Sorry I missed the meeting last night. How was it? If you have time, please
send me a copy of your notes.

Thanks,
Cindy Eaves

Wyle Labs
Engineering Services
281-483-2426


-----Original Message-----
From: Webb, Susy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 9:12 AM
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Subject: [DC] Houston chapter meeting


The next meeting of the Houston IPC designer's council will be sponsored by

            BAKER ATLAS on:
        Tuesday March 14, 2000
        at Baker Atlas, Inc.
        10201 Westheimer
        Houston

Directions: From Houston, take I-10 West and exit at the Sam Houston
Tollway, Southbound. Take the Westheimer exit, and turn left on Westheimer
going eastbound. The Baker Atlas complex will be on the right.

The topic of this meeting will be:

Placement, Routing and Grid Techniques
1998 Top Gun Barry Hurley will share his philosophies on design, including
placement and routing strategies, when to begin planning for test and
manufacturability and when to use gridded vs. gridless routing. Included
will be a discussion of some new solutions to challenging designs including
Microvia and embedded discretes. Bring examples of your problem boards with
you. Barry is currently a Solution Specialist with Dynamic Details, Inc., a
leading PCB Design and Fabrication provider, and is a member of the North
Texas IPC Designer's Council.

Social hour starts at 6:30 and the meeting will begin at 7:30. Dinner will
be offered for a charge of $5.00.

For more information, contact Randy Collins at (713) 972-4768 or Judy
Milstid at (713)686-3451.

Please RSVP by Monday March 13, at 5pm. to Stephani at Champion Circuits at
713-686-3451. Cancellations will be accepted until 12:00 noon on March 14th.


Visit our website at www.ipc.org scan for chapters/Houston

The Houston SMTA is hosting a Houston Electronics Expo on April 14. Watch
here for more information.