Attendees:

Jen Hoffman
Brian Ralston
Mike LoDico
Alfonso Lopez
Joe Green
Rey Parel
Mikki Larner
John Zarganis

ACTION ITEMS

1.       Brian – Check on members located near Chico (potential attendees for an event at Chico)
2.       Joe will contact Richard to choose a date for education night that works for both schools.  Potential dates are 3/15, 3/22, and 3/29.
3.       Eric A – update the board on a) Possible Axygen tour in January and b) Possible Tesla-Nummi tour in February.
4.       Mikki – Contact D2M re: presenting at (and perhaps hosting) the January meeting (Update: D2M can't meet the Jan 19th date due to CES)
5.       Mikki – Contact Kendall-Jackson re: presenting at (and perhaps hosting) the April or May meeting, in conjunction with NeoCork
6.       Jen – Contact NeoCork Synthetic Corks re: presenting at (and perhaps hosting) the April or May meeting, in conjunction with Kendall-Jackson

Notes

Discussed potential meeting or education night at Chico.  Probably too far for the Bay Area membership to show up, but might attract members more local to Chico.  Could combine a Chico tour with a tour of the sustainable manufacturing facilities of Sierra Nevada brewery.  Could do education night in Bay Area and hold a separate event at Chico.

We have no firm commitments yet for meeting topics/activities for 2012.

2012 Monthly Calendar (as of now)

January

D2M is a maybe – Mikki will follow up
Axygen tour is a maybe – Eric A will follow up

February

Rey Parel (microfluidics) is a maybe
Tesla-Nummi tour is a maybe - Eric will follow up

March

Education night, location and date TBD
Chico is available 3/15, 3/22, or 3/29.  Joe will check with SJSU to set the date
Potentially host at Chico, in combination with tour of Chico facilities and Sierra Nevada brewery?

April

Potential meeting in Chico, if Education Night is at SJSU/Bay Area in March
Potential Neocork/Kendall-Jackson – Jen/Mikki will follow up

May

Potential picnic
Potential Neocork/Kendall-Jackson – Jen/Mikki will follow up

June

TBD

The immediate priority is to firm up the January event in the next week and get a date set for Education Night.

Regards,

Jennifer M. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Senior Manager
Polymer Science and Materials Chemistry
Exponent, Inc.
149 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-688-7117 (office)
703-969-7955 (cell)
650-688-7231 (fax)
www.exponent.com
http://www.exponent.com/jennifer_hoffman/#tab_profile