American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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STS Ex. Comm.

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Glenn MacDonald
713-983-6909
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Darren Habetz
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Mac Samman
281-955-2900
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David Nadel
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Steve Long
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Robert Batts
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Kathy Smith
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Richard Boswell
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Welcome to the website of the South Texas Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International (ASME), the Internet resource of choice for mechanical engineers in the Houston area.

February Newsletter
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4th Annual EFAD Nov 4, 2000
POSTPONED DUE TO FLOODING!!!!
Re-scheduled for March 10. We are pleased to announce that the drought is over for now, but our FEST 2000 was postponed to assure your safety, health, and comfort. The soaked and slippery infield was more than any had anticipated. SHRP informed us at 11 am that plans needed to change. Keep your tickets for the rescheduled festivity (TBA). You were given complimentary entry Saturday at SHRP. We had a reception in the Paddock Room indoors, but had to cancel our Cookers and our meal. Cake and sodas were served, and many enjoyed the clowns, caricatures, and exhibits present.

Visit the EFAD2000 website for photos describing some of the fun we were able to salvage in these circumstances for the estimated 200 family members who did come out. Let us hear from you soon about when you would prefer this to be rescheduled and we will be working this out with SHRP. We regret the inconveniece this may have caused you. Please visit this website for more updates.

Thanks for all you have done and we'll see you soon,
Richard Boswell
EFAD Chair
Nov 5

Important Message for our Members !

FUTURE NEWSLETTER DELIVERY

As a cost saving measure, the South Texas Section has elected to stop mass-mailing the full version of the newsletter every month. Instead, a simple newsletter will be mailed monthly to all members.

The main source of communication between the Section and its members will be our new exciting internet site. Now, you can get our Section news, find useful links, download documents, and participate in our discussion bulletin board at our web site address:

www.asme.org/sections/sts/sts.html .

If you need an additional means of staying in touch, here are your three more options:

EMAIL NEWSLETTER

To elect to receive the complete newsletter emailed to you, please send an empty email message from your preferred email address to:

sts-newsletter-subscribe@egroups.com

Shortly, you will receive a confirmation and instructions to verify your subscription.

REGULAR MAIL

Each month you will continue to receive a brief newsletter that announces the many meetings of the South Texas Section.

WEB PAGE

Click on to the Newsletter link on the left of this page. Then choose to download the current Newsletter.

HELP INTEREST KIDS IN ENGINEERING

The K-12 Student Relations Committee needs volunteers to make presentations in the school science and math classses to tell kids what engineers do and try to encourage them to go into engineering.

We need volunteers to talk to one class in one school to tell kids how much fun engineering is and what it takes to get into engineering school. Contacts will be furnished if you will commit to calling the teacher to make an appointment, and then go to the school to make the talk.

Talks usually last 45 minutes. Volunteers will be furnished with a script, viewgraphs, and a TV tape. This will take less than half a day's time. Call ROSS KASTOR at 281-933-1904 or 713-743-4385.