Holiday
Inn Express-Sulphur, LA
Date:
Friday, March 31, 2000
Time:
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Steve
Ames, President opened the meeting.
The participants introduced themselves.
There were 41 members in attendance.
Steve
explained the membership differences between Voting, In-District,
Out-of-District, Other Interested Parties as well as the
subcommittees and their functions.
Approval of Last Meeting Minutes – Minutes of the January 28, 2000 meeting were approved March 31, 2000.
Subcommittee
on Rules/By-Laws – Merv Treigle
The
following members and changes were approved by the steering
committee:
Voting
–
(1) Jeff Johnston, Texas Eastman-Longview, TX (2) Dennis Jones, Dow
Chemical Company-Freeport, TX, and Rich Patterson, Valspar-Garland,
TX (Rich Patterson moved from an Out-of District Associate to a
Voting Member)
In-District
Associate – (1) Frank Mancuso, Shell Oil-Houston, TX
(2) Ronnie Madere, Union Carbide-Hahnville, LA
Out-of-District
Associate – (1) Johnny Tynes, Mississippi Gulf Coast
Community College-Perkinston, MS
Associate
Membership – (1) Alaska Process Industries Career
Consortium
Subcommittee
- Funding – Steve Ames
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Instructor Manuals –
Produced by the
Perkins Grant, Introduction to Process Technology and Safety Health
& Environment manuals have been available since last summer.
Copies have been purchased by a number of colleges throughout
the United States. Order
forms were made available on the display table.
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Student Workbooks –
Should be purchased
through the college bookstores and made available to the students
for these two courses.
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Troubleshooting –
Mike Kukuk, the
GCPTA Founding Chairman, has produced an instructor guide and
accompanying student workbook on Troubleshooting.
This is the only GCPTA Core Course that has not been
developed nor will it be developed with Perkins or NSF Grant funds.
Mike developed and wrote the course, which he has taught in
the PTech Program at the College of the Mainland for the past six
years. Mike
collaborated his efforts with the GCPTA Education Subcommittee to
insure adherence to the GCPTA objectives for this Core Course.
This course is marketed by and can be ordered from:
Troubleshooting Resources
P. O. Box 4725
Lago Vista, Texas 78645-4725
Telephone: 512-267-4059
The cost of the
instructor manual is $195 and the student workbooks are sold in lots
of 20 for $25 each.
Colleges
need to plan in their 2001 budget to purchase the four new
instructor guides that will be ready for the spring 2001 semester.
These are Quality, Process Technology I-Equipment, Process
Technology II-Systems, Process Technology III-Operations guides.
Estimated cost will be $190 per set of guides for each
course.
Colleges
and attendees were urged to purchase and use the Course Instructor
Guides and Student Workbooks developed and adopted by the GCPTA. Information on ordering these materials is on the
web site www.processtech.org.
Subcommittee
- Public Relations – Steve Ames
Due
to prior business commitments, Bill Raley and Karen Baird were
unable to attend this meeting.
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Newsletter
Steve explained that
the newsletter had recently been mailed out.
If any of the members present did not receive a copy, one was
made available to them on the display table.
The newsletter helps
keep the members and other interested parties apprised of the main
happenings in the GCPTA.
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Career Fair
Has been held for
the past three years at San Jacinto College-Central Campus.
The Career Fair held February 11th, 2000 provided
Process Technology Students and Industry an opportunity to
interface. There were
229 students and 15 companies who participated.
Conoco, Inc. from Ponca City, Oklahoma used the opportunity
to test, interview, and recruit prospective process technicians for
employment.
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Brochure
The GCPTA brochure
is in the process of being redesigned to reflect the new logo and to
more aptly represent the changes in college and industry membership.
Cathy
has been in communication with Lee Rector, the Director of the Texas
Skills Standards Board. She
explained all the information available from the Job DACUM and the
Perkins Grant efforts and offered a model, which Ms. Rector agreed,
was on target with what was needed for the skills standards
development.
Education
Subcommittee – Leslie Hunt and Lou Caserta
Leslie
and Lou gave a handout entitled “Virtual Plant Drawing Package”
to all members in attendance. A
demonstration of a prototype Virtual 3-D Plant Layout for electronic
delivery was presented. It
is still in design. Lou
Caserta along with two drafting students from the College of the
Mainland are generously donating their time and efforts to develop a
plant model which is primarily being designed to enhance the Process
Technology III Course, but can also be used in the other Process
Technology I & II Courses.
Joanna provided a
handout to show how both the NSF and LAAP Grants tie into the GCPTA
Efforts on Curriculum Development.
She also reported that the NSF Grant Update Report was filed
at 12:01 a.m., March 31, 2000.
The results of this report determine future funding of the
grant. Joanna stated
that 80% of the NSF in-kind required donations have been met for the
year. In addition 100%
of the in-kind donations for the LAAP Grant have been met.
This has resulted in over 4,200 hours of in-kind time
donation. She also
stated that our grant evaluator would be visiting in mid April.
The National Advisory Board for the NSF Grant will meet
sometime in late July or early August when determined by
availability of its members to meet.
Joanna stated that
the website “Center for the Advancement of Process Technology”
(CAPT) for the NSF and LAAP Grant Efforts is now on the web at www.captech.org.
The PowerPoint Presentations, which have been used to explain
and present the history and efforts of the GCPTA, are available on
the website and can be downloaded for use as needed.
Also listed are all the state community colleges associated
with the GCPTA. At
present, this website is not linked to the GCPTA website and, at
present, has no webmaster. CAPT
Partners are listed on a separate page and e-mail addresses will be
available. Those who do
not want to be listed should contact Joanna to have their address
removed.
Education
Subcommittee – Cathy Williams Foster
Cathy
provided a handout depicting a Course Development Model under the
NSF Grant. In addition,
she provided a handout depicting the available Process Technology
Instructor Resources and the stage of development for the courses
being developed under the NSF Grant.
Distance Learning
– Joanna Kile & Scott Bruno
Joanna
provided information that the Committee on Distance Education has
identified two possible third party deliverers for the Web Base
Courses being developed under the LAAP Grant by TDS.
Scott
Bruno gave an update on the status of the Introduction to Process
Technology Course being developed by TDS.
He presented a visual demonstration on how a module would
look and how it interacts with the student.
The course will be piloted in September of 2000 by Ronnie
Calvert of Wharton County Jr. College, Mike Kukuk of College of the
Mainland, and David Borque of San Jacinto College-Central Campus.
These three instructors are currently undergoing instruction
by the Virtual College of Texas on How to Deliver Web Base
Instruction. This
Introduction to Process Technology Course is for incumbents in the
industry.
Dr.
John Reed gave a brief history of the development and structure of
the Louisiana Process Technology Alliance where he defined the
expectations of industry and their role in partnership with the
state, education and government.
He elaborated on the collaborative effort between Louisiana
and Texas to develop the standardized curriculum for Process
Technology. He
emphasized the necessity to integrate education on the soft skills
such as teamwork and personal responsibility in all the courses.
Louisiana is also working on developing Physics and Chemistry
Courses which will provide what industry needs and also articulate
to a baccelorate degree. He
showed a slide which depicted the Louisiana Statewide Industry
Advisory Committee.
Bruce explained that
the Statewide Committee’s objective is to speak with one voice and
provide the same message to all of Louisiana’s industry plant
managers. The current
activities of the Regional Chair Subcommittee are:
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Program entry/testing requirements
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Local charters and business &
education responsibility
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Initial exposure to job and job
requirements
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Qualifications for internship
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Employment support indicators
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Train the Trainer
Ronnie Madere –
River Parishes Advisory Committee Chair
Ronnie explained
that he had just come on-board and is currently involved in defining
the resources and support of industry in the area.
The Committee is looking at ways to encourage industry to
provide internships as well as looking for ways to develop feedback
and evaluation on student and graduate performance in industry.
Financial
Report – Ed Stiles
Ed
provided a handout and gave a report on:
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The budget for the year 2000
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The expenses to-date for the year 2000
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The subscription receipts to-date
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The subscription receipts for 1999
Ed
explained the GCPTA’s dependence on subscription returns and
encouraged those who have not yet returned their subscription to do
so. He further
explained that the GCPTA is dependent on the voluntary participation
in the subscription process and without participation, the GCPTA
cannot function.
College
Advisory Committee Reports
Because
of the time factor, Advisory Committee Reports were not given.
Steve Ames asked if there were any crucial points to be made,
and none being offered, he asked that the members network during
lunch. He also suggested that the colleges put resumes of spring
graduates on the website.
New
Business
None
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Website www.processtech.org is fully active
and maintained by Bob Kosar. If
your school or company has a website and it is not accessible by
just a click, contact the webmaster by E-mail bobkosar@hal-pc.org.
College of the Mainland is providing the host server.
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Center for the Advancement of Process
Technology (CAPT) website www.captech.org.
Friday,
June 2, 2000
Friday,
August 11, 2000
Friday,
November 17, 2000
9:00
am - 1:00 pm
Nassau
Bay Hilton
***Other
Events***
Tuesday,
September 12, 2000
Fairmont
Hotel - New Orleans
Fairmont Hotel –
New Orleans
Meeting
Adjourned at 1:00 pm.
Respectfully
submitted,
Merv
Treigle, Secretary
Gulf
Coast Process Technology Alliance
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