Illinois Water Environment Association
NEWSLETTER
Volume 23, No. 2 - Summer 2002 page 2


.. from the Top


Chuck Corley
IWEA President

Whuzzup?

I’ll pose a question used by many fans of certain beer commercials but well meant here to introduce my brief report of the current condition of IWEA. So, as it relates to IWEA, this is Whuzzup.

Last time you heard from me the Executive Committee was about to meet and consider long-range planning. We did and we have. A session was held in Chicago on May 17th. Most issues had received airtime at other sessions but with little conclusion drawn. Some deciding was done at this meeting, by contrast.

For the foreseeable future, the Annual Conference will be held in Rockford at the Clock Tower Inn and Resort. The exception to this will be the 2006 conference, which will be held “further downstate” when a suitable location is found. Suitability includes access to most members, sufficient exhibit space and potential to attract members who might not be regular participants. Want to be a part of the site selection? Let me know, cause we have a job for you. The website will remain free of advertising and unrelated links that have no direct bearing on IWEA. If you have not visited our new and improved www.IWEASite.org, do so soon. A new link, however, will be added: The WEF Job Bank. This Job Bank is a WEF Member’s only area. You will login using your 7- digit WEF Member ID number. Your ID number can also be found on the address label of most mail sent by WEF. This jobs bank site has benefit to and applicability for IWEA and its members.

Membership is an ongoing concern. Increasing as well as holding our own are equally at issue. The Member Recruitment Committee has been asked to look at the idea of membership in the IWEA without a joint membership in WEF. Some MA’s already have a similar system and we should at least take a look at it. Coincidental with this is the pursuit of at least one student chapter in the next year with an eye towards more in succeeding years.

An information and registration brochure is in development spurred on by First Vice President Drake. It is hoped that thousands of these will be printed and available for you to spread our message and to distribute at every event we participate in for information and recruitment.

Some well-mannered discussions of possible solutions for the Central States WEA and Illinois WEA franchise were held and will, no doubt, continue.

Your input is as important to the IWEA and these decisions as the Executive Committee’s. Contact any officer or me to make your voice heard.



IWEA Executive Committee 2002-2003
Charles Corley
President
Illinois EPA
1840 Charlotte Dr.
Rockford, IL 61108
815/987-7760
815/987-7005 Fax
 Larry Ziemba
Second Vice President
Illinois EPA
2309 W. Main Street, Suite 116
Marion, IL 62959
618/ 993-7200
618/ 997-1281 Fax
 Greg Brunst
Director 2002
Village of Addison
Dept. of Environmental Services
711 N. Addison St.
Addison, IL 60101-2666
630/279-2140
630/279-0654 Fax
 Bill Munch
Past President
MWRDGC North Side Plant
3500 W. Howard Street
Skokie, IL 60076-4078
847/568-8311
312/894-2046 Fax
Mary Johnson
President-Elect
Rock River Water Reclamation Dist.
3333 Kishwaukee St.
P.O. Box 7480
Rockford, IL 61126-7480
815/387-7523
815/387-7526 Fax
 Herbert Anderson, Jr.
Secretary
Illinois WEA
P.O. Box 337
West Chicago, IL 60186-0337
630/293-2261
630/293-3577 Fax
George Stevens
Director 2004
City of Moline
1132 22nd Street
Moline, IL 61265
309/797-5945
 Front page article
by Greg Cargill,
Co-Host LAC
John Drake
First Vice President
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly
2750 W. Washington Street
Springfield, IL 62702
217/787-8050
217/787-4183 Fax
 Dennis Priewe
Treasurer
Rock River Water Reclamation Dist.
P.O. Box 7480
Rockford, IL 61126-7480
815/387-7634
815/387-7538 Fax
 Toby Duckett
Director 2005-Elect
Energy Associates, Inc.
245 W. Roosevelt Road
Bldg. 8, Unit 52
West Chicago, IL 60185
630/293-7251
630/293-0175 Fax
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Illinois Water Environment Association is a Member Association of the Water Environment Federation dedicated to improving Illinois' surface, sub-surface and atmospheric water. The ILLINOIS CLARIFIER is a quarterly publication of IWEA providing pertinent information by, for and about IWEA Members. The opinions contained herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the IWEA or the Illinois Clarifier committee. Copy deadlines for the CLARIFIER are the 15th day of January, April, July and October. Comments and inquiries should be directed to: Illinois Clarifier, Eliana Brown, Editor, IEPA, 2125 S. First St., Champaign, IL 61820; phone 217/278-5800; e-mail: ILClarifier@Juno.com; website: http://iweasite.org. Printed on recycled paper. Share with a friend and prospective member, then recycle.
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