2010 – THE YEAR OF THE ENGINEER - 2010
To: Members and friends of AEA
Subject: Support for our Engineering Profession
Date: November 30, 2009
To enhance our Profession we have to look at and plan for 2010. We must take control of our Engineering Profession,
and we can no longer leave this in the hands of others.
When viewing our American Engineering Association it is obvious, we need to increase membership. We must maintain a
positive approach and keep AEA in our daily thoughts and activities. We are invisible and being invisible, we cannot
increase membership. Success comes with visibility and increased membership.
Reach out to others and spread the word about AEA in every way you can. We still need a staff and office in the
vicinity of Washington, D.C. We need AEA Engineers to visit our Congressional representatives in Washington and
at home. We need to take control of our Profession. These are a few of our goals for 2010.
Our membership potential is easily 200,000 and more. Being a multi discipline engineering organization we should
easily surpass the other academic driven engineering societies. To get there we must all pitch in and recruit,
at least one new member. AEA needs your help and the help of the entire Engineering Community to reach influential
numbers. Let’s all give it a shot. Make 2010 our year.
CONFIDENTIALLY; AEA membership is totally confidential. We are funded by membership dues and do not distribute,
sell or disclose membership information to any other party under any circumstance.
In the promotion of AEA the following information should be helpful.
Please post and distribute this single page introduction to your associates.
http://www.aea.org/aeaGlancePrint.pdf
The following details the AEA Membership Grades and Requirements:
http://www.aea.org/membership.htm
First, one must be a citizen of the United States of America to qualify for membership in the American
Engineering Association.
Our Membership application is available at http://www.aea.org/mailinapplication.doc
Annual dues for 2010 are $30. Fees are reduced to $20 for unemployed and retired Members.
Please Renew
as soon as possible
We need your support. Please use the information provided and act today.
Engineers need qualified support. I doubt you will find it anywhere else.
Let 2010 be our year, the Year of the Engineer.
Yours,
Richard F. Tax
President
rtax@aea.org
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The AEA - A Voice For Engineers
The American Engineering Association Inc. (AEA) is dedicated to the enhancement
of the engineering profession and U.S. Engineering Capabilities. AEA is a
strong advocate for providing opportunities for US engineers and is involved in
issues of utilization, skill enhancement, salaries, unpaid overtime, loss of
jobs, layoffs, and many others that affect the lives and professional welfare of
our engineers. For membership information see;
http://www.aea.org/membership.htm
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AEA Needs Engineers
We are making a determined effort to oppose legislation that will increase the number of imported engineers,
programmers, information technologists and high tech workers. To do this we need your help.
Legislation, increasing the number of imported engineers and high tech workers, discriminates against all
members of the American Engineering community, deprives us of job opportunities and reduces salaries for
American professionals.
It makes no difference whether one has resided in the U.S. for 40 years or 40 minutes. One new imported
professional will replace one US professional and 200,000 imported workers will replace 200,000 US workers.
This legislation affects us all. Sooner of later everyone will be affected. Importing foreign workers
affects us by depressing labor pay rates and deprives us of skill enhancement opportunities.
Discarding senior and mid career engineers and professionals, cultured by years of experience, and replacing
them with cheap foreign workers is detrimental to the profession and U.S. Engineering capabilities.
To win this fight we need the support of members of the American Engineering Community. We invite engineers,
programmers and all high tech workers to join our fight. You can help your profession and job situation by
joining and supporting our efforts.
See our Position about Employing American Professionals and our Opposition to Importing Foreign Workers.
http://www.aea.org/pdf/AEA_POSITION_Workforce.
Remember! Join AEA today and send our Position to your Representatives. Let them know we represent your interests.
HELP WANTED
AEA needs volunteers to fill Board positions.
Minimum 10 years of engineering industry experience will be helpful. Previous experience as Leader Members in
other organizations will also be an asset.
Members from all Engineering Disciplines will be considered.
Open Positions
Chapter Officers – needed for locations at major industrial areas. Organize monthly meetings, usually
held in a local Public Library. This provides an opportunity to interface with many engineers to Network,
build Membership and support AEA goals
ENGINEERS NEEDED
AEA needs 100,000 Nation wide Members to be able to fund and support an office in the vicinity of Washington DC.
The office and staff will maintain AEA records and support lobbying efforts to enhance the Engineering profession
and U.S. Engineering capabilities.
Focus has to be on Engineering employment, opportunities and a future for our members.
Our opposition to the use of and importing foreign workers is
http://www.aea.org/pdf/AEA_POSITION_Workforce.pdf
We need this to make things happen. Everyone can help.
To join and become a Member see http://www.aea.org/membership.htm.
Post and circulate the following.
http://www.aea.org/aeaGlancePrint.pdf
Reply to AEA@aea.org
A New Beginning for AEA
Everyone has heard how the American Medical Association (AMA) serves the medical
profession and doctors, supporting them and providing information to the public.
Now, consider how we can build the American Engineering Association (AEA) into
such a prestigious group for Engineers. Briefly, an AMA for Engineers. This is
something we truly need to continue to ensure that American engineers are the
best, most qualified and experienced engineers in the world today. To this end
we plan to make some changes – thus, “A New Beginning.”
To standardize and simplify our records: AEA dues/fees will be payable based on the
calendar year, and no longer as a subscription beginning with the date you join
and ending a year later. The current dues payment will cover the present
through Dec. 31, 2008.
Next, to build AEA into a formidable Engineering organization capable of dealing with the
professional concerns of our members and those of the Engineering community, we
will be improving AEA’s organizational structure. By this we mean to recruit
AEA Section representatives, set up AEA Sections around the country, hold local
meetings, and enlist AEA Directors to represent each of the major Engineering
disciplines. These Directors should address the specific professional concerns
and issues related to their discipline along with issues and concerns relating
to all engineering fields. Thus uniting the entire profession.
Until
now, engineers have been divided by discipline and even sex. That’s over! With
AEA we find unity.1.
Finally,
my goal has always been to ”Enhance the Engineering Profession and U.S.
Engineering Capabilities.” This means not only uniting engineers from all
disciplines and addressing their important needs to insure a full and successful
lifetime career, but also taking these needs, along with solutions, directly to
our Representatives in Washington. This will require a staff and office in the
Washington D.C. area, plus representation on the Hill.
All of these goals depend upon YOU, the members of the Engineering community. With
your support and desire to enhance our profession I know we will succeed.2.
Please,
join us in our quest for a better profession.
Sincerely,
Richard F. Tax
President
1. A glance at
AEA http://www.aea.org/aeaGlancePrint.pdf
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