AWWA Minnesota Section – Young Professionals Committee

2:30pm, Thursday, April 6, 2006

Thunderbird Motel, Bloomington, MN

MEETING MINUTES

I. Roll Call

- Brian Zinnel (PCE), Paul Morken (PCE), Chris Glassing (ACIPCO), John Chlebeck (SEH), Brad Forester (ACIPCO), Guest – Ruth Alkons Wolinsky (CH2M Hill), Social Only - Jeff Yeschick (PCE)

II. Review and Approve Minutes from past meeting

- Approved

- Due to the continued absence of Drew Hess, Chris Glassing appointed Brad Forester as interim secretary for the remainder of his term as Chair.

III. Review and Approve Agenda

- Approved

IV. Unfinished Business

A. Facility Tours

1) DeZurik / Cold Springs Brewery Tour - The committee continued discussion of organizing a dual facility tour of DeZurik and Cold Springs Brewery. A possible date in July was discussed. Todd Butz was supposed to contact DeZurik to determine possible tour dates and coordinate with the Social Committee. Todd was not present to give an update.

2) Minneapolis UF Plant – The committee discussed touring the plant despite the limited access. It was decided to move forward with a tour. Chris Glassing will be calling a committee member to ask them to coordinate the setting up of a tour with the City of Minneapolis.

3) Other Ideas - Brian Zinnel mentioned that the Blaine plant will be under process equipment construction throughout the summer. He will follow up with the City of Blaine to ask for possible tours/visits. John Chlebeck mentioned that the New Brighton WWTF will be adding a granular activated carbon contactor. He will follow up with the City of New Brighton to inquire about possible tours/visits.

B. Community Service Project

1) Water Tower Competition – No movement.

2) World of Water Poster Competition – Chris Glassing said that Brent Massmann and Aleisha Kiley have volunteered to spearhead the poster competition. Brian Zinnel said that he has a contact at Xcel Energy that may provide some ideas. He will provide the contact information to Brent and Aleisha.

C. Social Event

1) Brewery Tour, sponsored by YP - The Cold Spring Brewery tour will be hold in conjunction with the DeZurik facilities tour. See above.

2) Annual Conference Social – sponsored by YP - Jeff Yeschick attended an AWWA function during the YP meeting but was able to provide a report upon arriving for the social gathering. Jeff received positive feedback regarding YP sponsoring a social after the banquet. Jeff will provide a complete report at our next meeting.

D. Policies & Procedures update

1) Draft Guidance Document – The document was not voted on as planned, however it will be voted on for approval at the next meeting.

E. Sub-Committee Reports

1) Membership (Todd Butz) – No report

2) Social (Brian Zinnel) – See above notes regarding the Cold Spring Brewery tour.

3) Public Affairs (Drew Hess) – No report

4) Fresh Ideas (Brad Forester) – Brad Forester is moving forward on attempting to initiate a poster competition at the Fall MN AWWA Conference. Brad will be submitting his proposal to MAC for their support. Jeff Yeschick said that the MN AWWA Conference committee was asking YP if presentation spots will be required for the competition and if so to contact them as soon as possible. Brad will work with Jeff on securing the presentation spots. John volunteered to help coordinate the marketing effort with that of work being done with the membership committee.

V. New Business

- Website updates – All YP Committee minutes and upcoming meeting/events will be posted on the web site from this time forward. The committee discussed posting some photos from social events and facility tours…so feel free to bring that digital camera of yours.

I. Announcements and Next Meeting

- We welcome Ruth Alkons Wolinsky to the YP Committee. Ruth attended the University of Pittsburgh for her undergraduate and has a masters degree in Environmental Engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill. Ruth is currently employed in the wastewater planning group at CH2M Hill.

- Thanks to Brian Zinnel for setting up the social at the Operators Conference following the YP meeting. It was a great success and it was proven once again that signs that read “Free Beer” are extremely effective at drawing in a crowd.

- Next meeting will be approximately two weeks prior to the DeZurik / Cold Spring Brewery Tour. The time and location are yet to be determined.