ASME/HPV                           

  • Monday, April 20, 2009

  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009

  • Meeting Minutes

    The Meeting Started at 7:00pm

      • The meeting opened with introductions from new and old members. We had a total of seven new members.
          • Brock Sobieski
          • Tega Maidoh
          • Brett Nafzger
          • Khawar Ali
          • Craig Planton
          • Andy Tauscheck
          • Derek Forehand

    Agenda:

      • The First topic on the Agenda was the Human Powered Vehicle competition in Philadelphia next month, Lance explained why:
        • Unfortunately we would not be able to participate in this year’s competition because; we could not meet the deadline for our reports submission.
        • However Dallas and Lynn still plan on completing the new bike this year and running some tests on it, and request the help of anyone who is would be willing to give it.
      • Next on the agenda was the upcoming Brewers Vs. Arizona tailgate party with ASME in both MSOE and Marquette, three people signed up:
          • Tega Maidoh
          • Brett Nafzger
          • Andy Tauscheck
        • it will be held on Friday the 1st of May
        • The game started at 7:05pm
        • Depending on the number of Members who would like to attend we could go by MSOE van or carpool there.
        • Tickets for the game plus food and drinks should be around $20
      • The third topic on the Agenda was  Company tours that we have coming up:
        • Jesse Kuda Arranged for a hard hat tour of Harley Davidson sometime late April and a sign up sheet was sent round, the following members sign up:
          • Tega Maidoh
          • Brett Nafeger
          • Jake Frye
          • Craig Planton
          • Mike Sorensen
          • Andy Tauscheck
        • Lynn Koepke also talked about a possible tour of Milwaukee tool.
      • On April 16th MSOE will be hosting the Student Professional Development Conference for District C of ASME. There Are Different competitions, and the conference runs from April 16th -18th.
      • The next  item was the Financial Standing of the club, currently we have:
        • $1200.00 From Brat Sales, we will only have two this semester.
        • $3250.00 from Grants received from the school for work on the bike
          • $2800.00 of which will be appropriated for buying Carbon Fiber for the Bikes Fairing.
      • Past President Dallas Reinert  spoke about the Leadership  Training Conference (L.T.C.) held in Los Angeles for the fourth year. The conference was mainly about:
        • Teaching new and current officers of ASME what is required of them as Officers.
        • And also emphasizing the numbers of resources members have particulary via the Societies website www.ASME.org.
        • He also address that to register nationally for ASME  as a first time student member  is free for the first year once you sign up as a freshman.
      • Lance Closed the meeting with a note about sending future emails about upcoming company tours.

        The Meeting ended at 7:15 
         
        Minutes Prepared by: Secretary, Edward Gerber