Oregon Society of Automotive Engineers Connecting Rod Newsletter May 2009 Governing Board Meeting When: May 19th; 4:30pm Where: Room 1J; Daimler Trucks Corporate Building, 4747 N Channel Ave, Portland OR Special Event What: Baja SAE Oregon 2009 Design Competition and Endurance Event When: May 8-10, 2009 Where: Expo Center (Portland) & Washougal MX Park (SW Washington) Why: To support university engineering education Contact: Ryan Dillon, Volunteer Coordinator, at Ryan.Dillon@xxxxxxxxxx if you can volunteer or see http://bajasaeoregon.com for more information. Morning Webcast What: Keys to the Electric Car Future: Batteries, Drivetrain & Infrastructure When: Thursday May 7th from 8:30 am to 10:30 am Where: Daimler Trucks North America (Freightliner) Corporate Conference Center Willamette West Room 4555 N. Channel Ave, Portland OR. News/Announcements The Baja SAE Collegiate Design Competition and Endurance Event is almost here! Come support the engineering students by volunteering for the event or just come to cheer them on! The event is May 8-10. See the next page for more information. If you can volunteer, especially for day 3, contact Ryan Dillon, Volunteer Coordinator at Ryan.Dillon@xxxxxxxxxxx Oregon Trail Rally Needs Volunteers The Oregon Trail Rally is May 15-17th, near Portland, Oregon. Volunteers are needed to make the rally happen. We need people to road marshal, staff controls, operate HAM radios, and direct traffic. No special skills are needed and all volunteers receive a T-Shirt, goody bag, and entry to the awards banquet with dinner. In addition, we will be holding a raffle for some bigger, nicer items at the banquet. Volunteers can work the whole weekend, or just one day. It is fun and rewarding- Volunteers usually have the best viewing spot in the rally, or get to interact directly with the drivers and co-drivers, including Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Dave Mirra, and Tanner Foust. The rally is based at Portland International Raceway on Friday night, May 15th, and then moves into the forest near Hood River, Oregon for Saturday and Sunday. For more information, please visit http://www.oregontrailrally.com/volunteers.html or email Rebecca Ruston at volunteers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx See the attached newsletter for more information: -- **** To Unsubscribe to the Oregon SAE Newsletter "The Connecting Rod" send email reply to ross.nelson@xxxxxxxxxxx or unsubscribe at //www.freelists.org/list/osaeconrod **** If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your cooperation.