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Young Professionals
Committee 2008 Review!
The AZ Water Association Young
Professionals Committee had a
successful year in 2008! Highlights of
the year included:
• Facilitating technical presentations
geared toward young professionals at
the Annual Conference and hosting a
Technical Luncheon Seminar Series on
Industry Approaches to Sustainability
• Providing networking opportunities
for area young professionals and
students
• Organizing the annual Bowl-a-Thon
and Kickball Game
• Supporting university student groups
at Arizona State University, University
of Arizona, Northern Arizona
University, and Gateway Community
College
• Organizing the Fresh Ideas contest
and selecting a winner to represent
Arizona at the AWWA Annual
Conference in Atlanta, Georgia
• Selecting and recognizing AZ Water
Association scholarship recipients
• Reaching out to elementary and
middle school students through the
Engineer's Day at the Arizona Science
Center and the Future Cities
Competition
• Sponsoring selected Arizona YPs to
attend the national YP Summit at
WEFMAX in Austin, Texas
• Supporting the local Water for People
fundraising efforts
Committee Chair Laurel Passantino
and Vice-Chair Patrick Goodfellow
would like to thank all the volunteers,
participants, and sponsors that made
these events possible. Look for
2009 AZ Water Association Young
Professionals events in the YP e-news or
the next installment of the newsletter.
The Young Professionals Committee
announces new leadership for 2009.
After a year of service as the vice-chair,
Patrick Goodfellow of CDM is becoming
the Committee Chair. Jacqueline Shaw
of Malcolm Pirnie will be the
Committee Vice-Chair.
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If you have any questions about the
Young Professionals Committee or
would like to be added to the Young
Professionals e-news mailing list, please
contact Patrick Goodfellow at
goodfellowp@cdm.com or Jacqueline
Shaw at jshaw@pirnie.com . For more
information on the Southern Arizona YP
Group, please contact James Collins at
jcollins@pirnie.com.
Water For People
Committee Update
For more information about the Water
For People Committee, visit our website
at www.arizonawaterforpeople.org. We
are always looking for volunteers. Help
us plan our spring event, silent auction
at the AZ Water annual conference,
annual golf tournaments, fall hike-athon
and/or El Tour de Tucson!
Sonoran Spa Event
Every Other Month - Tucson
The Sonoran Spa., located at Westward
Look Resort in Tucson, AZ will be
holding fundraising events for Water
For People every month starting in
February. Spa services will be provided
on a specified day in exchange for a $50
per person donation that would directly
benefit Water For People. Advance
registration is required, please contact
the spa directly at (520) 297-1151.
4th Annual Silent Auction
May 6th and 7th – Glendale, AZ
Water For People will once again hold
their Silent Auction in the Exhibitor
Hall at the AZ Water Annual
Conference, starting at the opening of
the conference on Wednesday, May 6th
and ending at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday,
May 7th. Donations of auction items
will be very gratefully accepted.
Contact Andrea Odegard-Begay at
602-797-4654 (aodegard@pirnie.com)
for more information and keep an eye
out for those numbered balloons
in the Exhibit Hall!
Calling All Kiwanians And Rotarians
Are you a Kiwanian or Rotarian? If you
are, the Water For People Committee
would like to hear from you! Please
send an email to Andrea Odegard-Begay
(aodegard@pirnie.com) identifying your
club name and district. We would like
to arrange a Water For People
presentation at your club meeting as we
embark on an ambitious program to
forge a stronger partnership between
Water For People and both Kiwanis
International and Rotary International
here in Arizona. We want to get the
word out to Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs
throughout Arizona about Water For
People and we need your help!
Water Corps
Learn more about Water For People’s
new in-country volunteer program
by visiting
www.waterforpeople.org/water_corps.html.
Water For People is seeking skilled
volunteers to assist with program
monitoring, evaluations and mapping.
Volunteers are self-nominated and an
application form can be found online.
If you have any questions, feel free to
contact Katie Hammer
(khammer@greeley-hansen.com) or
David Christiana (dchristiana@cox.net)
who both recently returned from Water
Corps assignments.
Reuse Committee
Happenings
John P. Kmiec, Reuse Committee Chair,
Tucson Water
The year 2008 was a year of transitions
with the Reuse Committee. Half way
during the course of the year, our
Chairperson, Jon Risinger, decided to
take a position with an engineering firm
in New Orleans. We wish him well.
Throughout the year, the Reuse
Committee has met to continue the
advancement of the Reclaimed Water
Site Inspection Program. For those of
you who are not aware, the Reuse
Committee has been working on various
issues that will eventually assist utilities
in providing guidance and developing