minutes of the 2020 annual general meeting...additions: none, thus carried to minutes of agm-2020....

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The Western Canada Group of Chartered Engineers

doing Business as Chartered Engineers Pacific (CEP)

Members of U.K Institutions of Civil, Mechanical, Engineering Technologies, Structural, and

Building Service Engineers, B.C., Yukon, Washington &Alaska

MINUTES of the 2020 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting for Members of the Chartered Engineers Pacific (aka

Western Canada Group of Chartered Engineers) took place on Wednesday

February 19, 2020 in the Fraser Meeting Room, Accent Inns, Burnaby, BC

1. Chairman Suresh Vishwakarma (MIET) opened the meeting at 6:15 pm

by welcoming the eleven attendees. Refer enclosed list of attendees.

Apology for absence of attendance was noted for Alan Kay (MICE),

David Harvey (FIStructE, FICE) (FIStructE representative) and Matthew

Walton Knight (MICE).

2. The Agenda of AGM -2020 was adopted without additions from the floor,

Proposed by Alan Wood (MIET) and seconded by David Woo (MISTructE) and

thus carried.

3. The Minutes of the last AGM held on February 20, 2019 Appendix A to the

Agenda, was approved on proposal of David Woo (MISTructE) and

Seconded by Alan Wood (MIET), and thus carried.

4. Matters arising from the Minutes.

4.1 no matters were carried for discussion.

5. Reports of the Group Officers:

(a) Chairman’s Report was presented by Suresh Vishwakarma

(MIET, Chair). Refer Appendix C

Additions: none, thus carried to Minutes of AGM-2020.

b) Hon. Treasurer’s Report was presented by Zeeshan Khan (Hon.

Treasurer, MIET). Refer Appendix D

Discussion: none, thus carried to Minutes of AGM-2020.

c) Hon Secretary’s Report was presented by George de Ridder

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(Hon. Secretary, FIStructE). Refer Appendix E


d) Technical Program Report was presented by George de Ridder

(Hon. Secretary). Refer Appendix F


6. Matters arising from Reports:

6.1 Treasurer’s report: The treasurer confirmed that the expenses are

expected to exceed revenue in future, based on current planned

activities and expected revenue from the institutions.

6.2 Secretary’s report: the Sectretary confirmed that the email

notifications for the AGM-2020 received from IET was confusing about the

date.

7. Group Officers’ Reports were adopted, on proposal by Douglas Yee (MICE)

and seconded by Chris Richardson (MIET); Reports thus carried to

the Minutes of AGM-2020.

8. Nomination for the Election of the 2020 Committee:

The Chair’s Nomination Slate Appendix B per Constitution, for election of

Committee members to serve during 2020, election was tabled.

No additional nominations were proposed from the floor.

All the nominations were approved unanimous without voting, on

proposal by George De Ridder (FIStructE) and seconded by Alan Wood

(MIET), thus Carried.

The incoming Committee names were all carried and instated.

9. Current auditor Mr. Grant Anderson (MICE) and in addition Marina Li

(Past Hon. Treasurer of CEP) (ICE) were approved unanimously as

volunteer members of the Audit Committee for 2020. Thus, moved and

carried on proposal by Suresh Vishwakarma (MIET) and

seconded by Douglas Yee (ICE).

10. Other Business:

Expense claims approved and CARRIED, proposed by Douglas Yee

(MICE), seconded by David Woo (MIStructE):-

10.1 Tabled by George De Ridder (H. Secretary) - AGM venue,

catering and printing expense of $1,322

10.2 Tabled by Zeeshan Khan (H. Treasurer) - Auditing expense

for catering and printing $180.95

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11. On a Motion proposed by Chris Richardson (MIET) and

seconded by Alan Wood (MIET), the Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.

12. Light dinner was served.

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Minutes by George De Ridder, FIStructE, Hon Secretary CEP,

February 19, 2020.

ENCLOSURES to Minutes:

Schedule of Events 2020

Reports of Office Bearers: Appendices B, C, D, E, F

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ENCL. A

CHARTERED ENGINEERS PACIFIC –SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR 2020

Date Venue Tech Meeting at 7 pm

Subject - Topic

Presenter Status

January 22,

Wednesday

Hart House

Deer Lake, Burnaby,

6pm

Annual Members Dinner Guest Speaker: Mr. Don Kennedy

P.Eng. receiver of

EGBC Gold

Medal- 2019

Executed

(23

attendees)

February 19, Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

AGM Chair CEP Executed

March 18, Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

The Renewal Energy

Transition Reality for a

Small North Atlantic

Archipelago

Daniele Bortoli Cancelled

Due to

COVID 19

Isolation

May 20, Wednesday

Go-To-Meeting Rapidly escalating

nosocomial infections

Ben Venktash Executed

June 17,

Wednesday

Teams Why Hydrogen Mark Kirby Executed

July 18,

Saturday

Hart House

Deer Lake, Burnaby,

7pm

Summer Appreciation

Event

Chair CEP Postpone

September 23,

Wednesday

Teams Working from Home – A

challenge overcome by

an engineering consulting

company

Jovan

Kovacevic

Executed

October 21,

Wednesday

Teams An engineered solution to

climate change – Direct

Air Capture (DAC)

Grant Connors Executed

November 18,

Wednesday

Teams Latest Technology and

Trends in Energy

Management for Buildings

in Canada

Robert

Greenwald

Executed

Technical meetings commence 7:00 pm, following Committee Meeting at 5:00 pm.

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The Western Canada Group of Chartered Engineers (WCGCE)

doing Business as Chartered Engineers Pacific (CEP) Members of Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of

Engineering and Technology, Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Chartered Institution of

Building Services Engineers, located in British Columbia, Yukon, Washington State and Alaska.

2020 Annual General Meeting - APPENDIX B

NOMINATED COMMITTEE FOR 2020

Appointment Incumbents

2019

Proposed Incumbents

2020

Chair Vishwakarma, Suresh (MIET) Vishwakarma, Suresh (MIET)

Vice Chair Graeme, Green (MICE) Graeme, Green (MICE)

Secretary De Ridder, George (FIStructE)

Treasurer Khan, Zeeshan (MIET) Khan, Zeeshan (MIET)

Past Chair Walton-Knight, Matthew (MICE) Vishwakarma, Suresh (MIET)

Members 1. Matthew Walton-Knight

(MICE)

2. Clarke, Ciaran (MIET)

3. Chavan, Prafulla (MICE)

4. Kay, Alan (MICE)

5. Raja, Arul (MIET)

6. Richardson, Chris (MIET)

7. Lu, Walton (MIStructE)

8. Wood, Alan (MIET)

9. Woo, David (MIStructE)

10. Yee, Douglas (MICE)

1. Kay, Alan (MICE)

2. Woo, David (MIStructE)

3. Chavan, Prafulla (MICE)

4. Lu, Walton (MIStructE)

5. Wood, Alan (MIET)

6. De Ridder, George (FIStructE)

7. Walton-Knight, Matthew

(MICE)

Institution

Reps: Ex-

Officio

Members

1. Harvey, David -IStructE

2. Vishwakarma, Suresh- IET

3.Vacant - CIBSE

4.Vacant - IMechE

5. Green Graeme - ICE

1. Harvey, David - IStructE

2. Vishwakarma, Suresh - IET

3.Vacant - CIBSE

4.Vacant - IMechE

5. Green, Graeme - ICE

By: Suresh Vishwakarma (MIET) (Chair – 2018).

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doing Business as Chartered Engineers Pacific (CEP) Members of Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineering

and Technology, Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Chartered Institution of Building Services

Engineers, located in British Columbia, Yukon, Washington State and Alaska.

2020 Annual General Meeting - APPENDIX C

CHAIRMAN’s REPORT ON 2019

A very good evening to you ladies and gentlemen.

My first year as your Chair ends today. It was a matter of great honour

indeed to lead the highly knowledgeable team of Chartered Engineers

Pacific and to have the privilege of standing and speaking at different

events throughout the year about our achievements and plans. It was a great team effort

and the credit of this successful year full of events goes to the entire CEP team and

volunteers. A very special thanks go to the executive team of George De Ridder (FIStructE)

as our Honorary Secretary, of Zeeshan Khan (MIET)as our Honorary Treasurer and Graeme

Green (MICE) as our Vice Chair. It will be unjust not to mention the name of the past Chair

Matthew Walton-Knight (MICE) for his excellent support during various occasions.

In 2019, we continued to deliver our vision to deliver inspirational engineering events and

networking opportunities. Also, we participated in celebrate the 150th anniversary of the

formation of IET, one of our five Sponsoring Institutions.

Since its foundation in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers, the IET has had a rich and

complex history. It became THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY in 2006 by

the joining of the INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS and THE INSTITUTION OF

INCORPORATED ENGINEERS. Today, IET is the diverse home for engineering and technology

across the world, providing extensive knowledge, resources and support to help our

members grow professionally, champion the profession in all its forms and inspire the

engineers and technicians of tomorrow.

We have also enlarged IMechE’s presence in 2019 by organizing competitions on behalf of

IMechE in Vancouver.

In the 2019, we held ten successful events covering History of Jaguar Cars, China's

Engineers, Capstone Design Course, Transportation Infrastructure on Complex Mega-

Projects, Business Responsibility, Space Systems, Restarting Electricity Sector, Smart Water

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Infrastructure, and a couple of dinners too. A major event that was initially planned for

September 2019 had to be rescheduled and was organized in January 2020.

Two competitions were also organized for young engineers and engineering students. We

were privileged to have three international speakers in 2019. Our network is gaining a huge

popularity and appreciations in the region. To maintain the same pace, we have planned

ten events for year 2020 including a major event to celebrate IET’s 150 years.

The attendance at our events in 2019 has not improved. Refer Appendix F: Technical

Program 2019.

As an excellent learning and professional development activity, our members need to

make a special effort to utilize these free-to-members opportunities. We have been able to

attract few young professionals in 2019. With the same pace, I can see the possibility of

starting as YP chapter as well in the future for Western Canada region. The Committee is

also trying to find ways to attract more participation.

CHARTERED ENGINEERS PACIFIC is mandated with the responsibility of serving the members

of five leading UK based professional institutions - ICE, IMechE, IET, IStructE, CIBSE located in

British Columbia, Yukon, Washington State and Alaska. Our activities are however focussed

in BC. We need to step out to other provinces and states as well. We are also expected to

assist local professional engineers, EITs and technologists with aspirations to register

internationally.

We therefore need good working hands to be able to discharge our duties. I therefore

encourage engineers of all age groups to step in and strengthen our group. We will soon be

having a new committee for the coming year. I request you to come forward to serve the

profession.

Thank you once again for giving me an opportunity to chair the group in year 2019.

Dr. Suresh Vishwakarma, P.Eng., CEng, MIET, MBA, PhD Chairperson, Chartered Engineers Pacific February 19, 2020 [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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doing Business as Chartered Engineers Pacific (CEP) Members of Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Institution of Structural Engineers, and Chartered

Institution of Building Service Engineers, located in British Columbia, Yukon, Washington State &Alaska.

2020 Annual General Meeting - APPENDIX D

HONORARY TREASURER’S REPORT 2019

The Financial Profit and Loss Statement from January 1st to December 31st, 2019 forms part of

this financial report.

The Financial Statement is a consolidated summary of the General Ledger. The Ledger includes

all entries for payments made by cheques for invoices received by the Honorary Treasurer

and approved by the WCGCE Committee of 2019. The Ledger also includes Grants received

from parent institutions; Revenue generated from the 2019. AGM ticket sales and Members

Appreciation Dinner ticket sales and interest earned on current balance held in the bank

account. All Ledger entries have been balanced at the end of each month against the monthly

bank statements.

The 2019 Audit Committee comprises Ms. Marina S.W. Li, and Mr. Grant Anderson, having

examined the Ledger against all Vouchers, Invoices, and Grants representing 2019 transactions,

deemed the financial position of the WCGCE to be correct. The Audit Committee approved

the Financial Statement on TBD.

Balance as of December 31, 2019:

Cashable Term Deposit #1 at 1.05% $5,000.00

Vancity Community Account $17,086.70

Total Checking/Savings $22,086.70

Income

Grants from ICE/IET/IMechE/IStructE/CIBSE $ 5,945.00 Note 1

Grant for SoFE event $ 1,230.00 Note 1

AI Seminar Sponsorship $ 3,737.68 Note 2

AGM & CEP Ticket Sales $ 1,730.00 Note 3

Bank Interest $ 63.01 Note 4

Total Income $ 12,705.69

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Expenses

Administration Expense $ 759.63 Note 5

AGM & CEP Dinner $ 3,579.79 Note 6

Internet Services $ 480.22

Liability Insurance $ 1,396.00 Note 7

Presenter’s Honorarium and Expenses $ 315.68 Note 5

Office Supplies and Printing support $ 320.68 Note 5

SoFE Expense $ 1,211.90 Note 8

Technical/Business Meetings $ 8,185.40 Note 9

Umbrella Purchase $ 1,422.98 Note 10

Total Expense $ 17,672.28

Notes:

1. The Grants received in 2019 was $5945.00. This questionable figure is significantly lower

than the $12,000 budget that had been approved by Institutions for the year. The third

tranche for 2019, amounting $2,965.00, arrived in 2020 where Fourth tranche is still due.

CEP was well positioned to absorb a deficit for 2019; however, for 2021 and future years,

we will request that the funds we are granted more closely match our budgeted

expenditure. Continuing with the current level of grant will force us to cut back

significantly on the technical program currently offered by CEP. Refer to “General Trends

of Finances” graph on page 3. Please note that $1,230.00 grant was received by the

IMechE to organize SoFE event in 2019.

2. Sponsorships of $3737.68 are from business donors and IET, specifically for the Artificial

Intelligence Seminar. CEP also contributed $1500 to this effort. The CEP amount will

reflect on 2020 financial report. CEP will be using these funds in year 2020 to organized AI

seminar.

3. There was a significant increase in the attendance of the 2019 Annual General Meeting

dinner and CEP appreciation dinner, which resulted in a significant increase in ticket

sales.

4. The amount of Bank Interests earned are marginal due to overall low interests in the

money market. CEP’s interests are accrued from a Fixed Term deposit amounting to

$5,000 and interests from the Community Service Package account. Altogether they

totaled $63.01 in 2019.

5. Administrative costs of $1,395.99 slightly increased in 2019 compared to 2018 cost

of $1,311.89.

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6. The AGM and dinner costs were reduced in 2019 compared to 2018 resulting from

down-scaled catering and venue.

7. SOFE Event expenses to 3 judges and coordinator. Details can be found on the link

https://charteredengineerspacific.ca/images/meeting_minutes/Committee-Minutes-20190619.pdf

8. The cost of liability insurance in 2019 was $1,396; an increase is anticipated in future.

9. The 2019 costs associated for Technical/Business Meetings consisted of $8,196.49 towards

Committee Meetings and Technical Presentations.

10. CEP procured umbrellas at a total cost of $1,422.98. An umbrella is presented to CEP

event speakers, including participants of the PATW and SOFE events during 2019, as a

token of appreciation and promotion of CEP.

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General Trends of WCGCE Finances

The graph below shows the historical trend, recent trends and predicted trends of CEP’s finances

up to 2022.

Income. In 2008, income was $34,000 but dropped to $16,000 in 2011; however, in 2015 only

$9,000 was received. Between 2011 and 2018, the income line has swung wildly due to the

irregular arrival of Institution funds, being provided in sometimes one and sometimes up to

four tranches per year. In year 2018, we received five tranches total of $14,507 (Four for year

2018 and one for year 2017).

Expense. The expense line is trending downwards, although at a gentler gradient than

income as we proactively reduce costs. The spike in 2018 is due to cost of $1,500 to host

one-off seminar. In 2020, we have removed one-off seminar cost therefore no allocation for

seminar.

Banked Cash. In January 2019, WCGCE had starting balance of $27,053. Irregular arrival

of funding and an inability to borrow funds means that WCGCE should maintain

approximately $15,000 for it to be able to commit to event bookings across the year and

to operate prudently.

Prepared by:

Zeeshan Khan, B.Eng (Hons), MBA, CEM, MIET

WCGCE Honorary Treasurer.

Date: 02 February 2020

Future Forecast

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Members of Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Institution of Structural Engineers, and

Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers, located in British Columbia, Yukon, Washington State &Alaska.

2020 Annual General Meeting - APPENDIX E

Hon SECRETARY’s REPORT ON 2019 Membership Data Base

Membership breakdown at December 31, 2019, as provided by parent institutions:

AREA ICE IMECHE IET ISTRUCTE CIBSE(1) TOTAL(2)

BC n/a 114 183 142 27 670

YUKON n/a 1 1 1 0 3

WASHINGTON n/a 36 64 9 4 116

ALASKA n/a 3 1 0 1 5

TOTAL 2019 186 154 249 152 32 773

Total 2018 178(1) 150 263 151 32 720

Variation -> 2018 +8 +4 -14 +1 n/a +53

(1) 2017 statistics. (2) estimate based on 2017 and 2019 average statistics

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AGM2019 APPENDIX E

Correspondence and key activities of Group

a) London: Email correspondence was conducted regarding budget and money

tranche business through the International Member Development Coordinator on

behalf of all the institutions as managed by the office of IMechE.

b) Present Around the World (PATW) the event on May 11, 2019 at UBC was

coordinated by Dr. Suresh Vishwakarma (MIET) (Ex Officio Rep. IET) and attended by

a panel of three judges of the CEP’s executive committee members, Matthew

Walton-Knight, Douglas Yee and Prafulla Chavan with Ryan Going representing IET-

Americas. Read full report by Suresh on CEP website/Past Events.

c) Newsletter: The group published Volume 1 in October. The newsletter was edited

by Prafulla Chavan, Zeeshan Khan, Alan Wood and George De Ridder. Content

included an address by the chairman and summaries of most presentations of the

technical meetings and the AGM. The Newsletters was distributed to members

through the parent institutions and can be read on CEP website.

d) Website: The web site is under direction of the Hon Secretary with assistance from

contractor (Stephen Pienaar, Anno Internet Ltd) at a cost below $500 to manage

the day-to-day upkeep of the site. Distribution of event notices and newsletters was

delivered to members by email through the parent institutions in London-UK, while

the privacy protection laws in Europe and the UK, known as General Data

Protection Regulations (GDPR) remained in effect.

Two web domains are kept: www.wcgce.org and

www.charteredengineerspacific.ca

The following statistics reflects the functioning of the web facility:

Website visits: see AWStats reports for 2019 below. The number of visitors has

increased by about 32% since 2018 – from 15,117 to 20, 027 during the year.

‘Hits’ in the histogram is a misnomer because one page requires many hits

(pictures and scripts embedded in that page).

http://www.wcgce.org/

http://www.charteredengineerspacific.ca/

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No new features were introduced in 2019.

Minutes of CEP Meetings and event reports are uploaded continuously and are

accessible to CEP members on-line.

f) Communities Committee for the Americas (CC-A) – IET Representative

Dr. Suresh Vishwakarma attended a board meeting in Boston in

March 2019. He reported on activities of CEP. Zeeshan Khan (MIET) (Hon.

Treasurer of CEP) attend the IET-CCA Conference in Nov 2019 on invitation to

represent CEP.

g) CIBSE - The position for an Ex Officio representative on CEP Committee remained

vacant.

h) IMechE - The position for an Ex Officio representative on CEP Committee

remained vacant.

i) Engaging with Canadian Prairies Group of Chartered Engineers (CPGCE): The H.

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AGM2019 APPENDIX E

Secretary of CEP remained designated liaison person with the Prairies group.

Occasional contact was maintained. A shared project was Present Around the

World (PATW) international competition for engineering student and young

professionals. The CPGCE can be perused at www. https://cpgce.org/

Committee Meetings

The Committee convened formally seven times during 2019. Meetings were conducted with a

quorum in attendance and lead by the Chairman-elect Dr. Suresh Vishwakarma (MIET). An

Agenda and Previous Minutes were distributed in advance of meetings. The written Minutes

were tabled for review and acceptance at the following meeting. All approved Minutes are

archived and published on the website, and available on request from the H. Secretary.

The Annual General Meeting was held on February 20, 2019 attended by 14 members.

Technical Meetings

Seven Technical meetings and the AGM were presented, typically to follow the Committee

meetings on the same evening at 7 pm. Meetings were open to all members, guests and the

public. The Committee decided not to present speakers with an honorarium anymore.

Expense reports are available from the Treasurer.

David Woo (MIStructE) coordinated the technical meetings program with assistance from

Douglas Yee (MICE)and the H. Secretary.

See APPENDIX F for the schedule of the Events 2019.

Social Event

During July a subsidized Appreciation Dinner was held at a local restaurant for serving

Committee members and invited guests. Invited guests included CEP’s web contractor and

the immediate past financial auditor. 19 persons attended. Expense reports are available from

the Treasurer.

Insurance

A General Liability Commercial (Business) Insurance policy was contracted through Park

Insurance Vancouver. The annual premium increased by about 1% over 2019. More

information is available on request.

Promotional Items

The CEP display banner was updated with new logos of IStructE and IET. A tablecloth

displaying the CEP logo and those of parent institutions was acquired. Upgrade expense of

the banner and the tablecloth was funded 100% by IET.

Thirty new umbrellas displaying an imprint of the CEP logo was acquired at a

cost of $714. The umbrellas were presented as a token of appreciation to

speakers at CEP events, in lieu of money.

George de Ridder, C. Eng FIStructE, Hon. Secretary CEP-WCGCE.

https://cpgce.org/

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Members of Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Institution of Structural

Engineers, and Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers, located in British Columbia, Yukon, Washington State &Alaska.

2020 Annual General Meeting - APPENDIX F

REPORT ON TECHNICAL PROGRAM 2019

Technical Events – Presentations (schedule on p. 3)

True to the Group’s adopted mission: ‘Deliver inspirational engineering events and

networking opportunities’ the Committee presented thirteen events for members and

guests during 2019 attended by approximately 192 persons (recorded), including the

AGM in January. Students and young professional were noticed regularly among

attendees. Attendance is slightly down by 3.5% from 2018, following a consistent

downward trend.

Topics covered a diverse range of interesting international flavored subjects, including

maritime engineering in Canada, historic overview of gigantic engineering projects in

China , history of Jaguar cars and automotive mechanical engineering, industry-

focused engineering tuition at University of BC (Capstone Program), corporate social

responsibility, aero-space systems technology, rebuilding of war-destroyed electrical

infrastructure in Liberia and smart technology applied to managing of drinking water

distribution in parts of India.

The ICE-200, 12th Brunel International Lecture was presented on July 29, 2019 by Linda

Miller (OBE) C.Eng attended by eleven members. Event was organized by Graeme

Green (Rep ICE), (Vice-Chair CEP).

On the social side, two events were presented:

annual members dinner in January; to attract more participation

to this valuable event, the dinner was held on a separate date as the AGM, which

followed in February; while various members expressed appreciation for this

arrangement, the attendance did not improve, down from 22 to 18. The total

expense of the dinner and the AGM was however reduced meaningful. Guest

speaker at the dinner was Vice Admiral Richard Greenwood O.M.M., M.S.M., C.D.,

RCN Ret’d, P.Eng., CEng, FRINA, FSNAME speaking on his Career in Naval

Engineering. In all, the dinner event drew praise from all the attendees.

An Appreciation Dinner for serving members of the Committee and selected

guests who have been serving CEP voluntarily for years, was attended by 26 people

in July.

Attendance of events generally followed a downward trend; Average attendance in

2019 was 15 with a range of 11-22, down from 22 the previous year when the range was

12-35.

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The reduction is likely due to the indirect mailing through the parent institutions which

became mandatory in 2018; in the process some contacts on CEP data set were lost;

presumably, some members unsubscribed from email messaging now that the

unsubscribe facility is available. The matter was brought under attention of members in

the recent Newsletters.

Seminars and Competitions

The annual Present Around the World Competition (PATW) for students & young

professionals and funded by IET and CEP was conducted in May, organized and

coordinated by Dr. Suresh Vishwakarma (CEP chair). Judges Matthew Walton-Knight,

Douglas Yee and Prafulla Chavan of the CEP committee assessed four contestants for a

winner and a follow-up.

Summaries and graphic material of events are available on the CEP website

www.wcgce.org under Past Events, As well as in the NEWSLETTERs.

I wish to thank various committee members who liaised with invited event speakers to

make the technical program again successful in 2019;

David Woo (MIStructE) and Douglas Yee (MICE) coordinated all technical events

seamlessly as Program Coordinator and assisting coordinator. Thank-you David and

Douglas. Dr. Suresh Vishwakarma (MIET) (Chair CEP) organized and conducted the

PATW competition and recruited several speakers for the technical events.

Communication of Event Notices to Members

Parent institutions assumed responsibility to connect directly with members on behalf of

CEP, while adhering to the protection regulations (GDPR) of personal information.

Delivery times of event notices improved satisfactorily to reach our members well in

advance of event dates. CEP thank all the institutions for excellent cooperation.

Venues

Regular meetings were conducted at the meeting rooms at Accent Inns Burnaby at a

reasonable cost, providing convenient free parking and catering facilities. A review of

alternative meeting venues was completed by Douglas Yee (MICE), concluding that

the Accent Inns and catering facilities should be maintained for the time being, based

on cost, accessibility, parking and catering facilities.

Expenses

Technical meetings and Committee meetings cost the Group $1000 on average,

rooms, speaker honoraria and catering included. The AGM cost $715 (rounded), the

Members Dinner cost $2268 less $960 for ticket sales; the July Appreciation Dinner

subsidized fully to committee members cost $1,812 less 600 sales to guests.

By George de Ridder, C.Eng FIStructE, Hon Secretary CEP. 2019agm_appendixF_secretaryreport

http://www.wcgce.org/

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SCHEDULE OF CEP EVENTS 2019

Date Venue Event/Topic Presenter Attended

by

January 23,

Wednesday

Pier 7 Restaurant, North

Vancouver, BC

Annual Members Dinner;

Reflections on a Career in Naval

Engineering

Vice Admiral

Richard

Greenwood

18

February 20,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms, Burnaby

AGM CEP Executive

Council

14

March 20,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

China’s Engineers: from Li Bin (3rd

Century B.C.) to today

Diana Lary 15

April 17,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

The History of Jaguar Cars and the

Development of the V8 Engine for

the 21st Century

Malcolm

Clough

11

May 11,

Saturday

Room 2020 of the Fred

Kaiser Building, 2332

Main Mall, The

University of British

Columbia, Vancouver

Present Around the World

Competition (PATW) for students

& young professionals.

IET/CEP/

Dr. Suresh

Vishwakarma

8

May 15,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

Capstone design courses at UBC Dr. Paul Lusina,

P. Eng

11

May 25,

Saturday

Room 2020, Fred Kaiser

Building, 2332 Main

Mall, UBC, Vancouver.

Speak Out for Engineering

Vancouver - Local Heat

IMechE/CEP/

Dr. Suresh

Vishwakarma

10

June 19,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

Business Responsibility:

Risk and Opportunity

Christie

Stephenson

22

July 27,

Saturday

Annual Appreciation

Dinner (Committee)

Restaurant Dinner, Hart House

Burnaby.

Chair CEP 18

July 29,

Monday

1066 West Hastings Str

Vancouver

ICE: 12th Brunel International

Lecture: July 29th 2019

Linda Miller 11

September

18,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

Space Systems:

Trends, Opportunities and

Challenges, an overview

David

McQuiggan

21

October 23,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

Restarting Liberia’s Electricity

Sector

Paul Wilson 21

November

20,

Wednesday

Accent Inns Meeting

Rooms

Every drop count - Industry 4.0

(Smart Water Solutions of Future)

Prof. Dr.

Joyanta Kumar

Roy

12

Total Attendance 192

Dates in bold print represent Committee meetings at 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm; Technical

meeting followed Committee meetings commencing at 7 pm.

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