September 19, 2008

NA-YGN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Volume 6 | Issue 6

NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION CHAIR!

A round of applause for Ms. Sarah Leversee of GE has generously stepped in to fill out the remaining PI term.  We welcome Sarah to the Core, she’s looking forward to hearing from you all about participation in the poster contest and the upcoming Obama and McCain phone calls.

Any questions about PI can be directed to Sarah at sarah.leversee@ge.com.

POSTER CONTEST TIME!

It’s back-to-school for the kids and so time for your local chapter to encourage nuclear knowledge in the younger set.  And what better way to do that than breaking out the crayons to submit a poster for the annual NA-YGN poster contest?!?!

As always, judging will be completed by our membership attending the ANS meeting in November and more details can be found on our website http://www.na-ygn.org/publicinfo/leftdocs/2008%20NA-YGN%20Poster%20Contest.pdf

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

One PASSIONATE person (at least passionate about knowledge management!).  Do you know a few tricks of the trade?  Or a couple good ideas to share?  What does your company do for KM? 

We’re looking for a committee leader to guide a gaggle of committee members on this enthusiastic team!  Please contact Amy for more information buu@na-ygn.org

NA-YGN Encouraging Smart Voting!

NA-YGN has been in contact with the campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain and has set up a phone call with each respective party to discuss energy needs and the future of nuclear.  The first one is with the Obama campaign Tuesday September 23 at 1pm EST.  The McCain call is TBD.  There will be times for Q&A as well.  You must register for the call (as a limited number of lines are available on a first-come-first-serve basis) but most chapter leads have already done so:

                 McCain Energy Plan Teleconference Registration

http://www.quia.com/sv/211998.html

Obama Energy Plan Teleconference Registration

http://www.quia.com/sv/211952.html

McCain Energy Plan Questions

http://www.quia.com/sv/212697.html

Obama Energy Plan Questions

http://www.quia.com/sv/212699.html

Please contact Liz (mcandrew@na-ygn.org) or Sarah (sarah.leversee@ge.com) for more information.

November NA-YGN/ANS-YMG Joint Meeting
Save the Date!  November 9-11, 2008 If you already know that you’re planning to attend, we’d love to have you volunteer to participate in the NA-YGN poster contest booth.  Please contact Sarah at sarah.leversee@ge.com. Also needed for the conference is a SPONSOR to  help with some of the session costs.  Please contact Amy for more information buu@na-ygn.com.

Upcoming Activities
International Uranium Fuel Seminar 2008 October 19-22 Westin Tabor Center Denver, CO https://register.nei.org/conferences/iufsregistrationform.asp
ANS Winter Meeting “Nuclear Power-Ready, Steady, Go” November 9-13 Grand Sierra Resort and Casino Reno, NV https://secure.ans.org/meetings/winter/registration/

NA-YGN Objective:

NA-YGN represents the interest of young nuclear professionals within the industry at industry gatherings and international conferences.

Questions? Comments?  Reply to naygn@na-ygn.org