AWWA Minnesota Section - Young Professionals Committee

5:30 PM, Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Joseph’s Grill at 140 S Wabasha Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107 (651.222.2435)

 

Meeting Minutes

 

  1. Sign in and Introductions
    1. Attendees included Doug Klamerus, Jason Janisch, Chris Glassing, Dave Brown, John Chlebeck, Jeff Yeschick, Paul Morken, and Brian Zinnel.
  2. Approved minutes of last meeting. 
  3. Approved revised agenda.
  4. Decide on 2004/2005 action items.  Doug and Dave attended AWWA MN Section Strategic Business Planning Meeting on 12/10/04.  Glen Gerads asked committees to use the Action Items/Tasks and Budgets presented in the Strategic and Business Plan for 2004/2005 (SBP2004/2005).  Young Professionals Committee Action Items/Tasks presented in the SBP2004/2005 is our original plan we gave the board in February 2004.  YP committee was unaware that an updated action items and budget needs to be provided to the board by August each year.  YP Committee members present agreed that we should use our Feb 2004 goals for 2004/2005 action items and budget. Budget for 2004/2005 is $500. Four remaining action items are:
    1. Host 3 or 4 facility tours per year.  Attended Waterous tour immediately before this meeting. Discussed other possible tours including Tonka Equipment, Cold Spring Brewery, on going construction projects or another water treatment plant.  At last month’s meeting Pat Shea said that he would check with Cold Spring Brewery in Cold Spring, MN (St. Cloud area).
    2. Create a presence at the MN Section conference for young professionals.  Did not discuss this action item at this meeting. YP Committee will expand on work we did for the 2004 annual conference for the 2005 conference.
    3. Community service project

                                                               i.      MATHCOUNTS – Work with MSPE.  There was no discussion on MATHCOUNTS. 

                                                             ii.      National Engineers Week – Future City Competition. Doug provided letter from Marilynn Nelson. Future City competition is still looking for essay judges.

                                                            iii.      Habitat for Humanity.   Last month Kevin Andersen planned to contact Bernie Bullert at his office to find out ways that the YP could be involved with H for H.  Bernie Bullert is active with H for H.

    1. Host four social events per year plus the MN Section conference meet and greet.  Did not discuss this action item at this meeting. Last month we decided to have socials following the facility tours.
  1. YP members to be on other AWWA MN section committees.  Dave mentioned that he is now the assistant secretary for the MN Section.  He will be on the finance committee. No other discussion regarding other committees.  Jason mentioned that Scholarship committee is looking for scholarship applicants.  Dave said he could contact MEESE at the University of MN to find some possible candidates. YP members asked by MAC to brainstorm some ideas on how to improve vendor exhibit for Annual Conference.
  2. Web site. 
    1. Propose posting next 6 months of YP meetings.  Dave mentioned that he prepared a tentative meeting schedule through October 2005.  The schedule was emailed out on 12/28/04.  There was a conflict with the proposed January 19th meeting and Metro District’s meeting.  It was decided to push the YP meeting back a week to 1/26.
  3. Action Items (10 min)
    1. Kevin Andersen to contact Bernie Bullert regarding Habitat for Humanity.
    2. Dave Brown to contact MEESE about scholarships.
    3. Doug Klamerus to invite committee chair/member from some other AWWA MN Section committee for upcoming meeting.
    4. Pat Shea to contact Cold Spring Brewery for possible tour.
  4. Schedule Next Meeting (5 – 10 min).  Next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, January 26.  Time and place to be announced later.