In This Issue

Outgoing President's Message

Incoming President's Message

A Special Workshop

Meet Your Board

SWANA Asks You!

National Schedule
of Events 2008

Member Services

Employment Opportunities

Calendar

2007 - 2008 Upcoming Events

November 15, 2007
Forum Annual Conference
Double Tree Hotel
Ontario, CA

January 10, 2008
Southern California SWANA Chapter Workshop - Special Workshop Presented by HDR on Green House Gases, Climate Change, and the Carbon Footprint
Mission Inn
3649 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside, CA 92501

January 10
Annual SWANA Executive Seminar
New Orleans


February 4-9
SWANA Thinking Outside the Blue Box Conferences
Corpus Christi


March 4-7
Central California Sierra Chapter MOLO
Holiday Inn / Fresno Airport
5090 E. Clinton Way
Fresno, CA 93727
Tel. (877) 410-6667


March 10-13
Annual Landfill Gas Symposium
Houston, TX


April 7-10, 2008
Spring Training Center
Alexis Park Resort
Las Vegas, NV


April 24
Southern California SWANA Chapter Workshop
Place and Time TBA


June 9-14, 2008
13th Annual Landfill Symposium
& Planning and Management Conference
Wyndham Palm Springs
Palm Springs, CA


October 21-23, 2008 WASTECON 2008
Tampa Convention Center
Tampa, FL


SWANA 2007-2008 Board of Directors

President
Grace Chan
Sanitation Districts of
Los Angeles
1955 Workman Mill Rd.
Whittier, CA 90601
Tel. (562) 908-4288 ext. 2402

Vice President
Jim Kuhl
City of Long Beach
2929 E. Willow St.
Long Beach, CA 90806
Tel. (562) 570-2850

Secretary
Alex Helou
Department of Public Works
Bureau of Sanitation
1149 So. Broadway 8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Tel. (213) 485-3637

Treasurer
Art Cox
City of Long Beach
1601 San Francisco Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90813
Tel. (562) 570-2784

Past President
Susan Moulton
Waste Management
1970 E. 213th St.
Long Beach, CA 90810
Tel. (310) 522-6584

Chapter Director
John Gulledge
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles
1955 Workman Mill Rd.
Whittier, CA 90601
Tel. (562) 908-4288 ext. 2401

Public Director
Chuck Woolever
City of San Diego
8353 Miramar Place
San Diego, CA 92121
Tel. (858) 526-2355

Public Director
Mike Giancola
County of Orange
320 N. Flower St. Ste. 400
Santa Ana, CA 92703
Tel. (949) 551-7102

Corporate Director
Don Nama
Intec Video Systems, Inc.
23301 Vista Grande
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Tel. (949) 859-3800 ext. 4030

Corporate Director
Chris Burlew
Amrep
1555 S. Cucamonga Ave.
Ontario, CA 91761
Tel. (909) 917-3037

Corporate Director
Mark Alpers
CH2M Hill
1000 Wilshire Blvd. 21st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel. (213) 228-8280

Corporate Director
Laith Ezzet
HF&H Consultants
3990 Westerly Place #195
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Tel. (949) 251-8902

Association Management
Scott Ramey
SW Ramey Management Group
21520 Yorba Linda Blvd. Ste. G-428
Yorba Linda, CA 92887
Tel. (714) 866-9988

SoCal SWANA Association Office

Scott Ramey or Evelyn Russell
21520 Yorba Linda Blvd. Ste. G-428
Yorba Linda, CA 92887

Phone: (714) 866-9988
Fax: (714) 692-1041
info@socalswana.org

Outgoing President’s Message

By Susan Moulton, Waste Management

On September 13, 2007, members of the Founding Chapter conducted their Annual Meeting, and elected the slate of nominees recommended by the Nominating Committee. Grace Chan was elected president. (The rest of the new board is listed in the right hand column of this newsletter.) It will be my privilege to continue on the Board during the coming year as Past President. Please join me in congratulating these new Officers and wishing them well in the coming year. I thoroughly enjoyed my year as SWANA President. I got to know and to work closely with many more of you, and got to know more about the solid waste landscape in Southern California. I know that Grace will do a great job bringing enthusiasm and new ideas to our board. I look forward to seeing you all at our first event under Grace’s aegis, the important special workshop on Green House Gases, Climate Change, and the Carbon Footprint, to be offered in January (see below).

Best wishes,

Susan Moulton

Incoming President's Message

Grace Chan, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

As the new SWANA year begins, I would like to take this opportunity to let you know that I am pleased to be serving as your new president and welcome any feedback or suggestions you have for the chapter. I think I speak for all of the board members in saying that we appreciate your ideas and participation because it helps us better serve the chapter. You can reach me at (562) 699-7411, extension 2402 or via e-mail.

I first want to take the opportunity to thank Susan Moulton, outgoing president, and the other Board members for the great year we have just completed. It was a true pleasure working with all of you.

This year will provide many chances for involvement since we will have our usual workshops as well a couple of important future events for which we will need to begin planning. Please take a look at the meeting schedule elsewhere in this newsletter and make a note of the chapter workshop dates. In addition, we are looking ahead to 2009, when the Southern California Founding Chapter will host the Western Regional Symposium in Palm Springs as well as WASTECON 2009 in Long Beach. It may seem early to be discussing these events but time will really fly and we need everyone’s ideas on how to make the events successful!

Here in California we are dealing with an increasing number of challenging waste management issues including climate control, landfill closure/post-closure requirements, and the future of AB 939. Your chapter is a network of solid waste folks who can be very helpful in sorting out these issues - just give us a call! I look forward to seeing you at our events!

Best wishes,

Grace Chan

A Special Workshop Presented by HDR

Green House Gases, Climate Change, and the Carbon Footprint

What is your personal carbon footprint and can you reduce it? How can our industry reduce its carbon footprint? What does it all mean?

How the solid waste industry is changing its operating practices to minimize its carbon footprint.

January 10, 2008
10:00am - 1:30pm
Mission Inn Hotel and Spa
3649 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside, CA 92501
(951) 784-0300

Cost: Members: $50.00 / Non-Members $60.00

Don't miss this topical and important workshop!
Download a registration form today.


Meet Your Board

This Issue: Grace Chan, President

How did you end up in solid waste?
When I got out of college and was looking for a job, my professor recommended the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. He thought they had a good, comprehensive program in the solid waste management and wastewater management fields that included research, design, construction management, and operations. I applied, was accepted, and was assigned to the Solid Waste Management Department where I have spent 22 out of the 24 years I have been with the Sanitation Districts.

What do your friends think about your profession? They think it’s unusual and glamorous. It is the former, not so much the latter.

Do you have any advice for those interested in the solid waste management field?
While there are many exciting things going on in the private sector, I would advise someone to consider working in the public sector. Public service in the municipal arena is very satisfying and we are going to need lots of bright, motivated folks to face the challenges of the future.




SWANA Asks You!

This is a new feature of the newsletter which we hope you’ll enjoy.

Responses from a recent informal survey to the following question:

What do you think is the biggest challenge faced by solid waste managers?