Highlights of the April Board of Governors Meeting

Highlights of the April hauptplatine of Governors Meeting Highlights of the April Board of Governors Meeting The members of the 2012-2013 ASME Board of Governors (BOG) convened at ASME Headquarters in New York earlier this month for the fifth BOG meeting of the fiscal year. The meeting, which was held April 18 and 19, consisted of a number of activities, including A discussion, led by Michael Michaud, managing director, ASME global alliances, on various possibilities for expanding the Societys footprint - in terms of members and training opportunities - within Latin America.An update from ASME.org staff members on the approaching launch of Phase 2 of the ASME website. A four-week private preview period for invited beta testers was scheduled to begin the week of April 22, with an official public rollout of the site slated to take place in late May.An update by ASME President Marc Goldsmith and Executive Director Thomas Loughlin on the Societys Pathway 2025, a framework for creating an expanding, vital and re-energized ASME for the 21st century. A presentation by Antony Bugg-Levine, chief executive officer of the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Bugg-Levines discussion provided an overview of the field of impact investing - an increasingly popular strategy in which companies and organizations invest funds with the intention of generating measurable social and environmental impacts in addition to financial returns.The approval of targets for the next three-year budget cycle.The endorsement of a set of cross-Sector initiatives from the Sector Management Committee (SMC). The six areas of potential growth, as identified during an SMC Workshop in January, are new pipeline collaborations student/early career engineer retention advanced manufacturing a new nuclear safety construct a series of mini-talks covering topics of relevance to early career engineers and branded personnel credentialing.An update on the progress of the Knowledge and Community reorganization.Updates were made to the society policies on annual reports and staff employment guidelines and a new Society policy on the conduct of international business was approved.During the meeting, the BOG approved the appointment of Past President Victoria Rockwell and former BOG member Robert Pangborn as members of the Committee on Finance and Investment. Their terms will run from July 2013 through June 2016. The following six appointments/reappointments within the Council on Standards and Certification were also approved at the meeting Sam Korellis, vice chair, Strategic Initiatives, June 2013-June 2014 Richard Black member-at-large, July 2013-June 2014 David Douin, member-at-large, July 2013-June 2016 Laurent Fabry, member-at-large, June 2013-June 2016 Dongil Kwon, member-at-large, July 2013-June 2016 and Philippe Malouines, member-at-large, July 2013-June 2016.In addition, Joe Fowler was also approved as the ASME representative to the Offshore Technology Conference Board of Directors for a term lasting from July 2013 through June 2017.The morning of April 18, Board members took part in a Communications Boot Camp, which provided them with a professional overview on presentation skills, public speaking and media relations. Organized by ASMEs Public Information Department and led by communications firm Kellen Communications, the interactive Boot Camp offered Board members instruction on the value of consistent messaging related to the mission, vision and strategic priorities of the Society, and included a review of ASME Policy 15.1 on Public Affairs and Public Statements.That evening, following the first half of the BOG meeting program, members of the Board and their guests, including members of the Committee of Past Presidents, attended a reception that featured a ribbon cutting, refreshments and staff-guided tours of ASMEs new headquarters at Two Park Avenue. ASMEs move from its former location at Three Park Avenue was completed in January, enabling the Society to work in w ays that are more efficient, collaborative and technically advanced.The next Board of Governors meeting will be held on June 23rd at the Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.