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PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RECORDS WITH THIS NEW ADDRESS. THANK YOU!
Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 06/30/06
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• July 6 - 11, 2006 - NSPE Summer Meeting - Boston, MA
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Renew your dues online!
Invoices to members with renewal dates from January through May will be
arriving in your mailbox shortly.
Rather than wait for an invoice, you can renew the convenient way now—online!
You can even update all of your membership information, or at least verify that
it is correct while you are there. To learn how, please see the information
below.
If you receive an invoice and have already renewed, thank you for your continued
membership! Please reply to this email and let me know that you have already
renewed and by what method (check or credit card). NSPE’s records do not yet
reflect your renewal and I would like to make them aware of your renewal so that
your membership status is properly continued.
• To renew your membership online and bill your credit card, visit
http://www.nspe.org/membership/me1-join.asp. Note that you need your
membership number in order to renew online. If you don’t have it, please reply
to this email and I’ll provide it for you. You will be asked for your user
name and a password. Your membership number is your username, and your
last name with the first letter capitalized is your password.
• Please remember that when you pay your dues by credit card, you can either pay
once or pay in monthly installments.
FUTURE CITY
The 3rd Annual Idaho Regional Future City Competition will be held again in
January at Boise State University. Volunteer opportunities exist at all levels
for this great program for 7th and 8th graders, from the day of the event -
including judging and scoring - to ongoing planning and coordination for the
competition - logistics, school and mentor recruitment, and fund raising. As a
program, Future City has recently received a number of awards including "Partner
of the Year" at the National Volunteering Conference. Also read more about this
great program online at Engineering-News Record (enr.com).
http://www.enr.com/people/ENRNext/archives/060614.asp.
Please contact Lynn Olson for more
information.
SOUTHWEST CHAPTER NEWS
CHAPTER ELECTION:
The 2006-2007 Southwest Chapter Ballots for Officers have been counted and the
results are: Dustin Commons will serve as President, with Jason Ritchie and
Chris Canfield serving as President-Elect and Secretary/Treasurer respectively
while Lynn Olson was elected Chapter Director. Thanks to all those that turned
in their ballots and please give these officers your support to make this coming
year a great one for the ISPE Southwest Chapter.
MATHCOUNTS
MATHCOUNTS is a national math coaching and competition program for 6th, 7th, and
8th grade students created and run by the National Society of Professional
Engineers, the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, and the CNA
Insurance Company. More importantly, it is one of the largest programs sponsored
by the Idaho Society of Professional Engineers. This program provides an
opportunity for students to have fun while exploring areas of math that they may
not see in their normal class curriculum and it also gives students a chance to
be recognized for their achievements on both team and individual bases.
The Southwest Chapter is currently looking for an individual or individuals who
would be interested in coordinating next year's event. Please contact one of the
chapter officers for more information if you are interested. Officer contact
information can be found on the
ISPE web site.
Beyond logistics coordination prior to the day of the event, the majority of
effort involves setting aside a Saturday in February for the event.
ISPE SOUTHWEST CHAPTER HOLDS SUCCESSFUL SPRING GOLF
TOURNAMENT!
Thank you to all the participants and sponsors of this year's
ISPE MATHCOUNTS and Future City Golf Tournament! This year’s event at Purple
Sage included 18 teams with a record 20 hole sponsors raising over $3500!!! This
money will go towards the awards, shirts and additional costs associated with
running the chapter’s MATHCOUNTS program held each February at BSU as well as
contributing to the Idaho Regional Future City Program at BSU in January.
Approximately $20 from each golfer's entry fee will go directly to these
programs along with 100% of the hole sponsorship money. The final results were:
1st Place Team - JUB Team of Dan Adams, Kent Gingrich, Blaze Kubik and
Kevin Baker
2nd Place Team - Tie between GeoTek and MWH awarded to MWH team of Bill
Lynard, Curtis Deveny, Nick Smith and Doug Jenkins (GeoTek team members were
David Waite, Rick Rogers, Ryan Carnie and Mike Engebritson)
Closest to the Pin Winners - Pat Colwell (Toothman-Orton) and Nick Smith
(MWH)
Longest Drive Winners - Kevin McCarthy (Toothman-Orton) and Kevin Baker
(JUB)
Thanks again to the generous hole sponsorships of the following companies:
Toothman-Orton Engineering (2), Washington Group International (2), Terracon,
W&H, JUB, Doherty and Associates, Wood Rodgers, Civil Dynamics, MWH, B&A
Engineering, Geo Engineers, Connecting Idaho, GeoTek, RiveRidge Engineering, Six
Mile Engineering, HDR, Materials Testing Inc, and SPF Water Engineering. A
special thanks also to GeoTek for the great basket we raffled off with hat,
balls and other goodies.
Comments or suggestions on making next year's tournament even better are always
welcome and hope to see you all again next May!
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
1. The State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is currently
looking for a couple of engineers - classified as EIT, Associate Engineer,
and/or Staff Engineer.
Additional information on the positions can be found under ongoing recruitment
at:
http://www.deq.state.id.us/about/jobs/openings.cfm
These positions would be in the Division of
Technical Services and would be multi-media. All backgrounds are needed.
Particular specializations that are encouraged to forward their resume include
water systems engineers and geotechnical engineers.
2. The Idaho Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors has
an opening for a Deputy Director. The job listing is posted on the State of
Idaho Division of Human Resources website and can be found at
http://www.dhr.idaho.gov/stateJobs/jobannouncement.aspx?announcement_no=NONCLS09248.
ELECTION OF NSPE PRESIDENT-ELECT 2006-2007
NSPE is pleased to announce that in accordance with Bylaw 16 the
election of the 2006-2007 President-elect has been certified and reported by the
Tellers Task Force. Please join them in congratulating Bernard R. Berson, P.E.,
L.S.,P.P., F.NSPE, of the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers, on his
election to the office of President-elect of NSPE.
This election was a milestone for NSPE on two counts: 1) the first election by
the House of Delegates, and 2) the first electronic election.
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Loving the Pool
Janelle loves hanging out at her neighborhood pool. On Friday she arrived at
the pool at 10:30 a.m. and left at 4:15 p.m. During each hour, the pool has a
15-minute adult swim from 45 minutes after the hour to the top of the next hour.
During what percent of Janelle’s time at the pool on Friday was it adult swim
time? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.
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There are 80 households that are members of Janelle’s pool. Sixty percent of the
households pay the standard $200 membership feel. Thirty percent of the
households receive a 20% discount on the standard membership fee and the
remaining households do not have to pay a membership fee. What is the average
membership fee per household for the 80 households?
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Janelle’s pool is rectangular in shape; it is 40 feet wide and 100 feet long.
The first 47 feet of the length is the shallow end (three feet deep) and the
last 47 feet of the length is the deep end (eight feet deep). The middle six
feet of the length is where the floor of the pool steadily and gradually drops
from three feet to eight feet deep. How many inches does the depth of the pool
change from the 48th to the 49th foot of the pool’s length?
Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
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Boise, ID 83717-0239
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Fax: 208-426-0639
E-Mail: ispe@idahospe.org
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