ENTREPRENEUR’S NETWORK AFFINITY GROUP APPROVED

The petition to form the Entrepreneur’s Network Affinity Group of ASME was approved on July 18, 2007. The group’s purpose is to be the community for ASME members with entrepreneurial interests to network, exchange ideas and initiatives, and provide feedback to the Center for additional programs and education regarding entrepreneurship & innovation.

Charter Members: Howard Berkof, Dan Hanna, Ramin Sadeghian, Elizabeth (Liz) Kisenwether, Chetan Paydenkar, Larry Dickinson, Jim Orrico.

The E-Network is being sponsored by ASME’s Strategic Initiatives, who has recently launched the Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship & Innovation to fulfill the needs and desires of ASME members for information, education, and programming around the subject of entrepreneurship.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND YOUNG ENGINEERS AFFINITY GROUP APPROVED

It is with great pleasure that I announce the approval of the International Students and Young Engineers Affinity Group of ASME. The groups purpose is to provide a sense of community for young engineers worldwide, link isolated sections to the core organization, and collaborate on activities to magnify our impact on society.

Charter Members: Ramin Wilson Sadeghian, Eduardo Barrientos, Fawad Kiramat, Usman Bin Younos, Joy Adjorlolo, Israel Botello, Yoeh Chee Tak, Dan Nathan-Roberts.

This petition was approved on April 4, 2007.
Good luck to them all!

AFFINITY COMMUNITIES TELECON SCHEDULED

The Affinity Communities Board will be holding a teleconference on Wednesday, July 18 from 11:30 – 12:30 PDT. If you are interested in attending, please email youngj921@asme.org.

The Agenda:

11:30 Call To Order

• Introductions
• Approval of Minutes, SAM 2007
• Review Current Action Items

ASME COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Have you checked out the ASME Communities of Practice website? We call it COP for short. Goto: cop.asme.org. You will find communities and discussion threads in topics ranging from ethanol and the internal combustion engine to entrepreneurship…from the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge to the Latin American and Caribbean Student Operating Board. Or what about the International System of Units, or Product Testing and Reliability. And don’t forget several of our Affinity Groups include Women in Engineering, International Students and Young Engineers, the Student Section Committee, and the Young Engineer Correspondents. If you checked it out once a few years ago you might be surprised by what you find. Today there are 173 Public COP’s and a bunch more private ones. Have an area of practice not covered in the current list. Well you can start one too.

I heard a rumor the other day that an upgrade referred to as COP 2.0 is coming. Don’t tell anyone I told you.