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Started at 6:00 pm

Attendees

Luis Leon ASMI
Sam Gheesling ASME
Dave Butcher IEEE
Kaz Takeda IISE
Tiffany Tang SAMPE
Stef Fernandez SHPE
John Schaulfelberger WSPE
Rom
Emily Osurman
Kelsi Bonner SWE
Paul Kostek INCOSE
Teodora Rutar Shuman

AI Summary of Meeting
The PSEC monthly meeting covered planning for the Engineering Fair at Pacific Science Center on February 22nd, with eight organizations participating across six allocated booths and discussions about volunteer requirements and background checks. The group reviewed recent and upcoming mentor nights, including a successful event at Seattle Central with over 50 students and plans for additional sessions at Highline College and WSU Everett Campus. The treasurer reported a current balance of $12,667.32 and noted that several societies still need to pay their dues while IISE donated $100 for mentor nights.
Next Steps
Kelsi: Email each organization’s point of contact to confirm booth details and activity information for the Engineering Fair by tonight
Kelsi: Collect activity names and descriptions from all participating organizations by Friday, February 6th
Kelsi: Send marketing information to PSEC reps once received from Pacific Science Center
Kelsi: Send volunteer information and background check requirements to organizations whose members indicated they already have background checks
Kelsi: Check with Pacific Science Center about temporary parking in loading area for event setup
Kelsi: Send final booth layout and volunteer instructions to all volunteers when received
Kelsi: Confirm and send main entrance details to all volunteers
Kelsi: Email organizations with current volunteer counts
Kelsi: Send exact background check cost information once known
Kelsi: Send setup and cleanup timing details to all volunteers when received
Luis: Send WSU Everett mentor night information to Stef
Luis: Contact Teodora about Seattle U mentor nights
Tiffany: Look up contact information for UW Tacoma person connected to Luis
Dave: Add new representatives to the PSEC rep mailing list who provide their email addresses in chat
Rom: Reach out to Lorena about photos from the previous mentor night
Holly : Reschedule the ASME tour of Kenworth plant and update calendar
Sam: Send updated tour information to everyone once received from Holly
Emily: Send email address in chat to be added to PSEC rep mailing list
Stef: Forward WSU Everett mentor night information to Edmonds College Engineering Dean

Treasurers Report Dave
Only one transaction in January: $100 donation from IISE for mentor nights in lieu of dues (they do not receive any income from their national organization and do not know member count)
Current bank balance $12,667.32

Engineering Fair
This year we are partnering with PacSci on 2/22, all day 10-5 (expect to be there 9:30 – 5:30)
Kickoff for national engineers week
PSEC has been allocated 6 booths out of 15
We have 6 booths, and 8 organizations signed up
ASCE and SWE will share a booth – still need to figure out how to consolidate 2 other organizations into one booth
Background check takes 1-2 weeks – we are running out of time
Marketing information is coming soon – will forward to PSEC reps to promote the event
Detailed logistics need to be confirmed with PacSci – Kelsi will send out to everyone
Parking details will also be shared – load/unload and day parking
No more than 3-4 volunteers per booth
Attendees will need to pay PacSci general admission fee
Need name of booth activity by Friday 2/6 – it is going into the passport book
 
Mentor nights
Luis could not attend Seattle Central – usually a big event
Rom and Tiffany attended Seattle Central – well attended, well over 50 students, different location but well attended, over 10 mentors, food was well received
Planned Feb 12 at Highline College – group of regulars
Planned Feb 26 at WSU Everett campus – not established, need to get mentors engaged from northend
No feedback from Green River
Luis has tried to engage UW Tacoma – no feedback yet
Stef has a contact at Edmonds College – Luis to pass info on about Everett event

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 6:50 pm

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