1. New Faces in Engineering 2008
The New Faces of Engineering strives to promote the accomplishments of young engineers by highlighting their engineering contributions and the resulting impact on society.
2. NEW! Speaker Database (see attached)
As you plan your upcoming Annual State and Chapter meetings, use the speaker database as a resource. Attached is a listing of speakers who have presented at recent NSPE meetings. Many of the speakers will present for minimal fees or travel expenses.
Questions? Contact: Hannah Besanceney at (703) 684-2834) or hbesanceney@nspe.org.
3. How to Get the NSPE/Kaplan Review Course Started. (See attached) A great way to create non-dues revenue is by offering the NSPE/Kaplan FE and PE exam review course.
Questions: Mary Maul at mmaul@nspe.org or (703) 684-2833.
4. NSPE Education is looking to partner with state and/or chapter organizations to deliver web seminars.
What a great way to make some extra non-dues $$$$$s! Now is the time to get on the Fall 2007 web seminar schedule! Contact Mary Maul at mmaul@nspe.org or 703-684-2833. Get us a topic and speaker and do a little promo in your local area. We'll do the rest! We split 50/50 after the expenses (i.e., vendor charges for the technology - which are very reasonable).
Changing Connections or Contact Info
It has been brought to our attention that some members may not be members of the best one of New Jersey's ten chapters for their present work or home location. New members of NSPE/NJSPE are assigned to the local chapter selected on the application. If it may be more helpful to a member to share experiences and network at a different chapter, a change is simple. You can look at the 'Chapters' section of this website for chapter locations and activities. If no activity is shown that means that the chapter was inactive with the NJSPE website and could use your leadership and/or input.
If you would like to change chapters please do so as soon as possible as the membership database is currently being upgraded. Doing so now will also allow you to experience a full activity year cycle of your new chapter. If you wish to change your chapter, please make your request to kbiddle@njlobbyist.com or contact Kelly Biddle at 609-393-0099, fax -9891. Your email, phone, or fax request can be completed in one business day.
Also, if you have a change of contact information for your home or office, please contact Kelly with the new information and the changes will be made for you at NSPE, NJSPE, and your local chapter. Timely maintenance of membership contact info helps our society to maximize its value for you.
Security Design Book Released
Security and Site Design: A Landscape Architectural Approach to Analysis, Assessment and Design Implementation by Leonard J. Hopper, FASLA, and Martha J. Droge, Assoc. ASLA is now available wherever fine books are sold.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (February 25, 2005)
ISBN: 047165583X
This important, timely and significant work written for the design professional, offers basic concepts for site security design and/or risk assessment. Most importantly, it discusses these critical subjects, and how they can be integrated into overall site designs and streetscapes.
It also provides fundamental knowledge about security issues that assist the professional in consulting with clients and other security consultants.
Guidelines for conducting secutiry/risk assessments and case studies that demonstrate how security elements can be integrated into the design aesthetically, and functionally.
Leonard J. Hopper, FASLA is past president of ASLA, and current president Elect of LAF. He is Chief Landscape Architect and Head of the NYC Housing Authority's Landscape Architectural Division, and has served as a faculty member at CCNY's School of Architecture and Environmental Studies for more than a decade. Mr. Hopper has toured the country lecturing on the subject of security design and spoke on this subject at the NJASLA 2004 Annual Meeting.
Martha J. Droge, Assoc. ASLA, is a landscape designer and urban planner with Ayers-Saint-Gross in Baltimore, Maryland. She served for more than seven years as a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security. In that position, she conducted criminal investigations and implemented physical security, personal security, and counter terrorism programs domestically and at U.S. embassies abroad.
In our post 9-11 world, this book is a "must-read" for I am prepared to answer any questions you may have at this time. |
