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Title: Welcome to the Local Sections Committee LSC Meeting


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Welcome to the Local Sections Committee (LSC)
Meeting
  • Monday April 27, 2009
  • 1130 AM to 100 PM

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Meeting Agenda
  • LSC Introductions
  • 2009 Leadership Development Conference
  • Volunteer Recognition Awards
  • Program Planning Grants
  • John J. McKetta ProjectConnect Grants
  • AIChE Chemical Engineering on Demand
  • Working Session
  • Question and Answer Session

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LSC Executive Officers Spring 2009-Spring 2010
  • Dave Jacobs Chair (Central Savannah River)
  • Opportunity 1st Vice Chair
  • Opportunity 2nd Vice Chair
  • Opportunity - Director at Large
  • Mac Qadir Director at Large (Northern
    California)
  • Jim Klein - Section Liaison, (Central Savannah
    River)
  • Karen Bard Project Connect Sub-Committee Chair
    (Mid-Hudson)
  • Diane Spencer - CEOC Liaison (Northern
    California)
  • Peter Sibilski Director at Large (North Jersey)
  • Craig Wildemuth Past Chair (Rocky Mountain /
    Northern California)
  • Christopher Dean Executive Student Council
    Liaison
  • Felicia Guglielmi - Director, Volunteer
    Membership Activities
  • Lowell Aplebaum - Volunteer Membership
    Activities Liaison

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LSC Mission
  • To strengthen AIChEs Local Sections through
  • Resource development
  • Networking
  • Opportunities for sharing information
  • Long-term support focusing on Local Sections

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LSC Goals for 2009-2010
  • Solicit nominations and recommend host for 2010
    LDC conference
  • Award 2000 in Program Planning Grants
  • Increase applications for Project Connect Grants
  • Re-introduce Best Newsletter Award
  • Assist Local Sections In Need
  • Facilitate Information Sharing between Local
    Sections

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Available Resources
  • http//www.aiche.org/LocalSections/Resources/index
    .aspx
  • How to start a Young Professional Group
  • Local Section Officers' Resource Guide
  • Local Section Annual Report 2008 Summary
  • Local Section Officer Descriptions
  • Top Ten Ways to Involve Students in Your Section
    Flyer
  • more .. Please review the Spring 2008 LSC
    Luncheon presentation for more complete listing
    of additional benefits of AIChE membership

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Leadership Development Conference 2009
  • Presented By
  • Dan Lambert
  • Chair, Central Savannah River Section

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AIChE LDC 2009
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AIChE LDC 2009 Where
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AIChE LDC 2009 Hotel
  • Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites

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AIChE LDC 2009 View from hotel
  • Augusta Riverwalk

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AIChE LDC 2009 Our goal
  • AIChE has 113 Local Sections
  • United States, Puerto Rico, The
    Netherlands/Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Canada,
    Singapore and Thailand
  • AIChE has 19 Divisions and Forums
  • We aim to better equip attendees to be the best
    leaders they can be

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How can you help?
  • Send someone from each of the local sections to
    the LDC
  • We especially want leaders from dormant and
    struggling sections
  • We hope to see some new faces and diversity
  • Put LDC information on your web site

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AIChE LDC 2009 Some sessions
  • Communications Asking Questions
  • Mentoring Developing Leaders
  • Programming How to Improve
  • Membership Lifeblood
  • Young professionals Present Future
  • Creative Problem Solving Workshop
  • Supporting Others Students Society

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AIChE LDC 2009 Plus
  • Many networking opportunities
  • Visit one of the oldest cities of the south
  • Meet members of the AIChE Staff and Board

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AIChE LDC 2009 What You Can Do
  • Save the Date
  • June 12-14, 2009
  • Spread the Word
  • Augusta, Georgia
  • Please Attend!
  • http//www.aiche.org/ldc
  • http//www.aiche-csra.org

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AIChE LDC 2009
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AIChE Volunteer Recognition Awards
  • Presented By Diane Spencer

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Volunteer Recognition Awards
  • What are the Volunteer Recognition Awards?
  • Initiated in 2007 to recognize AIChE volunteers
    nation wide for their tireless efforts
  • Support volunteers in attending national AIChE
    meetings throughout the year
  • Aid Local Sections in helping their volunteers to
    continue to volunteer
  • Recognize those that go above and beyond in their
    service to AIChE

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Volunteer Recognition Awards
  • 2008 Introduced the Shining Star Award to
    recognize individuals identified by their section
    as outstanding contributors
  • Program budgeted for 9 awards.
  • Only 7 were nominated!
  • 2009 Program re-establish original program with
    defined evaluation criteria

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2009 Shining Star Recipients
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AIChE Program Planning Grants
  • Presented By

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Program Planning Grants
  • Assist local sections with their membership
    outreach efforts by encouraging development of a
    program plan that involved more than a single
    event.
  • Supports outreach to broader section membership
  • Series of events under an "umbrella" of a larger
    program with identifiable objectives and goals
  • Encouraged to think "outside the box"
  • Grants awarded twice per calendar year with
    maximum value of 1000
  • 2008 Deadline September 30th
  • 2009 Deadlines March 31st and September 30th

Next Application Deadline September 30, 2009
No Applications Submitted
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John J. McKetta ProjectConnect Grants
  • Presented By

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Project Connect
  • Assists local sections with their efforts to
    reach out to students, and increase membership
    and participation of recent chemical engineer
    graduates and new engineers..
  • Supports outreach to new and young engineers and
    students
  • Typically single event programs
  • Evaluated on Innovativeness and ability to become
    "best practice"
  • Grants awarded quarterly with maximum value of
    600
  • Plan to award 1800 per quarter

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Project Connect
Applications and, hence, Number of Awards
Trending Down
In Response, Award Value Increased
27
AIChE Chemical Engineering on Demand (ChemE On
Demand, ChemE OD)
  • Presentation to the AIChE
  • Local Sections Committee
  • April, 27 2009
  • Bette Lawler,
  • Director of Operations

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AIChE Portal Strategy 3
  • Goal Statement To create an environment on
    the web where chemical engineering focused
    products and services can be accessed by and
    collaborated on with the global chemical
    engineering community. Such products/services to
    include
  • Shared technical content in the form of live and
    archived conferences, webinars, publications, and
    on-line seminars/courses
  • Virtual communities ( geographic/topical/product-c
    entric and ad-hoc)
  • Collaborative information creation
  • Shared career advancement content/job search
  • Virtual meetings and trade shows

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How to Content from Other Sources
Original Webinars from AIChE
Meeting Session Recordings
ChemE On Demand
Advice and Information Blog
Training Modules 2010
Local Section and Division Webcasts
How to Content from CEP
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ChemE on Demand Webinar Committee
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Search results for Engineering Fundamentals
Introduction to Flammable Materials February 18,
2009 Presented by Dr. Daniel A. Crowl, Herbert
H. Dow Professor for Chemical Process Safety in
the Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan
Technological University The Ubiquitous
Hydrocyclone Separator Theory and Practice
February 11, 2009 Presented by Dr. Charles A.
Petty, Director, NSF Center for Multiphase
Transport Phenomena Success and Prospects in
Thermodynamics November 17, 2008 Presented by
Peter T Cummings Success and Prospects in
Process Systems November 17, 2008 Presented by
George Stephanopoulos Success and Prospects in
Transport November 17, 2008 Presented by Morton
Denn
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Webinars
  • Free live and archived webinars as a member
    benefit started in 10/07
  • 30 live events run to date
  • All are archived
  • Registrations varied from 10 to 300
  • Changed original class limit from 100 to 200 to
    300 and with each change hit maximum capacity
  • Consistent 50 no-show rate

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Live Webinars
  • 6752 registrations for 30 webinars since 10/07.
  • 3340 people.
  • 96 of people attended six or fewer (59 took
    just one)
  • 55 are 39 or younger (17 are 18 to 24)

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Member Benefits
  • All active professional members will be entitled
    to 6 free (mix of live and archived) webinars
    each year
  • All active student members will be entitled to
    unlimited archive views each year
  • All past archived webinars will be free for all
    members, in perpetuity

39
Key Assumptions
  • Some content will be free to all
  • Some content will be free to all members
  • Where prices apply
  • member price live webinar 129
  • non-member price/webinar 179
  • member price/other doc Free
  • non-member price/other doc 39

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Financial Overview 2009
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Timeline
  • May 1,2009 Soft launch of pricing, member
    credits, new User Interface.
  • Content will be webinars (live and archive)
    predominately.
  • May 1-31, 2009 Testing of functionality by
    members and staff.
  • June 1, 2009 Hard launch.
  • September December 2009 Inclusion of
    publications, meeting papers, etc.

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Sections In Need
  • Scott Fogler/Dave Jacobs
  • Saturday June 6, 2009
  • 1130 AM to 100 PM

43
Agenda
  • Defining In Need
  • Whos In Need?
  • Trends
  • Survey Says
  • Who Can Help?
  • What Can Be Done?
  • A Success Story Wilmington, DE
  • Working Session
  • Question and Answer Session

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Defining Need
  • A section that has not
  • Filed and annual report
  • Doesnt have a national member in a critical
    office
  • Chairman
  • Chair-Elect/Vice-Chair
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • No contact with LSC

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Whos In Need?
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Whos In Need?
  • Who considers their section in need or
    struggling?

Considered "on-the mend" in 2005
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Why are Sections Struggling?
  • Lack of volunteers leading to burnout
  • Apathy of leaders
  • General decline in the economy, folks are more
    focused on their immediate needs
  • Competition from alternative, more focused
    professional organizations
  • Geographical spread of section
  • Whats in it for me? attitude
  • Changing, more demanding work environment that
    does not allow (time) for supporting volunteer
    professional organizations during working hours

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Trends
  • Shifting Industry Base
  • Volunteer Burnout
  • Increase applications for Project Connect Grants
  • Re-introduce Best Newsletter Award
  • Assist Local Sections In Need
  • Facilitate Information Sharing between Local
    Sections

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Who Can Help?
  • National AIChE Local Sections Committee
  • A Neighboring Local Section

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What Help?
  • Joint meetings with other sections (local,
    student, other professional society)
  • Program Planning Grants
  • McKetta ProjectConnect Grants

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What Steps to Take?
  • Contact National AIChE Local Sections Cmt
  • Identify Volunteer Officers
  • Review your charter and bylaws
  • Get Access to Finances (bank account and past LS
    dues)
  • Get a member list
  • Plan a Kickoff Meeting
  • Select a speaker/topic
  • Plan a Budget/Schedule
  • Apply for Grants
  • Publicize the Event
  • Follow-up

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Volunteer Officers
  • National AIChE Membership Required
  • Minimum Chairman
  • Prefer Vice-Chair and Treasurer too
  • Secretary if available
  • Other positions can be filled with local section
    only members

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Charter Bylaws
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Finances
  • Find the last bank statements and get transfer of
    access
  • If section has been suspended, past dues may be
    available

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Planning a Kickoff Meeting
  • Pick a topic or speaker of broad interest and
    with name recognition

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Planning a Budget/Schedule
  • Be realistic on estimating the number of
    attendees that you can draw
  • Budget for speakers fees, travel and honorarium
  • Price the venue and food
  • Prefer that a kickoff is without cost to add to
    the attraction

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Apply for Grants
  • Several Local Section Committee Grants are
    available
  • Program Planning Grants
  • McKetta ProjectConnect Grants
  • Seek Corporate sponsorship

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Publicize the Event
  • Use email direct to members
  • Notify Employers
  • Notify other professional societies

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Follow-Up
  • Send out a newsletter with a summary of the event
    and a proposed calendar for future meetings
  • Send a write-up to Chemical Engineering Progress
    (CEP) for submission
  • Recognize your volunteers

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Wilmington, DE
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Available Resources
  • http//www.aiche.org/LocalSections/Resources/index
    .aspx
  • How to start a Young Professional Group
  • Local Section Officers' Resource Guide
  • Local Section Annual Report 2008 Summary
  • Local Section Officer Descriptions
  • Top Ten Ways to Involve Students in Your Section
    Flyer
  • more .. Please review the Spring 2008 LSC
    Luncheon presentation for more complete listing
    of additional benefits of AIChE membership

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Working Session
  • What is the single biggest problem facing your
    section?
  • Getting volunteers to help run the Section?
  • Meeting attendance
  • Finances
  • Other?

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Question Answer Session
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THANK YOU!For attending the 2009 LDC
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