Holiday Inn, Houston, TX
Date: Friday,
January 30, 2004
Time: 9:00
am – 1:00 pm
Steve Ames, President, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone in attendance. The participants introduced themselves. There were 40 members and guests in attendance.
Approval
of Last Meeting Minutes– Minutes of the
November 21, 2003 meeting were distributed, read, and approved
January 30, 2004.
The
following members were approved by the steering committee. In
District
Don Parsley, Valero Refining Company, Texas City, TX In
District
Linton Lecompte, Sowela Technical Community College, Lake
Charles, LA
Bob Lucas, Gulf Coast Education That Works, Houston, TX Out-of-District
Jim Thorne, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY Executive
Directors Report – Steve Erickson – Steve
explained that the Executive Committee was revising the GCPTA
Bylaws. A copy of the new proposed By-Laws and an
Organizational Chart was distributed to the membership.
Steve will send out an email to all voting members asking for
their approval of the proposed By-Laws explaining that a two-thirds
vote is required to adopt them.
He thanked Ed Stiles, Mike Kukuk and Martha McKinley for
their hard work revising the By-Laws.
A discussion on the changes ensued.
Steve thanked CAPT for
their support of the Instructional Analysis (IA) forum on Applied
Physics. CAPT will also
sponsor an IA on Applied Chemistry and the Applied Math.
All are being hosted by Baton Rouge Community College.
The Applied Chemistry IA will be held February 12 & 13,
2004. The Applied Math
IA will be held at a future date to be announced.
Steve announced that the
Education Subcommittee would be working with CAPT to support their
efforts in developing textbooks.
Steve noted that a GCPTA
newsletter would be mailed out within the next couple of weeks. Steve explained that the
GCPTA would be holding developmental workshops, as part of a
subaward from CAPT. More information on these workshops will be sent
out soon. Steve encouraged everyone
to attend the next GCPTA meeting that will be held on Friday, April
23, 2004 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The GCPTA has sent a
letter of support for the USDOL grant. Steve reminded everyone
that at every GCPTA business meeting, there would be a best
practices session. He
announced Clint Hardage with Eastman Chemical would present at this
meeting. Financial
Report and 2004 Budget Highlights – Mike Gragg
reported that the total Income for 2003 was $44,599.75 with the
Subscription Income only being $31,250.00.
The Expenses for 2003 were $48,644.68.
The Bank Balance as of December 31, 2003 was $40,699.26.
Mike explained that the budget for 2004 is $81,329.00. With the GCPTA taking in approximately $36,000 in
subscriptions and with a bank balance of $40,000, this is an
ambitious budget. However,
the GCPTA has a Public Affairs’ plan that will help with finances.
Mike said, “The GCPTA is moving forward, we are positive
thinking and we are looking for growth”. Best
Practice – Clint Hardage with Eastman Chemical Company gave
a presentation on Eastman’s Fast Track Apprenticeship Program.
Highlights of the
presentation: Eastman Chemical Company
in Longview, Texas is a non-union company.
Eastman’s Apprenticeship Training Programs are registered
with the US Department of Labor and Office of Apprenticeship
Training, Employer and Labor Services (BAT).
Their apprenticeship training programs are as follows:
Operator, General Maintenance Mechanic, electrical &
Instrument Mechanic, Laboratory Analyst, Materials Handling
Operator, Stores & Receiving Attendant, and Environmental
Operations Specialist. Apprenticeship is a
condition of employment in a registered craft.
Progression is measured at 16-week intervals and the
following applies: (1)
Pay increases are tied to successful completion of OJT & RI each
review period, (2) Failure to complete required work is considered
an Occurrence of Unsatisfactory Progression, (3) Disciplinary
measures up to and including termination for a third occurrence, and
(4) Double pay increases awarded for double progression rates. This presentation was
very well received with Clint fielding many questions from the
membership. If you would like a copy
of this presentation, send Ann Treigle an email at gcpta@msn.com
and she will send you an electronic copy. Click
here to view the presentation online. Subcommittee
on Public Relations – Stacey Chiasson and Mike Kukuk
– Stacey gave a report on the Marketing Plan that has been
developed for the GCPTA. The first
goal of the plan is to significantly increase GCPTA membership by
positioning the organization as the expert on workforce development
issues facing the chemical industry.
The second goal is to significantly increase PTEC enrollment
and graduation rates. These goals
will be reached by meeting the following objectives: §
Develop a
message that positions the GCPTA as the expert §
Raise
awareness of the mission to members and non-members §
Market the
problem and solution to members and non-members §
Develop a
“Solution Kit” §
Market the
“Solution Kit” §
Sustain gain
in membership by proving “solution kit” works Still up for
discussion: §
Do we spend
the majority and money on middle/high school students or mid-career
adults? A discussion
followed on this question. Some
of the comments were: (1)
Both are equally important, (2) Louisiana scholarships target both
groups, (3) Parents and not the student should be targeted, (4)
Industry prefers someone who has already worked, (5) High school
students are not aware of the associates degree in technology, (6)
Perhaps the focus should be on qualified rather than about age, (7)
Target engineering students in 4-year institutions who drop out of
school, and (8) Gather data from industry and colleges for story to
tell. Subcommittee
on Funding – John Payne
– reported that the budget for 2004 is such that the GCPTA will
need much more financial support.
The GCPTA has taken a new direction, which will require much
more spending than in the past.
The funding committee will be looking at options to fund this
budget. John asked that
members get their subscription to the proper person to be approved
and to follow through with making sure it is paid.
The marketing plan should bring in more revenue also. The
budget will be reviewed mid-year. John
announced he will be attending and presenting at a meeting at
Houston Community College with the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board to review technical programs offered at community
colleges. This meeting is to take a look at providing increased
funding to community colleges offering technology programs such as
process technology and instrumentation technology.
Subcommittee
on Education –Gary Hicks and Martha McKinley
– reported they met on December 12, 2003. Martha stressed that more industry participation is
needed on the Education Subcommittee.
The ratio now is 3 to 1 education.
There is a real need for industry input.
John Payne told Martha that he would circulate this need
through BP. Martha
reported the subcommittee is developing strategies and action items
to support the mission, vision and goals of the GCPTA, which they
have adopted as their own. The subcommittee will be working with CAPT on
textbooks and therefore will be meeting much more.
Bridget Goodman with CAPT sent out an email looking for
volunteers to review and contribute to each chapter of the textbook
being developed. A
larger group from the ESC will review clusters of chapters, and
recommendations will be provided to CAPT. The subcommittee still plans to do a crosswalk on
vendor materials who request a review and recommendation of their
textbooks. Tim Brown will give a review of the Hazwoper
materials at the next Education Subcommittee meeting.
Martha thanked Tim for giving this to the GCPTA. The subcommittee is discussing using video
conferencing for their meetings.
They will have information to present at their meeting on
February 13th. CAPT
Update – Joanna Kile Joanna
explained that twice a year CAPT sends a check to the GCPTA for
their share of the profits from all of the initial books.
CAPT has received an international order, which will increase
profits for not only CAPT, but also the GCPTA.
Joanna gave
the following update: Skills
Standards §
The
chemical/refining national validation is complete. Seven
states have completed validation. §
Next step:
Occupational knowledge and skills identified. Instrumentation
Textbook §
Phase 1:
Addition of content to each chapter by one educational
institutional and one industry company (per chapter) §
Phase 2:
Review of groups of chapters by institution and industry
partners Professional
Development §
Power
Generation Institute – Summer 2004 – (July 19-23—Bismarck
State College, ND) §
Paid faculty
internships – Summer 2004 §
GCPTA has
several workshops available this summer for its partners through
subaward Scholarships §
Sponsored by
BP, Dow and PAC §
14 available §
Deadline is
April 1 BP
Internships §
14 available
(9 offshore and 5 onshore in WY, OK, CO, NM, TX and LA) §
Deadline is
March 15 §
Student
newsletter with this information will be mailed to individual
institutions next Monday, Feb. 2 §
Free copies
of Pathways to Technology program videos developed under an NSF
grant to WGBH in Boston to highlight pathways to careers in high
technology jobs are available through CAPT §
Education
program survey wrap-up—this short student survey was sent to all
CAPT institution partners. It
is very important that this information be provided to CAPT in order
that it might be disseminated to all partners to inform them of the
number of students in the pipeline in their geographic area. §
Begun work
on the online job database USDOL
Grant Proposal Industry
Partners §
BP §
Chevron
Texaco §
Halliburton §
Marathon Oil
Corporation §
Producers
Assistance Corporation §
Shell Energy
Resources §
Wood Group
Production Services USDOL
Grant Proposal Education
Partners §
Alvin
Community College §
Baton Rouge
Community College §
College of
the Mainland §
Copiah-Lincoln
Community College §
Lamar
Institute of Technology §
Lamar State
College—Port Arthur §
Lee College §
Louisiana
Technical College—River Parishes §
Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College §
Nunez
Community College §
San Jacinto
College §
Sowela
Technical Community College §
Texas State
Technical College—Marshall §
Victoria
College For
further information… Joanna Kile CAPT at
College of the Mainland 1200 Amburn
Road Texas City,
Texas 77591 (409)
938-1211, x101 jkile@com.edu §
Subcommittee
on Standards & Quality
– Ed Stiles and Kathy Trahan gave the following report: They both
stated the Standards & Quality Committee was a driving force for
the need to change the GCPTA Bylaws.
A formal document stating the requirements to maintain an
institution’s program endorsement by the GCPTA will be provided on
the GCPTA Website. Ed reminded
everyone that September 1, 2004 is the deadline for institutions to
meet the requirements required of them to maintain GCPTA endorsement
of their program. Kathy offered
that Louisiana was looking at revamping their program audit tool. College
Advisory Reports 1.
Montana
State University Billings College of Technology – Bob Robertus
reported the following: §
17 students enrolled §
0 expected graduates §
2? students on scholarship §
Comments: We
normally get 2-4 scholarships/year of $1,000 each. None are here for 2004, but we do expect at least 2
will arrive. No
internships are planned in 2004.
We are in a transition to move graduation from May to
December. Thus all we
have now are Freshmen. §
High School PTech Programs: Comments: Current
employment picture doesn’t support doing anything in this area
now?? §
New Equipment:
1.
Plastic
scale model of Exxon’s Platforming unit was donated by ExxonMobil
of Billings. §
Advisory Committee Meetings Met
September, 2003 Scheduled
to meet Mid January 2004 Hot
Topics: 1.
Internships 2.
Jobs 3.
Lousy
employment statistics 4.
Equipment
needs §
New Best Practice: ?
Conoco Phillips is sponsoring up to 2 scholarships for Billings
Senior High School students who enroll in COT PTech program.
They will pay full tuition and books for up to 5 semesters.
Covered costs run about $2,000 per semester. 2.
Louisiana
Technical College-Ascension Campus – Cleve Marchand
reported the following: §
25 students enrolled §
2 expected graduates §
2 students in Intern/Coop program §
2 students on scholarship §
High School PTech Programs: 3
students participating 1
high school participating Comments:
Working
to start Intro to PTech in the parish high schools next year.
Training Director from one of the plants will supply the
instructor. §
New Equipment:
Waiting
on additional “Glass Labs”.
Funding approved. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
December 4, 2003 Scheduled
to meet January 15, 2004 Hot
Topics: Working
on Internship pamphlet. §
Upcoming Events:
Breakfast
meeting for area leaders and plant personnel. 3.
Sowela
Technical Community College – Linton Lecompte reported the
following: §
Approximately 140 students enrolled §
Approximately 20 graduates §
27 students in Intern/Coop program §
Comments: We
have two Internship Classes, one during the day and one during
evening hours. Our
program is working very well. §
Student Organization Activities: Our
Organization is in the development stages. §
High School PTech Programs: 25
students participating 2
high schools participating §
New Equipment: We
have about six or eight new Cutaways, an assortment of valves, a
Centrifugal Pump, and a Reciprocating Compressor. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
November 19, 2003 Scheduled
to meet January 28, 2004 Hot
Topics: The
PTech Exit Exam has been one of our favorite subjects. §
New Best Practice: It’s
not new by any means, however, we are certain that Safety is always
in the forefront. §
Upcoming Events: Louisiana
State PTEC Audit is scheduled for first quarter of 2004. Our
fall 2003 graduation ceremonies are scheduled for January 16, 2004. 4.
Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College – Tommie Broome reported the
following: §
9 students enrolled §
7 expected graduates in 2005 §
Comments: We
have proposed Summer Internships to three of our Advisory Team
Companies, Chevron Texaco, DuPont and Southern Company.
All three are very receptive to the idea and see very strong
benefits to the program but corporate wheels turn slowly.
Because this is a new program and this is a new policy it has
to have corporate-level approval before the internships can be
offered. We believe
that it will happen in the near future. ·
Student Organization Activities: Students
are encouraged to join Skills USA and actively participate in campus
activities. ·
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
October 16, 2003 Scheduled to Meet Late February ·
Hot Topics 1.
Summer
Internships 2.
Approval
of Curriculum 3.
Establish
lines of communication 5.
Louisiana
Technical College/River Parishes – George Foret
reported the following: §
70 students enrolled §
8 expected graduates §
5 students in Interns/Coops §
4 students on scholarships §
Comments: 1.
Internships:
Entergy, Shell Geismar, BP, Chevron Phillips 2.
Scholarships:
Dow, Shell, St. Charles, NALCO, Ascension 3.
Special
Program: PEL, WIA, TANF §
Student Organization Activities: SGA,
Skills USA §
High School PTech Programs: 16
students participating 2
high schools participating Comments:
St.
James High, Destrahan/Hahnville §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
November 19, 2003 Scheduled
to meet January 28, 2004 Hot
Topics: Dow
St. Charles Works donated $43,000 to finish construction of our
tower. §
Upcoming Events: Dow
St. Charles Works new hires’ training 6.
College
of the Mainland – Mike Cobb and Jerry Duncan reported the
following: §
250 students enrolled §
40 expected graduates §
8 students in Interns/Coops §
Student Organization Activities: Plant
trip to Marathon/Ashland, Elected officers for 2003/2004 §
High School PTech Programs: 2
students enrolled 2
high schools participating §
New Equipment: Nash
Liquid Seal Vacuum Pump being installed on the GSU. New
tertiary 4-inch glass distillation column being commissioned this
semester. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
November 4, 2004 Scheduled
to meet February 17, 2004 Hot
Topics: 1.
Coping
with PTEC growth 2.
Classroom
and Lab space 3.
Structured
and hands-on labs verses retention §
New Best Practice: Combining
Systems and Operations classes for the Desert Survival Scenario for
Team building. §
Upcoming Events:
COM
will be hosting the Science and Technology Preview (SteP) Female
Summer Institute the week of June 21st. 7.
Keyano
College – John Cook reported the following: §
40 students enrolled §
38 expected graduates §
40 students in Interns/Coops §
6 students on scholarship §
Comments: ·
Student Internships are six months in duration each
year of the two-year programs for Power Engineering and Process
Operator so that a student has one year of work experience at the
time of graduation. The
internships are sponsored by the Program Steering Committee composed
of industry representatives from Syncrude, Suncor, Petro-Canada,
Devon Energy, Japan Canada, Conoco-Phillips, Albian Sands, Nexen and
Encana. ·
There are a variety of awards, bursaries and
scholarships available for students enrolled in the two programs. Some of the sponsors are companies like ATCO
Gas/Power, Flint Engineering, Keyano College and the Government of
Alberta Northern Bursary. One
of the requirements for receiving the latter bursary is to commit to
working in Alberta north of Edmonton for two years after graduation. ·
Special programs involve Power Engineering where
students can work on Certification from 5th Class up to 2nd
Class through a computer managed learning program with availability
to tutors for 3 hours a day, five days a week.
This enables students to gain certification without leaving
their job. ·
Syncrude also sponsors a 4-week crash course in 4th
Class Power Engineering twice a year for their employees utilizing
Keyano College’s resources, classroom space and instructors. §
High School PTech Programs: 3
high schools participating Comments: We
do not have any specific Process Technology Programs in the High
Schools at present but we are in the process of initiating in
cooperation with the schools that will allow the students to learn
about Power Engineering and Process Operations and the advantages
they offer as a career option. §
New Equipment: 1.
We
have a hands on Process Operations Plant that encompasses water and
oil storage tanks with auxiliary equipment (pumps, instrumentation,
etc.), Three phase separator with auxiliary equipment (BPCV, 2 LCV’s,
Flow Totalizers, etc.), Glycol Absorption System including Reboiler,
Condenser, Reflux Drum 2.
Eight
Process Simulators installed on 8 computer stations and based on the
Honeywell Reactor, Gas/Oil Separation, Atmospheric/Vacuum
Distillation 3.
Hands
on Chemistry Lab with instruments to perform all Boiler Feed water
and Potable Water tests normally required in a large Process Plant 4.
Chemistry
Lab Simulator which allows students to perform experiments using
more hazardous materials such as those required for doing
hydrocarbon distillation 5.
Show
and Tell Lab with “see through” glass models of operating
processes such as distillation of methanol from water, shell tube
heat exchanger, cooling tower, absorption column with packing and
trays, centrifugal pump. In
addition, this lab has cutaways of pumps, steam turbines, valves and
compressors, etc. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
August 27, 2003 Scheduled
to meet February 4, 2004 Hot
Topics: New
player’s developing the Oil Sand: 1.
Canadian
National Resources Ltd. multi-billion dollar development north of
Ft. McMurray—open pit mine, extraction and upgrading, live in camp 2.
Nexen/Opti—South
East of Ft. McMurray—Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage with Upgrader 3.
Encana—SAGD
south east of Ft. McMurray 4.
Esso—Kearl
Lake north of Ft. Murray currently in the application/approval
process §
New Best Practices: Emphasis
in class on the importance of instrumentation to the efficiency of
Process Operation Productivity §
Upcoming Events: New
Initiatives: 1.
One
year Petroleum Process Operator Program for those who have 4th
Power Engineering Certification or for those desiring to work in the
Petroleum Industry in smaller operations that do not require Power
Engineering Certification 2.
Proposed
evening 4th Class Power Engineering Program which would
run three evenings a week for six months to aid those who cannot
afford to leave their jobs or for those already working in the
industry but want to transfer to Process Operations on their job
site 8.
San
Jacinto College – Mike Speegle reported the following: §
194 students enrolled §
20 expected graduates §
0 students in Interns/Coops §
13 students on Scholarships §
Comments: Students
receive scholarships from Lubrizol, BP, Dow, Willie Glaze Endowment,
and Shell §
New Equipment: Pilot
plant has received funding for upgrade to a Delta-V control system.
Upgrade will be accomplished this spring. Upgrade
of Simtronics software and user license increased to 18; new
Simtronic’s module (Oil and Gas Separator) to be used for Oil and
Gas Production II) purchased also. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
November 13, 2003 Scheduled
to meet mid February Hot
Topics: Internships,
externships, equipment donations, curriculum audit 9.
Del
Mar College—Denise Rector reported the following: Spring
semester classes began on January 20, with ten new students in the
program. Most of the
new students are beginning with the certificate curriculum and plan
to go on for an associates degree.
Currently, we have seventy students in the program. In
December, five students completed certificates and one student
completed an associates degree.
This semester, we have five signed up for the internship, and
in May, five students should complete their coursework for
certificates. At this
time, it appears that a larger number will graduate in August –
possibly as many as ten. Our
program, using Perkins grant funds, will have a process trainer
delivered during the first or second week in February.
The trainer was ordered from Bayport Training and Technical
Center and final preparations are being completed in the Process
Technology lab for the delivery. Various
departments at Del Mar College, including Process Technology, have
been invited to attend career days at several local high schools in
the Corpus Christi area during this semester.
We will also be participating in the South Texas Career Expo
in Kingsville, Texas, in early April.
Hundreds of students from all over South Texas are bussed in
by their school districts to gather information about possible
careers. It is always a
busy but enjoyable event. 10.
McNeese
State University – Carol Schulte reported the following: §
70 students enrolled §
10 expected graduates §
3 students in Interns/Coops §
Comments: Two
more students graduated from the B.S. program in Process Plant
Technology in December, making a total of three who have completed
this program so far. All
three B.S. graduates have gotten jobs in the field within a month of
graduation. §
New Equipment: 23
ITC and 12 Primedia training CD’s were received when the
Continuing Education Workforce Grant to train incumbent workers at
PPG expired. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
January 14, 2004 Scheduled
to meet March 17, 2004 Hot
Topics: Forklift
and JLG lift training for students—industry will supply
instructors, colleges will supply equipment. §
Upcoming Events: Mock
interviewing sessions scheduled for March 15 & 16th—industry
will supply volunteers to interview students at Sowela and McNeese. 11.
Wharton
County Jr. College – Wayne Stephens reported the following: §
32 students enrolled §
9 expected graduates Comments: Am
getting BP Scholarship Applications to ALL first year students by
end of week. §
New Equipment: Simtronics
Distillation Simulator (funded through local PTAC with Celanese,
Nalco and Equa Star funding) §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Scheduled
to meet February 5, 2004 Hot
Topics: All
are hot to me right now. Trying
to get our one small skid unit running with Wonderware software and
will be loading new simulator with Instructor and 10 student
workstations. Need any
input about the Wonderware. Also
would like to look at the interactive or Web Quality Program.
I would like to add that I feel privileged to be in the GCPTA
and hope I can make solid contributions along the way. 12.
Brazosport
College – Gary Hicks reported the following: ·
Advisory Committee will be meeting January 29,
2004. The advisory
committee will begin doing a review of our total curriculum. ·
Just completed a student workshop called “Project
Interview” in which our advisory members discussed preparing
resumes and interviews with our process students, and then followed
up with a mock interview with each of the students. ·
Completed building a process control trainer for
Sweeny High School. ConocoPhillips
moved the trainer to the Sweeny High School Campus January 21. This unit was built by one of our classes with
equipment being supplied by BASF, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemical and
several local vendors. We
plan to have an open house for Sweeny and Columbia-Brazoria High
Schools on February 18 & 19 all day.
We expect to have about 300 – 400 high school students
(Help!). There will be
a Dedication for the lab on March 18.
We would like to extend an open invitation to anyone who
would like to attend the dedication.
It will be held at Sweeny High School at 2:00 pm.
Call Kathy Cannon for details (979-230-3427). 13.
Alvin
Community College – Mark Demark reported the following: §
115 students enrolled §
20 expected graduates §
4 students on scholarships §
New Equipment: All
15 Simtronics simulators have been updated and are being
incorporated into lesson plans. Four
new Envision Tutorials have been purchased and will be incorporated
into lesson plans. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met
December 10, 2003 Scheduled
to Meet March 20, 2004 Hot
Topics: Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board audit completed— Process
Technology retained Exemplary Program status. §
New Best Practice: Advisory
Committee meeting minutes and handouts posted on Website. §
Upcoming Events: Advisory
Committee meeting 3/10/2004 at ACC: Discuss
ACC Process Tech 2004-2005 Budget Presentation
on GCPTA by Steve Erickson Considering
addition of a Maintenance Program 14.
Baton Rouge Community College – Kathy
Trahan
reported the following: §
292 students enrolled (spring 2004) §
25-30 expected graduates (spring 2004) §
11 (4 tentative) students in Interns/Coops §
22 students on scholarships Comments: Shell 3, Georgia Gulf 1,
Rhodia 2 in process, Dow 2 in process, Placid 1 requested. Hosted Instructional
Analysis in Physics and Physical Science in December 2003 sponsored
by CAPT. §
Student Organization Activities: Preparing to start a
Skills USA chapter to encourage continuity from semester to
semester. §
High School PTech Programs: Number of Students
(Spring 2004)—Within the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
district, BRCC is supporting the joint efforts of ExxonMobil and
Career Builders by assisting with instruction and PTEC activities in
Scotlandville Magnet School. This
is considered a HS credit course.
Students from several High Schools travel to Scotlandville
twice a week to take PTEC 101. In Port Allen, the West
Baton Rouge Parish School Board is also offering PTEC 101 at Port
Allen High School. Placid
Refining is providing the instructor. §
New Equipment: ExxonMobil through a LA
Dept. of Labor Incumbent Worker Training Grant program, will provide
BRCC’s PTEC program with Simtronics computer based simulators,
additional Honeywell Shadow Plant computer based simulators and
Bayport Cut-a-ways and dynamic acrylic equipment models. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met January 29, 2004 Scheduled to meet
February 27, 2004 Hot Topics: Acrylic Model Instructor
development, Increase in Hiring, Instructional Analysis for Physics,
Chemistry and Math §
New Best Practice: PTEC Pocket Toolbox and
Instructor packet that constantly reinforces calculations, word
problems and spatial relations. §
Upcoming Events: Instructional Analysis
February 12 and 13th at BRCC – Frazier Campus to be
co-sponsored by CAPT. Bayport Training Model
Review – February 6th, 8 am to 12 pm Micolab Training Session
February 6th, 12 pm to 4 pm 15.
Lamar Institute of Technology – Jim Hebert
and Harry Wood reported the following: §
271 students enrolled §
40 expected graduates §
2 students in Interns/Coops §
33 students on scholarships Comments: Interns – 1-Invista;
1-Bayer; 1-Praxair Job Shadowing—10 at
BASF; 35 at DuPont Sabine River Works ExxonMobil has donated
$20,000 to the process technology scholarship fund and has
contributed $18,500; DuPont is sponsoring three $500 scholarships;
BASF has donated $5,000 for two scholarships; ChevronPhillips is
sponsoring two; BridgestoneFirestone is sponsoring six; and ATOFINA
is renewing its minority scholarship program for two persons. §
High School PTech Programs: 3 students participating 1 high school
participating §
New Equipment: ExxonMobil has
contributed $15,000 to a maintenance fund for LIT’s distillation
unit. §
Advisory Committee Meetings: Met October 7, 2003 Scheduled to meet
February 12, 2004 Hot Topics: 40 hour run on our
outside Glycol unit. §
Upcoming Events: Annual Audit New
Business – Steve Ames Steve Ames
reminded everyone of the major changes in the By-Laws and that a
copy would be emailed to the membership for their comments.
These changes will help to clarify efforts. Steve
Erickson stated that an email would be sent out to the colleges who
have not identified their industry voting members asking them to
furnish their names to Ann Treigle. If any member
is interested in becoming actively involved by serving on a
subcommittee, please contact the chairman of that subcommittee which
is listed on the Website or Steve Erickson at sderickson@sbcglobal.net.
In
conjunction with the Critical Issues and Best Practices Conference,
there will be a one-day trainers conference.
The API has been asked to endorse this event.
Dennis Link will help chair a subcommittee along with Jeff
McSorley to put the agenda together.
Please get word out to industry trainers now through Advisory
Committees and other connections to industry members. John Payne
noted that the IICTA would be holding a meeting on March 5th
in Sorrento, Louisiana on Instrumentation.
You are invited to participate. The April 23,
2004 GCPTA meeting will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Baton
Rouge, LA. Stacey
Chiasson and Kathy Trahan are handling the events.
Stacey Chiasson announced that one of the events for the
April 23, 2004 meeting will be a Crawfish Boil on Thursday evening,
April 22, 2004 hosted by the Louisiana Chemical Association.
This event will be held on a part of the Mississippi River
levee (rented by LCA). It
is also by the USS Kidd, a World War II destroyer that may be
toured. Please make
plans to attend this along with the meeting on Friday.
Stacey provided a bag of Louisiana goodies to those in
attendance to help promote the upcoming meeting in Baton Rouge.
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Friday, July 30, 2004 Lake Charles, Louisiana
Friday, November 12, 2004 ***Other Events*** Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lisa Arnold, Secretary Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance LA/at Subcommittee on Rules/By-Laws
– Lisa Arnold
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Future GCPTA Meetings
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Friday, April 23, 2004
(CAPT) Critical Issues & Best Practices
Conference
South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center
September 29, 30 & October 1, 2004 (tentative
dates)