ITS California Scholarship for Graduate Study in ITS
The Intelligent Transportation Society of California has announced a $2,000 scholarship to attend graduate school in an ITS-related field at accredited California colleges. The deadline is March 1, 2013. For information, see www.itscalifornia.org.
Thank You, Dalene Whitlock
Dalene Whitlock's three-year term representing the Western District on ITE's Board of Direction ends December 31st. Dalene, a principal engineer at Whitlock & Weinberger Transportation, Inc. (W-Trans), was elected as District Secretary-Treasurer in 2004, and served as our President in 2006-2007. Somehow during this span of 8 1/2 years she [...]
Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: Nov/Dec
(By Cathy Leong) I have spent a lot of time over the past few years asking some of our contributors to write articles about why they support the Student Endowment Fund. Then it hit me that I had been asking them to do something I had never done myself. Since [...]
Call for Abstracts Extended – Phoenix 2013
The Call for Abstracts is available for our 2013 Annual Meeting with guidelines and contact information at http://azite.org/2013meeting/. Abstracts submittal includes an optional video clip. An award for best video abstract submitted will be announced at the annual meeting. Abstracts are due by December 21, 2012. The meeting will be [...]
President’s Message
By Walter Okitsu, ITE Western District President WE NEED YOUR LATEST E-MAIL ADDRESS If this sentence is the first you've received from me since I was sworn-in as President last June, please update your profile on ITE Headquarters' website at www.ite.org. I have already e-mailed two editions of E-News from [...]
2014 Rapid City Annual Meeting
In June 2014, the Western District will hold a joint inter-district Annual Meeting for the first time since 1996. Our joint meeting will be with the Midwestern District in Rapid City, South Dakota June 28 to July 2. The Midwestern District covers 10 states and, with the Western District's 13 [...]
Who Will Host the 2018 Annual Meeting?
Our future Western District Annual Meeting sites will be 2013 Phoenix, 2014 Rapid City, 2015 Las Vegas, 2016 Albuquerque, and 2017 San Diego. The next open date is the summer of 2018, which will be reserved for a site outside of California. If your section or chapter is interested in [...]
Public Relations Committee Update
A message from Chuck Huffine, our Public Relations Chairperson: The Public Relations Committee is off to a good start. We have developed procedures and have a good idea of the types of news items that we would like the rest of the world to know about - the accomplishments of [...]
Rory Grindley Appointed As District Administrator
Rory Grindley, a former President and International Director of our District, has been appointed to a 5-year term as our District Administrator, replacing Jenny Grote who will soon become one of our International Directors. Among Rory's notable achievements while he was president in 2002 was the creation of our student [...]
Nominees Sought for Secretary-Treasurer, Director, and Achievement Awards
ITE Western District seeks qualified candidates for Secretary-Treasurer and International Director. Candidates for Secretary-Treasurer must reside in sections outside of California, and candidates for International Director must have a home section within California. Interested individuals should contact their section or chapter past presidents who will forward the nomination. ITE Western [...]
