Chapter Happenings
Magic Valley Chapter
by Andrew Swensen, PE
In the past six months, the Magic Valley Chapter has been active and busy. The
Chapter was in charge of organizing the program for the Annual Meeting in Boise,
and after a lot of help from a lot of people, the program turned out to be
excellent. Many thanks go out to those who organized, participated in, and
attended the program.
We had a successful local MATHCOUNTS competition with four teams being
represented (our best showing in several years). At the same time, the E-Week
committee hosted a wind turbine competition at Twin Falls High School, where
about ten teams from the physics classes competed for prizes (we handed out two
HP 48 calculators and several $50 gift certificates). Events like these are
truly good duty.
The Chapter is currently working to create an up-to-date membership roster to
help the members of the Chapter see who else is associated with the
organization. Along with the release of the roster, we plan to initiate some
sort of recruitment effort.
We had a very good joint meeting with the ASCE Southern Idaho Section in March
where a panel discussed recent legislative activity related to the engineering
profession. The panel included three members of the Idaho Board of Professional
Engineers and Land Surveyors and a representative from ACEC of Idaho.
SOUTHWEST CHAPTER NEWS
by Jim Baker, PE
The Southwest Chapter is wrapping up another successful year. Thanks to all
who made it so great. Ballots will be going out to our members soon to fill the
Secretary/Treasurer and Chapter Director positions. We plan to take a break from
our monthly meetings in June and July but will be back full speed in August. Amy
Woodruff will be taking the reins as President and Lynn Olson will be President
Elect. They will need all of the support they can get, so please, consider
becoming an active participant. As one past president of this chapter stated,
“The world is run by people who show up”…and it still is.
Currently we are planning our annual SW Chapter MATHCOUNTS Golf Tournament
Fundraiser. This event raises the lion’s share of funds that are spent each year
to hold the regional MATHCOUNTS tournament. Please mark September 24th on your
calendar and be thinking of teams of four to create. The tournament will be held
at the Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell. More information on the tournament
“nitty gritties” will be coming out in the next couple of months. It would be
great if we can field 18 teams and have a “shotgun” tournament!
The Chapter is also looking to become more involved with the Future Cities
competition and help support the program. They have several positions open on
various committees and are looking for volunteers.
MATHCOUNTS
by Jim Reppell, PE
The State MATHCOUNTS Competition was held
successfully on March 6th at BSU. With almost 100 mathletes from 27 schools
participating, it was the largest state competition we’ve ever had. Thanks to
all of our volunteers who made it happen. This year, students from the Southeast
and North chapters grabbed the top individual and team spots. Here are the
results:
Team Results
1st Place Rocky Mountain Middle School Idaho Falls
2nd Place Jenifer Junior High School Lewiston
3rd Place Hawthorne Middle School Pocatello
4th Place Moscow Junior High School Moscow
Individual Results
1st Place Austin Stott
Rocky Mtn Middle School
2nd Place Emily Brookhart Rocky Mtn Middle School
3rd Place Jordan Stott
Rocky Mtn Middle School
4th Place Kameryn Williams Hawthorne Middle School
Austin, Emily, Jordan, and Kameryn will now represent Idaho at the National
MATHCOUNTS Competition on May 7th in Washington D.C. The national competition,
by the way, will be televised on ESPN2 at 10 a.m. MDT on June 3rd. Check it out!
Regional Director Report
by Charlie
Bergman, PE
ISPE will be hosting the annual Western
Pacific Region meeting this year. It will be held in Coeur d' Alene September
17-18. Northern Chapter is handling detail planning. This is an opportunity to
see Regional Operations first hand and meet some of the people that represent us
at National.
State Treasurer’s Report
by J. Canning, PE/LS
The ISPE is near completing the current fiscal year. This report will cover our
financial status through 3 May 2004.
Receipts so far this year total $44,585.98. Our budgeted income for the entire
fiscal year is $48,975.00. No particular red flags or highlights on the income
side. Sustaining members accounted for $3,220.00, which is slightly below last
year. The annual meeting/convention generated $14,825.23. We are currently at
91% of budgeted income for the year.
Expenses have totaled $47,665.61. This is 93.2% of the year’s projected
expenses. A little high for approximately 83% of the year gone by, but no
glaring problem areas.
Our current checking account balance is $22,095.81 Our current saving account
balance is $4,033.40. Our active certificate of deposit is $4,756.23. Cash
assets total $30,885.44
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