Abstract :
“Engineering is by nature a teamwork profession. Each member of the profession needs association with other engineers for a successful career. The founding fathers in 1884 included in their rules for the AIEE the significant statement that its objectives would be achieved ´by means of meetings for social intercourse, the reading and discussions of professional papers, and their circulation, by means of publications among its members and associates, of the information thus obtained.´ The wisdom of this recognition of the basic need for social intercourse among engineers to promote effectiveness of group activities has been shown by the successful record of the Institute.
