ECOB

Engineering Council of Birmingham, Inc.
P.O. Box 19785
Birmingham, Alabama 35219

our mission:

The Engineering Council of Birmingham, Inc. is a council to coordinate and promote the activities of its member societies, which can best be performed by cooperative action as it relates to professional, educational, civic and social activities that are beyond the scope of any individual society.

News and Events:

Last Message from the President:

It has been a pleasure serving as your president this year - thank you for your support and a successful year!

Highlights from the year are:

1.) ECOB banquet manual

2.) 325 total people attended the banquet

3.) Best Robotics has become a permanent feature at our banquet

I also wanted to pass along the items of interest for next year to our incoming leadership team.

Please note the action items that we took from yesterday:

Next Meeting- Wednesday, August 11th

Items to address are:

1.      Speaker needs to be confirmed over the summer - Tina Oliver is working on this and will get back with me - I will relay the details.

2.      A review of the banquet manual should be done by the incoming leader team to make sure all banquet items are covered.

The banquet timeline established by Wanda should be reviewed to ensure proper time management of the banquet and all lead times are covered.

At this time, we have a lead on a speaker, we have a venue, we have a photographer, and we have judges in the GA Eng Alliance.

3.      Award Nominees need to be confirmed by Sept/Oct 2010 - should be addressed in August 2010 meeting as a matter of priority.

GA Engineering Alliance would like to have their nominees graded in the Nov/Dec time frame.

4.      October 2010 meeting with societies needs to be setup - communicate Google dock, see Richard Brown for more details.