UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS

The next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 111 Broadway, NY, NY at 4:00p.  All AEA members are invited – contact Lou Comunelli at 917-681-1177 if you would like to attend.

SUPPORT FOR TRUTHTELLERS

For those in the Profession who are either experiencing an Ethical dilemma at their place of employment concerning information that you reasonably believe reveals one of the following:

·         A violation of a law, rule, or regulation

·         A specific danger to employees and/or to public health or safety

·         Fraud, gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority

If you are attempting to make something right that in your professional opinion is being ignored by improper organizational mismanagement, you may want to discuss the issue with one of the contacts in the following link and get an outside second opinion.

http://www.whistleblowerexperiencedresources.org/

AEA ON YOUR SIDE - Recent Accomplishments

AEA held the annual Professional and Social event March 5, 2009 in the Great Hall at Cooper Union in Manhattan including over 100 attendees - members from academia (students and professors), government and the private sector.   Frank Lombardi, P.E., Chief Engineer - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey gave enspiring presentation on the Future of the Profession: Challenges and Opportunities and the crucial role Engineers play in Society.  This was followed with a panel discussion on challenges facing Our Profession.  The successful night closed with an action plan - to ensure student Engineers are ready for challenges and opportunities of the future.

AEA attended the Transportation Policy and Management Forum at the NYU Wagner Rudin Center:  Financing the Region's Transportation Needs on June 4, 2008.  This forum explored funding alternative for maintaining, improving and expanding the regional transportation system.

 On August 6, 2007 Sal Galletta participated in a press conference at City Hall in New York City concerning the issue of Infrastructure and the role Engineers play in the maintenance and delivery of infrastructure projects. Sal again reiterated the critical need for management of the nation's infrastructure assets by licensed technical professionals.

A copy of his full statement at this event can be found by clicking here or by going to the Action Items, Press Release section of the website. Coverage of this press conference by NY1 News can be found clicking here

On July 11, 2007, Sal Galletta presented to members of the New York City Council recent developments in promoting New York City Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure (see NYC Infrastructure Proposal under Action Update).  Discussed was the lack of constituency for maintaining bridges, water infrastructure and roads and that the infrastructure of the City is now run by the budget office instead of an Engineering office. Also discussed was that the Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure could be tied to the Mayor’s 2030 plan.  The plan contains three major areas:  1) maintaining the City’s infrastructure 2) providing housing and 3) embracing principals of sustainability.