ESSCO Thunder Bay

I volunteered for a VP Financial Position with Engineering Student Societies Council of Ontario, or ESSCO. I was up in Thunder Bay for our ESSCO President's Meeting. It is where all of the presidents and VP External Relations from all Engineering School's in Ontario come to meet and discuss ideas that will shape ESSCO to be a better organization.

The pictures are of our executive: Our Old Skool Cool team. We call ourselves this because we are all graduating this year. So, that makes us old, in terms of the other people who represent their respective engineering schools (typically, they are 2nd or 3rd year).

The red head is Phil. Phil is our VP Communications and takes care of the ESSCO website as well as anything else that revolves around communication and order within ESSCO. Kris is our President. He is the taller one with dark hair. And, as one can imagine, he takes on all of the respectable presidential roles. He provides us with direction and a vision. I think that he has distinctively important role. And, finally, Steve, is the shorter person with dark hair. He is our VP Services and Development. Basically, he does what the name communicates. His role is quite large and he definitely makes ESSCO function externally as an organization.
So, that's the team. The first picture is us standing outside the Thunder Bay airport. It was a "Proof" that we were there.

I do have a funny story: for all of those Great Big Sea fans out there, they were on our plane down to Thunder Bay. They were all sitting in front of us. Once we figured out who they were, it was awkward glances and stares at them to see if they recognized that we recognized them. So that was quite awkward. Mostly because they used to be big, and their only hit was "It's the end of the world" and some of the other people on the plane were humming it....it was just a strange situation.

The weekend was good!! A lot was accomplished. We have another conference coming up at Queen's. It is the Professional Engineers of Ontario Student Conference. This will definitely be a worth-while event, and I am really glad that I am going.

There is nothing wrong with making solid connections to industry and the professional world this young in my career. I'll also have to look for Tom....if there is something car related, he's sold.