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