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Governor's
notes:
November
13, 2007
Deb’s
upcoming SWE office hours
November
16 from 8am – noon
December 7 from 8am – noon
(I’m
available any time but these
hours are dedicated to SWE)
SWE
Region B Governors Notes:
- SWE
member Research paper
- Region
Conference!
- National
Conference Pictures
- FY09
RCR Election
- COR
Reminders
- FY10
Region Conference
1.
Question for a
SWE members Research paper:
Do you
agree or disagree with the
following statement? Please
explain why.
"Engineering
is not something we do, we
become engineers."
Responses
should be email to gloria.montano@swe.org
by November 18, 2007.
2.
2008 Region
Conference
Registration
is now open
The 2008 SWE Sonora
Region Conference is only
three months away.... and it
is time to register. The
2008 Conference will be held
from January 25-27, 2008, at
the
Pasadena
Convention Center
and Sheraton Pasadena. Below
is information on the Call
for Speakers, Hotel
Reservations, Registration
Packets, and Corporate
Packets.
- Call for Speakers-
Please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MMO_2fSbTuYhZcAuixOChLFQ_3d_3d
to register to speak.
- Hotel rooms are now available to reserve; $119
(single, double), $134
(triple), $139 (quad).
- Attendee
Registration- Please see attached file for information on registration
and the Web site to
register online. www.swe.org/regionb/conference/
- Corporate packets are
available and can be
requested by sending an
email to 2008.region.conference.pasadena@gmail.com
For
any questions, please
contact the Conference
Committee at 2008.region.conference.pasadena@gmail.com
3.
National
Conference Pictures
The
professional photographs
from the 2007 SWE National
Conference maybe viewed and
ordered on line.
Directions are as follows:
1. Go to the website: www.thephotogroup.com
2. Select "online proofing"
3. Enter the event password in the box. The password is smileswe07
4. You will get to a page with a list of categories that correspond
to events at the conference.
5. Click on a category and you'll go to a page of thumbnail images.
Click on a thumbnail to get
to a larger image and
ordering information
Please
remember to forward your
pictures to the Newsletter
Editor and the Region
Governor so that we can
share them with the other
region members.
4.
Region B RCR
Elections (2 Positions for
FY09)
This is
a reminder that COR adopted
the bylaws motion for
Article V, Section 1 B4 that
states,
One
collegiate representative
for each 1,000 collegiate
members or fraction thereof,
not to exceed two, of each
region, selected in
accordance with the
procedures of the region.
This
means that Region B will
vote on 2 Region Collegiate
Representatives for FY09. A
call for nominations will be
going out soon for a January
election. Please encourage
your colligate members to
apply. Contact your Region
Governor Deb Willems (deb.willems@swe.org)
or FY08 RCR Bijal Mehta (bijal.ucla@gmail.com) for more
information or if you have
any candidates you would
like to recommend for the
job.
5.
COR
Reminders
Please
complete the
FY08 COR Meeting Evaluation Survey
by Nov. 15
.
www.swe.org/corsurvey08,
Please
Submit Nominations
for FY08 COR Deputy
Speaker by Nov. 22
Nominations
should be submitted to
Suzanne Woll, Nominating
Committee Chair, using the Call
for Deputy Speaker
Nominations form and
any candidates must also
submit the Deputy
Speaker Consent form.
Both forms must be submitted
by Nov. 22. The
Nominating Committee will
review all applicants for
eligibility and produce a
slate/ballot by Dec. 2,
2007. All elected COR will
be eligible to vote
electronically until Dec.
16. Election results will be
distributed by Dec. 21.
6.
FY10 Region
Conference
The
region council is seeking
bids for the 2010 Region
Conference (2009 will be
hosted in
New Mexico
by the local professional
and colligate sections).
To date
we have received no letters
of Intent to Bid. If you are
interested or have
recommendations
on where the region
should host the 2010
Conference, please contact
Region Lt. Governor Jennifer
Harris (Jennifer.harris@swe.org)
or Governor Deb Willems (deb.willems@swe.org).
Please note the following
deadlines:
The
2010 Intent to Bid Packet-
due December 15, 2007
The
2010 Intent to Bid
Presentation to be given at
the Region Council Meeting
in Pasadena on January 27,
2008 for a vote by the
council.
The bid
package instructions will be
posted on the region web
page under 2010 Region
Conference by Friday 11/16.
www.swe.org/regionb/2010conference
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