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MVSPE Board Meeting Minutes - September 4, 2008
E-Meeting/Teleconference

Attendees: Don Keyes, Bob Rajkovich, Dennis Richmond, Bob Strickley, Tony Hoog, Greg Andersen.

Reported could not attend:

Start Time: 6:00 PM

Review and approve minutes: Minutes corrected and approved

Financial Update: Bob Rajkovich is contacting the accounting firm to assume the responsibilities of the treasurer.

Education: Don Keyes: No news to report. Bob Rajkovich to provide some new contact names and engineering schools.

House & Program: The mold makers meeting will be next month on October 2. DME will make a presentation on liquid injection molding, what to do with old molds, or the green technologies in molding. Bob Strickley will work with the DME to finalize the topics.

Tony Hoog will look into Minco for the November meeting.

The December 6th meeting will be at the engineers club in Dayton Ohio. Tony Hoog has arranged things with the club. This will be the 67th year of the MVSPE.

For the January meeting a possible tour of the Rumpke recycling facility will be investigated by Tony Hoog.

Golf outing: Dennis Richmond: No date has been selected yet. We do not want a conflict with the Detroit golf outing. We would like to use the same course as the 2007 event. June 8 is the likely date at Heatherwood golf course. The national plastics exhibition is the week of June the 20th. It is possible that the Miami Valley SPE could have a meeting during the national plastics exhibition at the Milacron booth.

Communication: Bob Strickley has asked a consultant to put together a proposal on hosting the MVSPE web site.

International Councilor: Dennis Richmond: The next meeting will be the third week of October at the head offices of the SPE.

Membership: The membership roster has been printed. As of August 2008 we have 268 members down from 313 in 2007.

ANTEC 2009: This event will take place at the national plastics exhibition in June of 2009.

Old Business: Bob Strickley needs contacts for gathering MVSPE history

New Business: Tony Hoog suggests we start doing some work with recyclers.

Adjournment: Greg Andersen moves to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Tony Hoog. Voted on, passed unanimously.