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Omicron Field Chapter Trustee John Heslinga Co-Trustee Brian Andrus Steering Committee Lloyd Bloomfield James King Scott Lawrence Paul McNair Doug Nelson Paul Roberts Lee Wilkie Initiation and Installation 2009 From left to right: Brian Andrus, Co-Trustee; Peter Lawlor; Bonnie Watt-Malcolm; Malcolm Haines; Kevin Porter; Bill Yaremko; Stephen Wright; John Heslinga, Trustee The Chapter Moves to NAIT The Executive of NAIT has endorsed affiliation with our EPT Omicron Chapter and this will provide new opportunities to meet our precepts. As a Field Chap- ter, we could locate our unit at any location within Alberta but our symbiosis with the dynamic environment of NAIT is a huge opportunity. In fact, one of the six original Charter members of this Chapter included the former NAIT President Dr. G. Carter. In addition, many of the NAIT academic staff have become members of the honorary and NAIT link- age with industry and research is a perfect setting for our continued growth. It is evident we need to move ahead with a new vision and mission. A group of members have formed a Steering Committee, looking at building this Chapter and continue the excellent work we have as a honorary in promoting our three precepts. We will continue to plan events and steer our Honorary towards a more active and fulfilling role. of Epsilon Pi Tau eNews Did You Know . . . l The Chapter has initiated over 350 members since its start in 1971. l Our Chapter has 12 Laureates and 2 Distinguish Service Awards l Omicron Field Chapter presented at the AIAA in San Antonia, Texas, March 1978 l Over the years, Omicron Field Chapter has had 32 provincial presidents, 8 co-trustees and 3 trustees. l The Chapter assisted the Beta Omega Chapter Bozeman, at Montana State University, Bozeman Montana, 1978- 1979. Our Chapter provided the first initiation team for this new Chapter.
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Omicron Field Chapter
TrusteeJohn Heslinga
Co-TrusteeBrian Andrus
Steering CommitteeLloyd BloomfieldJames KingScott LawrencePaul McNairDoug NelsonPaul RobertsLee Wilkie
Initiation and Installation 2009
From left to right: Brian Andrus, Co-Trustee; Peter Lawlor; Bonnie Watt-Malcolm; Malcolm Haines; Kevin Porter; Bill Yaremko; Stephen Wright; John Heslinga, Trustee
The Chapter Moves to NAITThe Executive of NAIT has endorsed affiliation with our EPT Omicron Chapter and this will provide new opportunities to meet our precepts. As a Field Chap-
t e r , we could locate our unit at any location within Alberta but our symbiosis with the dynamic environment of NAIT is a huge opportunity. In fact, one of the six original Charter members of this Chapter included the former NAIT President Dr. G. Carter. In addition, many of the NAIT academic staff have become members of the honorary and NAIT link-age with industry and research is a perfect setting for our continued growth.
It is evident we need to move ahead with a new vision and mission. A group of members have formed a Steering Committee, looking at building this Chapter and continue the excellent work we have as a honorary in promoting our three precepts. We will continue to plan events and steer our Honorary towards a more active and fulfilling role.
of Epsilon Pi Tau eNews
Did You Know . . .
l The Chapter has initiated over 350 members since its start in 1971.
l Our Chapter has 12 Laureates and 2 Distinguish Service Awardsl Omicron Field Chapter presented at the AIAA in San Antonia, Texas, March 1978
l Over the years, Omicron Field Chapter has had 32 provincial presidents,
8 co-trustees and 3 trustees.l The Chapter assisted the Beta Omega
Chapter Bozeman, at Montana State University, Bozeman Montana, 1978-1979. Our Chapter provided the first initiation team for this new Chapter.
NAIT Provost and Vice President Academic Addresses New MembersDr. Berry Calder did the Installation Address at the 2009 Initiation Ban-quet. His presentation outlined the new trends found in post secondary education. The influence of Face-book, Twitter, ipods are creating a new environment for the education and communication. He provided examples of new ways that information is delivered, received and the integration of the wide variety of technology influencing faculty and students even in areas of recruitment and research. The Social Network has created different ex-pectations for education delivery and education must recog-nize what is happening and how this new technology can be utilized. Dr. Calder indicated in his presentation, if Facebook was a country, it would have the fourth largest population in the world. He also indicated today’s experiences in the classroom are different than the days of the blackboard, we must not forget the importance of teacher to student contact in maintaining success in education.
Looking ahead . . .
l March 24, Dinner Meeting
l June Dinner Meeting
l Initiation - Fall 2010
Membership DuesAs we move ahead with the Chapter we want to encourage our former members to re-new their membership. You need to contact the International Office in Bowling Green to pay your 2010 dues. To be re-activated, this year’s dues in US funds.Currently the International fees are $27.00 a year. Attached the web link.http://www.epsilonpitau.org/
Local Dues at this moment in time are only $10.00 to cover basic postage and stationary costs but these are under review. This year only pay the $27.00 to reactivate your international dues.
Dinner MeetingNotice
Guest Speaker
Dr. Owen Beattie
“Follow-up of the Franklin Expedition”
March 24, at 6:00 p.m.Presentation at 7:00 p.m.
at theAmiskwaciy Academy
Cost: $35.00 per person(includes salad, entree and dessert)
RSVP before 19 Mar 2010Contact: Lloyd Bloomfield at:
Contact Us:
Brian [email protected]
John [email protected]
EPT Web sitehttp://www.nait.ca/59009.htm
Reminder:Please use the web site for information about the news and activities about our field chapter.
NoteWe will be looking for 6 members to be part of the Strategic Planning Committee. Two new members, two current members and two Steering Committee members. We will be looking for membership involvement at the March 24 Dinner Meeting.
Vision Omicron Field Chapter is an honor society for like minded professionals in areas of design and industrial, and applied technology who work toward :• advancement in technical knowledge, skills and attitudes.• showcasing new technology.• promote research excellence in topics related to technology.• creation of collaboration among technology professionals.
MissionEPT will achieve it’s mission through mutually beneficial activities such as:• professional development events• production of scholarly documents and publications• support of research projects• newsletters• websites and/or blogs• providing members to boards and committees• recognition of members by issuance of awards Steering Committee
What is Next?The steering Committee will meet shortly to look at developing strategic plan that addresses lead-ership structure, sustainability, membership, and other relevant features. The plan at this point isto involve our new initiates, current members and former members in looking at what we can do to move ahead in a planned, step by step manner to increase the profile of the Chapter. This dialogue could be through email, surveys or group seminars. The plan to initiate this ‘next step’, has yet to be developed and your inputwould be appreciated. In the development of this strategic plan, we may hold focus groups and/ or a survey. Whatever your involvement, it will certainly be appreciated in moving the Chapter to an active and vibrant environment.As we all know, networking in our Chapter is one of our strengths and we need your professional network to pass on the message that EPT is re-energized and moving ahead. Please discuss the Newletter with your peers and forward the feedback back to us. Ensure you tell us the an-swer to the question:”EPT — What’s In It For Me as a Professional?” so we can build an organiza-tion to meet member needs.Contact Brian Andrus if you have any sugges-tions or comments.
Steering CommitteeThe Steering Committee consists of eight mem-bers representing a variety of sectors of the technology education community. This committee has met several times to discuss promoting EPT, creating a new vision to match our NAIT liaison, and organizing the recent Initiation. We have initi-ated 6 key members from: NAIT, the University of Alberta and Edmonton Public Schools. One of our next goals is to continue membership growth in industrial and professional associations.
“One of our next goals is to continue membership growthin industrial and professional associations.”
This could also mean re-visiting the organization-al structure of our leadership structure. We also want membership input into our future activities to become more visible and active in Technology Education over the long term. This can also mean involvement by our members to develop work-shops or seminars. This is a wonderful time to give your input to guide EPT into a bright future.
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