University of Wisconsin – Madison Branch Meetings Summary
Summaries are highlights of the meeting
Total Meetings: 7
Date | Business Meeting Summary | Special Program/Speaker Summary |
September 14th, 2016 | Discussed membership dues, discussed member apparel. | Welcome back to school meeting, department introduction, professor introductions |
October 12th, 2016 | Discussed upcoming corn maize social event, asked for members to join the 1/4 Scale Tractor Team. | |
November 16th, 2016 | Discussed how well the LMC went and thanked everyone who helped out. Introduced a new Fountain Wars team has formed and asked for interested members. | |
December 7th, 2016 | Discussed Engineering Expo registration. Introduced the new officer team. Explained the results and profits of our LMC | |
February 8th, 2017 | Discussed upcoming MRR and upcoming February Ice Skating social. Introduced Dr. Reinemann as our new adviser. | Shayne Havlovitz from Seneca Foods talked about what it is like working in industry and shared his story of becoming a professional after going through UW as a student. |
March 8th, 2017 | Discussed upcoming ASABE Wisconsin section meeting and the annual ASABE Brewer Game April social. | The owner and a few of his employees from Hydro-Thermal gave an interactive presentation about their company. |
April 12th, 2017 | Discussed the results of the WI Section Meeting and upcoming Brewer’s game club outing. Also discussed end-of-year ASABE cookout. | Dr. Brian Luck discussed his trip to Europe where he visited a large Agriculture show. |
Acronyms:
AEM = Association of Equipment Manufactures
ASABE = American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
BSE = Biological Systems Engineering
CALS = College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
LMC or L.M.C. = Lawn Mower Clinic
MRR = Midwest Regional Rally
UW-Madison = University of Wisconsin-Madison