Fort Worth Branch
Texas Section
Vice-President/Sec. – Samantha (Mandy) Clark, P.E. City of Arlington
Treasurer – Travis Attanasio, P.E. A.N.A. Consultants, Past President – Devon Tiner, P.E., DFW Airport
President – Leah Hodge, P.E., Halff Associates
FORT WORTH BRANCH MONTHLY MEETING REPORT
TEXAS SECTION – ASCE
Please send to the Executive Secretary, Texas Section-ASCE, 1524 S. IH-35, Suite 180, Austin, TX 78704, after each meeting. (Phone: 512-472-8905, Fax: 512-472-5641, email:
ATTENDANCE
BRANCH: Fort Worth Members: 104
DATE OF MEETING: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Spouses: X
LOCATION: Ruth’s Chris, Fort Worth Guests: X
Students: X
PRESIDING: Leah Hodge Total: X
(X) President (_) Other
A. Branch Meeting 11:45 AM:
· Leah Hodge
o Call to order
· John Wier – Invocation
· Recognize Guests
· Leah Hodge
§ Engineer’s Week February 16-22, 2014
§ FWTSPE Chapter is hosting this year’s MATHCOUNTS competition at TCU on Saturday February 1st
§ The Engineer’s Week Banquet will be held at the Ridglea Country Club on Saturday, February 22nd
§ FWASCE YEOY – Clint Hoover
§ ASCE Texas Centennial History Book
§ “Engineering a Better Texas: 100 Years of Civil Engineering in the Lone Star State”
§ Texas Section Members $30 with $10 shipping
§ Available on www.texasce.org or Amazon.com
§ Branch Sponsorships
§ $150 or $300 – Logo on website, branch announcement emails and slideshow before branch meetings. Contact Clint Hoover.
§ Upcoming events
§ Next meeting will also be on a Tuesday, February 18th; due to Monday being President’s Day (Ruth’s Chris).
Dr. Brian Stump with SMU will be presenting “Earthquakes and Fluid Disposal - A Historical Perspective”
§ April meeting with be a joint meeting with TexITE at TxDOT
§ July 14th joint meeting with the Dallas Branch of ASCE
· Kaitlyn Taylor – Younger Member Announcements
§ Happy Hour
§ Golf Tournament
· Travis Attanasio –
o Online Registration Raffle – Paul Holmes was the winner
o Demo of new Video System that will allow members from throughout the branch to view the presentations online.
· Program 12:10 PM
o Mandy Clark - Introduction of speaker
§ Introducing Rick Valdes, Investigator, Texas Board of Professional Engineers, giving a presentation on “Professional Practice and Ethics Update”
o Rick Valdes – Presentation
· Outro
o Leah Hodge – Thank speaker
o Adjourn 1:10 PM
Submitted by: Mandy Clark - Vice President\Secretary E-Mail:
Phone: 817-459-6592 Fax: 817-459-6585