Oct 2010

Attendees :

Whidy Kiskunas, Rod van Dyk, Stuart Norris, April Barth, Anthony Vella, Robert Hargrave

TOPICS DISCUSSED

1. Review of Action Items from previous meeting

Need a unique URL address (suggest sawecanada). (Action: CLOSED G. Shpati)
Import existing Canada Chapter logo. (Action: OPEN G. Shpati, support from A.Vella)
“About” section of website requires information about our chapter including: purpose of our association, goals, etc. (Action: OPEN Roger Clapp)
Schedule a series of technical conferences via telephone/Webex for discussion with membership. (Action: ONGOING Executive) See proposed dates below…
September Chapter Technical Conference was successfully completed, see discussion below.
“Technical Discussion on the Pros and Cons of Composite Weight Estimation”. (Action: ONGOING Whidy to investigate the chance for an open forum via Webex)

2. New Actions

3. Future Technical Discussions

Executive going ahead in hosting future technical conferences on “Training Requirements/Guidelines for Weights Engineers”. Major topics are with the suggested the following dates and facilitators:

Weight Estimation – including all mass properties – Whidy – APR.28 – COMPLETE with some follow-up required (10 chapter participants, 2 non-chapter participants). Overall consensus was good.
Weight Projection – parametrics, analytical tools – Rod – TBA.
Weight Verification – actuals – Whidy – September Conference – COMPLETE.
Weight Management – trade studies, creating targets, dealing with suppliers, risk assessment – (Luc or Sylvain) ? – TBA.

Dates & facilitators to be confirmed.
Existing SAWE publications, which can be accessed by all SAWE members, will be used as a starting point and reference for our discussions.
Suggesting using 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm timeframe for all meetings, but will take into account the feedback from our membership.

4. Canada Chapter Technical Conference – Sept 2010

The Technical Conference was deemed to be very successful & well received.
Conference Finances (Revenue – Expenses) = $1120 – 847.93 = $272.07
Attendance was 16 actual & 1 via Webex.
The “Optimization” training course was discussed, and the Executive strongly recommend that all members take it.
Presentations to be posted on the Chapter Website
Executive to poll members for possibly alternating the venue between Montreal and Toronto for future conferences.

5. Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 10, 12:00 noon.