PSEC Meeting – Dec 4, 2017
Present: Sam Ghesling, Stan Dyck, Chris Roberdeau, Tran Dihn, Marina, George Bondor, Don Flemming, Andrew Galan, Charles Beard, Luis Leon
- Call to Order : 6:00PM
- Approval of Agenda : Motioned & Approved
- Approval of Minutes : Not yet available, will approve both Nov. & Dec at next meeting
- Around the Room :
- Sam Ghesling: ASME, Dec 11 at Razzi’s – Scott Jarnigan – Complexity of the Product Development Cycle
- Stan Dyck : IEEE
- Tran Dihn : Is our invited guest
- Marina : SWE – Annual Holiday Party on Dec. 9 at Living Computer Museum
- George Bondor :SAE meeting at Mac & jack Brewery
- Don Flemming : IISE Tour of Starbucks roasting Plan 12/7
- Andre Galan: SME, no meeting planned for Dec.
- Charles Beard: AIAA – meeting on 12/7 with Lindberg Electric aircraft Fly-Off (electric plane competition) at Museum of Flight
- Luis Leon : ASM Monthly meeting 12/12 at Azteca in Bellevue, Significant Others invited, topic: Basic Principles and Materials used in music
- Chris Roberdeau : AIAA
- SWE request: Chris will be meeting with SWE to discuss the value of PSEC membership
- Jan 7th SWE executive meeting
- Discuss SWE letter to the council
- Make PSEC metrics more visible
- Treasurer Report : Account balance and Dues payment received shared with council
- IRS has received the application for 501C3 status and is in review
- Council discussed reaching out to other companies (besides Boeing) for sponsorship
- Calendar :
- Award Nominations due next Friday, 12/15,
- Seattle Central College Mentor Night on Jan 25th – make announcement
- The Banquet and Fair are scheduled for February
- Engineering Fair : Booths are available for reservation
- Mentor Nights
- SU – coming up
- UW Bothell – Cameron point of contact (ASME Vice Chair)
- North Seattle, Shoreline and Everett Colleges in spring
- Olympic College –reached out to arrange a mentor night in Spring 2018
- Chris will reach out to Paul to check progress on UW Bothell
- Will investigate WSU and Everett joint extension program
- Engineering Fair
- Posting is ready to go out
- Reaching out for booth reservations – booths are now available
- Bridge Building competition will be going on at the same day and time
- Awards Banquet : Museum of Flight February 3rd, 2018, speaker : B-29 and B-17 , Dale Thompson, MOF Volunteer,
- 60th Annual banquet
- Looking for Historical items – to make 60 year historical summary
- Solicit sponsors
- 1958 Local engineering feats and accomplishments
- To Add website announcement with speakers bio
- Awards Committee: Submission date of 12/15. Select and submit your nominations now!!!
- ISOW : May 5th, 10:30 AM please talk with your society about topics to discuss
- Open Discussion
- Topic: Should PSEC reach out to non-engineering societies for membership
- Response was positive – Seems to be acceptable per bylaws
- Action Item Review
- Gather history of PSEC items
- Reach out to past presidents
- Reach out companies for sponsorship
- Adjourn : 7:30PM