New Section Resources Site

Visit http://www.asme.org/Governance/Volunteer/Practices/ to check out this new site. It was developed over the last four months by a cross-sector project team and it went live just before SAM. Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.

YEC Meeting at SAM 2006

Hi, everyone-
I don't know about you all, but I thought this SAM was the best meeting since the reorganization, maybe ever. I am finally starting to see the opportunities for cooperation, leveraging the strengths of the different parts of organization, etc., that the new structure promised to provide. At this point, these opportunities are limited in scope, but I think they'll continue to grow.
Our YEC meeting Saturday evening was a lot of fun. It was good seeing everyone who could make it, and I was grateful for a chance to talk about what we want to do this coming year. I'd like to see this discussion continue both here and on the CoP. Our group has a lot of visibility and a lot of pull within ASME right now. If you have ideas about things we should do, let me know.

ECEs Nominated as ASME VPs

Congratulations to Justin Young! He has been selected by the 2006 Nominating Committee as the VP, Affinity Communities Nominee for the term starting in June 2007!

In other Early Career Engineer news, Candice Bauer has been selected as the VP, Center for Professional Development, Practice, and Ethics (CPDPE). It's great to see two amazingly-qualified early career engineers with these important leadership roles in ASME! The complete list of nominees is below.

For more information, visit http://www.asme.org/Governance/Nominating/Selections_By_2006_Nominating.cfm.

Selections By The 2006 Nominating Committee Of Nominees For Society Office
Terms Beginning In June 2007

PRESIDENT
Sam Y. Zamrik

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Frank C. Adamek
Donald R. Frikken
Mark W. Goldsmith

VICE PRESIDENTS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICE & ETHICS
Candice Bauer

PUBLIC AWARENESS
Vincent Wilczynski

STANDARDIZATION & TESTING
Joseph W. Milton

AFFINITY COMMUNITIES
Justin R. Young

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Larry Kielasa

Raytheon Head Plagiarizes ASME Publication

I'm not sure who's seen one of the original articles published in the NY Times, Time Magazine, etc., but here's an interesting follow up to that article: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/19/1656394.htm. It's amazing how low the ethical standards have fallen in the U.S. College students across the U.S. can commit plagiarism and be kicked out of the class (with a failing grade) or possibly kicked out of the university. The CEO of a large aerospace company in the U.S. has committed plagiarism for years, and he's given a paycut. The standards seem a little off here, but who am I to judge.

Check out the article - it's defintely interesting reading. And go ASME - we got free national publicity and that can't be a bad thing since ASME didn't do anything untoward!

Be part of ASME's Public Policy Agenda for 2007-2008

I received the following hyperlink recently from Kathryn Holmes, the Director of ASME's Government Relations Group. By filling out the survey, you can help define ASME's Public Policy Agenda for the 2007-2008 year.

https://secure.asme.org/PPAS/policysurvey.cfm

This is your choice to stand up and make your opinion matter!