Welcome to the 2008-2009 year!

Before we begin our new season, I would to thank last year's board members, and in particular, last year's President – Lorena Moschetta, for the great job done last year and for all their continued support this year. The LIB officers and I would like to thank everyone who has helped support our branch last year especially those who sponsored the Golf Outing, the December Transportation Luncheon, and May Awards Dinner. The donations from those sponsorships help the LIB continue to hold events for the civil engineering communities.

The new LIB officers have already begun to plan a great program for the 2008-2009 year. Our focus is to continue to offer technical seminars that not only provide Professional Development Hours (PDH) for Professional Engineers to continue their licensure, but we hope that the topics will be both interesting and informative. We will have speakers that will present topics that are focus on local issues and project that are important to Civil Engineers. If there are any particular topics you would like to see or to present please contact any of the Board Members.

Some of the planned events we have for this year include:

• September 16th - Joint Session with the Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE)
• October 2nd - The Sixth Annual Golf Classic will be held again at Harbor Links in Port Washington
• December 5th - Transportation Luncheon at the Huntington Hilton
• The Annual May Awards & Dinner Dance at Westbury Manor

For more information on these events and our monthly meetings, see the calendar on the right side of this page or contact any of the LIB officers. Also, if you want to receive information by email on our seminars and other events, and all other ACSE Met Section events, please subscribe to the Met Section listserv.

In addition, please keep an eye out for nominations for our Annual Awards and Dinner Dance. It is important to recognize and celebrate our peers by honoring those who have excelled and have contributed significantly to our profession.

Finally, I want to add that I am honored to represent ASCE in Long Island and with my fellow Board Members; we will continue to bring the quality and professionalism that our past Board have provided you.

Thank you again for your support and we look forward to having another successful year.

Sincerely,

Alan P. Marchan, P.E.
American Society of Civil Engineers - Long Island Branch
President