Minutes of IEEE/LVS/SSCS/Executive Committee Planning Meeting 20Feb2017 - 6:00 PM at Florence Italian Grille, Route 100 South & I-78 In Attendance: Roger Minear, Paul Davis, Dale Nelson, Betty Nelson, and Glen Offord Treasurer’s Report: Dale presented 2016/2017 expenditures of $877.40. The SSCS 2016 allocation to the Lehigh Valley Section for the LV-SSCS was $2000. The LV-SSCS currently has $4456.72 in its account which is being held by the LV-IEEE section treasurer, George Beam . Election: In the first order of business, the 2017 unopposed officer slate was approved: Chair: Betty Nelson Vice Chair: Bob Peruzzi Treasurer: Dale Nelson Secretary: Glen Offord Webmaster: Richard Booth The officer slate will be considered elected if no objections are received on or before the end of our first 2017 section meeting tentatively scheduled in April. We welcome SSCS members to our planning meetings and advocate new officer talent. Technical Talks: No talks are presently scheduled but the group is active on setting up this year’s schedule. Several proposals were floated. The goal is a quarterly talk with our first talk in April. Morton Contest/ Engineer’s Week: It was agreed to continue our subsidization of the Morton Contest in the amount of $500. The 2017 $100 Engineer’s Week award went to Mike Derr ,“Big Dream Event". For the committee, Glen Offord, Secretary