures and announcements to publicize the event. As a result of the publicity Distinguished Visitors from the City of Newport News Engineering, Langley AFB Civil Engineering, and ODU Civil Engineering attended. John Whitelaw, Project Manager for Team Tidewater, the ODU-HU Solar Decathlon Team, provided a display of updates on that project for informal discussion during the social period. Currently, the Chapter is pursuing an opportunity to hear a more formal update from Team Tidewater, as a meeting topic. An e-mail to follow up with an e-mail on date and location will be provided, once those details have been locked down.
While the turnout for the Distinguished lecture was good (29) the Chapter did not break even on the expenses, and we are considering a more structured format to make it easier for folks to plan attending meetings. This will be helpful in cooperation with other Engineering organizations (ASME, ASCE, NSBE, SWE, etc) to expand membership development opportunities for necessary continuing education. As we test our theories on the best way to meet and learn there are bound to be bumps along the way. It is more affordable to make arrangements at local restaurants, rather than the conference room setting.
Please send inputs on where you would like to see meetings held to jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org by Dec 1st, to begin the selection process in time for the 2011 meeting schedule.
Future technical meeting topics, in addition to Team Tidewater, include Arc Flash and another tour of the Surry Nuclear Plant in early April, and a tour of Aetna Wire. We are expanding our invitation to include other engineering organizations.
Some updates on our membership statistics include we are now at 50 members, compared to the 32 when we first formed in May of 2009. There are still volunteer leadership opportunities available for Vice Chair and Secretary. Also, if anyone can offer about 4 hours a month to help organize future events (just to help coordinate) and activities, that would be very welcome support! Thanks again for your feedback, and have a great Thanksgiving!
Jennifer Ammentorp
jennifer.ammentorp@ieee.org
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