The IEEE, Kansas City Section


Home | Meetings

    Address_Changes
  Education
  Gen'l Info		    Jobs
   Newsletters
   Officers

 

   
 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 29MAR2005

In this issue:

  1. March Dinner Meeting Review
  2. April Dinner Meeting
  3. 7x24 Conference
  4. May Dinner Meeting
  1. June Dinner Meeting
  2. July Dinner Meeting
  3. August Dinner Meeting
  4. Thought for the Day

 

1. March Dinner Meeting Review

Thursday, March 17, 2005
Sponsored by the Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter

This review, courtesy Dr. Dale Rummer.

The attendance was excellent, including many students.

Mr. Jay Caspary made a very interesting and informative presentation about the Southwest Power Pool, SPP.

The Vision of SPP is "Helping our members work together to keep the lights on, today and into the future."

Southwest Power Pool, SPP, came into being when 11 companies joined together voluntarily in 1941 to serve critical national defense needs during World War II. SPP, a FERC-approved regional transmission organization (RTO), is a group of 43 members serving more than 4 million customers and covers a geographic area of 400,000 square miles containing a population of over 18 million people.

The SPP RTO will provide tremendous benefits to the region for enhanced planning and continued reliability of service. At present, SPP is working on new initiatives to enhance transmission service in the region.

See their Website for more details: www.spp.org

 

2. April Dinner Meeting

Thursday, April 21, 2005
Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter

Meal: Cobb Salad. Crisp Romaine Striped With Grilled Chicken, Smoked Bacon, Avocado, Tomato, Green Onion, Boiled Egg And Bleu Cheese.

Register: april @ ieee-kc.org.
(You will need to paste that into your e-mail client and remove the spaces.)
Note your name, daytime phone #, and the names of those in your party.

Speaker: Bob Akers, from Surplus Exchange.

Program: Bob will provide and informational presentation about the effects of computers on the environment and what we can do to reduce the negative effects through proper recycling.

Dinner Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Ph: (913) 383-2550.
Dir: Exit I-435 Metcalf Ave N. Go 1/4 km to 107th St. Turn right. Take immed. right @ BP. Go 100 meters; hotel is on your left.


Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Tour: 7:30 - 8:30PM

Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15. No charge for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount, if you register by the deadline.
Dinner reservation deadline is noon on Monday, April 18.

The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage options:

  • House Wine $4.00
  • Domestic Beer $3.50
  • Imported Beer $4.00
  • Bottled Water $2.50
  • Soft Drinks $2.00

Register: april @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, and the names of those in your party.

*****************************************************************

** NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED FOR UNPAID RESERVATIONS. **

*****************************************************************

 

3.  7x24 Conference

Friday, 06MAY.

If you are involved in any way with critical facilities, 24-hour operations, or electrical maintenance, you won't want to miss this conference. Details are at: http://www.mindconnection.com/7x24/conferencespring_2005.htm

Topics:

  • "Commissioning Critical Power Systems," Jim Brooke, Acting Chief Engineer, Division of Facilities Management, Kansas Department of Administration; Alan Lehman, P.E., Associate, George Butler Associates, Inc.; John Riley, P.E., Associate, George Butler Associates, Inc.
  • Critical Facility Case History, Bruce Bleser, Black & Veatch.
  • Arc Blast Protection, Part 2, Dave Kreger, Emerson Electrical Reliability Services.
  • Water Treatment and Intermittent Operation of Data Center Cooling Systems, John Scheuch, Nalco Company

 

4. May Dinner Meeting

Thursday, 19MAY2005. Details will be on the Website and in an upcoming eNL.

5. June Dinner Meeting

Thursday, 16JUN2005. Details will be on the Website and in an upcoming eNL.

6. July Dinner Meeting

Thursday, 21JUL2005. Details will be on the Website and in an upcoming eNL.

7. August Dinner Meeting

Thursday, 18 August, 2005. Details will be on the Website and in an upcoming eNL.

8.  Thought for the Day

Are you accumulating things, or are you accumulating memories?

 

Wishing you the best,
Mark Lamendola
IEEE-KC Publications Officer

 

You may unsubscribe to the IEEE-KC eNL mailing list at

http://ewh.ieee.org/enotice/opt-out.php?ID=$ID&SN=$LASTNAME&LN=SECTION

Be sure to include your IEEE member number of $ID.
The "$ID" text above applies to the e-mail version, only, not to the Website version. If you unsub the Website, you need to know your IEEE member ID. If you unsub from the e-mailed NL, the ID will appear in place of "$ID."

You may subscribe to this list at: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/e-notice/section-optin.html