Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: Jul/Aug
Cathy Leong asked me to share my thoughts concerning the Western District Student Endowment Fund and the reasons for my support over the years. I remember going to one of my first District Leadership Breakfast meetings when I was on our Nevada Chapter Board years ago. At that meeting the [...]
Student Traffic Bowl Winners
The final results for the student traffic bowl are as follows: Winner: Portland State University with 2800 points Second Place: Montana State University with 1598
2010-2011 Election Results
New 2010-2011 officers (shown pictured from left to right) President: Edgar Perez Vice President: Alyssa Reynolds Secretary-Treasurer: Walter Okitsu International Director: Jennifer Rosales
Q&A from Opening Keynote
If you were at the ITE Western District Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California today you would have heard Sven Thesen of Better Place in California provide details to the on-coming electrical vehicle revolution. Members such as Jonathan Upchurch, Jack Fleck, Monica Suter, Bond Yee, Jeff Knowles, Katherine Casseday, Jim [...]
Monday: Kickoff Luncheon
This year's kickoff luncheon not only featured the titular lunch, but also the speeches from the three candidates for International Vice President of ITE and a keynote from former Caltrans Director Randell Iwasaki. The individual candidates delivered their speeches over the noise of the hungry crowd, each individual is highly [...]
Annual Meeting Opening Session
The first session was opened with greetings and announcements from President Michael Sanderson and LAC General Chair Mark Spencer. The bulk of the session was the keynote address from Sven Thesen of Better Place. Sven discussed the efforts of Better Place to bring a simpler and more accessible Electric Vehicle [...]
MiteY Race
The MiteY Race was an Amazing Race style tour de force of the city of San Francisco. Students and professionals alike teamed up in pairs and raced between several historical locales, including the historic Cable Car Museum, Grace Cathedral, and Lombard street. The winning team is the student team from [...]
Win an iPad in silent auction
Those of you attending the Annual Meeting in San Francisco will be happy to know that four Apple iPads will be auctioned off this week. Auction Details: $499 model wifi 16gb Bidders must fill out a form Any amount bidded over the cost of the iPads will go to student [...]
Who’s at the SF Annual Meeting?
The attendance statistics presented at today's board meeting are as follows: 310 Registered Professionals 135 Students (Wow!) 55 Exhibitors 17 Sponsors The obvious standout in these numbers is the 135 student attendees. This presents a wonderful opportunity to reach out to students as they make their way into the industry.
Annual Board Meeting 8:00-1:30pm Monday
The Board met this morning at the Palace Hotel to discuss the progress of the year, and the future of ITE Western District- both immediate and long-term.
