I hope everyone had an excellent Thanksgiving holiday and are now getting ready for the Christmas season! We have a lot to be Thankful for here at ACEC OKLAHOMA. Our outstanding Board and General Membership Meetings on November 9th with Speaker McCall sharing his insight after the election results and topics for the upcoming legislative session was very well received. We are now organizing our Legislative Committee which will provide insight and help review proposed bills and resolutions. If you have any interest in serving on the Legislative Committee please contact me at mike.thompson@acecok.org.

Election Information: November 16th was the swearing in day for the House and Senate which was also when Oklahoma became the 46th State of the union 115 years ago.

Our local submission cost is $250 for members and $550 for non-members. This is payable to ACEC OKLAHOMA and we will invoice your company upon receipt of the entry.

Event Information:

For over 20 years, sending key staff through PSMJ's A/E/C Project Management Bootcamp has been standard practice for engineering firms committed to superior financial results, ecstatic clients, and a winning culture. Smart executives know their most valuable contributors will return with new confidence and new skills to deliver eye-popping profit and project performance. Now ACEC Oklahoma has partnered with PSMJ to bring this breakthrough event to Tulsa, Williams Center Tower 1. You can read more about the bootcamp here.

Where: Williams Center Tower 1. One West 3rd St, First Floor St. Francis Room, Tulsa OK 74103

Register: You can register for the event here.

The early bird registration deadline is Dec 23 ($1,595 Member / $1,695 Non-Member)

The Oklahoma Engineering Foundation Annual Campaign has begun. When you give to OEF you support the work of MATHCOUNTS Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Engineering Fair and the Oklahoma Engineering College Scholarship. If you give $25 or more, you will receive an OEF sticker designed to affix to your car, laptop, or water bottle, etc. For more information visit https://oef.org/give.

MATHCOUNTS Oklahoma needs proctors and graders for the upcoming Oklahoma MATHCOUNTS season. Competitions are scheduled throughout the state January 28, February 4, February 11, February 17, and February 25. The state competition is March 4. For more information visit https://oef.org/mathcounts-oklahoma/.

The Oklahoma Engineering Fair is scheduled for February 23. Sponsorships are available. Please contact Jennifer McCollum, Executive Director, for more information at (405) 528-1435 or jennifer@oef.org. 

With only a few weeks left in our fiscal year, we are $4,700 away from our federal PAC goal. Our national PAC was instrumental in helping us host Senators Lankford, Mullin and many others who support our industry. You can access and give to the pac here.