Meeting Agenda (all activities in the Ballroom of the Officers Club):

Luncheon Menu and Cost:

Social time from 11:30 AM to NOON

Luncheon from NOON to 12:30 PM

Announcements from 12:35 PM to 13:45 PM

Presentation from 12:45 PM to 1:15 PM

Plated Luncheon: Chicken Kiev, Baked Red Potatoes, Steamed Vegetables, Rolls & Butter, Coffee, Tea, or Milk

Cost: $15.00 payable at the door

Please RSVP by Thursday, March 20^th:

Due to limited seating for this event, reservations are required.  Please submit RSVPs no later than Thursday, March 20th to Jim Mosner.

Either leave a voice mail message with Jim at 651-290-5512, or click the RSVP button in the left-hand column, or send an email message to james.b.mosner@usace.army.mil

Daniel Sola from Wenck Associates (r), receives the Post's Presenter's Mug for his interesting and educational presentation on the inter-relationship of surface water and ground water inter-actions.  His presentation help remind everyone that the hydrogeologic balance of ground water and surface water is a finely tuned, balanced system; and that impacts or unwise usage of one system will have consequences on the other system.  Depending upon geologic characteristics these consequences can have rather immediate impacts or in other cases may not be apparent for decades or centuries.  One of the most interesting aspect of Dan's presentation was the example he presented of simple watershed analysis using a manual flow net model. 
 

The Scholarship Application Form is now available on the "Scholarships & Young Member" page of the web site.  The form can be downloaded as either a MS Word file or as a fill-able PDF form.  There will again be three scholarships available, but new for this year the value of scholarship has been raised to $1500.  The deadline for submitting scholarship applications is Friday, April 3rd.

Two scholarships are planned to be awarded in what is called Category I, which is for high school seniors and Post-secondary students, regardless of discipline, who are children, grandchildren, or siblings, of members of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post.  Sponsoring members must be a SAME Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post member for the current year and have been a member of the Post for a minimum of at least one year prior to the current year.  Applicants must be registered as full-time post-secondary students in the fall of the year of selection. 

One scholarship is planned to be awarded in what is called Category II, which is for all Student Members of the SAME Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post who will be registered as full-time post-secondary students in the fall of the year of selection.  Applicants under this category must be registered through SAME as a Student Member; student memberships are free for full-time undergraduates at an accredited college or university, or high school students.  At least one of the scholarships in this category will be awarded to a student in an engineering, science, or technology-related field.

A committee of Post members evaluate the applications.  All applications are kept confidential, and only the winners are announced.  For additional information, please contact Ben Tustison at 916-329-1522.  Scholarship Application Packages can be downloaded from the Post’s website at:

http://www.same-msp.org/PDF/Scholarship_App&Inst_2008.doc or
http://www.same-msp.org/PDF/Scholarship_App&Inst_2008.pdf

Application packages should be mailed to Ben at the following address:

MBK Engineers
ATTN: Ben Tustison, P.E.
Chairperson, SAME Scholarship Committee
16610 26th Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447-1844
 

If you know of a highly talented and motivated student who is interested in an action-packed week-long experience at one of the three engineering construction camps that SAME has organized ... please have the young person contact Post VP Ben Tustison regarding interest in being considered for this opportunity.  The deadline for contacting Ben Tustison is 15 March 2008.

SAME offers high school freshman, sophomores, and juniors the opportunity to attend a one week camp.  They learn leadership, engineering and construction skills, and have fun with students from all over the world.

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post would like to sponsor a high school student to attend either one of the following summer camp opportunities.  The Post will pay the Registration Fee and and ¹/₂ of the Airfare; the student's family is responsible for the remainder of the airfare..

High school students that are interested in this opportunity should:

1) review the camp website(s) and the links to eligibility requirements and application forms so that all requirements are clearly understood, and

2) contact Ben Tustison at 763-205-2651 or tustison@mbkengineers.com to submit your name as being interested in this opportunity.

From the qualified respondees, the Post will select one attendee and one alternate; the alternate may be able to attendee if the primary selectee is unable to attend or if additional space becomes available at the camps.  Once the Post has selected an attendee and an alternate, the selectees will be given additional instructions for submitting the required applications.  Selections will be made by 30 March 2007, which will the selectees adequate time to complete the required applications.

Click on the names of the camps below to hyperlink to the National SAME web pages that have additional details about the camps along with detailed registration information. 

SAME / US Army Camp
Vicksburg, Mississippi
June 8-14, 2008

SAME / US Air Force Academy Camp
US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
June 27-July 3, 2008

SAME / US Navy Seabees Camp
Port Heuneme, California
July 20-26, 2008
 

Although Post elections are still a few months way, they will be in June this year since there will not be a May Post meeting due to our hosting of the National Conference during that time period, it is not too soon to begin thinking about becoming a Post Officer or Committee member for the next season.

If you are interested in helping the Post continue its excellent track record for providing meaningful activities and value for its members, we would be interested in hearing from you if you would like to serve in one of the two Director positions, if you would like to help on one of the operating committees, or would like to take on the Post Newsletter and Website responsibilities.

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please contact Past Post President Bill Forsmark at wforsmark@barr.com or 952-832-2600.

As most of our Post members already know, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post and the Rock Island Post are co-hosting the upcoming 2008 SAME Joint Engineer Training Conference and EXPO what will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center from May 20-23, 2008.  Many members of the Post have sent several years planning this event, and many more have volunteered to assist as we get closer to the big week.  Things have been running very smoothly (as we would expect from our excellent group of planners), Exhibit Booth sales are nearing 80% which is fantastic at this point in time, and Sponsorships are now over 50% and have picked up a great momentum since the first of the year.   The next big crunch is to get individuals to begin registering themselves to attend.

The on-line registration site is now open for business, it is at  www.regonline.com/2008SAMEJETC.  The on-line registration will be open through April 30th ... but please don't procrastinate, register NOW!

Detailed information about the events, technical program, and exhibitors for the conference is at www.SAME-2008.org.  We hope that all the local members of the Post will be able to attend the conference in some capacity; it will be a top-notch event and perhaps the second biggest thing in the Twin Cities other than the Republican National Convention.

We need help for the following two items ... if you can assist, please contact us ASAP ...

Item 1 --- Item for a Silent Auction

New at this year's conference the Young Member Council and Academy of Fellows will host a silent auction during the Ice Breaker.  The purpose of the auction is to raise funds for the Society's Education and Mentoring (E&M) Fund.  The E&M fund provides education and mentoring support to high school and college students, as well as the Society's Young Members, Non-commissioned Officers, and Small Businesses.  Each Post is asked to provide an item for the Auction.

If you have ideas or leads on what might be a great item that the M-SP Post can donate, we would very much appreciate hearing your ideas.  Even better yet, if you have a item that you would make available to the Post, that would be terrific.  Contact Jim Mosner at 651-290-5512 or james.b.mosner@usace.army.mil with any ideas you may have.

Item 2 --- Location for delivery and handling of Registration Materials

If any of our local Sustaining Member firms would be able to receive, store, and provide space for a crew of registration materials stuffers, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you.  It is anticipated that the various registration items (conference bags, pens, program books, nametags and lanyards, etc) will be delivered between May 1st and May 15th.  We need a facility to receive and store these items during that time.  And then during the days/weekend before the conference we will need space for a crew of volunteers to help prepare and stuff the registration packets.  Ideally we would like to be able to prepare the packets at the location where the items are stored.  On Monday, May 19th the registration materials will be taken to the convention center. 

We need to identify the location where these items will be delivered by the end of February, before we begin ordering the items.  If your firm is interested in helping with this "logistical" issue, please contact Jim Mosner at 651-290-5512 or james.b.mosner@usace.army.mil as soon as possible.