Inside NIRMA - Spring March 2018 Issue

From the President
am excited about my new role as NIRMA president and
looking forward to working with each of you. I would like
to introduce the 2018 Board of Directors:
Janice Hoerber, Vice President
Lona Smith, Secretary
Anita Beren, Director of Infrastructure
Rebecca Wessman, Director of Technical Programs
Our 2018 Business Unit directors are:
Chris Boudreaux, RIMBU
Sheila Percy, Membership and Marketing
Tammy Cutts, Professional Development.
2018 is bringing additional organizational changes for
NIRMA as well. You may have noticed that our newly elected
Treasurer, Denise, is not listed with the introduction of our
2018 Board. Denise has resigned from the NIRMA Board.
Denise felt that due to her increased work scope with her
current employer she could not effectively dedicate the time
necessary to adequately fill the NIRMA position. Thank you
Denise for your time and contributions to NIRMA. We wish
you the best in your new assignments.
The board considered several options of how best to fill this
Board vacancy. The Board is pleased to announce the
resolution achieved during the Face-to-Face February board
meeting. Anita has graciously accepted the vacant Treasurer
position. Anita’s Director of Infrastructure duties will be split
between the Treasurer and Secretary, Lona. Anita will continue
to be the Board Sponsor for PDBU and Vendor Program.
Lona will be the Board Sponsor for the M&M Business Unit
and the Secretary responsibilities. This coverage aligns with the
NIRMA By-Laws, Article 7:
Article 7
Officers
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
The Officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Vice
President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The corporation may
also have one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries,
Assistant Treasurers, and other such Officers with such titles as
may be determined from time to time by the Board. An individual
may only hold one office at a time.
Cathy Lang our publicist for the past 25 years has resigned.
Please join me in extending a warm thank you and show of
appreciation for her years of service and dedication to NIRMA.
Cathy has played an integral role in NIRMA and will be missed.
I would like to introduce and
welcome Neal and Sandy Miller of
Devereaux Consulting, Inc. to the
Michelle Smith
NIRMA team. The Millers have
accepted the role of NIRMA Publication Specialist Team. As
publication specialists, Neal and Sandy will create, edit and
publish our Inside NIRMA magazine, which will now be
distributed electronically three times per year.
We have an exciting year ahead of us with many
opportunities for the membership to work together to ensure
that 2018 is a successful year for NIRMA.
The Spring RIMBU meeting, hosted by South Texas Project,
was held on March 6-7, 2018, in Sugar Land, Texas at the
Hilton Garden Inn. Laura Williams of American Nuclear
Insurers (ANI) presented on Decommissioning and she will be
presenting at the NIRMA Conference.
The following are key reminders that each of us can
contribute so that we will help ensure our success in 2018.
Distinguished Recognition
Each year the NIRMA Board solicits the membership to
identify those individuals who have demonstrated leadership
and dedication to the Association. If you have someone that
you would like to nominate for recognition this year, please
submit your nominations to any Board member or Sarah
Perkins, NIRMA Administrator at nirma@nirma.org.
LinkedIn or Facebook or Monthly Emails
Sheila welcomes ideas and suggestions for updates to
LinkedIn or Facebook and the monthly emails. If you learn
something or have read something that is of interest to our
members, please communicate this information to Membership
& Marketing (M&M). We need everyone’s help to keep current
with what is happening. Sheila’s contact is
Sheila.Pearcy@wipp.ws.
2018 Call for Nominations
If you are interested in running for the Board of Directors,
contact Cedric Jones at CJONES5@entergy.com or Shana
House at SHouse@ameren.com.
2018 Conference
If you would like to present or you want someone else to
present, please contact Janice right away. The conference
planning is underway. Likewise if you have ideas and
suggestions, Janice would love to hear from you. Contact
Janice at JHoerber@ameren.com.
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