Words from the 2000 Chair

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Review of the issues still facing women, and men, engineers from childhood to continuing practice.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Luncheon - networking oppty and presentation of project between GSA and AIChE to promote science education among women.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Business mtg - oppty for women (and men) to get involved in continuing the development of women Ch E's and of their careers.</div> <bR> <div> 3) To network with other WIC type organizations in our sister societies.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Participated in Women on the Move, hosted by <A HREF="http://www.asce.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.asce.org"><U>ASCE</U></A>.  Opportunity for various women form sister organizations to begin developing of a data based on women, their areas of expertise and availability for various opportunities with government commissions, speaking engagements, mentoring arenas, and awards.  Meeting also focussed on development of a culture survey that would establish the real level of support a company or organization possesses for the recruiting and retaining of talented women engineers</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> SWE article interview</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Continuing participation in database development and culture survey.</div> <bR> <div> 4) To tap into the membership to accomplish these things, and others.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Participating in <A HREF="http://www.swe.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.swe.org"><U>SWE</U></A>/ASCE interactions </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Preparing of the list serve</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Developing means for contacting possible roommates</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Preparing activities for families for the mtg</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Penning a letter requesting dept chairs to provide names of faculty or women alumnae who would be considered for various awards </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Preparing grants to assist with funding of speakers for session</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Assisting with session preparation and delivery</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Web page maintenance</div> <bR> <div> Future plans:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To survey membership to help determine what areas of interest/need are in the ranks that might be addressed by WIC.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To assist with a database development to provide names for award candidates, committee candidates, and officer positions within AIChE.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To prepare a system by which the interests and abilities of several members can be tapped for use in small projects or parts of larger projects to prevent burnout and allow for succession management.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Regards,</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2001 Past Chair"><U>Leonore C. Witchey-Lakshmanan, Ph. D.</U></A></div> <div> 1999-2000 Chair</div> <div> Women's Initiative Committee, AIChE</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=125 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>