Vol 26, No 6

Presentation Synopsis: Mr Franklin's presentation will provide an understanding of the attributes of the Mentor-Protégé Program especially as it relates to small businesses. Discussions focus on the objectives, benefits, considerations and eligibility for both the mentor and the small business protégé. Insights will be shared into the types of mentoring assistance, agreements, performance monitoring, and keys to successful relationships. The presentation will arm small businesses with the knowledge to pursue the right mentor(s) for their needs.

No-PDH for the technical presentation.

Presenter Bio: Willie Franklin has been working as an advocate for small and diverse businesses at CH2M HILL since 1995. Willie is currently the Manager of the Supplier Diversity and Small Business Program, where he promotes, implements, and reports CH2M HILL's spending with diverse companies associated with federal, civil, commercial, and industrial sectors.

Prior to working for CH2M HILL, Willie began his career in the U.S. Air Force as a purchasing agent and as a civil servant with the US Coast Guard, where he was appointed as a Contracting Officer and responsible for administering vessel repair and maintenance contracts. Some of Willie's recent awards include the US Department of Defense Prime Contractor Subcontracting Award for Excellence, and the US EPA's Administrator's Award, both received in 2008.

Meeting Location: Fort Snelling Officer's Club near Post Road. See map at: http://www.same-msp.org/_images/934thOfficersClub.jpg

Meeting Agenda: Social time and lunch (if you so desire) will be from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM in the dining room of the Officers Club. Post Meeting and Presentation will be from 12:30 PM to about 1:10 PM in the ballroom of the Officers Club.

Luncheon Menu, Cost, and RSVP Info: The Club’s cafeteria-style lunches are typically $10.00 or less; people who partake in the cafeteria-style lunch will pay the Officers Club directly. If you come only for the presentations, there is no charge.

Please RSVP with your intent to either partake in the cafeteria-style lunch or to come for the presentation only; this will help the Officers Club staff to ensure that an adequate amount of food is prepared. Either leave a voice mail message with Jim Mosner 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

Highlights of the May Meeting

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SAME-MSP President Steve Alm (r) thanks Mike DeWeese of National Weather Service's North Central River Forecast Center (l) for his very educational presentation about the NWS's New Ensemble River Hydrographs Experimental Guidance Product.

Mike discussed the technical aspects of the NWS’s Hydrometeorological Prediction Center’s (HPC) Experimental Precipitation Confidence Interval Forecasts which is based on their new Ensemble Hydrograph methodology. The goals of this new methodology is fourfold: to produce more accurate products by incorporating advanced hydrologic science into the NWS model; to provide products with forecast horizons two weeks or further into the future; to create more information that is useful to assess risk to flooding; and to provide more specific and timely information on fast-rising floods with increased lead time.

This meeting was a joint meeting with the Minnesota Flood Plain Managers Association. We had a great attendance of over 60 guests. Thanks for the great turnout!

LTC-SSG-COL Also at the meeting, SSG Lintonen presented the Post with the Streamer Awards that the Post earned this past year, including the Distinguished Post Award. SSG was the Post's representative at the recent SAME National Conference where the awards were presented.

The Post also recognized and thanked COL Jon Christensen for his gracious support and assistance during his past three years as the USACE St. Paul District Commander. COL Christensen will soon be moving on to his new assignment, a second stint in Iraq.

Pictured left to right: LTC Kevin Brown, SSG Brian Lintonen, and COL Jon Christensen.

Educational Grant Results

This year the post was please to award several Educational Grants to worthy teachers and classes in schools throughout the metro area. Two of this year's winner are highlighted below.

Steve at Harriet Bishop School On Friday May 28th Steve Alm (standing on left) and Wayne Wambold delivered a check and congratulations letter to Cheri Warmka (standing on right) at Harriet Bishop Elementary School in Savage, Minnesota. Wayne said "It was great to go and meet Cheri and her students and witness their excitement and enthusiasm".

Harriet Bishop Grant On Monday June 6th Beth Keister (r) and Chris Afdahl delivered a check and congratulations letter to Dustin Russell at Cityview Performing Arts Magnet in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The point of this special project was to have the students create a 10- Step Rube Goldberg project incorporating simple machines which also includes a field trip to "The Works" museum. This program encourages minorities and female students in the area of engineering in a school that has approximately 88% of the students on the free and reduced lunch program. The "Rube Goldberg" project is part of the Gateway to Technology (GTT) engineering course offered after school and in the summer. This project supports the MN state standards that require 7th and 8th graders to be able to generate and refine a number of scientific questions in order to come up with a final solution. .

Ballot for New Post Officers

At the June meeting we will hold our election and induction of Post Officers. The proposed slate includes the following:

Post President: Chris Afdahl (St Paul District Corps of Engineers)

Vice President: Beth Keister (URS Corp)

Young Member Vice President: Jane Flewellen (St Paul District Corps of Engineers)

Secretary: Rachel Pichelmann (SEH Inc)

Treasurer: Jonathan Gustafson (St Paul District Corps of Engineers)

Director (2 yr term): Disa Wahlstrand (Ayres Associates)

Director (2 yr term): Chris Erickson (St Paul District Corps of Engineers)

NCO Council Representative: Brian Lintonen (106th Engrs, WI Army National Guard)

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. Please contact Past Post President Mark Angelo at mangelo@sehinc.com or 651-490-2193 prior to May 21st.

Mark the Dated for the 25th Annual Golf Tourney

The date of this year's 25th Annual Education and Mentoring Fund Golf Tournament will be Thursday, July 22nd at Oak Marsh Golf Course. Mark your calendars and start rounding up a foursome.

New for this year, registration for this year's event will be done on-line at https://www.wpgolf.com/oakmarsh/same_fundraiser.asp. Please use this website for signing up yourself, or your foursome, or for becoming a sponsor of the event. Also new for this year, hole sponsors will have their corporate logo on the GPS display while golfers are on "your" hole. We are also offering to have a course sponsor for which you will have your corporate logo on the GPS display while golfers are on all the holes that are not sponsored by anyone else.

In the mean time, if you would like to help us with this event, please contact Tim Thoreen at 651-365-8512 or tthoreen@ch2m.com .

SWE-MN & MFESTS Picnic

Picnic Basket SAME M-SP Post has been invited to join the SWE-MN Professional Development Committee and MFESTS for a picnic with fellow engineering societies. It will be a relaxing opportunity to eat some good food, play some games, and learn about other engineering society activities across the Twin Cities; families are welcome. Burgers and hot dogs will hit the grill at 6 PM, please bring your own beverages.

Picnic location is at Island Lake Park – Pavilion #2, 3611 North Victoria Street, Shoreview, MN 55126.

Attendees are asked to contribute $5 for every attendee over the age of 12 to help offset the cost of food.

Please RSVP by June 14th with the number of people attending. If you have any yard games, feel free to bring them with. There is a playground at the park for children to play at as well.

RSVP to pd@swe-mn.org and indicate your organization(i.e. SAME) in the RSVP email and let us know whether you would prefer hot dogs or hamburgers so we will have a better idea of what to buy.

Link to Park Map: http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/NR/rdonlyres/0BA291A2-6393-4565-A3DD-38DDC50FC679/3779/Island_LakeConverted.pdf

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