MEANT

Malayalee Engineers Association of North Texas
A Professional-Socio Organization
 
Jan,2012

 Vol: 7 Issue:7

Voice Of MEANT
 
Message From the Board

On behalf of all the board members, we wish you all A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2012. Hope the year 2012, fills your life with lot of happiness, good health and prosperity.

The end of 2011, brings us all to the end of our tenure as MEANT 2011 board members and we are getting ready to handover the responsibilities to the 2012 board members. 

We would like to take a moment to express our sincere thanks to all the MEANT members who supported us and helped us with successfully executing all the events, as we had committed at the beginning of our tenure. We hope you all enjoyed the 2011 MEANT events as much as we enjoyed bringing this to you. We appreciate our sponsors and supporters, for their relentless support, in bringing these events to you. We are thankful for every word of appreciation that was sent to us and that motivated us to do even better. 

As in our previous newsletter, we have the opportunity to welcome some new members to MEANT. On behalf of the board and the entire MEANT family, a very warm welcome to our new members and their families.

Also, please block your calendar for MEANT Annual Banquet at the Cascades Event Center, The Colony, on February 11th, 2012, from 6pm till 10pm.

If you have any comments ,concerns , suggestions or compliments :) , please drop an email to communications@meant.org . As always, we greatly appreciate your inputs and every effort to support us. 

I invite you to join us, as we do a re-cap of all the MEANT events that we had throughout year 2011.

Wishing you all the best and signing off...

Deepa Krishnankutty,
On behalf of MEANT BOD 2011.
Upcoming Events
 
Meant Annual Banquet
When: February 11,2011

Where: Cascade Event Center, The Colony
 
 
 
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Junior Science Club -Feb 27
 This was a hands-on workshop for kids over 7 years. More than 20 kids participated in this event. Participants had the opportunity to assemble and dissect the computers. Two groups were created to give everyone the opportunity to have hands-on experience to the different parts of the computer. It was a fun learning experience for all the participants.

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Entertainment Nite -Mar 12

The first entertainment nite was attended by over 80 people including kids. The event was marked by a cake cutting ceremony. Multiple talents were displayed including soft ball dribbling and violin play, in addition to melodious songs sung by MEANT members and families.

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Professional Networking Seminar -Mar 14

The joint Professional Networking Seminar by MEANT and IEEE was held on March 14th.The  Speaker of the evening was Victoria Downing, Founding Chair of The Kilby Foundation. The Topic of the seminar was: Creating the Next Generation of Engineers: From Nanotech to Biotech.

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NCETE ENVISION 2020 -Apr 2

The Second National conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering organized by MEANT and IEEE was a great success.  Envision 2020 had a full-day of technical conferences with technical sessions from 9 industry leaders in their fields. In the day long career fair, 3 of the career fair candidates were offered jobs on the spot and about 15 candidates were chosen for second round of interviews by the companies.  All the speakers and attendees praised the conference Committee members and MEANT and IEEE volunteers, for making the event a grand success.

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Picnic -Apr 30

Our 14th annual picnic at Frisco Commons Park on Saturday, April 30 was a grand success. We had 103 people attend the picnic, the largest attendance of all MEANT picnics, so far. MEANT sponsored the food for the picnic. Everybody enjoyed the authentic South Indian Breakfast, Kappa, Fish Curry, and the grilled hot dogs, and burgers, and Volleyball, Cricket, Tug-of-War, and Children's games.

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Entertainment Nite -May 21

The Second Entertainment Nite of 2011 was held on May 21st, a great participation of around 100 people. It was yet another entertaining evening for adults and kids alike.

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Kids Summer Bash -July 31

The Kids Summer Bash was held on July 31st at the Interskate Roller Skate Rink in Lewisville. More than 20 kids between the age of 3 to 15 participated in the event. It was a nice indoor activity for the kids, and kept them moving on the rollers, with music in the background.

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Entertainment Nite -Aug 6

This was yet another entertainment night with a great participation of around 100 people. The evening was enjoyable with melodious music  and sumptuous food.

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Junior Science Club -Sept 25

MEANT Junior Science Club organized a funfilled edu-tainment event for 2011 as a family outing at LegoLand Discovery Center in Grapevine Mills, where kids got to build their favorite lego toys, and got a photo opportunity with Starwars characters.

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Golf Outing -Oct 2
MEANT organized the Golf Outing to give a break to its hardworking members and families. The event was held at Sherrill Park Golf Course.

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Professional Networking Seminar -Oct 10

The topic of the seminar was Social Media and your Business/Career. The speaker of the seminar was Kevin Seely, Director of International Initiatives.

FallFest -Oct 22

The Annual MEANT Fest was held in St.Mary Malankara Orthodox Chruch. It was a fun filled evening, with lots of cultural programs - including dances performed by kids of different age group, dance by ladies, and magic show called Illusion 20/20. Check out www.meant.org for videos of these programs. MEANT members went over and beyond to contribute to the scholarship fund and we could collect enough money to sponsor students for their entire 4 years of BTech degree program. The scholarship drive was kick started with generous contribution from Dr.Priya and Dr.Radhakrishnan Nair.

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Camping -Nov 5/6

Over 125 people including MEANT members and their families participated in the annual camping at GrandPappy Marina and made it a great success.  The weather was extremely nice. We had lot of activities including campfire till early morning. There was a great variety of food and a lot of games to pump up the spirits.

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Math Olympiad -Nov 12

The 6th Annual Math Olympiad held at UT Dallas on Nov 12, 2011 was a huge success. We had a turnout of around 175 contestants from over 10 Independent School Districts for Scholarships totaling $3000. This was the biggest Math Olympiad done ever by MEANT as well as by any other organization in DFW in the past 10 years.

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Entertainment Nite -Dec 3

The last event of MEANT 2011 was the Entertainment Nite, where more than 125 people showed up. This was held at the President, Dr.Arun Kumar 's residence. It was an evening filled with music, entertainment and fun along with mouth watering food which ranged from varieties of Kerala breakfast to dinner.

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Welcome New Members

Shyam Vijayan

Abraham Mathew

Siby Mathew

Rajesh Mathew

Vijayan Nair

Satyajith Nair
 
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1. Reindeer like Bananas!
2. 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy.
 
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