Parking for our Monthly Meetings

Hello ITE members,

Sorry for the multiple emails today but we have a request from the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum regarding parking for our monthly meetings:

Please drive around the museum building, past the gift shop entrance, through the gates and park near the restoration hanger northwest of the museum. Please do not park on the east side of the building as it is an active taxiway and needs to remain clear at all times. Museum staff assured me the gates will be open and there is plenty of room to park.

We appreciate you help with this matter!

ITE Announcements

Good Morning ITE Alaska Section,

Please see the following announcements:

1.       Engineers Week 2011 is fast approaching!  As just one of the many activities being held during E-Week, local engineers will be needed February 22 - March 3, 2011 to speak to students at elementary, middle, and high schools.  We are looking for volunteers to speak about engineering, math, science, technology, and other related fields.  Our goal is to make the students aware of how engineers impact our lives on a daily basis.  Speaking in local schools is an opportunity for you to inform the kids about engineering and have fun while doing it!  If you are interested in speaking, please send your complete contact information along with your field of engineering or specialty area to Nicole Knox at nknox@rmconsult.com.

2.       Melissa Mormilo invites ITE members to the upcoming January SWE meeting.  The January SWE meeting is all about activities and ideas to help the engineering community share our profession with the community at large.  Over the years, they have coordinated many outreach events and are willing to share activities (directions, supply lists, lessons learned) with our members.  The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 12 at the DOWL HKM conference room on 4041 B Street. Please contact Melissa for more information, and RSVP her at greatlandgirl@gmail.com.

3.       The Anchorage E-Week Steering Committee hopes that you will join in supporting National Engineers Week with a monetary donation towards E-Week 2011.  Funds are used to supplement local volunteer efforts for activities such as student competitions, displays, Engineer of the Year award, a banquet and various scholarships. Please see the attached fundraising letter and contact Karthik Murugesan at kmurugesan@uskh.com for more information.

4.       International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) has an upcoming training opportunity.  A Traffic Signal Level II Design course will be held Feb. 24-25, 2011.  Please contact Val Rader for more information about the course and how to register, val.rader@alaska.gov.

Thanks! Please feel free to share the announcements with co-workers and colleagues who might be interested.

January Monthly Luncheon

Conflict Resolution

by Christian Muntean
Executive Director, Beyond Boarders

Tuesday, January 11, Noon

Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, 4721 Aircraft Drive

RSVP by Friday, January 7, to Nicole Knox, ITE Alaska Treasurer, at nknox@rmconsult.com or 646-9647.

Cost is $15 for Alaska Section Members, $22 for unpaid Members & guests, and Free for students.

An RSVP is a monetary commitment on your behalf whether or not you attend. Substitutions welcome. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions with your RSVP.

Engineers Week 2011

ITE Members,

Engineers Week  2011  is on February 20-26. The Anchorage E-Week Steering Committee with the sponsorship of local engineering societies, promote engineering and recognizes our local engineers in the community. We organize numerous activities in Anchorage such as student competitions, displays, Engineer of the Year award, a banquet and fund various scholarships.

We hope that you will join us in supporting National Engineers Week by donating towards E-Week 2011. Please see attached PDF.

Thank you for your commitment to promote and advance Engineering.

Regards,

Karthik Murugesan, Vice President

SocialITE Adopt-a-Family

Hello all,

Since the holiday season is a time to give and be thankful, what could be better than giving to those who have a little less to be thankful for than you?  With that in mind the SocialITEs have decided to participate in the Adopt-a-Family program this year.  For those unfamiliar, the AAF program is run through the Salvation Army, who matches those willing and able to help out with families from around the Anchorage community who are in need.  We were matched with a 3-person family, a single mother and her two 10-year old daughters.  Their needs are very simple and really make you appreciate some things you may take for granted.

If you would like to donate or have any questions about the program please contact Karthik, Colleen, or myself (contact information below) by the end of this week.  Keep in mind our deadline for making the donation is next Tuesday so we would like to have things pretty well handled by this weekend.  Please come talk to one of us before buying a gift as we will be coordinating who gets what to avoid having doubles of some items.  Cash/check donations are encouraged, and we can provide you with a receipt upon request for those wanting to take advantage of the tax deductions.

Also, I would like to thank all of you who donated at the meeting today, we raised over $200!  A great start that we would like to keep rolling.  It really speaks to the generosity and caring of those in our Anchorage community that our ITE members have and will make a big difference in the lives of this family.  THANK YOU!

Collin Pennington, SocialITEs President (cpennington@crweng.com)

Karthik Murugesan, ITE Alaska Vice President (kmurugesan@uskh.com)

Colleen Wilt, SocialITEs Treasurer (cwilt@dowlhkm.com)

Parking Habits Research Survey

ITE Members,

Please see below for a brief survey on parking habits being conducted by Richard Harney, a Master’s student at the University of Alaska, Southeast

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/pparkingsurvey 

Parking is a topic that is generally reviewed for compliance, based on prescriptive codes or regulations.  Areas that develop heavy amounts of congestion begin to re-review parking supply and demand only after it becomes a problem.  The research that has been reviewed focuses around the amount of parking, location of parking, and how to increase/decrease the amount based on the level of multimodal transportation methods being advocated for. Research identifying if the quantity of available parking spaces influence the amount of customers has not been found.  This is the question that will be investigated.

This survey will only be available for a week. The findings from this study may be shared with the membership at a future date.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/pparkingsurvey 

December Monthly Luncheon

Modern Bus Rapid Transit

by Edgar Perez
ITE Western District President

Tuesday, December 7, Noon

Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, 4721 Aircraft Drive

RSVP by Friday, December 3, to Nicole Knox, ITE Alaska Treasurer, at nknox@rmconsult.com or 646-9647.

Cost is $15 for Alaska Section Members, $22 for unpaid Members & guests, and Free for students.

An RSVP is a monetary commitment on your behalf whether or not you attend. Substitutions welcome. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions with your RSVP.