WELCOME

Welcome to the Kentuckiana Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME). We encourage you to look over our website and consider attending one of our monthly meetings. Whether you are looking for Professional Development Points or interested in learning what’s hot in today's design and construction arena, the Kentuckiana Post strives to provide members of the engineering community with the most current information available.
 
QUICK NOTES
QUICK NOTES
Fort Knox Field Chapter

The Fort Knox Field Chapter of the Kentuckiana Post has been formed to support the linking of remote military installations and Officers with AEC professionals at that Post. The first meeting for the Fort Knox Field Chapter will be 11:30-13:00 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the Fort Knox Leaders Club. Rich Lampo, ERDC will be presenting on Thermoplastic Materials for Bridges.

UPCOMING EVENTS

2012 Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo
 

The 2012 JETC will be held from May 22-25, 2012 at the St. Louis, Missouri America's Center.

 For 2012, SAME HQ and the St. Louis and Scott Field Posts have planned a strong technical program that lays the foundation for the conference and is supported by a robust, informational expo area, as well as exciting technical tours and ample networking and social events.

RECENT EVENTS
2012 Small Business Workshop

The SAME Small Business Committee would like to thank everyone for your participation and support of the 2012 Small Business Workshop. We send our sincerest appreciation to all of the presenters, sponsors and exhibitors for making this year such a success. We had a grand turnout with an audience of over 400 attendees and 53 exhibitors. We had representatives from over 250 companies and agencies representing offices across the US, and we are sure that some great partnerships were started during our 2nd Annual Matchmaking event.

Please take the this short survey to help us make future Workshops even more engaging. A PDH Certificate will be automatically generated after the survey is completed.

We would like to honor our three Small Business of The Year Awardees (photo):

bullet Construction - Howard Pence, Inc.
bullet Environmental- Environmental Quality Management, Inc.
bullet Architectural/Engineering - Suhail & Suhail, Inc.

We are also pleased to be able to make available the presentation slides.

bullet Keynote Address - Be Memorable and Win More Work - Jim Rogers, Fleetridge
bullet Session I - Doing Business With The U.S. Department of Energy - Christopher Lockhart, Contract Specialist
bullet Session I - Doing Business with the EPA - David Hincks, Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division, US EPA
bullet Session I - Kentucky Procurement Assistance Program - Marisa M. Neal, MBA, MPA, ACAS Cabinet for Economic Development
bullet Session II - Capital Access and Surety Bonds - John T. McClure, SBA Kentucky District Office
bullet Session III - GSA Solutions - Eric S. Terrell, GSA, Federal Acquisition Service
 
 

Congratulations to Marilyn Lewis, PE on her selection to the National SAME Board of Direction. She will join the Board for a three year term that will begin at the JETC in St. Louis in May.
 

Thanks to the exhibitors who helped make the 2012 Workshop a success.
RECENT SPONSORSHIPS
2011 QDMA Military Youth Hunt

As part of our continued effort to support service members and their families across our region, the Kentuckiana Post SAME helped sponsor the Quality Deer Management Association's Military Youth Hunt. The hunt was spearheaded by the Derby City and Bourbon Trail Branches of the QDMA. The purpose of the hunt was to make sure the children of service members wouldn’t be left at home during this season’s youth hunt weekend held on October 8-9 across the state of Kentucky.

Of the 30 kids who participated, 17 came from Fort Campbell, six from Fort Knox, two from the Navy, and four from families with a
member in the National Guard.

For more information and photos, visit this Kentucky National Guard article.
 
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Wow, the year is speeding by. It seems like I was just writing the last newsletter message. I want to start off this message with some really good news. National SAME informed us recently that we received all five streamers for our activities in 2011 – Membership, Outreach and Communication, Relationships and Recognition, Education and Training, and Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security. The last two we won with distinction. Great work to all who prepared the narrative that helped win the Streamers, and to all who participated and made this possible!

I challenged our membership in the last newsletter to excel in what we do in four key areas. Two of those we have already been working on with success – professional development and K-12 Outreach. With regards to professional development, the Post is sponsoring FEMA Training. Final logistics regarding the site are being worked out, but the dates are April 26 and 27 in Louisville. This free training will help prepare individuals who want to volunteer to help FEMA during disaster response and recovery activities. More information can be found in this newsletter and on the Post website.

The K-12 Outreach success was achieved with the recent Chapter and State Competitions for MATHCOUNTS. Now in its 27th year, this nationwide competition reaches out to thousands of middle school students to come together and compete on the local, state and national level. The Kentuckiana Post has been a major sponsor for the State competition and the Louisville Chapter competition for several years. We also have many Post members participate in various volunteer capacities – working hotel logistics, proctoring and grading the tests, and in many other ways. The top four finishers at the State competition go on to represent Kentucky at the national competition in Washington D.C. in early May.

The Post is very active right now, and that is a result of all of the hard work the committees are doing to maintain the Kentuckiana Post as one of the premiere Posts in SAME. There is always room for help on our committees. Be on the look-out for a volunteer recruitment form from our Membership Committee and Public Relations Committee to explain what our committees do and offer you a chance to become involved in the Post.

Steven Skaggs, P.E.
Post President, KP-SAME
 

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