The holidays are over and another year is a reality. The new millennium has begun but I wonder if we are any wiser. What have we learned from the last millennium? Surly we are better off than billions of people the world over. Over half the worlds population makes less in a year than we will spend on our SAMPE dinner. What responsibility do we have to these people? What can we do to help distribute the wealth to these poor countries? The economic injustices of the world cannot be tolerated!

If no other organization in the world is willing to take up the cause and right this wrong then it is up to the Rocky Mountain SAMPE Chapter to do something about it. Please e-mail me your ideas and lets make the next millennium one in which we eliminate world poverty.

Dave Olivero

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering is a global, member-governed volunteer, not for profit organization. The organization is to supply information for the advancement of materials and processes; opportunities for career development within the materials and processes community; and education in the fundamentals of materials and process technologies. These shall be offered to the professional members, to the student members and to the industry in a financially responsible manner and with professional integrity.