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Inside This Issue
1 Schedule of Meetings
2 Proposed Agendas
3 Projects
4 Member Feedback

A.P.E.A.S.

Volume 1 Issue 1 July 1996

TOPIC: 2ND HALF OF 1996 PROPOSALS

APEAS General Meetings

Schedule for 1996

Current plan is for 7 annual general meetings.

All members and guests are invited.

The agenda will consist of business items followed by social dinner.

Below is the proposed 1996 schedule, which may be a template for future planning.

*NOTE: The meetings will be scheduled on the week of the date indicated (or in some cases as close to as possible).

January 22 ( No meeting )
March 18 ( No Meeting )
April 29 ( No Meeting )
June 17 ( No Meeting )

Summer Break

September 9 *
October 21*
December 2*

Proposed agendas for upcoming meetings.

September 9: TOPIC: Local Political Election's - Portuguese Candidates

bulletSpeaker: Our own APEAS member Tony Almeida - Running for Freeholder Hudson County
bulletSpeaker: Don Goncalves - Running for Freeholder Union County

This invitation has not been extended to Don, waiting for member feedback.

bulletLocation: Iberia Peninsular Restaurant, Newark NJ

October 21*: TOPIC: Engineering in NJ

bulletSpeaker: Director of Consumer Affairs in NJ
bulletLocation: Portuguese Pavilion, Newark NJ

December 2*: TOPIC: 1996 Wrap-Up

bulletEnd-of-the-Year Holiday Meeting
bulletReview Year Activities and Plan 1997 Efforts
bulletLocation: Seabra's 21, Newark NJ
bullet1997 Plans - 1st Qtr

TOPIC: Financial Planning

Following is a series of Community/Educational Projects for Consideration by our members:

  1. Design and build a project (ex. vehicle)
  2. Engineering Crossword game (Local Newspaper)
  3. Engineering Scramble game (Local Newspaper)
  4. Favorite engineering, and why (Local Newspaper)
  5. Trip to Linden Factory
  6. Trip to AT&T Network Operations Center (NOC)
  7. Trip to Edison Museum (West Orange)
  8. Construction Site tour
  9. Invention Fair
  10. Provide invention feasibility consultation
  11. Portuguese language training (school)

FEEDBACK

The APEAS Administration needs your feedback. With your input we can organize ourselves and create a better association.

Please take a moment to complete the enclosed survey and return it as soon as possible.

Participation is the key to success.