March 5, 2018

Present: Chris Roberdeau, Sam Gheesling, Stan Dyck, Dave Butcher, John Schaufelberger, Don Flemming, Jason Salazar, Grace LeFebure, Hardik Dalal, George Bondor, Tan

Our next meeting will be Monday March 5 at 6pm at Razzi’s in Greenwood. The agenda is below:

  • Call to Order Start 6PM
  • Approval of Agenda
    • approved
  • Approval of Minutes
    • Minutes for Feb meeting still pending – approve in April
  • Around the Room
    • Stan Dyck, PSEC online webmaster – There may be some issues with representatives list sign up – contact Stan if you experience issues
    • Jason Salazar, Handing off the Student Mentor Night Duties
    • Kathi Shoemake, ASHRAE, Student Activities Hockey Night March 17th, tour of Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium March 14th, and Chapter Meeting about Working with Millennials on March 21st.
    • Dave IEEE, officer training just wrapped up, Meeting next Tuesday
    • Don Flemming, ISE
    • George Bondor, SAE, working on website and mailing list Meeting Scheduled in April, WWU Formula SAE competition
    • Grace Lefebure, SWE, Amazon Fresh/Prime tour for March sold out, there will be a tour in April.
      Looking for volunteers for SWE outreach programs
    • Hardik, SAMPE, March event, April 16th @ UW WAC, student poster competition and presentation
    • John, WSPE-SE, Best western Tuesday, March 6th, Cycle races in Bergen Norway and issues
    • Charles Beard, AIAA
    • Paul Grant, ASCE, meeting Wed 14th, Sound Transit north Link Station
    • Chris Roberdeau, IEEE, March 28, technical dinner Guggenheim Auditorium
    • Sam Gheesling, ASME, no plans for March.  Would like to reach out to other organizations for coordinated meetings. Aiming for presentations in April/May
  • Treasurer Report
    • Expenses for Banquet and Engineering Fair are in.
    • Summary shared at meeting
    • Dues not yet received by SAMPE, ASQ and APWA
  • Storage of PSEC Items
    • Public Storage space, $80/month currently used by IEEE
    • Shop for storage, central location, one space for all items.
  • Calendar
    • Nothing left in March
    • April – only board meeting, April 2nd.
    • May – ISOW, May 5th.
  • Website Updates
    • Please share your calendars with PSEC
    • Banquet photos are now uploaded
    • Request for a Banquet write up – Sam
    • Engineering Fair – write up for website – Beth
    • Past president list – will post links to obituaries
    • Looking for 2016-17 officer’s picture – Did Luis take this?
    • LinkedIn – reinvigorate? Add pictures for banquet – Kailan is the page owner – contact him to share
    • Live tweeting and FBlive
  • Mentor Nights
    • UW Bothell – Andrew Gall, ASME, coordinating
    • UW Bothell is having an Engineering Fair soon (SWE is participating)
    • Highline – April Mentor night coordinated by Steve Snelling
    • North Seattle College Mentor Night March 1st, 17 Mentors mostly from last year’s Mentor Night. Bill of $353.41 for food submitted.
    • Bill payment approved
    • This year – fewer students (80 perhaps – number to be confirmed), engineering advisor retiring
    • Arranging a new mentor coordinator
    • Bellevue College – Chris will make contact
  • Engineering Fair
    • 2nd weekend of February next year
  • Awards Banquet
    • Done!
    • Next year: 3rd Saturday of February (16th)
    • Ray’s Boathouse was suggested, this will be investigated
    • Open to comparisons – apples to apples (meat, fish and veggie meals) – until September
    • Sponsorship will also bring the ticket price down – please reach out for sponsorship
  • ISOW
    • This month, will update website with details
    • Seattle U Mech chair, Theodora, was a Mentor coordinator for PSEC lunches
    • Will continue talking with her
  • Action Item Review
  • Adjourn – 7:18 PM