Volume 7, Issue 22: March 11, 2010
NA-YGN Announcements:
1. 2010/2011 Elections Results! Congratulations to the officers who won Core positions
for the 2010-2011 season. Duncan, Erin and Christine will begin their terms in May at the
Workshop. Morgan and Guadalupe began immediately and Adam will continue his reign as
Treasurer.
· Vice President - Duncan Robinson<mailto:robinson@na-ygn.org>
· PD Chair - Erin West<mailto:erinwest@na-ygn.org>
· Treasurer - Adam Strange<mailto:strange@na-ygn.org>
· Canadian Affairs - Christine John<mailto:cjohn@na-ygn.org>
· PI Chair - Morgan Davis<mailto:davis@na-ygn.org>
· Mexican Affairs- Guadalupe Almazán-Torres<mailto:almazan@na-ygn.org>
2. In addition to new officers we would also like to congratulate Brad Tyers for
taking over as Webinar chair. If you want to help him on his committee please
email<mailto:webinar@na-ygn.org> him.
3. Committee Chairs Needed (some immediately, some in May). If interested, please
contact mcandrew@na-ygn.org<mailto:mcandrew@na-ygn.org>.
Immediately Available:
· Promotional Items Chair
· Knowledge Transfer Chair
· Government Outreach Chair
· Social Media Chair
Available in May:
· Professional Development Chair
· Sustainability Committee Chair
· Awards Committee Chair
4. Volunteers Needed for a joint project between the NA-YGN Knowledge Transfer and
Benchmarking Committees. NA-YGN has been offered the opportunity to present at the
industry knowledge transfer conference taking place in October 2010. We want to tell the
industry what's working, what could be better and what else we need. If you're
interested in helping to develop and evaluate a knowledge transfer focused survey, please
contact Michael Tronosky<mailto:TronosMD@westinghouse.com>.
5. Membership Renewal is ongoing. If you got this email directly from me (MISHA
SWANSON) you are a member in good standing. If you got this message from your Chapter
Lead, you are not a National member or have not yet renewed your membership. You will
need your member ID and email address. Forgot your member ID? There is a link right above
the "Login" button to have it delivered to you. If you have any issues please
don't hesitate to contact
communications@na-ygn.org<mailto:communications@na-ygn.org>.
6. Local chapter lead call is March 25th from 3-3:30. Interim-US affairs
Chair<mailto:usa@na-ygn.org>, Erin West will send out an agenda and the call-in
number prior to the call.
7.
Registration<http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/conferencesandmeetings/n...
for the 2010 NA-YGN Professional Development Conference held May 16-18, 2010 in San
Francisco is now open. Please register and book your
hotel<http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation...
by April 14th in order to save money. Questions about the Conference? Contact the
Professional Development Chair<mailto:pd@na-ygn.org>.
8.
Registration<https://www.conftool.com/iync2010/> for the 2010 International
Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) held July 12-18, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa is now
open. IYNC has held five successful conferences around the globe - with delegates
convening in Slovakia (2000), South Korea (2002), Canada (2004), Sweden/Finland (2006),
and Switzerland (2008). The recent IYNC 2008 conference attracted over 330 nuclear
professionals from 30 countries!
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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