By Pei-Chin Low, 2010-11 CWEA President & Executive Committee Chair
I am pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2011 CWEA Board of
Directors positions. Your local section and committee officers will have received the
Executive Committee request for nominations for CWEA Directors and Officers by the
time you receive this notice. However, to broaden the notification, this request is going
out to the CWEA membership. Below is a summary of the nomination process – and how
you can become involved in selecting your leaders. See the CWEA website at
www.CWEA.org for more information. Follow the path: Member & Leader Resources/I’m
a Leader/I’d like to be a Leader/Join CWEA Board/Nomination Information. Read more
Watch and listen to the on-line State of the Association meeting hosted on May 4, 2010 by CWEA President Pei-Chin Low (MWH). Click the graphic below to launch the player.
Originally posted by CWEA Director, Logan Olds, on 08/15/2010 in San Berdardino Sun
Workforce investment programs that work are those programs that prepare people for careers and do so by focusing on growing job markets.
We all know that teaching someone how to prepare their resume on a computer certainly won’t make them a fierce competitor in the current job market. But train that individual with specific skills in a rapidly growing field, such as wastewater management, and chances are very good they’ll lock down a solid job.
Unknown to most people, wastewater management is a specialized field where 47.6percent of the national workforce is on the fast track to retirement within the next five years. This important statistic is just one of the many factors we look for when developing successful job placement programs such as those we have created here in San Bernardino County.
Jody Allen Shows Off His Ink
Jody Allen, incoming President Elect, shows his enthusiasm for CWEA with a tattoo!
Logan Olds
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on April 13 appointed Logan R. Olds, general manager of the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority, to the County’s Workforce Investment Board. Olds was nominated for the post by First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt. Olds is a WEF Delegate Director on CWEA’s Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Desert and Mountain Local Section.
“We appoint members whose leadership helps our county build a competitive workforce that will attract new businesses, retain existing ones and create new jobs,” said Supervisor Mitzelfelt. “Logan has been a leader in research into innovative environmental technologies and his presence on this board will help strengthen our county’s efforts in that sector.”
The Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) is pleased to announce Simon Watson as the Manager of the Collection Facilities O&M Division. This is in addition to his current role as Manager of the Mechanical and Reliability Maintenance Division.
Simon Watson
Mr. Watson has been with OCSD for over 19 years. Over the past 11 years he has been the Maintenance Manager responsible for the oversight of up to 115 employees and external service providers with an annual operating budget of over $20 million. Areas of responsibility have included the mechanical, electrical and instrumentation maintenance program, maintenance administration support (CMMS/Planning and Scheduling), hosting the asset management program, corrosion management program and reliability engineering. With the expansion of Mr. Watson’s duties he will now manage OCSD’s regional and local sewage collections facilities as well as the mechanical maintenance and equipment reliability programs at OCSD.
Date: April 21, 2010, 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Location: Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento, CA
Agenda Item: Member Vote – Election of Board Directors & Officers (Slate of Nominees listed below)
- Vice President from the South = Carrie Mattingly
- Director from the South (to be Treasurer) = Paul Schmidtbauer
- Director from the North = Michael Fisher
- WEF Delegate Director from the South = Connie Leonard
- Automatic Appointments from Standing Committees
- Northern Regional Committee Chair/Director = Rick Staggs
- Technical Certification Program Chair/Director = Mike Neri
2010 Board Nominee Questionnaire Answers
General Information:
As a member of CWEA you are invited to attend CWEA’s Annual Business Meeting and vote on the incoming CWEA Slate of Officers. This year, the voting session will occur during the Opening Session of CWEA’s Annual Conference. You do not have to register for the Annual Conference to attend the meeting; however, you need to notify staff at the conference registration desk if you wish to attend without registering for the conference. Be there promptly at 8:30 AM to exercise your vote.
If you are unable to attend, you may obtain a proxy form to be completed and returned to the CWEA office no later than March 30th by contacting staff at 510-382-7800, extension 113 or vrawson@cwea.org. This proxy will grant another member in attendance the right to vote on your behalf.
In order to streamline the Annual Business Meeting and reach more members, we are holding a short CWEA State of the Association online meeting on May 4th from 12 noon to 1 PM. Topics will include FY 08-09 Audit and Treasurer’s Report. To participate in this online meeting, contact vrawson@cwea.org for call instructions.
From Jon Hay, CWEA Board of Director
Engineers Without Borders Orange County is looking for new
volunteers to take an active role in both current and future projects.
Join us at our 2010 New Member Project Drive (2/10/2010 at 6:30 in Irvine) to hear about and propose ways to engage in any or all of our three partner communities. As a multidisciplinary organization, we truly welcome volunteers of all backgrounds including but not limited to engineers, teachers, public health professionals, and fundraisers.
Tell your friends and bring your calendar books! To learn more about
our organization, visit http://www.ewb-oc.org/
Those who attended the Northern Regional Training Conference banquet at Redding’s Turtle Bay Museum on Thursday September 17th were treated to a preview (or pretreatment?) of the exhibit that opened on Saturday September 19th: “The Scoop on Poop: The Science of What Animals Leave Behind.” http://www.turtlebay.org/thescooponpoop.php
John Tasello worked his magic on arranging the sneak preview before the exhibit was finished because of CWEA’s obvious connection to the exhibit’s theme. The banquet attendees loved it. Their exhibit even includes a big poster-size shot of a clarifier. The CWEA Board was so impressed that it approved a $1,000 sponsorship for the exhibit. This will give the work that we do a little more exposure to the public and will help support a fun and informative exhibit. It’s also another way for CWEA to thank the City of Redding for its support of our Northern Regional Training Conference.
If you’re in the Redding area, be sure to make time to visit Turtle Bay and the Scoop on Poop exhibit.
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- Superduper Pooper!
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- Dung for Dinner!
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- Outhouse to Our House!
By Darren Greenwood, 2009-2010 CWEA President & Executive Committee Chair
City of Livermore, dggreenwood@ci.livermore.ca.us
I am pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2010 CWEA Board of Directors positions. Your local section and committee officers will have received the Executive Committee request for nominations for CWEA Directors and Officers by the time you receive this notice. However, to broaden the notification, this request is going out to the CWEA membership. Below is a summary of the nomination process – and how you can become involved in selecting your leaders. See the CWEA website at www.CWEA.org for more information. Follow the path: Member & Leader Resources/I’m a Leader/I’d like to be a Leader/Join CWEA Board/Nomination Information.
