Welcome to the Charlotte-Metrolina Section of the Society of Women Engineers. Here you may read more information about our Section and the process we underwent to receive our reinstatement charter in 1999, after ten years of inactivity. The information gathered here was compiled from various emails and other correspondence and the files transferred to current officers by the reinstatement Section President, Kellie Hedrick.

You may also read more about our original chartering process.

Reinstatement Charter - August 1999

In late March 1998, MAL Member Kellie Hedrick discovered that Charlotte had once had a SWE Section. On March 25, she emailed Claire Shortall, Zip Code Coordinator, to inquire about the previous Section and the steps to take in revitalizing it. Claire provided Kellie with a list of members who fell within the zip code boundaries including current MAL members and former CM members who had dropped their memberships. Claire also suggested that Kellie consider allowing North Carolina zip codes 286-289 to revert to Region D MAL upon reinstatement and requesting the Western Carolina Section, based in Greenville, SC, to release South Carolina zip code 297 to Charlotte-Metrolina. On March 31, Kellie requested a Section Formation Packet from Membership Supervisor Estelle Zito. Throughout the year, Kellie and Claire maintained contact and Claire kept Kellie updated on memberships within the proposed Charlotte-Metrolina boundaries.

On February 19, 1999, Claire contacted the Western Carolina Section President, Kerrie Gordon (now Goforth), about the release of SC ZIP297. On February 22, Kerrie emailed Kellie and Claire to approve the release of ZIP297 from Western Carolina. Since the reformation of Charlotte-Metrolina Section affected Region D MAL members, the Region D MAL Representative also needed to approve of the proposed boundaries. On February 25, Region D MAL Representative Carissa Giblin emailed her agreement of the proposed zip code boundaries for Charlotte-Metrolina and the reversion of ZIP286-289 to MAL.

In order to receive a charter, at least 8 voting members had to sign a petition and submit it with a slate of officers including a Section Representative. On May 12, 1999, the new group of 'SWE-CM' members and pending members (listed below) met at Rio Bravo Restaurant on South Boulevard, Charlotte, NC to sign the Petition to Charter a Section of the Society of Women Engineers, thus starting our tradition of celebrating Cinco de Mayo each year. Kellie submitted the reinstatement packet to New Section Coordinator Barbara Donoghue. The Society Board of Directors approved the reinstatement charter on August 28, 1999 and we were assigned Section Code D-002. FY00 President Sherita Ceasar notified the Section of its approval via letter on September 2, 1999 and enclosed the charter.

Petition to Charter a Section - May 12, 1999

The following ladies all signed the petition to charter the Charlotte-Metrolina Section with boundaries NC ZIP280-282 and SC ZIP297 on May 12, 1999:

Kellie Hedrick, President
Keri Matthews, Vice President
Leila Goodwin, Secretary
Ann Kimbro, Treasurer
Cyndee Jonas, Section Representative
Mary Birch
Barbara Costner
Kerrie Gordon (now Goforth)
Helene Hilger
Sarah Hoss
Vicki Jones
Norika Oliver
Ana Peterson
Jane Rothman