Puget Sound Engineering Council

PSEC

7 Oct 2019

Razzi’s

In attendance:

Kathi Shoemake                     ASHRAE

Luis Leon                                ASM

Andrew Gall                            SME

Paul Grant                               ASCE

George Bondor                       SAE

John Schaufelberger              WSPE-Seattle

Sam Gheesling                       ASME

Charles Beard                         AIAA

Dave Butcher                          IEEE

Call to order:

 by Kathi at 6:01

Approval of Agenda

John Schaufelberger added a discussion of the various lists PSEC publishes

Approval of Minutes

September meeting minutes approved

Around the Room

Each attendee reported on the status of their respective Society upcoming monthly meeting

Treasurers Report

Dave noted the increase to $10K budgeted amount for the Engineers Banquet

Group discussed and suggested removing Societies that have not been active in PSEC for several years

Calendar

Noted Mentor Night at Seattle University next Monday 14 Oct 2019. Volunteers still needed.

Electric Airplane Flyoff at Museum of Flight coming up. Date has not yet been set.

Website updates

Still actively looking for a webmaster

Mentor Nights

14 Oct 2019 Seattle University

30 Jan 2020 Seattle Central College  tentative

Luis and Andrew are in contact with several other colleges. Several are doing “their own” organizing.

Engineering Banquet

15 Feb 2020 at the Museum of Flight Skyline Room. Group gave Sam approval to setup the contract. Sam is actively pursuing a speaker from WSDOT to talk about the new tunnel

Group discussed soliciting sponsors offering three levels of acknowledgement based on sponsorship total. Sam will examine the levels offered in the past.

Action Item Review

Kathi will contact last years Engineering Fair organizer (cancelled due to weather) and recruit for the 2020 Fair

Adjourn

Meeting adjourned at 7:02 pm

Next meeting on 4 Nov 2019

The January 2019 meeting was held on Monday, January 7th at Razzi’s in Greenwood at 6 pm.

Attendance

• Paul Grant
• Sam Gheesling
• George Bondor
• John Schaufelberger
• Luis Leon
• Kathi Shoemake
• Stan Dyck
• Charles Beard

Agenda

1. Call to Order
   • Called to order by Charles
2. Approval of Agenda
   • Agenda was approved
3. Approval of Minutes
   • No minutes were posted from the December meeting. Kathi agreed to submit her notes.
4. Around the Room
   • Attendance is noted above.
5. Treasurer Report
   • Dave was not in attendance but submitted a report via email.
6. Calendar
   • The Seattle Central mentor night was added on January 31st.
7. Website Updates
   • An announcement for the Fair went out in December
   • Stan will work with John to get the Banquet award recipients placed on the web site.
8. Engineering Fair Report
   • No report. Beth was not in attendance.
9. Banquet Update
   • The speaker is locked in
   • The photographer was paid.
   • No Boeing sponsorship has been secured as of yet.
   • The flyers went out but have an incorrect time. Sam will correct.
   • The awards will be sent out within a week. There are 7 awards this year. John will collect photos and will post the bios on the web site.
   • Sam will ask Dave if he will do the program again this year.
   • Stan will do the badges.
   • Since there are 7 recipients this year there will be time constraints for the banquet schedule.
   • Luis agreed to bring the PSEC banner.
10. Mentor Nights
    • The Seattle Central event is set for January 31st.
    • Luis is looking to line up a UW Bothell event. Angling for the 3rd week of February to mid-March before the Spring break.
    • North Seattle also expressed interest in doing an event in the Spring. Target would also be in March.
    • Luis is also looking into events at Highline and Everett. The later is normally sponsored by SWE.
11. Action Item Review
    • Action items will be emailed out separately.
12. Adjourn
    • Meeting adjourned at 8:30