**Announcements**

SAVE THIS DATE: The 13th Annual Jake Jare Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on October 13, 2008, at Whitmoor Country Club. Come and join over 200 golfers for this fun-filled day. Not a golfer, but want to get involved? Why not volunteer to help at the tournament. Golfers and Hole Sponsors Wanted! More information will be in upcoming newsletters.

SPECIAL THANKS: With the Jake Jare Memorial Golf Tournament quickly approaching. The Fall Golf Committee would like to start early in thanking tournament sponsors. The sponsors are listed in the "Golf Sponsors Acknowledgement" flier. If you or your company is interesting in becoming a sponsor, you still have plenty of time. Please see the "Golf Tournament Flier" for details.

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<Golf Sponsors Acknowledgement>
Pass the Engineering Baton:  Encourage any young woman, grade 5-7, to check out the Girl Scouts of America STEPS Summer Program.  STEPS is the Science, Technology & Engineering Preview Summer Day Camp sponsored by the GSA.  The STEPS program is designed for young women to explore interests in math, science, engineering, and technology.  The STEPS overnight experience is August 15th-16th. Please Note: Non-Girl Scouts have an additional fee of $10 for the events, to cover costs.  For information on the event dates and costs, please see the flier at this link:
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Continue Your Graduate Education:  Gary T Moore MS, P.E. is teaching MS&T - CE - 337 River Mechanics And Sediment Transport at MSD on Wednesdays starting August 27th.  See the "Course Information" flier for registration information.
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Roster Ad Sales and Personal Info Update:  It is time again to start planning the ad space and updating your personal information for next year's Club Roster.  For pricing and instructions please click on the link provided:
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Club Events:

Engineers' Club Committee Meeting, August 13th, FREE REFRESHMENTS

Your bright ideas are needed at the Engineers' Club on Monday, August 13th at 8:00 AM.

Bring that co-worker and their completed membership application and your ideas for seminars and meeting topics.

We supply the refreshments!

We look forward to seeing you and meeting your co-workers and friends.

Make a reservation by calling Kurt Krispin at 314-533-9333 or sending him an email at: kurt.krispin@engineersclub.net

Fellowship Night, August 18th


 
Fellowship Night this month is sponsored by: TSi Engineering

5:30 PM: Complimentary Beer, Soda, Wine and Appetizers: Smoked Chicken Quesadillas and Petite Potato Boats

Dinner, 6:30 PM: Chef's Salad, Three Leaves Baby Back Ribs served with Oven Roasted Potatoes, Chef's Vegetables, Chef's Desserts, Coffee & Tea

Cost: $20 (Includes five 50/50 tickets. Receive one additional ticket for wearing your Engineers' Club logo shirt)

The Event for this month is the: Putting Tournament

Also, stay around after dinner to enjoy Pool, Cards, Darts & Networking with members and guests.

Reservations required by Noon, Friday, August 15th, 2008!!

RESERVATION RULES:  Reservations made after the RSVP deadline will not be guaranteed a meal.  If you do get a meal, a $5 late charge will be added to the meal cost. Get your reservations in early, DO IT NOW!!

Also, if you attend Fellowship regularly, sign up on the standing reservation list, that way you are guaranteed a meal, and only have to contact Kurt when you cannot attend.
Please RSVP by calling Kurt Krispin at 314-533-9333 or sending him an email at: kurt.krispin@engineersclub.net

Next month's Fellowship Night will be on Monday, September 15th. Please mark your calendars for the 3rd Monday of every month to attend Fellowship Night!

Would your company like to sponsor a Fellowship Night? Call Kurt Krispin at 314-533-9333 or send him an email at: kurt.krispin@engineersclub.net for details.

Thanks to Terracon for sponsoring the July Fellowship Night.

Porous Asphalt, Warm Mix Asphalt and Sustainability Seminar, August 22nd

MISSOURI ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION invites you to attend a seminar on:
Porous Asphalt, Warm Mix Asphalt and Sustainability

Presented by: Kent Hansen, P.E.
Director of Engineering
National Asphalt Pavement Association

Location: Engineers' Club of St. Louis

Agenda:
8:00AM - 9:00AM Registration, Continental Breakfast
9:00AM - 11:30AM  Program – Porous Asphalt Pavements: Design/Construction/Performance, Warm Mix Asphalt, Recycling, LEED
Additional Speaker from the MSD in St. Louis

Please see the flier for registration information and other seminar dates and locations in Missouri:
 

<Porous Asphalt Seminar Flier>
 
Underground Asset Management Seminar, August 29th

Mid-West GIS, Inc. is hosting a Free Seminar on Underground Asset Management on Friday August 29th from 10:00-Noon. The seminar will detail the common problem of underground utilities being damaged during repairs, maintenance, and new development because they were not in the locations of the original plans, costing thousands of dollars in damage, and often risking lives of construction crews in the process. We will then present the solution to this problem which involves the use of GPS and GIS technologies.

Underground Asset Management brochure:  <Asset Management Seminar Flier>

Location: University of Missouri, St Louis - West County Computer Center  <Map>

Agenda:

10:00 am – 10:15 am: Introduction and Welcome
10:15 am – 11:15 am: Underground Asset Management Presentation by Shane McDermott, President of Mid-West GIS, Inc.
11:15 am – 11:30 am: Question & Answer Session
11:30 am – Noon: Further Discussion if Necessary

Click this link to register: http://www.mid-westgis.com/registration.html

There are only 24 spots available for this Seminar, so please register early to guarantee a spot. You won’t want to miss this one.

If you have any questions or comments please direct them to Shane McDermott at shane@mid-westgis.com. Please pass this on to anybody you think may be interested in this seminar.

MoDOT Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Program, September 18th

Bring a Prospective Member & Earn Free Professional Development Credit!

The Engineer’s Club of St. Louis would like to offer you an opportunity to earn free professional development credit. All you have to do is attend our program on the MoDOT Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Program by Kenyon Warbritton, MoDOT Project Director, on September 18, 2008! The Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Project is a design-build-finance-maintain project to repair/replace over 800 bridges across the State of Missouri.

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Presenter: Kenyon R. Warbritton P.E

Location: The Engineers' Club of St. Louis

Agenda:

4:30 - 5:15 p.m. followed by a 15 minute Q&A

 Please RSVP by calling Kurt Krispin at 314-533-9333 or sending him an email at: kurt.krispin@engineersclub.net

Professional Development Seminar (1 PDH), September 23rd

TOPIC: How Professional Service Firms Can Enhance Their Practice Development Using the EthicalFactorSM -- An Overview.

Summary of program: In our Overview Session, we will focus on how to deliver more of the EthicalFactorSM, defined as trust (genuineness), credibility (believability) and partnership (customer focus and accountability), at crucial touch points that impact practice development.

 Presenter: Fred Firestone

Location: The Engineers' Club of St. Louis

Agenda:

7:00AM - Registration
7:30AM - Breakfast
8:00AM - 9:00AM - Program

Cost: $20

Please RSVP by 9/19 by calling Kurt Krispin at 314-533-9333 or sending him an email at: kurt.krispin@engineersclub.net

13th Annual Jake Jare Golf Tournament, October 13th

Location: Whitmoor Country Club

Agenda:

9:30AM - Registration
10:00AM - Box Lunch Provided
11:00AM - Shotgun Start with
5:00PM - Open Bar
$50,000 Hole-in-One Shoot-out
50/50 Contest open to all
6:00PM - Awards Dinner

Please see the tournament flier for registration, activities, and sponsorship information.
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<Current Golf Sponsors Acknowledgement>
 

Engineers' Club of St. Louis Mission Statement



It is the mission of the Engineers' Club to promote the educational, social and professional advancement to its members; to assist community leaders, civic organizations and public agencies by providing advice on and giving support to issues which benefit the St. Louis Community and to serve as a focal point of engineering activities in the St. Louis area by acting as liaison between the Club's many affiliated societies and maintaining physical facilities which can be used by the engineering community for educational, social and business activities.


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