Thirty-Seventh Planning Committee Meeting
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
MINUTES
Members Present: Harry
Bell, Larry Burton, Kevin Kelly, Ray Lunnen, Jack Mitchell,
Mark Wharton
The meeting was devoted to planning the agenda for the upcoming 24th General Membership meeting and to planning for the election of new officers.
1. Meeting Date/Time/Location
We decided to hold the Fall meeting on a Saturday so that working members would be able to attend without having to take a day off of work. The meeting will be held on Saturday, October 18 at 10:00 AM, with coffee and donuts served beginning at 9:30 AM. We will try to book the Hintz Alumni Center for our meeting.
2. Election of Officers
Mark
distributed a copy of the SPSEE Constitution, which describes the election
process. The Board of Directors is to come up with a slate of candidates to be
voted on at a General Membership Meeting.
The current officers are: President – Mark Wharton; Vice-President – Kevin
Kelly, and Secretary/Treasurer – David Salvia. All were elected to three-year
terms in October 2000, or appointed to fill the remainder of a term for
officers who had to resign. Therefore, a new slate of officers is needed.
The constitution states that officers may not be elected to the same office for more than two consecutive terms, so since Mark Wharton has served two terms as president, he cannot be re-elected. The Vice-President and the Secretary/Treasurer are not so limited, and may run again if they choose.
Kevin Kelly volunteered to head a nominating committee that will come up with a slate of candidates. The committee is to complete its work by October 1 and present the slate of candidates for nomination at the October 18 meeting.
3. Guest Speaker
A list of past guest speakers and suggested future speakers is attached to these minutes. The Board decided to ask the SPIRIT team to do a presentation at the October meeting. Mark Wharton will contact Tim Wheeler to see if this can be arranged. The alternate speaker is Dr. Donald Horner. Ray Lunnen will contact Donnie in the event that the SPIRIT team is unable to do a presentation.
4. Proposed General Membership Meeting Agenda
The following is the suggested Agenda for the October 18 meeting:
1. Introduction – Mark Wharton
2. EE Department News – Ken Jenkins
3. Guest Speaker – TBD
4. break
5. Undergraduate Recruitment – Harry Bell
6. SPSEE Graduate Fellowship Fund – Mark Wharton
7. Election
of new officers – Kevin Kelly
3-year terms expire in the Fall of 2003
Current officers (elected Fall 2000):
President – Mark Wharton
Vice-President – Kevin Kelly
Secretary/Treasurer – David Salvia
8. Adjournment
Mark J. Wharton
8/21/2003
Past Guest Speakers and Topics:
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Fall 1997 |
Rob Pangborn |
Undergraduate Student Recruiting |
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Spring 1998 |
Terri Russillo |
Alumni On-Line |
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Fall 1998 |
Larry Burton |
Engineering Department Building Plans |
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Spring 1999 |
David Salvia, Jim Breakall, Jeff Schiano |
The EE First-Year Seminar Experience |
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Fall 1999 |
Dr. Joe Lambert |
Plans for a New IST Major |
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Spring 2000 |
Terry Reed Debbie Zimmerman |
Penn State Outreach |
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Fall 2000 |
Dr. Ravindran |
Tour of Leonhard Building |
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Spring 2001 |
Woody Seifert |
The FireOne Fireworks Firing System |
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Fall 2001 |
Gordon Turow |
Design and Construction Projects: Present and Future |
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Spring 2002 |
Ken Reeves |
How AccuWeather Affects Your Life |
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Fall 2002 |
Liz Kisenwether |
The Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor |
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Suggested Topics for future meetings: |
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1. |
Student Speakers |
SPIRIT Rocket Project |
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2. |
Dr. Donald Horner |
The Engineering Leadership Development Minor |
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3. |
Ruyan Guo |
The Research for Engineering Undergraduates (REU) program |
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4. |
Dr. Joe Lambert |
Tour of new IST Building (Spring) |
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5. |
Tim Simpson |
Product Realization Minor |
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6. |
Tom Collins |
Consulting for Small Business |
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