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It is time to elect SWE Atlanta FY11 Officers!

It’s hard to believe that the SWE-year is almost over (the SWE-year is July1-June30), but this means that this is the perfect time for you to get more involved.  ATL-SWE is a great place to practice your leadership skills or try out something new.  We have 8 elected positions available for you to choose from (descriptions included below), six of which are up for election, and we are looking for a great mix of candidates.  If you are interested, please send a biography statement (150 words or less) to president@sweatlanta.org by May 8th.  If you have any questions about the positions, please feel free to reply to this email and someone will get back with you or call me directly for a conversation. 

If you aren’t interested in running, please be on the lookout for the election ballot in May!

Andrea Clewley

President ATL-SWE FY10

770-587-7054

 

President (2 year commitment) – Not up for re-election for FY11

• Representing SWE to the engineering community, including other professional organizations and companies.
• Establish section goals and organization chart
• Receiving and delegating correspondence from SWE, Region D, other sections, organizations, individuals, and others.
• Making sure officers and committee chairs have the resources and information to do their jobs.

VP Outreach (1 year commitment)

• Coordinates the section’s outreach efforts – WOW! and Summer Camp
• She is the point of contact for all Girl Scout activities
• She oversees the student section advisors
• She guides the section’s class room activities
• Maintains outreach distribution lists and email account

VP External Relations (1 year commitment)

• Coordinates the section’s outreach efforts with other community and employee groups in Atlanta
• She keeps an updated CPC list
• She also helps the president in recruiting new members from CPC companies
• She builds relationships with employee affinity groups in Atlanta community that focus on Engineering & Technology
• She assists in offering joint meeting opportunities with other technical societies & affinity groups

VP Programs  (1 year commitment)

• Coordinates the section’s monthly membership meetings
• Finds speakers and locations
• Creates meeting invitations
• Helps in recruiting new members and retaining exiting members.

Secretary (1 year commitment)

•  Responsible for correspondence and maintains an accurate distribution list
• Takes minutes at administrative council meetings.  The secretary keeps a record of approved motions.
• Collects and writes articles, and organizes the newsletter. 
• Coordinates website updates
• Maintains and organizes the section's historical information including by-laws, newsletters, meeting minutes, awards, and other significant information. 

Treasurer (2 year commitment)– not up for re-election for FY11

• Helps the president develop the section budget and maintains it.
• She is responsible for maintaining SWE-Atlanta’s bank accounts.   This involves paying bills, issuing reimbursement checks, sending out receipts for donations, etc.
• The treasurer files the annual financial report to SWE.

Section Representative (1 year commitment) – 2 positions based on our section size

• Represents the Section at Regional meetings.  Region D meetings are generally held three times a year.
• The Section Representative prepares the quarterly section reports and submits them to the Region D director. 
• She keeps the section informed of regional and national events, writing newsletter articles when appropriate.

On Tuesday, April 27th, the Atlanta SWE professional section was joined by several graduating seniors from Atlanta area colleges to celebrate their accomplishment and also discuss transitioning to being a professional SWE member.  The event was attended a group of 23 professionals and students, who enjoyed networking with one another & delicious tapas plates from Loca Luna in Amsterdam Walk in the Virginia-Highland area.  The event featured door prizes and 2 student transition upgrades for raffle winners Sara Waldschmidt, construction engineering major graduating from Southern Polytechnic State University and Stephanie Stout, current president of the Georgia Tech SWE student section.  We hope to see you at our next meeting!

Congratulations to the Atlanta Section leaders for earning two awards in our Region!

Best Program/Event (Responsible Officer: Meg Roughen, VP Programs)

Best Website (Responsible Officer: Pam Androff, Secretary)

Pictures can be seen on our Awards Received page.

On Tuesday, March 9th, the SWE Atlanta section met on Georgia Tech's campus to learn about a study that professors there are doing on how innovation is linked to improvisational humor.  The session featured a series of improvisational games and allowed SWE members to be part of the study and to share their insight into how humor can impact innovation in industry and/or academia.

For the second year, SWE is partnering with SEM Link As a part of its, Math and  Science Career Academy to host a Science Café, “Engineers What They Do and How to Become One” to celebrate National Engineers Week(e-week), February 14-20, 2010.  Science Cafés are informal and interactive scientific seminars for K-12 students, parents and educators that discuss real-world applications of science, engineering and mathematics. This is Science Café will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 from 6:00-7:00 pm at King Middle School on 545 Hill Street. This event is for Cool Girls program participants, the students at King Middle School, but is also free and open to the public.

The café speaker is Ms. Beth White, a graduate of Colorado State University and a SWE member, is a Civil Engineer with Merrick & Company.  Merrick is a full service engineering and architecture firm.  Ms. White will be speaking about how the various disciplines of engineering come together and contribute on completing a project. She also briefly explain what classes (math & sciences) K-12 students needs to start taking at a young age to get an early start on a career in Engineering! 

Although Beth is our esteemed speaker, we are encouraging all members to not only come out o support her but also be there to speak with the parents and students about YOUR career.

February 16^th

6:00-7:00pm

King Middle School

545 Hill Street

Atlanta GA

There is no cost and no food for this meeting. Please bring your friends and family to this open community event! RSVP now!

Atlanta SWE Member Marsha Anderson Bomar was elected to serve her second term on the Duluth City Council (2010-2014). In addition, she will serve as Mayor Pro Tempore.  

Ms. Bomar is President and Founder of Street Smarts, Inc.

L to R: Lucien Bomar, Marsha Anderson Bomar and Municipal Court Judge Charles Barrett

Date: January 20, 2010 6pm - 8pm
Location: Atlanta Girls School
Cost: $15 for Paid SWE Members, $20 for Non-Members & Guests (Dinner Included in Cost)
Register Now!

Mark your calendars to join Atlanta SWE for our first monthly meeting of 2010!  Pinney Allen, head of the Atlanta Girls School, will be speaking with us about research they have done on the differences in learning styles of girls and boys.  They have found that girls and boys process information in different ways.  Our speaker will share valuable insight with us as we plan for outreach events in the future and also as we learn more about what would intrigue a young woman to consider the technical fields of Engineering and Science.

Speaker: Pinney Allen, a nearly 30-year leader in the Atlanta legal and business community and a leader in the non-profit community on issues of education and women and girls, joined the AGS community in the summer of 2008.  She was recently recognized by the YWCA at its 25th Anniversary Salute to Women of Achievement and is immediate past chair of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation.  She graduated with an AB in economics, summa cum laude, from Harvard University and a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School.  She and her husband, Buddy Miller, are the proud parents of two daughters.

We received feedback in our recent survey regarding having more variety in our meeting locations, so this meeting will be held at the AGS near the West Paces Ferry exit off of I-75 on a Wednesday rather than our regular Tuesday.  We do hope you can join us for what is sure to be an exciting event!  See you there!

Register now before you forget!