Scribe Article
By Duane Cleere
A Colorado/Wyoming Section of ITE luncheon was held on Friday, December 4, 2009 at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Denver. Section President, Ben Waldman, presided over the meeting that was attended by 81 members and guests. Everyone did self-introductions as is customary for the larger meetings. Ben Waldman reminded all of the attendees that the Section was collecting non-perishable food at that meeting for the Food Bank of the Rockies, and announced that the Section was donating $1,000 to the local “Toyz in the Hood” charity. Ben also stated that the registration for the vendors of the upcoming Vendor Show meeting in January would be available on the Section’s website in the next week or so. Also coming soon is the registration for the Ski Bus. It will be limited to the first 58 registrants, with a $50 registration fee for each person. Ben announced that the Western District meeting will be 6/27 through 6/30 and that abstracts are due by 01/04/10. Ben then talked about the Mentoring Program that is put on by the district and that interested people can get more information by visiting the www.westernite.org website.
Scot Lewis recognized the scholarship recipients from the University of Wyoming – Emily Layton received a $500 scholarship, and Scott Koch received a $1,000 scholarship.
Dave Hattan announced that Larry Corcoran was the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Since Larry is currently living up retirement in sunny Florida, he sent a thank you e-mail to Dave in which Dave read to the meeting attendees. Larry will receive his plaque at the April or May section meeting when Larry comes back to town for the summer months.
Ben announced that Doug Eberhart again won the newsletter quiz, and that other people are encouraged to try to win it.
Section Vice President Greg MacKinnon then introduced the speakers of the day, Alex Arinello (of LSC) and Tom Knostman (of the City of Loveland). They both presented on the topic of “Continuous Flow Intersections”.
Ben Waldman closed the meeting with a reminder of the next section meeting at the Arvada Center – the Annual Vendor Show on 01/22/10.
The Colorado/Wyoming Section contact is Ben Waldman of Jacobs Engineering Group, 720-359-3007; ben.waldman@jacobs.com. Also, please visit the Section’s website at www.cowyite.org.
