Compiling this newsletter was a treat, especially since it allowed me to see all of the happy faces from our annual meeting . Our board is constantly working together with the LAC to ensure that our Annual meetings are not only technically oriented but also family oriented. Mark your calendar for our next year’s annual meeting in Alaska. Since we are only printing two newsletters per year we have decided to do something different and new for this time around. We will be publishing an online “Best of the Best in the West” technical newsletter next May. It will consist of the top  25 technical articles from our district. It will be limited to only one article per agency or company. The last day to submit your article is April 1, 2011 and it is limited to 3500 words with photos. If you have any questions please send me an email.

Our next printed issue will be published in May of 2011 and I would like to have all of the section reports by April 1st. I encourage you to send in your section reports on a regular basis so that we can publish them on our website newsletter. We are looking for a technical editor for our newsletter. This editor will be responsible for securing technical papers for both our printed and web newsletter.

Our web site will be transitioning to a newer version in a few months and will have a calendar. I would like to have all of our section and chapter meetings posted on it. Please send in your meeting dates to our webmaster at ntmustafa@gmail.com

I would like to thank you, the reader, for checking out this edition of the Western ITE Newsletter. The newsletter’s new format is exciting for us all, and I cannot say enough how much I appreciate the readership.

As always, we are grateful towards those who have made donations to our Student Endowment fund, we are halfway towards our goal of $500,000.

Together  we are the Best !