IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 03 May 2007
In this issue:
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- May Banquet
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June Dinner Meeting
- October Dinner Meeting
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- 7x24 Exchange
- Looking for Member News
- April Dinner Meeting Photos
- Thought for the Day
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1. May Banquet
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Sponsored by the Section
Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)
- Sliced roast beef served with green bean almandine and mashed
potatoes and gravy
- Vegetarian option: Eggplant and squash melanzane with
basil-tomato sauce
- Gluten-free option: same as entrée with no gravy
Program: Bill Ritter will provide a glimpse into the world’s
premier rocket sled test facility: the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT).
The HHSTT is an aerospace ground test facility nearly 10 miles long. Bill worked
there for over 10 years as a Supervisory Electronics, General, and Mechanical
Engineer. See Teaser
#1 | Teaser #2.
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 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 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 May 14.
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: may @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.
Each meeting provides one hour of
professional development.
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2. June Dinner Meeting
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Sponsored by the Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter
Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)
- Cobb Salad. Crisp Romaine Striped With Grilled Chicken, Avocado,
Tomato, Green Onion, Boiled Egg and Bleu Cheese
- Vegetarian option: Cobb salad without grilled chicken
- Gluten-free option: Same as entrée
Program: The Gordian Knot of The Grid: FERC, NERC, ERO, RRO,
RTO, and hosts of others. How in the world does something this
complicated actually work so that our lights stay on? Come to the June
meeting and find out.
Don Taylor, Director of System Planning at Westar Energy, Inc. in
Topeka, will try to provide illumination to the inner workings of the
whole grid. Don Taylor graduated with BSEE in 1973 from UMR. After
attending graduate school, he worked at Burns & McDonnell in a variety
of positions for 8 years before joining the Kansas Power and Light
Company in 1981. Don has worked in system planning Westar Energy for 26
years and serves as their representative to the Southwest Power Pool
Transmission Working Group, Generation Interconnection Task Force, and
Base Plan Guidelines Task Force.
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 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 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 June 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: june @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.
Each meeting provides one hour of
professional development.
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** NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED FOR UNPAID RESERVATIONS. **
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3. October Meeting
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter
Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)
- Seasoned corn tortilla enchiladas served with Spanish rice and
refried beans
- Vegetarian option: Vegetable Quesadilla with grilled vegetables,
Queso fresco, roasted corn, tomatoes and black beans
- Gluten-free option: same as entrée
Program: Travis Bliss, Visionpace,
www.visionpace.com, will speak
on IT Infrastructure. Visionpace is a software development company and Microsoft Certified
Partner based in Kansas City, Missouri. Since 1992, VisionPace has
provided nationwide consulting, coaching, and training services using
Microsoft technologies.
More details to follow--stay tuned!
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 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 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 October 15.
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: october @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.
Each meeting provides one hour of
professional development.
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** NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED FOR UNPAID RESERVATIONS. **
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4. 7x24 Exchange
5. Looking for member news
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The Website and eNL are Section publications. The IEEE Kansas City Section
exists to serve the local membership and the publications exist to communicate
to that membership. An unfortunate trend has emerged: These publications often
don't have much to communicate other than dinner meeting information.
Presumably, our members do more than attend dinner meetings.
If you have information on other activities of interest to a specific IEEE
Society or the Kansas City Section membership as a whole, please send that to
the Publications Officer (writer @ ieee.org). |
6. April Dinner Meeting Photos
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The photos below show how well-attended this event was. Jack Sippel, the
speaker, holds the record for largest attendance at a dinner meeting
presentation (77 people), and when he was ComSoc Chair, he set the record for
the largest attendance at an IEEE Dinner Meeting (by one account, 63 people and
by another, 65). See the
archives to see what this program was about.
Click a photo to enlarge it. |
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7. Thought for the Day
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The more complex you make a process, the more likely it will
generate errors. This is why one goal of lean manufacturing (as exemplified by
Toyota) is to eliminate steps. The more you apply this to your work, the more
accurate and efficient you will be. What steps have you eliminated lately? |
Wishing you the best,
Mark Lamendola
IEEE-KC Publications Officer
writer @ ieee.org |
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