From the President
by Bob Rajkovich

To help do our part, the MVSPE is having a "Green Meeting" on May 7th at the University of Cincinnati. With the Board meeting taking place at 5:00 in room 539 ERC and the meeting in a lecture hall TBA (signs will be posted at the elevators in the engineering building) Total representative, Board member and Secretary Gregory Anderson will bring us all up to date on their on going "green" program at 6:00 PM. In breaking with the usual way things are done at our meetings, the dinner will be after the meeting at a place of your choice! So, not only are we "green" we are totally free!

Our last meeting at UC in March was a great time for all, and a great dinner (on our own) at a local restaurant. This may be the newest trend for meetings for the MVSPE, as so many places now require money for the Board Meeting room ($100) and guarantee of (minimum of 25) people for dinner.

As I said last month, we will not be having a Byron Nelson Memorial Golf Outing for Education this June. Because of the lack of support from sponsors and the economic climate, we will forego the outing this year. If you, or your Company would still like to support the Education Committee, please send a check to:

MVSPE
P.O. Box 41713
Dayton, OH 45441-0713

Polymer Ohio has contacted me about Foams Emerging Technology Forum on June 1st in Columbus, OH. Information about the agenda and forum are available at: www.polymerohio.org. The seminars theme is New Opportunities and Developments in Foam Technology. It will be held at the Doubletree Guest Suites Columbus, Ohio.

Bob Rajkovich