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Cliff Monroe presented Engineering in the Silicon Valley (2.6Mb powerpoint slides) during the Education and Industry Forum at the SVEC Open House on November 15, 2005.
Overheads from the instructors:
from Cheryl Downing:
More overheads will be posted as they become available.
SVEC sponsored this workshop to promote the interest in career advancement for technical professionals. The target audience was unemployed, displaced and technology professionals who are looking for a job or to be cross-trained to a different field.
Speakers Included:
Other sites referenced:
SVEC President Felicita Saiez presents her awards to Rendee Dore, Fred Jones, and Michael Wright for their contributions in SVEC activities for Open House and Engineers Week Banquet.
Hello to all,
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to each and every one of you for choosing me as the new president for the SVEC. You have showed your confidence in me, and I will do my very best to make sure the SVEC stride for the best for tomorrow.
As you all have witnessed this past year under President Felicita Saiez’s leadership, the activities were well-executed, the finance was healthy, and the participation was very high. Several important events such as open house and engineering banquet were well received and, more importantly, with a surplus of income. She planned the activities, monitored the process and assessed the results. I was very fortunate to be able to work with her and observe the business operation with such an open mind. I like to thank her for laying such a solid ground for me to continue. Thank you, Felicita.
I also like to thank Steve Sherman for his generosity to continually provide his advice and share his experience with the group. This election has taken much of his valuable time from his work and the little league games that he was coaching/judging for. I am indebted to his sacrifice and contributions. Thank you, Steve.
There are too many to thank for during the past year. I also agree Felicita’s selection of the President Awardees — Rendee Doré (for her unreserved support and wonderful assistance in many events), Fred Jones (for the outstanding, well-executed engineering banquet) and Michael Wright (for his enthusiasm and hard work in maintaining the website and taking the last minute registrations for the engineering banquet). Thank you, all. I hope you will continue support me in the future events.
I have already approached some of you for the committee work and future activities. I will continue to do so. I hope you can come forward and let me know what your best interest is so that there will be a good match. I invite you to give me your suggestions and criticisms whenever you can.
Let’s work together to continue the success that we created.
Best regards,
Richard Chung
President, SVEC
Announcing SVEC 2004-2005 Board of Directors
It is my great pleasure to announce election results and the Silicon Valley Engineering Council 2004-2005 Board of Directors:
President: Richard Chung
Vice President: Ron Kane
Secretary: Renita Brien
Treasurer: Ed Kaminski
Directors:
Thank you to Steve Sherman, the Nominations Commitee Chair, for such a fine slate of candidates and to Michael Wright and Catherine Oven for serving as the Teller’s Committee. I also wish to thank all the candidates who ran for election as they all were such strong and hard-workers on behalf of SVEC this past year.
The 2003-2004 year was very productive and fun for me as SVEC President. I am happy and proud of all the wonderful accomplishments we made in the past year and am very grateful to my Board of Directors and Committee Chairs for making all our programs such a great success!
It also gives me great pleasure to announce a new award this year—the “President’s Award for Outstanding Service.” The hard working and dedicated recipients of this award for 2004 are:
It was my honor to serve as President of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council and I wish great success to the incoming SVEC President, Dr. Richard Chung. Please join me in wishing Richard and his Board a great year. I know they will be successful if they receive as much support from all of you as I did.
Best wishes and thank you,
Felicita
Job Support Group is for those who are looking for a position because they are either between jobs and/or underemployed. The group is there for those who are going through this transition and need the spiritual and emotional encouragement as well as develop a network or job hunting skills to find a new position.
Who can participate: The group is open to everyone, including those who are working! Coffee and snacks are provided.
Meeting Times:
Every Tuesday night from 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm.
6:30 - 7:30 networking session
7:30 - 8:30 speaker
Location: Calvary Church, 16330 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos
http://www.calvarylosgatos.org/directions.shtml
Questions? Email pamgilman @ sbcglobal.net
California Engineering Technology Alliance
DIALOGUE INVITATION
Sponsored by the California Education Master Plan Alliance
May 19-23, 2003
http://www.webdialogues.net/masterplan
A very important opportunity for Californians to share their opinions with legislators and education experts about the Master Plan for Education legislation is scheduled for May 19 — 23. Everyone is welcome to participate in this online dialogue and can do so from a computer anywhere in the state (or around the world).
We need your help in getting the word out about this valuable opportunity for Californians to be heard. Please pass on this invitation to your colleagues, friends, and the people for whom you have contacts. California’s business and technology leaders are key partners in transforming our education system. We need your continued involvement to ensure that the Master Plan legislation results in public education that supports all students in reaching their full potential. Students must be properly prepared to enter the workforce as skilled employees and to engage in lifelong learning opportunities, and our system of education must be held accountable for these outcomes. We must close the achievement gap and provide ALL students with quality educational experiences.
The following invitations are suitable for posting, e-mailing, and printing in publications such as newsletters. We want to be sure that as many people as possible hear about this important discussion! Thank you so much for your help in getting the word out.
http://www.webdialogues.net/masterplan
Please register and participate!
Everyone — educators, parents, students, business leaders and other interested Californians — is invited to participate in an online discussion about how to shape the legislation to implement California’s Education Master Plan.
The Plan was shaped by Californians over a 3-year period - now the legislation will be shaped by Californians as well.
The Master Plan for Education, PreK-University, will serve as a roadmap for education policy over the next two decades. It will:
Legislators and education experts will join the discussion so they can get your vital feedback for this legislation that, once enacted, will lay a solid foundation for implementing the overall Plan.
Because this will be a Web-based discussion, you can participate at your convenience, at any time of the day or night, although the Dialogue will only be moderated between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
The agenda is as follows:
Monday: Assembly Bill 56 - School Readiness
Tuesday: Senate Bill 550 - Student Learning
Wednesday: Senate Bill 6 - Education Governance
Thursday: Assembly Bill 242 - Education Personnel
Friday: Additional Legislation and Dialogue Wrap-up.
Discussion summaries will provide an overview of the main points covered each day. Daily feedback forms will capture the viewpoints of participants. Background materials will help you understand the issues related to each day’s discussion.
To learn more about the Dialogue and to register to participate, visit the Web site at: www.webdialogues.net/masterplan
For more information contact: Jennifer Mitchell at Jennifer @ putstudents1st.org, or 916-322-2049.
Featured presentation by The Enterprise Network (TEN)
Here is an overview of the company from TEN website:
TEN is a non-profit business incubator and venture development center that is networked with seasoned Silicon Valley advisors, investors and service providers. Since 1993, our mission has been to support Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and to give them the advantage they need to succeed. We are proud of our record of helping to launch over 60 companies, including eBay, Vertical Networks, Xros and Right Works. Through our technology partners, entrepreneurs can access leading edge technology to take to market.
For more information, go to http://www.ten-net.org
East Bay IT Group forming EBIG~ORG
Hello everyone. We are forming a non-profit group for those of us who live in the east bay area and think all the ’good’ topics and speakers go to Silicon Valley (or even in the city or up north) and we want to see some activity taking advantage of the resources we have in the east bay. We’re modeling ourselves (and partnering with, hopefully) SDForum, with whom most of you in the area should be familiar.
We are looking at a launch date of Jan 2003. Please sign up at http://www.ebig.org (East Bay IT Group) to receive notifications of our launch and upcoming activities, and send me any suggestions that you have. [Our privacy policy stipulates that this mail sign-up will only be used for sending out notifications and will never in any way be sold or used for any purposes other than ebig.org activities]. What I’m most interested in is feedback from potential members as to what groups (SIG’s, topics, workshops etc) you would like to see. We cater to you.
Right now we’re in the processing of paperwork, solicting speakers, locations, dates, sponsors and all that jazz. But the most important thing again will be to get feedback from people who might become members as to what they’d like to see in such a group. Take a look at www.sdforum.org to get some ideas for SIG’s or propose your own. Any suggestions on things you’d like to see on our site (being developed) are also greatly appreciated. I’m also interested to know which groups in the area would be most important for you to have us partner with (for example, Women’s Technology Cluster, SDForum, SVASE, SofTech, Churchill Club, etc etc)
Please feel free to contact me at any time with any questions, ideas, speakers or speaker topics, locations, volunteering, parntering etc.
Thanks! Look forward to actually putting some faces to the names from here in the East Bay.
contact info:
Click image for an expanded view, the blackboard in background says “Santa Clara Engineers Week Committee.”
