PERSPECTIVE. Section S-71 Covering Eastern North Carolina. October 9, 2017

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1 PERSPECTIVE Section S-71 Covering Eastern North Carolina Newsletter of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Piedmont-Coastal Section, North Carolina Promoting the Scientific & Engineering Knowledge of Plastics October October 9, Joint Meeting with Carolina Section! Victory Lane Karting 2330 Tipton Dr. Ste. 100 Charlotte, NC FAST 3-5:30 PM Come join the SPE Carolinas and Piedmont Coastal for an afternoon of fun and networking at Victory Lane Karting in Charlotte, NC! Registration includes UNLIMITED races for 1 1/2 hours with food & non-alcoholic beverages catered by Pitt Road Bar & Grill. Industry Networking Food & Drinks Full bar (After the Race) Trophies for winners First stop on SPE Poker Run!

2 /2018 PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS Matthew Justin Dan Lewis Clark Officers Name Business Phone Cell (home) Officers: President Matthew Peterman TE Connectivity Pres-Elect Justin Paz Hayward Ind Treasurer Lewis Wilson Consultant Secretary Dan Fuccella ATI Councilor Clark Broome Retired Board of Directors: /2018 Walt Carey Dan Fuccella Tim Earley Todd Bryant 2018/2019 Maury Balik Glenn Shearin Justin Paz Tim Bryant 2019/2020 Abigail Gilmore Doug Dolan Rodney Joslin Leon Suttles Committee Chairs: House - Rodney Joslin Education - Maury Balik Advertising - Tim Earley Rules - BOD Historian - BOD Membership / Newsletter Editor - Tim Earley Awards - BOD Golf Outing (2018)- BOD PERSPECTIVE is published electronically monthly from September through July, to inform members of the Section s activities, national events, and news. Communications should be sent to the Editor: Tim Earley,plasticwolf@me.com telephone at (cell). To advertise in our newsletter, contact Tim Earley.Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE one to two weeks prior to the next meeting, at

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4 Meeting Details October 9, October 9, 3pm 5:30 PM Speaker for the month Victory Lane Karting 2330 Tipton Dr. Ste. 100 Charlotte, NC BECOME A SPONSOR Sponsorship are still available for trophies, donations of goods, etc. Please contact Jim Brickley at call $250 Trophies: Your company name on the 3 trophies $750 T-Shirts with your company as title sponsor $250 T-Shirt sponsor smaller logo's We will also accept any products for door prizes (items you make or products you give away as handouts). ISO 9001

5 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Piedmont-Coastal Thank you for your support for our SPE Piedmont Coastal section. We have 137 total members (including students). We have 55 student members. Thanks to CCCC, NCSU and North Carolina A&T State University for their support. I encourage every member to sign up a new member for the 2018 year. Let s all work toward increasing our membership. If you have changed jobs or location, please send me a note. If you have any , employment, or phone number changes, please contact me as well. If you have someone you feel can benefit from joining SPE, give them an application or send me their name and I will submit it to SPE and have you as the referring member. Newsletter: The newsletter will be posted on the main SPE website this year. With everyone using smartphones, it is better to download the newsletter at your convenience. Go to: ADVERTISING REPORT >NC>Piedmont-Coastal. Piedmont-Coastal Section S71 as of Sept 29, : Linked-In page: We have $4319 committed and $3194 collected for this year. We are still accepting AD supporters for We appreciate all of our AD sponsors. Please check their web sites and support them. All fees go to our scholarship fund. Ad Sponsors will be able to place ads and post product updates on our new Linked-In page. We will also give each AD supporter a ½ page space to place an article on their product or company., one per year. We try to reach over 500 plastic contacts in the Southeast. We now have a Linked-In group page. We will try to post meeting updates, local industry updates, SPE Information and section information. Please join! Pied- mont Coastal S71 SPE sectionif you have any questions, please contact me by at plasticwolf@me.com. Tim Earley, SPE Piedmont Coastal Section S71 Membership Chairman and BOD Fee Schedule one cost covers prorated one year (9 monthly issues) Ads may be in color Business card $ x 3.25 ¼ Page $ x 4.75 or 2.25 x 7.0 ½ Page $ x 9.5 or 4.75 x 7.0 If you have any questions, please contact me by at plasticwolf@me.com.

6 Next Meeting: Armacell home/ Mebane, NC 11/14/

7 Minutes of the SPE Piedmont-Costal Section Board of Directors Meeting September 12, TE Connectivity, Reidsville Road, Winston-Salem, NC Board Attendees: Tim Earley, Maury Balik, Dan Fuccella, Abigale Gilmore, Patrick Mannella, Matthew Peterman, Rodney Joslin, Douglas Dolan, Tim Bryant, Lewis Wilson Board Absent (excused): Todd Bryant, Clark Broome (Councilor), Leon Suttles, Glen Shearin, Walt Carey, Justin Patz Guests: Matt Piatek, Membership Director, Carolinas Section SPE BOD Meeting was called to order by Section President Matt Peterman at 4:05pm Secretary s Report Dan Fuccella, Secretary Rev 1 Minutes of the June 12, BOD planning meeting were approved as presented. Moved: Lewis Wilson; Second: Matt Peterman to approve the Minutes as presented; Carried Treasurer s Report Presented by Lewis Wilson, Treasurer Financial Statement: Bank Balance ending May31, $19, Bank Balance ending June 30, $17, Bank Balance ending July 31, $17, Bank Balance ending August 31, $17, Notable Expenditures: $1,500 NCSU Scholarship, Newsletter, Councilor Travel The Financial Report was approved as reported. Moved: Matt Peterman; Second: Tim Earley; Carried Section Audit was completed in July and submitted to SPE Headquarters and the IRS. Membership Report - Tim Earley, Membership Chair Current Piedmont-Coastal total membership: 82 Professional and 55 Student members Education Report - Maury Balik, Education Chair Student Essay Contest: Based on the limited participation of students in the annual essay contest, alternative means of engaging students in plastics was discussed by the Board. The concept of incorporating 3D Printing in the high school plastics contest format was proposed. The Board members were charged with presenting proposed ideas for such a contest at the November Board Meeting. All Section Members are also encouraged to present their ideas. Please contact either Maury Balik or Dan Fuccella with your suggestions by the end of October. Newsletter Report Tim Earley, Newsletter Editor & Advertising Chair The Board congratulated Tim on the publication of his initial issue of the P-C Section newsletter Tim has streamlined the editing format of the Newsletter to make it more producer-friendly. Newsletter Advertisement Program: As of this meeting, $4,300 in ad revenue has been pledged of which $2,300 has been received. To reward monthly meeting presenters and to promote newsletter readership and sales, the Board discussed and agreed to offer presenters the opportunity to: include a promotional article in an issue of the newsletter include a business card ad in an issue of the newsletter place an ad in the newsletter at a 50% discount for one year

8 Counselor s Report Rodney Joslin for Clark Broome Rodney Joslin attended the SPE Counselor s face-to-face meeting in Detroit, MI. SPE President Dr. Read Al-Zu bi presented Highlights: internal operations and strategic priorities: 3-year operating plan This was the 75 th anniversary of the founding of SPE The new CEO, Pat Farrey reported on: Looking for candidates to fill five open positions; Staffing additions Improving profitability and financial controls IT infrastructure Membership and affiliate group support Business development President-Elect Vice President of Sections Vice President of Divisions Vice President of young Professionals Vice President of Education and Technology The Pinnacle Award is being replaced with the Communications Excellence Award whose purpose is: To recognize Sections, Divisions, and Special Interest Groups that carry out highly effective communications within their groups and, optionally, with other parts of the Society during the course of one SPE year. The Sections Committee Reported that three Projects have been initiated: Project 1: create awareness of our group Ensure effective communication of needs, issues, and resources Project lead: Adrian Merrington adrianmerrington@gmail.com Project 2: collect data about status quo of all sections Project lead: Tim Haake tim@goettfert.com Project 3: establish a best practices template for use by SPE sections Financial Performance Report July : Project lead: Scott Owens sowens@4spe.org For the month of July, SPE s Expenses exceeded Revenues by $123,494. For the seven (7) months ended July 31, : Excluding the Wiley payment, Revenues are $377,177 worse than budget. Overall expenses are better than budget by $169,130, and Operating Expenses remain on budget. Excluding the Wiley payment, YTD income of $48,483 is favorable to budget by $2,275. The Revenue shortfall is offset by $220K of investment income, which cannot be relied upon as guaranteed source of future income. Membership revenue, which had been reported as leveled off at about $77K/month has again fallen to under $70K/month for the second month in a row. Final ANTEC accounting will be in August, with an expected profit (Revenue minus Direct Expenses) of about $180K. New Business: Upcomong Joint Carolinas Section and P-C Section activity: Matt Piatek, Membership Director of the Carolinas Section attended the Board meeting to remind the P-C Section that they are invited to participate in a joint go-cart outing at 3pm on October 9, at Victory Lane Karting in Charlotte, NC. Please go to for registration and sponsorship opportunities.

9 Our Sponsors Applied Technologies Polymer Technology & Services Polyone Sapona Plastics Emerald Tool and Mold Hasco Beaumont Hi-Tech Plating Maloney Tool and Mold Meusburger USA Polymer Resources PCS Company Star Plastics Superior Tooling, Inc ptsllc.com com www,beaumontinc.com Starplastics.com

10 Planning Calendar for /2018 Date Type/ Company Location Presentation Responsible person September 12, TE Connectivity Winston Salem, NC Husky Rodney Joslin October 9, GoKart Racing Charlotte TBD Carolina Section November 14, Armacell Mebane, NC TBD Tim Earley December 12, Christmas Party Sanford, NC The Flame Stenhouse Sanford, NC Leon Suttles January 9, Hayward Clemmons,NC Hayward Justin Paz February 12, CCCC Education Night Sanford, NC Scholarship Awards Glen Shearin March 13, Brewery Tour TBD TBD Leon/Matt April 10, Sensus Tour Raleigh, NC TBD Justin Paz May, Baseball Game TBD TBD June 12, Planning Meeting TE Connectivity Rodney Joslin