Illinois Water Environment Association
NEWSLETTER
Volume 27, No. 3- Fall 2006 page 2

President's Forum

Lou Kollias
IWEA President

I just got back from WEFTEC which returned to Dallas after a 10 year absence and the turnout was good. Over 17,000 attendees came to "Big D". Once again, the CSWEA/IWEA Reception on Sunday night was a wonderful affair and well attended. Thanks go out to Scott Trotter of Central States for organizing a great event.

Along with attending the Technical Sessions, I had the opportunity to attend several WEF sponsored meetings. On Monday I attended the workshop meeting on a proposed Utility Membership category within WEF. WEF is very interested in developing such a category to bring in new members. It would mirror the Utility category in AWWA. I also attended the Leadership Day Workshop which was attended by MA leaders from across the country. Topics include Getting Young Professionals Involved, Mission Friendly Revenue Generation, and Financial Policies that Work. They were all very informative sessions and IWEA will look into implementing some of the useful aspects.

Next year WEFTEC will be in San Diego, and the CSWEA and IWEA Local Arrangements Committee will be manning a booth to promote WEFTEC '08 in Chicago.

An IWEA Local Arrangements Committee is being formed to help organize all the activities associated with WEFTEC. Brian Perkovich is the Committee co-chair and is looking for volunteers. You can contact him at 773/ 256-3509 or brian.perkovich@mwrd.org.

Speaking of committees, the Nominating Committee, comprised of Larry Ziemba, Greg Cargill, and Brian Perkovich, have come up with two excellent candidates for Second Vice President and Director '10. Dennis Priewe, our current Treasurer, has been nominated for Second Vice President and Ted Denning, our Membership Chair, has been nominated for Director '10. Ted has been Membership Chair since 1998 and will be passing his Chair position to Raj Ojha, his Vice Chair, but we need a replacement for Dennis. Dennis has been Treasurer since January 2002 when the position was created, and will be stepping down in June 2007. If you would be interested in serving IWEA as Treasurer please contact me by phone or E-mail.

IWEA can always use volunteers on our Committees. Please consider joining one you're interested in. Not only do you get to network with your wastewater cohorts, but you'll have some fun along the way. I can't tell you the number of new friends and contacts I have made during my time in IWEA. Two Committees that could use some volunteers are the Newsletter Committee and the Public Education & Student Affairs Committee. Please contact me if you are interested.

By the time you read this edition of the Clarifier, our Collection Systems Committee will have held their Annual Seminar and Exhibit on November 2 at the Hyatt Lisle. The Committee had assembled a great group of speakers, and it was surely a great success.

IWEA Executive Committee 2006-2007
Lou Kollias President MWRDGC 100 East Erie St. Chicago, IL 60611 312/751-5190 312/751-5194 Fax louis.kollias@mwrd.org	Amanda Withers Second Vice-President Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, inc. 2750 W. Washington Street Springfield, IL 62702 217/787-8050 217/787-4183 Fax awithers@cmtengr.com	Rich Helm Director 2007 Farnsworth Group 7707 North Knoxville Suite 200 Peoria, IL 61614 309/689-9888 309/689-9820 Fax rhelm@f-w.com	Front page article by: Rich Helm, Director '07 and Chuck Corley, Director '08
John Lamb President-Elect City of St. Charles 2 E. Main Street St. Charles, IL 60174-1984 630/377-4465 630/443-9582 Fax jlamb@ci-st-charles.il.us	Mary Johnson Secretary Rock River Water Reclamation Dist. P.O. Box 7480 Rockford, IL 61126-7480 815/387-7523 815/387-7526 Fax mjohnson@rrwrd.dst.il.us	Charles Corley Director 2008 Illinois EPA 4302 North Main Street Rockford, IL† 61103 815/987-7760 815/987-7005 Fax charles.corley@epa.state.il.us
Kathy Cooper First Vice-President Rochelle Municipal Utilities P.O. Box 456 Rochelle, IL 61068 815/561-2065 815/562-5475 Fax kcooper@rmu.net	Dennis Priewe Treasurer Rock River Water Reclamation Dist. P.O. Box 7480 Rockford, IL 61126-7480 815/387-7634 815/387-7538 Fax dpriewe@rrwrd.dst.il.us	Larry Ziemba Past President 90 Sandy Point Goreville, IL 62939 618/995-2790 larryziemba@hughes.net	Recycle!