The next meeting of the Houston IPC designer's council will be May 9, 2000.

The topic of this meeting will be:
" Board Materials - What, Why, and How"
Presented jointly by John Dobrick, Senior Applications Engineer for Rogers
Corp. and Lynn Kahler, Field Applications Engineer for Merix Corp.
        John and Lynn will talk about WHAT is available for use in the
fabrication of boards, WHY a material is better suited to a given
application, and HOW to know the way to specify the correct material to the
fabricator.
        Materials for High Speed, RF, and High Temperature will be
presented. We will learn how to make an appropriate choice and have an
opportunity to learn from two of the Experts and be able to follow up with
questions beyond the meeting.
        Please plan on taking the time to attend this meeting. It promises
to be informative, concise, valuable, and a chance to network with
specialists willing to help us move into the future of board design.

 This meeting will be sponsored by

            BAKER ATLAS
        10201 Westheimer
        Houston

Directions: From downtown, 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.

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 May 8, at 5pm. to Stephani at Champion Circuits at
(713) 686-3451. Cancellations will be accepted until 12:00 noon on May 9th.

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

The Houston Chapter of the IPC Designers Council will also be presenting a
FREE one-day seminar on May 5. Vern Solberg will present the topic of SMT
Design for Manufacturing - Fine-Pitch QFP and BGA/CSP Standards, PCB Design
and Assembly Processing. Contact Paul Danna at (281) 518-6735
[log in to unmask] ; or Susy Webb at (281) 647-7241
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