ISA - LI Section PRESIDENT's
MESSAGE
By: Tony Cacioppo, PE
Greetings and Happy Spring to all
ISA members. It has been awhile since our last newsletter was published,
but I want to assure you that we are still alive and well and have
been actively planning professional activities. First, the membership
roster of the LI section has remained steady for several years. We
currently have 38 members. This is remarkable considering the dramatic
changes that have taken place in the technical and industrial sectors
since 1993, when technical employment on Long island reached its zenith.
Percentage-wise, we have maintained a membership level greater than
some of the larger sections in District 1. (New England and Eastern
New York areas) Secondly, the Long Island Section has maintained a
working relationship with local sections of other technical societies,
especially ASME. Through a collaborative effort of EJCLI (Engineers
Joint Council of Long Island) we have worked to plan events and technical
presentations that are of interest to our members. We strive to have
meetings at least monthly, but sometimes our schedule is not as full
as we would like. However, we do have program meetings scheduled for
September, October and November. See the enclosed announcement for
the EWEEK Program.
On the subject of programs, we are
asking that each of you please consider arranging a technical presentation
for the Section. If you are a subject matter expert or well versed
on a particular subject area related to instrumentation, automation
or energy, your collegues would benefit from the shared knowledge.
Or, perhaps you know someone else who can make a presentation or can
arrange a facility tour coupled with a presentation on that company's
technology. ISA and ASME can get good program presentations qualified
for PDH continuing education credits, which are required for PE's
to maintain their credential. Bear in mind that the presenter/instructor
receives 2 times the approved PDHs for presenting the qualified program.
Finally, we ask that you please be
sure that we have your current E-Mail address so that we can send
you important meeting announcements. In the future, we may be sending
out this newsletter electronically via e-mail. We do not send "junk
e-mail" or use this info for any other purpose. Your personal
e-mail address is preferable to your work or corporate one, as many
companies set tight filters on their e-mail servers which tend to
bounce back ISA mailings. You can update your account info by logging
on to the ISA website www.isa.org , or contact our membership chairman,
Dave Kotliar davekot@yahoo.com
We look forward to seeing all of you at one of our programs.
For more info, please feel free to
contact me or one of our board members,