Volume 8, Issue 13: January 6, 2011
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. The Winter Edition of Conserving Tomorrow is attached. It is also available on the website.
2. The Future of Nuclear Power Needs YOU! NA-YGN will be attending and making public comments at the Blue Ribbon Commission meeting on January 7, 2011 in Augusta, GA. The meeting will be held at the Augusta Marriott Riverwalk hotel from 8 am to 4 pm. If you live in the area and are able to attend please contact Morgan Davis. We would like as much NA-YGN support there as possible to help field questions from the community and advocate for sustainable used fuel management strategy. Attendees will learn a lot from interacting with the community and learn about nuclear related issues from the panel speakers. Can’t go to the meeting? The meeting will be webcasted live and they are accepting written public comments for the Commission’s consideration. Please check out the Blue Ribbon Commission website link below for the agenda and webcast link and feel free to utilized our Clean Energy Insight website to post your blog on the topic.
3. Attention NA-YGN Chapter Leads: Local Chapter End of Year Reports are due to your regional lead and/or affairs chair by January 14, 2011! Click here for the report template. The NA-YGN Core requests that all local chapters keep track of their Professional Development and Public Information activities and submit a report each year. The purpose of this is to track how many hours the organization as a whole is contributing to NA-YGN activities and events. Keeping track of this information is of great benefit to NA-YGN because it allows the organization to demonstrate the positive contributions that we are making in our companies and in North America. Questions? Please contact zaitz@na-ygn.org
4. Are you looking for a new opportunity within NA-YGN? Two regional lead positions are now open –Atlantic and Southeast. Regional Leads focus on supporting new chapters and organizing regional events. They act as the primary interface with the local chapter leads and the Affairs Chairs. To learn more about regional leads and what they do, please read our charter and/or get in touch with your current regional lead – Chris Hearn, Southeast; Muhammad Fahmy, Atlantic. If you are in one of these regions and are interested in being the Atlantic or Southeast regional lead, please send a resume and a short description of why you’re interested in the position to Kristin Zaitz, US Affairs Chair by January 21, 2011.
5. National Nuclear Science Week - The 2nd Annual National Nuclear Science Week will take place the week of January 24, 2011. The event will be a national, broadly observed week-long celebration to advance public awareness of the benefits of nuclear science and technology. The NA-YGN Public Information Committee is encouraging local chapters to plan outreach activities during that week by offering a $500 voucher for NA-YGN clothing to the chapter who conducts the most impressive activity. Contact pi@na-ygn.org for more information.
6. Interested in career development? How about running for a Core position? Vice President, Communications Chair, Public Information Chair, US Affairs Chair and Mexican Affairs Chair are all up for election. If interested, please contact kurzeja@na-ygn.org. All information must be submitted by January 28, 2011.
7. Registration is now open for the 2011 Carolinas Regional Conference hosted by Duke Energy in Charlotte, NC on January 28, 2011. Register here or contact your Chapter Lead or Ryan Boyle for more information. Registration is limited to the first 110 members to sign up.
8. Registration is now open for the 2011 West Regional Conference, hosted by Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station on February 2-3, 2011. Contact your west region chapter lead or Matthew Cox for more information or to sign up.
9. Award nominations for our annual awards that are given out at the May Conference (Excellence, Chapter Achievement, Future) will be accepted through February 13th. The website homepage now has descriptions and links. The Awards Committee is also looking for help. For more information and/or questions contact awards@na-ygn.org.
10. Save the Date for the 2011 NA-YGN Professional Development Conference! The 2011 NA-YGN PD Conference will be held from May 8 – 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The theme for this year’s workshop is “Redefining Diversity: Uncovering a World of Opportunities in Old Technology.” Please contact Adam Borcz at pd@na-ygn.org if you are interested in volunteering. Registration will open soon.
Misha Swanson
Communications Chair
North American Young Generation in Nuclear
p: 410-470-3449