Puget Sound Engineering Council

3 May 2021

PSEC via Google Meet

Attendees
George Bondor SAE

Dave Butcher IEEE

Andrew Gall SME

Sam Gheesling ASME

Luis Leon ASM

Regina Long IIS

John Schaufelberger WSPE Seattle

Kathi Shoemake ASHRAE

Call to Order
Called to order by Kathi at 6:07 pm

Approval of Agenda
Approved

Approval of April Minutes
April meeting minutes approved

Around the Room
Each attendee gave the status of their society and/or plans for this month’s meetings

Treasurer Report
Dave reported our account balance at $17508
Dave presented an examination of our historical year end bank balances and recomended a 50% reduction in 2021-2022 dues for next year. After much discussion the 50% reduction in next years dues was approved

Website Updates
Dave agreed to continue as our website administrator. However he is still looking for a volunteer to assume the duties

Engineering Fair
Postponed until 2022

Banquet
Postponed until 2022

Mentor Nights
The Seattle colleges mentor nights went well with many mentor volunteers. It even had some High School student attendees. Many thanks to all the mentors. Need to work on the transitions from one mentor to the next.

Intersociety Officers Workshop
Having an in person meeting does not appear to be doable at this time. It would have to be virtual. Discussed postponing this and having it in Sept or Oct of this year. Agreed that choosing a date with no Husky home football game would be critical

Action Item Review
Discussed next year’s Board
Andrew Gall agreed to be Pesident
Dave Butcher agreed to continue as Treasurer
George Bondor agreed to continue as Secretary

Adjourn
Adjourned at 6:53 pm

1 Apr 2021

PSEC via Google Meet

Attendees
George Bondor SAE
Dave Butcher IEEE
Andrew Gall SME
Sam Gheesling ASME
Paul Grant ASCE
Luis Leon ASM
Regina Long IIS
John Schaufelberger WSPE Seattle

Call to Order
Andrew called meeting to order at 6:08

Agenda
Approved

Approval of Minutes
Approved March meeting minutes

Around the Room
Each attendee reported on the status of their respective Society activities

Treasurers Report
Dave reported a checking account balance of $17506. One check written to Drop Box
Dave will prepare comparitive yearly expense numbers for the May meeting in order to discuss/decide on possible dues reduction for 2021-2022 period

Calendar
The 29 Apr Mentor night event needs to be posted to the calendar. Luis will send info to Dave

Engineering Fair
Postponed to 2022

Engineering Banquet
Postponed to 2022

Mentor Nights
The 1 Apr 2021 UW Bothel event went well with plenty of Mentors. Luis reported the three Seattle colleges are set for 29 Apr 2021. They need more Mentors

ISOW
We need to determine if there is any society interest in a workshop this year before we proceed with plans. Societies need to report back for our next meeting

Adjourned
at 6:35

1 Mar 2021

PSEC via Google Meet

Attendees

Charles Beard          AIAA

George Bondor         SAE

Dave Butcher            IEEE

Andrew Gall                SME

Sam Gheesling           ASME

Paul Grant ASCE

Luis Leon                   ASM

John Schaufelberger WSPE Seattle

Kathi ShoeMake ASHRAE

Call to Order 

Kathi called meeting to order at 6:03

Agenda

Approved

Approval of Minutes

Approved February meeting minutes

Around the Room

Each attendee reported on the status of their respective Society activities

Treasurers Report

Dave reported a checking account balance of $17638.37

Andrew reported that SME has voted to not pay PSEC dues due to precarious chapter finances.

Calendar

Mentor nights are being posted to the calendar

Engineering Fair

Kathi shared survey results of the virtual fair proposal. There was not much enthusiasm by our member societies. There will not be an Engineering Fair this year

Engineering Banquet

Postponed to 2022

Mentor Nights

UW Bothel virtual Mentor night is scheduled for 1 Apr 2021. They need mentors. See the PSEC calendar for details. The three Seattle colleges are tentativley scheduling a late afternoon viirtual mentor night (4:30-7:00) on 29 Apr 2021

ISOW

We need to determine if there is any society interest in a workshop this year before we proceed with plans. Societies need to report back for our next meeting

Action Item

The board will discuss in detail considerations for 2021-2022 year dues reductions

Adjourned 

at 6:39

1 Feb 2021

PSEC via Google Meet

Attendees

Charles Beard          AIAA

George Bondor         SAE

Dave Butcher            IEEE

Matt Clegg                 SME

Gale Cornelius           SWE

Andrew Gall                SME

Sam Gheesling           ASME

Neal Jacques             WSPE  at large

Luis Leon                   ASM

John Schaufelberger WSPE Seattle

Call to Order 

Andrew called meeting to order at 6:09 pm in Kathi’s absence

Agenda

In Kathi’s absence we followed the agenda of the January meeting

Approval of Minutes

Approved January meeting minutes

Around the Room

Each attendee reported on the status of their respective Society activities

Treasurers Report

Dave reported a checking account balance of $16974

Our state filing is complete and $10 fee has been paid

ASME formally requested a dues reduction due to PSEC’s event cancellations. 2 or 3 other societies have discussed this possibility. Attendees discussed this at length noting that PSEC does have other expenses other than major events. One proposal was to continue this year’s dues collection and reduce next years dues. ASME agreed to pay this years dues and wait for a final decision from PSEC. Attendees agreed to defer a final decision on this until the May or June meeting.

Engineering Fair

Will discuss when the vote tally on Beth and Carmen’s proposal is presented

Engineering Banquet

Postponed to 2022

Mentor Nights

UW Bothel is organizing one (virtual Zoom) on 25 Feb 2021. They need mentor volunteers.

The three Seattle Colleges (North, Central, South) are organizing a joint virtual mentor night in April.

ISOW

Decision deferred to March or April meeting

Adjourned at 7:02 pm

at 7:02 

4 Jan 2021

PSEC via Google Meet

Attendees

Charles  Beard AIAA

George Bondor SAE

Dave Butcher IEEE

Carmen Cejudo ASHRAE

Gail Cornelius SWE

Sam Gheesling ASME

Paul Grant ASCE

Luis Leon ASM

Beth Mende APWA

John Schaufelberger WSPE Seattle

Kathi Shoemake ASHRAE

Call To Order

Kathi called meeting to order at 6:08 pm

Approval of Agenda

December meeting minutes approved

Around the Room

Each attendee gave the status of their society and/or plans for this month’s meeting

Calendar

Dave noted links to ASHRAE, SWE, joint SAMPE/ASMI, and AIAA retiree’s meetings are on the PSEC events calendar

Treasurers Report

Dave reported that there are four societies that have not paid dues

Engineering Fair Report

Beth and Carmen gave a Cliff Notes description of what they propose for a virtual Engineering Fair project. The group felt it would be quite a project. That coupled with many people (esp students) getting “Zoomed” fatigued might be too much. Beth will send a written copy of the proposal to Kathi who will distribute to the Board to be voted on. 

Banquet

Sam verified that the Museum of Flight is holding a date for us in June 2021. The group discussed this at length concerning the rate of vaccine inoculation, the rate of reduction in COVID cases and the lead times required to firm up the banquet. The board decided to cancel the 2021 Engineering Banquet and look forward to the 2022 banquet.

Mentor Nights

The Seattle Central Zoom meeting with breakout sessions on 29 April 2021 is the only Mentor night currently scheduled.  Andrew Gall is pursuing having  North Seattle and South Seattle join in on this. UW Bothel is also looking into a possible similar meeting. Gail reported that all three UW campuses are organizing a similar virtual mentor meeting.

Intersociety Officers Workshop

Decision postponed to the April board meeting

Meeting Adjourned at 6:50 pm

Meeting Adjourned at 6:50 pm