Looking ahead to the future September 17 2015 SPE Objectives The Promotion of Engineering and Scientific Knowledge Relating to Plastics Educate the Membership Promote Relationships with other Plastics Professionals ID: 359303
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State of the Palisades New Jersey Section
Looking ahead to the futureSeptember 17, 2015Slide2
SPE – Objectives
The Promotion of Engineering and Scientific Knowledge Relating to PlasticsEducate the MembershipPromote Relationships with other Plastics Professionals
Have fun.Slide3
History
The Origins - Newark – New Jersey Section chartered February 20, 1944
- Palisades Section chartered January 27, 1964
The
Merger
: 2008 – 2009
Stabilization, Operating Guidelines written
- 2009-2010
Program
Revitalization
: 2010-2012
Building and Securing the Future
: 2012 -Slide4
Palisades – New Jersey Profile
>300 membersRich Experience and TraditionCrosses multiple polymer and process types
>15 Elected Officers and Directors
11 Active Program Committees
Winner of
Gold Pinnacle Award
Successful golf outing
Financially Secure
One of the top Sections in the SPESlide5
Education
TalksNewsletterTriennial Conferences
We will host Vinyltec in 2016
Tutorials & Courses offered in conjunction with conferencesSlide6
Develop Plastics Professionals
Sponsoring of Student ChaptersRecruiting student SPE members
Scholarships
Tutorials and courses offered in conjunction with conferencesSlide7
Spec Sheet Newsletter
Communications Excellence AwardSeptember issue
A
dvertisements from 16 sponsors
Golf Outing photos
Profile and Interview with Peggy
Schipper
(new BOD member)
Announcement of talk (Richard Chadwick)
=> The Spec Sheet is a self-supporting, award-winning publication that covers all aspects of Section activities and uses links!Slide8
The Challenge
Many companies have left the areaSupport of technical activity in industry has diminishedThe pool of plastics professionals is reduced
Our membership (SPE data for August)
2013 2014 2015
539 448 393
But – 2015 includes 52 Students and 5 Young Professionals – Hope for the future.Slide9
The Answers (?)
Succession planning through involvement of studentsTwo Directors have come from the Rutgers student chapter, one of whom became an officer
Subsidize meeting attendance by students
Transportation may be the hard part
Interaction with junior faculty
They’re the ones looking for relationships
Joint meetings with other sections
Lehigh? Philadelphia?
More involvement with local industry
Tours
Marketing PresentationsSlide10
Let’s make them Goals
Pinnacle Gold AwardReview and potentially revise Endowment Fund for support of junior facultyJoint meeting(s) with Lehigh and/or Philadelphia Chapter(s)
Tours and/or marketing presentations with local industrySlide11
The Bottom Line (M. Lavach
– 2013)
Successful organizations need to change and adapt. The most successful organizations reinvent themselves periodically.
The Palisades – New Jersey Section is no exception. We are undergoing changes in order to grow, prosper, and effectively serve the membership.
We need to be cognizant of succession planning to ensure continued future operations.