Volume 7, Issue 5: July 30, 2009
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. Local Chapter Leads Teleconference: TODAY: July 30, 3pm EST. Please contact Kristin
Zaitz<mailto:usa@na-ygn.org> if you have questions or need the call in information.
2. Take a few moments to update your membership
information<http://www.na-ygn.org/members/login.php>. Update your email address, or
make sure you are connected with the right chapter and company. Cleaning up this
information helps us target our message better. THANKS!
3. In order to make the 1st embedded topical of the ANS Young Professionals Congress
an exciting, thrilling and complete event, there are a variety of activities that require
financial support. There are three levels of sponsorship and Duke and Westinghouse have
already committed. More information is in the attached document. To help out, contact Brad
Gerrard<mailto:GerrardB@pacpeople.com>, the ANS Young Professionals Congress Finance
Chair. This event is being held November 15-19, 2009 in Washington DC.
4. Did you submit a summary for the 2009 Young Professionals Congress? Why not
submit an Abstract for IYNC too and present your paper to an international audience of
your peers? International Youth Nuclear Congress 2nd
Call<http://www.iync.org/media-center.html?func=fileinfo&id=112> for Papers.
The IYNC2010 conference will be held the week after the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. The
conference location is the City of Cape Town located in the Western Cape Province. The
venue is the internationally renowned Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC),
which is situated at the foot of the famous Table Mountain. The Deadline for Abstract
Submission is August 3, 2009 and Abstracts should be submitted
here<http://www.conftool.com/iync2010>.
1. Upcoming Event in the West: West Regional Conference on August 13-14 at Diablo Canyon
Power Plant. Contact the West Regional Lead<mailto:west@na-ygn.org> for more
information. Looking for another NA-YGN networking opportunity? Ask your local chapter or
regional lead about upcoming regional activities. Regional Lead Contact information can
be found on the NA-YGN
infrastructure<http://www.na-ygn.org/aboutus2/leftdocs/2009%20NA-YGN%2...;.
6. Materials from the last webinar, the Political Landscape of Nuclear Energy, are
now
available<http://www.na-ygn.org/professionaldevelopment/pddocs/Politic...
on the NA-YGN website on the Professional Development page. The next webinar will be on
Getting to
Yes<BLOCKED::http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-W...
in late August. This is the book handed out at the NA-YGN 2009 Workshop. If you did not
receive a copy, you are welcome to purchase one, though it is not imperative to have read
the book to attend the webinar. Registration information for the webinar will be sent out
in member announcements soon! Questions should be directed at
pd@na-ygn.org<mailto:pd@na-ygn.org>.
7. Regional Event in the Atlantic Region. The DC Chapter of NA-YGN is sponsoring the
November 15, 2009 The Colonel Ripley Memorial Fuel for Life
5K<http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1757642&a...
benefiting the Injured Marine Semper Fi
Fund<http://www.semperfifund.org/> in
Annapolis, MD. A NA-YGN team has been set up as "Fueled by Atoms." The 5k run
is the Sunday before the ANS Winter Meeting and YPC embedded topical, so those of you
visiting from out of town may also participate! Bring your running gear!
Misha Swanson
Communications Chair
North American Young Generation in Nuclear
e: swanson@na-ygn.org<mailto:swanson@na-ygn.org>
p: 410-470-3449
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