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WEF wants to require in the future that at least 5 members of the student chapter are members of WEF. Full student memberships are now $30 /year ($20 WEF and $10 CSWEA). Beginning in January 2001, WEF will drop their portion of the fee to $10 and students will get their publications via the web instead of through the mail. She suggested that a strong advisor is needed at the school to make the chapter successful. WEF is preparing a PowerPoint presentation on benefits of belonging to WEF that can be taken to the schools. It was suggested that CSWEA make contacts with professors and students after they attend one of our conferences or seminars to thank them for attending and to get some feedback on their experiences. • A question was asked about the status of getting the CSWEA directory on the web site. There was no knowledge of status and those present were unsure of who is responsible for getting this done. John Leonhard will follow up for the January meeting. • The golf outing at the LaCrosse CSEWA annual conference will be held on late Wednesday morning due to Sunday being Mothers Day. It will start after the farewell breakfast. • Due to Minnesota not being able to put forward their prescribed two operators, a fourth operator was selected from Wisconsin. I noted that the Wisconsin Section has approved sponsorship of up to 3 operators from Wisconsin. Minnesota may provide the sponsorship of the fourth operator from Wisconsin. • The status of the most current CSWEA Constitution, Bylaws and Statements of Policy was discussed. It was decided that the documents will be brought up to date and made available to the Board and interested members on a annual basis in hard copy and on the web site. • The CSWEA financial status was discussed. Expenses are considerably below budget. A projected deficit budget for 2000 may be break-even or a surplus. The CSWEA/IWEA reception at WEFTEC was well attended and enjoyed by all present. Respectfully Submitted, Thomas W. Sigmund Secretary/Treasurer Wisconsin Section - CSWEA • CAC1\PRIEIE\11-8-00 4
WWOA Liaison’s Report – Tom Steinbach The WWOA Board met on October 2 nd and 3 rd at the Regency Suites in Green Bay. The Annual Conference was held from Tuesday October 3 rd through Friday October 6 th at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay and was a huge success with record attendance of 878. The new meeting format with changes to the Keynote and Business meeting time frames seemed to be well accepted. The KI Center is well suited for our conference with very adequate space for our technical programs and for vendor displays (110 vendor booths sold this year). Our membership at the end of the conference was approximately 1950. At the Annual Business Meeting held on October 5 th two new Board Directors were elected: Tim Nennig of Grafton and Jeff Dejarlais of La Cross. Other highlights of the meeting include: • The addition of a student membership class at half the normal membership cost • One scholarship was awarded to Christopher LaFebvre • Judy Tholen was elected as President Elect • Dale Nies was elected as Vice President The Operators Competition was held at this year’s conference, but not without some confusion on who exactly would be participating. Due to the apparent lack of interest in this event the future of this competition will be discussed at the Board meeting in December. There will be a new directory published next year. The WWOA Website continues to be a success. At the beginning of October there were 61 venders listed with 30 of them having web site links. The Employment section has also been very popular. Future annual conferences will be held at the Four Points Sheraton in Milwaukee in 2001, La Crosse in 2002, Oconomowoc in 2003 and possibly Stevens Point in 2004. The Permanent Arrangements Committee is also looking at the newly remodeled Ramada Inn in Eau Claire for a possible future site. On the Regional level the Regional bylaws have been changed to allow four officers to serve on Regional Boards as opposed to the current three. Next years annual meeting will be the WWOA’s 35 th Annual meeting held. CAC1\PRIEIE\11-8-00 5
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