Welcome to the Local Sections Committee LSC Meeting

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Welcome to the Local Sections Committee (LSC)
Meeting

• Monday April 27, 2009
• 1130 AM to 100 PM

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Meeting Agenda

• LSC Introductions
• 2009 Leadership Development Conference
• Volunteer Recognition Awards
• Program Planning Grants
• John J. McKetta ProjectConnect Grants
• AIChE Chemical Engineering on Demand
• Working Session
• Question and Answer Session

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LSC Executive Officers Spring 2009-Spring 2010

• Dave Jacobs Chair (Central Savannah River)
• Opportunity 1st Vice Chair
• Opportunity 2nd Vice Chair
• Opportunity - Director at Large
• Mac Qadir Director at Large (Northern
  California)
• Jim Klein - Section Liaison, (Central Savannah
  River)
• Karen Bard Project Connect Sub-Committee Chair
  (Mid-Hudson)
• Diane Spencer - CEOC Liaison (Northern
  California)
• Peter Sibilski Director at Large (North Jersey)
• Craig Wildemuth Past Chair (Rocky Mountain /
  Northern California)
• Christopher Dean Executive Student Council
  Liaison
• Felicia Guglielmi - Director, Volunteer
  Membership Activities
• Lowell Aplebaum - Volunteer Membership
  Activities Liaison

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LSC Mission

• To strengthen AIChEs Local Sections through
• Resource development
• Networking
• Opportunities for sharing information
• Long-term support focusing on Local Sections

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LSC Goals for 2009-2010

• Solicit nominations and recommend host for 2010
  LDC conference
• Award 2000 in Program Planning Grants
• Increase applications for Project Connect Grants
• Re-introduce Best Newsletter Award
• Assist Local Sections In Need
• Facilitate Information Sharing between Local
  Sections

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Available Resources

• http//www.aiche.org/LocalSections/Resources/index
  .aspx
• How to start a Young Professional Group
• Local Section Officers' Resource Guide
• Local Section Annual Report 2008 Summary
• Local Section Officer Descriptions
• Top Ten Ways to Involve Students in Your Section
  Flyer
• more .. Please review the Spring 2008 LSC
  Luncheon presentation for more complete listing
  of additional benefits of AIChE membership

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Leadership Development Conference 2009

• Presented By
• Dan Lambert
• Chair, Central Savannah River Section

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AIChE LDC 2009
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AIChE LDC 2009 Where
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AIChE LDC 2009 Hotel

• Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites

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AIChE LDC 2009 View from hotel

• Augusta Riverwalk

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AIChE LDC 2009 Our goal

• AIChE has 113 Local Sections
• United States, Puerto Rico, The
  Netherlands/Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Canada,
  Singapore and Thailand
• AIChE has 19 Divisions and Forums
• We aim to better equip attendees to be the best
  leaders they can be

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How can you help?

• Send someone from each of the local sections to
  the LDC
• We especially want leaders from dormant and
  struggling sections
• We hope to see some new faces and diversity
• Put LDC information on your web site

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AIChE LDC 2009 Some sessions

• Communications Asking Questions
• Mentoring Developing Leaders
• Programming How to Improve
• Membership Lifeblood
• Young professionals Present Future
• Creative Problem Solving Workshop
• Supporting Others Students Society

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AIChE LDC 2009 Plus

• Many networking opportunities
• Visit one of the oldest cities of the south
• Meet members of the AIChE Staff and Board

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AIChE LDC 2009 What You Can Do

• Save the Date
• June 12-14, 2009
• Spread the Word
• Augusta, Georgia
• Please Attend!
• http//www.aiche.org/ldc
• http//www.aiche-csra.org

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AIChE LDC 2009
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AIChE Volunteer Recognition Awards

• Presented By Diane Spencer

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Volunteer Recognition Awards

• What are the Volunteer Recognition Awards?
• Initiated in 2007 to recognize AIChE volunteers
  nation wide for their tireless efforts
• Support volunteers in attending national AIChE
  meetings throughout the year
• Aid Local Sections in helping their volunteers to
  continue to volunteer
• Recognize those that go above and beyond in their
  service to AIChE

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Volunteer Recognition Awards

• 2008 Introduced the Shining Star Award to
  recognize individuals identified by their section
  as outstanding contributors
• Program budgeted for 9 awards.
• Only 7 were nominated!
• 2009 Program re-establish original program with
  defined evaluation criteria

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2009 Shining Star Recipients
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AIChE Program Planning Grants

• Presented By

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Program Planning Grants

• Assist local sections with their membership
  outreach efforts by encouraging development of a
  program plan that involved more than a single
  event.
• Supports outreach to broader section membership
• Series of events under an "umbrella" of a larger
  program with identifiable objectives and goals
• Encouraged to think "outside the box"
• Grants awarded twice per calendar year with
  maximum value of 1000
• 2008 Deadline September 30th
• 2009 Deadlines March 31st and September 30th

Next Application Deadline September 30, 2009
No Applications Submitted
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John J. McKetta ProjectConnect Grants

• Presented By

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Project Connect

• Assists local sections with their efforts to
  reach out to students, and increase membership
  and participation of recent chemical engineer
  graduates and new engineers..
• Supports outreach to new and young engineers and
  students
• Typically single event programs
• Evaluated on Innovativeness and ability to become
  "best practice"
• Grants awarded quarterly with maximum value of
  600
• Plan to award 1800 per quarter

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Project Connect
Applications and, hence, Number of Awards
Trending Down
In Response, Award Value Increased
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AIChE Chemical Engineering on Demand (ChemE On
Demand, ChemE OD)

• Presentation to the AIChE
• Local Sections Committee
• April, 27 2009
• Bette Lawler,
• Director of Operations

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AIChE Portal Strategy 3

• Goal Statement To create an environment on
  the web where chemical engineering focused
  products and services can be accessed by and
  collaborated on with the global chemical
  engineering community. Such products/services to
  include
• Shared technical content in the form of live and
  archived conferences, webinars, publications, and
  on-line seminars/courses
• Virtual communities ( geographic/topical/product-c
  entric and ad-hoc)
• Collaborative information creation
• Shared career advancement content/job search
• Virtual meetings and trade shows

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How to Content from Other Sources
Original Webinars from AIChE
Meeting Session Recordings
ChemE On Demand
Advice and Information Blog
Training Modules 2010
Local Section and Division Webcasts
How to Content from CEP
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ChemE on Demand Webinar Committee
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Search results for Engineering Fundamentals
Introduction to Flammable Materials February 18,
2009 Presented by Dr. Daniel A. Crowl, Herbert
H. Dow Professor for Chemical Process Safety in
the Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan
Technological University The Ubiquitous
Hydrocyclone Separator Theory and Practice
February 11, 2009 Presented by Dr. Charles A.
Petty, Director, NSF Center for Multiphase
Transport Phenomena Success and Prospects in
Thermodynamics November 17, 2008 Presented by
Peter T Cummings Success and Prospects in
Process Systems November 17, 2008 Presented by
George Stephanopoulos Success and Prospects in
Transport November 17, 2008 Presented by Morton
Denn
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Webinars

• Free live and archived webinars as a member
  benefit started in 10/07
• 30 live events run to date
• All are archived
• Registrations varied from 10 to 300
• Changed original class limit from 100 to 200 to
  300 and with each change hit maximum capacity
• Consistent 50 no-show rate

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Live Webinars

• 6752 registrations for 30 webinars since 10/07.
• 3340 people.
• 96 of people attended six or fewer (59 took
  just one)
• 55 are 39 or younger (17 are 18 to 24)

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Member Benefits

• All active professional members will be entitled
  to 6 free (mix of live and archived) webinars
  each year
• All active student members will be entitled to
  unlimited archive views each year
• All past archived webinars will be free for all
  members, in perpetuity

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Key Assumptions

• Some content will be free to all
• Some content will be free to all members
• Where prices apply
• member price live webinar 129
• non-member price/webinar 179
• member price/other doc Free
• non-member price/other doc 39

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Financial Overview 2009
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Timeline

• May 1,2009 Soft launch of pricing, member
  credits, new User Interface.
• Content will be webinars (live and archive)
  predominately.
• May 1-31, 2009 Testing of functionality by
  members and staff.
• June 1, 2009 Hard launch.
• September December 2009 Inclusion of
  publications, meeting papers, etc.

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Sections In Need

• Scott Fogler/Dave Jacobs
• Saturday June 6, 2009
• 1130 AM to 100 PM

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Agenda

• Defining In Need
• Whos In Need?
• Trends
• Survey Says
• Who Can Help?
• What Can Be Done?
• A Success Story Wilmington, DE
• Working Session
• Question and Answer Session

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Defining Need

• A section that has not
• Filed and annual report
• Doesnt have a national member in a critical
  office
• Chairman
• Chair-Elect/Vice-Chair
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• No contact with LSC

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Whos In Need?
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Whos In Need?

• Who considers their section in need or
  struggling?

Considered "on-the mend" in 2005
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Why are Sections Struggling?

• Lack of volunteers leading to burnout
• Apathy of leaders
• General decline in the economy, folks are more
  focused on their immediate needs
• Competition from alternative, more focused
  professional organizations
• Geographical spread of section
• Whats in it for me? attitude
• Changing, more demanding work environment that
  does not allow (time) for supporting volunteer
  professional organizations during working hours

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Trends

• Shifting Industry Base
• Volunteer Burnout
• Increase applications for Project Connect Grants
• Re-introduce Best Newsletter Award
• Assist Local Sections In Need
• Facilitate Information Sharing between Local
  Sections

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Who Can Help?

• National AIChE Local Sections Committee
• A Neighboring Local Section

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What Help?

• Joint meetings with other sections (local,
  student, other professional society)
• Program Planning Grants
• McKetta ProjectConnect Grants

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What Steps to Take?

• Contact National AIChE Local Sections Cmt
• Identify Volunteer Officers
• Review your charter and bylaws
• Get Access to Finances (bank account and past LS
  dues)
• Get a member list
• Plan a Kickoff Meeting
• Select a speaker/topic
• Plan a Budget/Schedule
• Apply for Grants
• Publicize the Event
• Follow-up

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Volunteer Officers

• National AIChE Membership Required
• Minimum Chairman
• Prefer Vice-Chair and Treasurer too
• Secretary if available
• Other positions can be filled with local section
  only members

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Charter Bylaws
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Finances

• Find the last bank statements and get transfer of
  access
• If section has been suspended, past dues may be
  available

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Planning a Kickoff Meeting

• Pick a topic or speaker of broad interest and
  with name recognition

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Planning a Budget/Schedule

• Be realistic on estimating the number of
  attendees that you can draw
• Budget for speakers fees, travel and honorarium
• Price the venue and food
• Prefer that a kickoff is without cost to add to
  the attraction

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Apply for Grants

• Several Local Section Committee Grants are
  available
• Program Planning Grants
• McKetta ProjectConnect Grants
• Seek Corporate sponsorship

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Publicize the Event

• Use email direct to members
• Notify Employers
• Notify other professional societies

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Follow-Up

• Send out a newsletter with a summary of the event
  and a proposed calendar for future meetings
• Send a write-up to Chemical Engineering Progress
  (CEP) for submission
• Recognize your volunteers

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Wilmington, DE
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Available Resources

• http//www.aiche.org/LocalSections/Resources/index
  .aspx
• How to start a Young Professional Group
• Local Section Officers' Resource Guide
• Local Section Annual Report 2008 Summary
• Local Section Officer Descriptions
• Top Ten Ways to Involve Students in Your Section
  Flyer
• more .. Please review the Spring 2008 LSC
  Luncheon presentation for more complete listing
  of additional benefits of AIChE membership

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Working Session

• What is the single biggest problem facing your
  section?
• Getting volunteers to help run the Section?
• Meeting attendance
• Finances
• Other?

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Question Answer Session
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THANK YOU!For attending the 2009 LDC
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