Cherie,
Interestingly the coupons aren't imprinted with any statement limiting their
use specifically to "design related" {anything}. Even if that were the case
this conference is certainly advertised as the join conference of the IPC
Printed Circuits Expo and Designers Council Summit and should have
qualified. What Nick told me by email on Feb. 14th is this:
"I was just informed by Nancy {Feaster} that you will not be able to use the
coupons for Expo because all Expo registration is handled by an outside
company, CDS."
Well, I don't consider this acceptable. I signed up and authorized payment
by my Visa card otherwise I would have missed the 10% early registration
discount but still object.
If IPC hires an outside company to handle this they should instruct them to
accept all coupons issued to members which specifically state they can be
used for this purpose. Just because a third party is managing the
registration shouldn't remove the obligation to honor discount coupons
issued to its paid members. Though I'm not technically a member of the IPC
I am of the Designers Council and this IS a join conference in every sense
of the word.
My 5 cents worth. ;-)
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Litson, Cherie" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "(Designers Council Forum)" <[log in to unmask]>,"Jim Yohe"
<[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: [DC] DC coupons not excepted for conference
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:20:01 -0800
Jim,
This is a complaint I've had from many of our members who have tried to use
their coupons at an IPC workshop or conference. The only way some people
have been able to use them is to make an issue out of it. I don't like
that. I've asked for clarification and received this answer:
"In a nutshell, the $50 voucher can be used toward pretty much anything from
IPC (I'm not aware of anything that it cannot be applied towards) - with the
exception of shipping and handling costs. However, member discounts are
limited to a select group of design-related documents and workshops."
While on the surface it seems clear, it's not. It's that last line that
bothers me. I haven't had a problem with documents, but what constitutes
"...design-related...workshops." I would think that the Expo and Designers
Summits would be at the least! It would also be useful if the workshops and
summits that are listed on the DC web page (for designers) would accept the
$50 coupon. If they don't, then say so up front.
My 2cents,
Cherie Litson, CID
PCB Designer/Librarian, Sonosite, Inc.
Edu. Services., IPC Cascade Chapter DC
(425)951-1306 wk
(206)619-8844 cell
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Yohe [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [DC] DC coupons not excepted for conference
Hello fellow DC members,
Does anyone else feel cheated that your IPC Designers Council $50 coupon
isn't being accepted by the IPC for the IPC Expo & IPC Designers Summit?
It suggests, to me at least, that the coupons I've been saving for such an
official IPC conference are absolutely useless, even though they clearly
state that they are "Good towards the purchase of IPC standards,
publications, videos, CDs, workshops, and conferences".
Jim Yohe, Vice Chairman
IPC Designers Council
http://dc.ipc.org
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "Brooks,Bill" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "(Designers Council Steering Committee)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [DCSTEER] test
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:44:20 -0800
this is a test... pls ignore
Bill Brooks
PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.
TITAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
DATRON WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
3030 Enterprise Court
Vista, CA 92083
Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
mailto:[log in to unmask]
<http://www.dtwc.com/>
IPC Designers Council, San Diego Chapter
<http://www.ipc.org/SanDiego/>
<http://home.fda.net/bbrooks/pca/pca.htm
http://dc.ipc.org/
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