Hello Dear Friends!
Our ’24-’25 meeting year is our 77th!! While this milestone is certainly noteworthy and should be celebrated, it also imposes a challenge and responsibility on the Group to keep it vibrant, relevant, and successful. It is well known that, post-pandemic, many professional groups have struggled to maintain membership, meeting attendance, and a full meeting schedule. IWWSG has faced these headwinds during the past three years, and, while we hope to (and need to!!) grow the Group, I am pleased to report that IWWSG is strong today!
Members: IWWSG needs you and would be unable to continue to provide our slate of programming (speakers, networking opportunities, tours, great venues) and educational offerings without the continued support of our members. To all the industrial companies, individuals, consultants, law firms, agencies, service companies & others that contribute to the success of IWWSG, we very much appreciate you!
Volunteers: IWWSG is fueled by our many tremendous volunteers who annually contribute invaluable hours to support the Group. I am grateful to you for the work we do together, for the success we have accomplished, and for the future we are building.
We had a very successful February Joint Pretreatment Meeting at Grill 89 in Westmont with IWEA! An excellent panel of pretreatment coordinators, contract laboratories and consultants facilitated a group discussion on timely and important pretreatment and regulatory topics. (See photo recap below, courtesy of photographer Ted Denning.)
The April 16 membership meeting IWWSG will welcome Nancy Tuchman, PhD, the Dean of the School of Environmental Sustainability (SES) at Loyola University Chicago, as presenter. The meeting will be held at Pompei Restaurant, 1531 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607. (See below for details.)
At our April 16 membership meeting, the 28th recipient of the E. Ted Erickson “Distinguished Environmental Professional” Award will be announced!! (See below for details.) The IWWSG Steering Committee candidates for 2025-2026 will also be revealed!
Even if you haven’t participated recently, we invite you to join us and be a part of our Group! We appreciate your paid memberships, attendance at meetings/events, and other support. Thank you!!
I look forward to seeing you on April 16th!
