Region 1 Assembly
April 2018, Tarrytown NY
“Making Connections”
By: Michael Bogue
The week or so before the Region 1
Assembly was scheduled to happen the brake shake
on my car got to the point where I was no longer
comfortable taking it on long trips. Between work,
family, and ASCE I simply did not have the time to
replace my brakes and rotors before I needed to hit
the road to Tarrytown. Therefore I decided to rent
a car for the trip.
the day. We gathered in the hotel conference room
at 7:30 Saturday morning and got straight to work
while we munched on bagels and sipped coffee.
You know a trip is going to be great when
you get the car rental location and they offer you a
free upgrade! The sales associate was kind enough
to put me in a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, and immediately
began showing me how to take the roof off! The
Region 1 Director Tony Cioffi
2018 Jeep Wrangler
weather seemed to be cooperating but it wasn’t
quite warm enough to hit the highway like that, so I
told him I would take it down later on.
I left Concord around 11:00 Friday morning
with the hopes of missing morning, lunchtime, and
evening traffic at the various locations where it
would be troublesome. I must have timed it just
right, as I made it to NY with minimal delays. I was
checked into the hotel and started connecting with
the other regional representatives that night.
As with all regional gatherings, we had more
things to get accomplished than there were hours in
This was the first meeting with the new
Region 1 Director Tony Cioffi. He was on point and
kept us on schedule for the duration. Director Cioffi
began with the typical regional updates, the
financials, a reminder of the societies Vission
Mission and Goals, and then split us up into smaller
groups for some strategic work sessions.
The work session topics covered Leadership
Development, Communication, Student Member
Support, Section and Branch Support, Region 1
Awards, and Member Engagement. Solutions and
ideas were shared, and summarized. The majority of
the
conversation
was
about
effective
communication that needed to be concise and
limited to be effective.