President's Message
Welcome to the SAME Orange County Post website! As we launch into 2010, I am honored to have been elected to serve a second term as your Post President. I feel fortunate that we continue to have a healthy Post that experienced great success in 2009. Our meeting attendance skyrocketed with our monthly meetings averaging more than double than in past years. Our joint meeting with the San Diego Post at Camp Pendleton in June had over 600 attendees and was a complete sell-out. This was more than triple the attendees from the previous year. Other notable events included our joint meeting with the Society for Marketing Professional Services in August, our golf tournament in September, and our flagship event of the year – the Business Opportunities Symposium in November. More importantly, we gave over $50,000 to scholarship recipients and military charities during the year. I am proud to be part of an engineering organization that is impacting lives in more ways than just building roads and bridges! None of this could have been possible without the strong support and involvement of the Board of Directors and our Post membership. Thank you!
As I look forward to 2010, we will build on the accomplishments of the past year to help make it the best ever. We will continue to hold quality monthly meetings affording you networking opportunities with decision-makers in the federal market sector. We are looking forward to having another premiere joint-event with the San Diego Post at Camp Pendleton and other joint events with organizations such as CMAA and SMPS. We will continue to support the next generation of engineers with a larger scholarship program, increase our support of military and other charities, and expand into supporting disabled veterans through our annual golf tournament. In addition, we are planning to establish a Student Chapter at UC Irvine to facilitate mentoring opportunities with our local young engineers. And, as always, we will finish the year with another great symposium! I encourage you to join us for another great year in SAME Orange County!
In spite of the current economic situation, I believe that our Post is well-positioned to help our industry remain informed about available business opportunities. I am looking forward to working with this year’s Board of Directors, Post membership, and industry representatives to help continue to make this Post one of the premiere industry organizations in our area!
Sincerely,
Jeff Davis
Post President
SAME Orange County
