6 Jul 2026
PSEC Ad Hoc mtg on zoom
Started at 6:00 pm
Attendees
Sam Gheesling ASME
Andrew Gall SME
John Schaufelberger WSPE
George Bondor SAE
Dave Butcher IEEE
Paul Kostek. INCOSE
Kelsi Bonner SWE
LeSi Qu SWE
Special Meeting to discuss a STEM opportunity
Luis Leon received information about an opportunity for PSEC and asked that the Council discuss it.
The opportunity is the “Tacoma Police Department’s 4th Annual Kids Health & Safety Fair “
This will take place at the Tacoma Dome on 29 August 2026 from 10 am to 1 pm.
This year they are “are expanding our vision to inspire children to explore future career opportunities and better understand pathways to success. We are also working to include interactive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) demonstrations and hands-on exhibits to show youth what is possible for their future, we’re very excited about this!”
Andrew explained that the event, organized by the Tacoma Police Department, aims to expand into a STEM and back-to-school focused event where PSEC would be invited to set up 2-3 interactive engineering booths similar to their engineering fair format.
Dave agreed to handle the follow-up and forwarding of information to the PSEC community.
The group agreed this sounded like an excellent opportunity.
reps@pseconline.org is our distribution list
Other business
The group briefly discussed the Engineering Banquet and the possibility of having it in 2027. This will be hashed out in depth during our Fall meetings.
Meeting terminated at 6:13 pm
Next meeting
14 Sep 2026 Virtual Zoom only, 6:00pm