Subject: minutes Sept 7, 2005 From: RLaRosa331@aol.com Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:26:19 -0400 (EDT) Attendance was 33 or 34 total including 15 or 16 guests. Telephone referral volunteers: September - Martin Kanner October - John Liguori November - Murray Kleiner December - Dave Rost Treasurer Dave Rost reported $6372 in the bank. The presentation at the November meeting will be on negotiating. We will elect new officers at the December meeting. Stu Senator asked for volunteers to the Nominating Committee. Peter Buitenkant volunteered. Irwin Weitman asked for volunteers to call potential instructors (for PE continuing education?) John Peterson reccommended that we vote for Charles Rubenstein for Region 1 Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect. Attendees introduced themselves to the group. Andrew Haimes described monetary and service contributions to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the affected state PE societies. Andrew Haimes presented a continuing education lecture on "Engineering and the Law". Certificates were given to those PE's who had registered. Respectfully submitted, Richard LaRosa, Secretary and incoming Newsletter Editor, replacing Andy Baxt, who got married, ended his contract with L3 Communications, and moved to Boca Raton. Thanks and best wishes, Andy. Anybody got something they want to get in the newsletter - send it to r.larosa@ieee.org. Maybe we could use some jokes?