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RGAIHA Fall Technical Meeting on October 21, 2010

Location: Sandia Casino & Resort, Albuquerque, NM ~~~ Time: 7:30 AM to 5 PM.

This October 21^st  event is an excellent opportunity to travel regionally, get points, meet with vendors and network with other chapter members. Contact Matt Custer @ 505-715-0664 or use this registration form and email to mcuster@cloversolutions.us. To complete a member application visit our membership page.

And . . . the resort where this is being held is excellent!  http://www.sandiacasino.com

Coming soon:

·         Call for vendors at the RGAIHA Fall Technical Meeting – invitations will be out mid-July.

·         The Rio Grande AIHA Section will begin the nomination process for President-Elect to serve on the RGAIHA Board for 2011 on August 2^nd,, 2010.  We encourage you to volunteer to participate on the Board.  This fall we will be electing a new President-Elect.  If you would like to run for any these positions please let us know by Thursday, September 30^th.  Contact:  Jim Coy @ jhcoy@msn.com. Voting of Officers will be in October with ballots due by October 20^th.  You complete the following form to self-nominate.

·         Announcement of new officers will be done at RGAIHA’s Fall Technical Meeting on October 21^st.

·         Membership Renewal Drive – November/December 2010.

On Going…

·         As many of you know a Los Alamos Scholarship has been established by the AIHA Industrial Hygiene Foundation. This scholarship has been awarded in 2008, 2009, and 2010. A member of our Section has offered to match any individual contributions (up to a maximum total of $1,000) contributed to the Los Alamos Scholarship between now and November 15, 2010. Contributions should be mailed directly to: Vicky Yobp, AIHA/IHF, 2700 Prosperity Ave., Suite #250, Fairfax, VA 22031. Your contributions should be identified as specifically directed to the Los Alamos Scholarship. The matching contribution will be sent to AIHA/IHF before the end of 2010.

The Rio Grande Section Board of Directors strongly encourages your contributions since it is in direct support of our profession’s future, and honors the work (past/present/future) that many of us have/will provide to the profession. As an indication of the Boards support for this effort, the Rio Grande Section contributed $1,000 to this Scholarship in 2008.

We realize that this is a time of financial uncertainty, but we hope that many Section members can provide support for this Scholarship since it is directly tied to your profession.

·         Looking for Speakers: Have a topic to discuss? We’d love to hear it. Please let us know and we can set up a dinner meeting or speak at the Fall Technical Meeting.

·         Is there a Teleweb Topic your interested in? Let us know! We can set up a dinner meeting location or two and host the webinar.

·         Need to renew your local chapter membership? Visit our membership page for more information.

·         Know of any New Career Opportunities? Send copy of Job Advertisement to the chapter and reach our membership.  This will be posted on the “Career Opportunities” Link.

·         Do you know anyone that is interested on learning more in the Industrial Hygiene profession? Ask them to join our chapter.