November 8, 2000 Annual Business Meeting - Central States Water ...

Trustee’s Report – Dan Lynch, Trustee
Notes from the Central States Water Environment Association Executive Committee Meeting
October 15, 2000
Anaheim, California
I attended the CSWEA Executive Committee Meeting for Trustee Dan Lynch. The meeting was
held in conjunction with WEFTEC 2000. Other Wisconsin Section members present were John
Leonhard and Jim Nemke.
• The Executive Committee approved having a WEF Collection System Specialty Conference
in Milwaukee in 2002. The conference is tentatively scheduled for August 19 – 23, 2002 at the
Midwest Express Center. Milwaukee MSD has agreed to serve as a local host. Registration
in excess of 500 is expected. It is still to be decided if CSWEA will have a financial stake in
the conference.
• WEF and EPA may sponsor a Pretreatment Coordinator training session in Milwaukee in
July of 2001. This will be a 2 or 3 day workshop.
• Jim Nemke and Ken Johnson presented the WEF Directors report. WEF is anticipating a
$500,000 loss for the year and is looking to cut expenses. Membership continues to decline.
A $3 dues increase is expected to be approved for next year.
To reduce costs, Highlights will likely be reduced from 10 issues per year to 6 per year.
CSWEA did not make a WERF contribution this year. This was done to try and balance our
budget. It was suggested that we make a contribution beginning again next year.
WEF and AWWA have a coordination meeting scheduled for November 15 th . This meeting
is to continue dialog between the two organizations and look at consolidating
administrative functions.
Beginning in 2010 the WEFTEC will be held in even years in New Orleans. Beginning in
2013 WEFTEC will be held in odd years in Chicago. This is being done since considerable
costs can be saved with permanent sites and the conference is getting too big for many cities
to host. Chicago is host of WEFTEC in 2002.
• Dianne Crilley from WEF, the Student Activities Committee Liaison, stopped in to talk
about student chapters. WEF has 44 student chapters, including Platteville.
Dianne stressed that we need to encourage students to find value in WEF and get them
involved in committees. We need to reach out to post secondary schools and give them
reasons to attend our meetings and get involved. She noted that there is a University
Student Lounge at WEFTEC and that students got free registration at WEFTEC this year.
This may continue in the future.
An idea she forwarded was to encourage students to help at our specialty conferences as a
way of getting them involved with our membership.
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