Hello SFPE Minnesota Members & Friends,
We are excited to meet for our monthly member's meeting! Join us dinner, drinks, and a presentation. With license renewals approaching soon, MN SFPE will be hosting Kristine Kubes to provide a 2-hour seminar on ethics. This will be valid for the required professional ethics class required by the State of MN. This should be a very informative meeting and a certificate for 2 PDH will be provided. We hope to see you there!
Dinner and beverages will be provided. A shortened chapter presentation will be given before the main presentation.
We are limited by registrations, so please try to sign up as soon as possible. We want to accommodate as many people as possible, so the sooner we have registrations in place, the sooner we can finalize the location to ensure we have enough spots.
Schedule
Dinner and short chapter updates - 4:30-5:00 p.m.
Ethics Presentation - 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Title: Where’d I Go Wrong? Top Ethics Issues for MN Engineers
Synopsis: This seminar will focus on the main sources of discipline in recent years. Through that lens, this seminar will deepen attendees’ understanding of how the rules and laws governing the practice operate, and how to abide by them in practice.
Learner Outcomes:
- Review MN Codes of Ethics/Professional Conduct
- Learn how Rules on professionalism and ethical practice protect the public, health, safety, welfare (HSW)
- Learn the most frequent errors leading to discipline and how to avoid them.
- Learn how to empower your practice - doing the right thing; using the Licensure Board's Complaint Process as a method for protecting the practice and the HSW
Presenter: Attorney Kristine A. Kubes is principal of Kubes Law Office, PLLC, serving design and construction professionals through all stages of a project – from contracts to payment issues, liens, risk management, defense of professional liability claims. She also represents professionals before their respective licensing Boards. Kristine is a litigator licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, a mediator, and an educator on construction, design, and ethics issues. Kristine is Past National Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law. She served as a public member on the MN Board of AELSLAGID from 2006-2013, during which she served two terms as Board Chair from 2009-2011. Daughter of a teacher and a carpenter, Kristine uses the lessons they taught her every day. www.kubeslaw.com