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College Students: Scholarship Opportunities Are Available:
Please visit the Section Website to learn about different scholorship opportunities. The deadline for one of them is January 30, 2012. Don't pass-up this opportunity to be recognized and receive some money for college.
Philly YMF Wins the 2011 ASCE CYM Younger Member Group Website Award!
The Philadelphia Section Younger Member Forum has been awarded the 2011 ASCE CYM Younger Member Group Website Award in the large group category, represented below by a virtual web award. The actual award will presented at an event at the 2012 Northeast Regional Younger Member Council meeting in Nashville. For more information about the distinct honor, see the award letter here.
2011 ASCE CYM Employer Recognition Awards:
The Committee on Young Members (CYM) is seeking nominations for the 2011 Younger Member Employer Recognition Award. The Employer Recognition Award was created to recognize employers who support young Engineers and assist with their personal development. Nominations must be postmarked by August 1, 2011. The nomination form, which describes the award in detail, is available here.
YMF
Bylaws Passed!
The Philadelphia Section YMF passed its bylaws at the annual elections on May 18, 2011. For a copy of the new bylaws, download the document here.
Elections for 2011-2012 YMF Board:
The Philadelphia Section YMF held its annual elections on May 18, 2011. For additional information on the new board, please visit the board members page.
YMF
Bylaws Review:
ASCE Legal Counsel is making a nationwide effort to review the Constitution
and Bylaws for Sections and YMF groups. Since national ASCE has made
recommendations to the Philadelphia YMF Bylaws, the Philadelphia YMF
is taking this opportunity to make revisions too. The proposed Bylaw
changes are located here.
The ‘track changes’ in red reflect ASCE Legal Counsel comments.
The ‘track changes’ in blue reflect the YMF Board comments.
In order to accept these revisions, 2 votes of dues paying ASCE Philadelphia
Section members under the age of 36 must be taken. The first vote will
be via oral vote and will occur at the April 28th, 2010 Critical
Issues Seminar. The second vote will occur during the January 24th,
2011 15th
Annual Winter Social.
***UPDATE***
The
second vote on the revised bylaws was undertaken during the 15th Annual
Winter Social. The changes to the bylaws were approved by the majority
and the revised document was then submitted back to ASCE Legal Counsel.
However, it turns out that the ASCE Philadelphia Section Board must
first act on and approve the Bylaw revisions and then the Philadelphia
YMF can conduct the two votes. The section board will discuss the situation
during the next board meeting. Don't worry, we will post the results
of the discussion just as soon as we can. The Bylaw revisions will pass
(eventually).
Professional
Development Hours & Continuing Education Requirements in PA News:
The Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers,
Land Surveyors and Geologists announced that all P.E.'s registered in
the Commonwealth must complete twenty-four (24) hours of continuing
education (CE) credits per renewal period. See the PA
Board website for more information.
General Engineering News:
President
Obama Signs 7-Month Extension of Surface Transportation Law
President Obama signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011
on March 4, 2011 to keep federal transportation dollars flowing to the
states for the next seven months. The House voted 421 - 4 for the extension
and the Senate passed it by voice vote without debate. The quick pace
was brought about because the previous extension was set to expire,
which would have halted transportation construction projects across
the country. See the bill here.
The Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 will extend the 2005
highway and transit authorization law (commonly known as "SAFETEA-LU")
until the end of this federal fiscal year. This is the seventh short-term
extension of SAFETEA-LU, which was originally scheduled to expire in
2009 but has not been replaced by another long-term measure.
To
view all previous news listings, click here.
For news from the ASCE Philadelphia Section, check out their most recent newsletter.
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