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Upcoming Meetings

Governing Board Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 19th 2010; 4:30pm
Where: Room 1J; Daimler Trucks NA Corporate Building, 4747 N Channel Ave, Portland OR
Meeting agenda and minutes are located here >>

Friday Lunch Meeting
What:    Oregon Section Presents: Cambellini Sports Car
When:   Friday, January 29th, 2010; 11:45am – 1:00pm
Where:  Daimler Trucks Corporate Conference Center – Willamette East Room, 4555 N. Channel Ave, Portland OR. map >>
Cost:     $9 with current SAE membership, $10 non-members, $4 for all students; free without food or drink
RSVP:   Mike Eagan (bandaloop@comcast.net), by January 28th for an accurate headcount

Evening Technical Meeting
What:    The Columbia River Crossing
When:   February 3rd 2010; 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Where:  Daimler Trucks Corporate Conference Center – Vancouver Room
               4555 N. Channel Ave, Portland OR. map >>
Cost:     $5 SAE members, $6 non-members, $2 students (cost includes snacks) ; Free without food or drink.
RSVP:   Srija Pidaparthy (srija.pidaparthy@daimler.com) by February 2nd for an accurate headcount


- Advanced Notice -

What::    SAE Industrial Lectureship Program Brings Dr. Edward Kasprzak to PSU
When:    Tuesday, January 19th 2010; 4:30pm
Where:   Portland State University
RSVP:     Scott Brenaman, brenaman@pdx.edu (745)263-6262

For more details, check out the current Connecting Rod Newsletter >>

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News/Announcements

We were saddened to hear about the passing of our long time friend and Oregon SAE member, Tom Campbell. Come to the January lunch meeting to see his latest and, sadly, last award winning creation, the Cambellini.

We want to hear from you!
Please fill out this 5-minute survey in regards to the annual Winter Social event, your opinion is welcome even if you did not attend the most recent one! Link to survey

PE Review Course:
The Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Portland State will be offering an 11 session PE Review Course, January 5 - March 16th 2010. Sessions will be on Tuesday evenings, from 6 - 8:40 p.m. For more information on how to register, and a complete listing of topics please follow the link: http://me.pdx.edu/crs/PEreview/

Want to see something? Say something:
Would you like to see a particular Lunch or Evening Tech meeting topic? Please send your ideas to lunch@oregonsae.org or tech@oregonsae.org

SAE Oregon Section in LinkedIn:
Interested in connecting with your fellow SAE members? Please join your local section in LinkedIn. Logon to LinkedIn and send a request to join the “SAE Oregon Section” group. Please include your current active SAE Membership number.
Membership renewal is available online at http://www.sae.org/membership/renew.
Membership benefits at http://www.sae.org/membership/memguide.pdf

Baja SAE Oregon 2009 May 7-10th
Whew! Another successful competition! See the final results at http://bajasaeoregon.com/results/

Please welcome the new OSAE Board for 2009-2010.
See contact info by following the "Governing Board" link in the left side bar. Please feel free to contact them with any comments, questions, ideas, etc.