1 Dec 2025

PSEC on Teams

Started at 6:09 pm

Attendees

Luis Leon ASMI
Sam Gheesling ASME
Andrew Gall SME
George Bondor SAE
Dave Butcher IEEE
Kaz Takeda IISE
Kelsi Bonner SWE

Approval of Nov Meeting Minutes

Dave motion to approve , Sam seconded, approved

Societies Activities

AIAA: Patrick, report?
ASMI:  Luis,Luis joint meeting with AWS next Tuesday 11/11 at Ivars, Mr. Scott Rhodes, friction stir welding, was a real good meeting, ASW was in attendance as well.  January meeting to come with SAMPE
SAMPE: Tiffany,
WSPE:  John,
ASME: Sam, Holle is working on tour at KW Renton in January
ASCE:  Paul
ASHRAE: Kathi, report
SME: Andrew, Nothing new
SAE: George, Board meeting next Tuesday speaker for February Meeting, Director of PACCAR Technical Center, battery for semi-trucks
INCOSE: Paul Kostek
IEEE: Dave,3 day API summit at UW bothell on AI and other tracks, cyber security, Maria Cantwell will give keynote
IISE: Kaz,,IISE, upcoming IISE below:
Dec 13 @ 2:00
The Garage, 1130 Broadway, Seattle
Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org
Jan 13 @ 6:00
IISE UW Student Mentor / Coaching night
Please RSVP at iisepsboard@iisepugetsound.org

SWE: Kelsi,Holiday part this Saturday with food drive
SEAW: Mike, SEAW is no longer going to support PSEC through dues.
SHPE: Stef,

reps@pseconline.org is our distribution list

General

Treasurers Report Dave
Sent out dues notices, received 3 checks ASHRAE, INCOSE and WSPE
Balance 10445 plus 491 pending

Engineering Banquet 2026

Proposal is to postpone event for 2026 and revisit in 1 year to see if there is increased interest in the event. 
Proposed by Andrew, seconded by Sam, approved by majority.

Engineering Fair
Motion to move to the Pacific Science Center for the engineering fair, it does not require us to reserve and set up booths (no cost) timing is comparable with the MOF activity centering around engineering week.  First by Mike, Motion was approved.
 
Some questions needing answers are the number of booths allowed, can we bring a Formula SAE car o the event, cost of background checks will be $45 per person .
Current plan:PSEC partnering with Science center
Sunday February 22 or Saturday 2/28, does require a background check of booth participants maximum of 20 booths, excited at having Formula SAE
Andrew cancelled set up for the museum of flight

Mentor nights

Seattle Central – Event Brite, last Thursday in January 29th, they will send out their form this month please forward to your constituents.  Look for the invite this week.
Green River, Luis – had a back and forth with them February
UW Tacoma, Tiffany had a contact Luis to follow up
North Seattle – Andrew to reach out
Edmonds – Andrew/Stef
Everett/WSU – Tiffany
UW Bothell – Andrew, reach out to Joe to see if they are doing one this year, March April?
Highline – Luis – meeting scheduled for Monday December 8th, they typically do it in March or April

Officers

We need volunteers on our board

This year’s PSEC Officers slate is:
Past President: Kathy Shoemake
President:  Andrew Gall
Treasurer: David Butcher
Secretary:  George Bondor

Still looking for
President Elect
Need a webmaster
Need Engineering Fair chair
K-12 Activities Chair

Meeting terminated at 6:42 pm

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5 Jan 2026 Virtual Teams only

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