Hello All,

The following are minutes from the Long Island IPC Designers Council October
23rd Kickoff Meeting.

Thanks to Bill Gillespie for providing the minutes!


On October 23 the Long Island Designers Council held its first meeting. The
meeting was held at Miteq Corporation in Hauppauge, thank you to James
Klepper, Manager of Engineering Services at Miteq.

The initial meeting focused on the Designers Council, its purpose and what
it can do for you, and what the plans are for the near future. Gary Ferrari
of the IPC gave a presentation outlining this. Among the topics he talked
about was the IPC hierarchy structure, how to set up a successful chapter,
the advantages of being a member versus a non-member, discounts for members
and the chapter in purchasing materials such as IPC standards, video's and
video workshops. Also the chance to represent Long Island at yearly IPC
meetings, and to be a part of standardization committees that are currently
working on the standards that we all use in our every day Design
environment. In short giving Long Island a voice to address issues local to
our region.

Next up was Ed Tordahl who has taken on the responsibly of President of the
chapter. Ed presented a sideshow outlining the chapter goals, he also
stressed some points that Gary had addressed, mainly what the Chapter had to
offer you, and the advantages of being a member. Ed also talked about a two
2 trends that seemed local to this region, 1.) Most companies do not think
of Designers as value assets. In fact most companies balk at the idea a
paying Designers to go to workshops or seminars. 2.) That Designers seem to
have a false comfort level, thinking that they will be at their company
forever, or that they know enough already.  Ed also talked about that the
only one responsible for your career is yourself, you cannot wait for
someone to hand you something, this will probably never happen. If you want
to prepare yourself for the future then you will have to take matters into
your hands yourself. Most of the current core members feel exactly this way,
having paid for training, workshops and seminars out of their own pocket. (A
small price to pay for your future) However the core group will be working
to provide these services to our members at little to no cost. This includes
Designer Certification (CID) John Bohenek of Brookhaven Labs will be heading
up this effort. Also in the works are guest speakers, these speakers are
well known on the IPC seminars/workshop circuit, this effort is being lead
by Bill Gillespie of L3-Satellite Networks.

The current core members are;

President               Ed Tordahl
Vice President          Bill Gillespie
Education               John Bohenek
Communications            Ron Ryan


The turnout for this meeting was good; all who attended were serious about
their careers, and how to improve themselves. From the first meeting we were
able to attract additional core members who along with the current core
members will work (on their own time) towards providing Long Island
Designers with the training, information, services and networking required
for career advancement in any economic environment.

Anyone in the PCB Industry on Long Island wishing to be a part of this group
contact
Ed Tordahl      [log in to unmask]
Bill Gillespie   [log in to unmask]
Ron Ryan   [log in to unmask]


Thank You all......
AYS,
Edward S. Tordahl, MCSE
Engineering Services Supervisor/MIS
CEM ltd. (formerly 4DI inc.)
700 Blue Point Rd.
Holtsville, NY 11742
V:(631)758-8100 F:(631)758-8101

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