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Connecting Members
with Employment Opportunities!
Summary from
Conference at Callaway Gardens!
New Student
Chapter!
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GSPE Board of
Directors
2009-2010
Executive Committee
Your GSPE state leaders for 2009-2010 are:
President -
John Wackerman, P.E. President-Elect -
Luther Cox, P.E. Treasurer -
Jason Cooper, P.E. Vice President Region I-
Douglas Benner, P.E.,F.NSPE Vice President Region
II – Steve Strong, P.E. Vice President Region
III - Tim Baumgartner, P.E. Vice President at
Large - Francis "Ed" Fiegle, P.E. Past President –
Scott Godefroy, P.E. State Delegate –
Jerry Kahn, P.E., F.NSPE
Left to
right: Trey Wingate, Douglas Benner,
Francis Fiegle, Jason Cooper, Jerry Kahn,
Scott Godefroy, Luther Cox, John Wackerman
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GSPE Annual
Meeting - Wrap-up
The GSPE Annual Meeting was held on June 12 at the Georgia Summer
Engineers Conference at Callaway Garden's
Southern Pine Conference Center. Highlights
included:
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Remarks by
outgoing President Scott Godefroy
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Presentation of Engineer of the Year Awards
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Installation of GSPE officers for 2009-10
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Directions for next year and the importance
of membership presented by
incoming President John Wackerman
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Order of the Engineer ceremony for two
inductees
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Congratulations
to the 2009 GSPE
Engineers of the
Year
Each year the GSPE honors its outstanding members
with the Engineer of the Year (EOY) Award. This
year's awards went to:
Engineer of the Year
Francis "Ed" Fiegle, P.E.
EOY in Construction
Drew Howard, P.E.
EOY in Education
Dr. Leroy Z. Emkin, P.E.
EOY in Industry
Augustus Bolen, P.E.
EOY in Private Practice
Scott P.M. Godefroy, P.E.
In addition, John Wackerman received the
President's Award, which is conferred for
exceptional service to the society.
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GSPE Is On
Facebook!
Sign up today for a Facebook
account and join the GSPE Facebook Group.
www.facebook.com
The GSPE Group on Facebook provides
another communication tool to connect with members
and other engineers across the state of Georgia.
It also provides an effective method to link up
with our student members at Georgia Tech, Mercier,
Southern Poly, Middle Georgia College and other
students attending colleges and universities in
Georgia that are majoring in engineering.
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GSPE
Membership Phone-A-Thon
The Georgia Society of Professional Engineers will
host a GSPE Membership Phone-A-Thon in 2009. GSPE
is looking for members that would like
to participate in this event at the local chapter
level.
The purpose of the event is to contact past and
potential GSPE members regarding renewing their
membership or joining GSPE.
Contact your local GSPE Chapter representative
to find out if your chapter is participating in
the 2009 GSPE Membership Phone-A-Thon or contact
Carolyn Jones at the GSPE headquarters at
404-521-2324 or via e-mail at
carolyn.jones@gaengineers.org.
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Current News & Events:
GSPE CHAPTER
MEETINGS
Visit the Chapter
section of the web site to learn about meetings
and events in your local area. Get Involved
in your GSPE Chapter.
Are you an
employer looking to hire an engineer?, or
Are you an
engineer seeking employment?
Visit the
NEW GSPE Career Center where you can post and
review resumes and job opportunities.
Click here to visit the Career Center
NSPE/GSPE
Georgia Tech Student Chapter
Friday, April 11, 2008, NSPE/GSPE
reinstated the
Student Chapter at the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
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Legislative Update
The Georgia Engineers
Legislative Coalition coordinates
legislative activities and helps formulate
opinions on particular legislation affecting
the engineering profession. Click
2009
Legislative Update
to
download and read the current issue.
Current Events
for Engineers
Would you like to know the latest
in new technologies and current events in the
engineering world? You will find many short
articles on such issues, as well as the meeting
program in the monthly
Atlanta Metro Chapter
newsletter.
Volunteer
for Yourself, and for Your Society
The shortage of engineers in the US is on
every engineering firm owner and manager’s
mind. We need to do our part to plant the idea
of pursuing a rewarding career in engineering
to the next generation. You can promote
the profession by
volunteering.
To find out how, click
Get Involved.
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