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>Subject: IPC Designers Council Meeting 4/15/97
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>From: Glenn Miner GGMR
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>Subj: IPC Designers Council Meeting 4/15/97
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>Keith-
>You should be getting a paper copy of this announcement as well. Please forward
>to anyone else you think may be interested.
>
>Thanks.
>Glenn
>972-462-2298
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>From: GGMR Glenn Miner
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>Subj: IPC Designers Council Meeting 4/15/97
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>
>March '97 Volume 1.1
>
>NTDC News
>
>REVITALIZATION OF THE NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER
>
>A kick-off meeting for the North Texas Chapter of the IPC Designers
>Council will be held April 15, 1997. This chapter has been inactive for
>slightly over a year. There is a tremendous resource of designers in the
>North Texas area which can make a very strong chapter with a diverse
>knowledge base. Let's unlock this valuable resource!
>
>- AGENDA
>- 6:30 PM Refreshments and networking
>- 7:00 PM Meeting announcements
>- 7:25 PM Featured speaker
>- 7:45 PM New business
>- 8:00 PM Meeting adjourns
>
>The first meeting will be held at CADCO Systems in Garland, Texas.
>Directions to CADCO Systems from the intersection of I635 (LBJ) and Hwy
>75 (Central Expressway) are: take I635 east to Miller Road. Exit at
>Miller Road, go north on Miller to Jupiter Road (at traffic signal).
>Cross Jupiter Road, get in the right lane immediately after crossing
>Jupiter. The next traffic light is Merritt Drive, turn right on Merritt.
>Travel about 0.6 mile south (thru the "S" curve) to 2363 Merritt Drive.
>CADCO Systems is in the gray single-story buildings on the right, across
>the street from Clean Spot. Merritt will end at Wood Drive, turn around
>and go to the 4th building on the left. The phone number at CADCO
>Systems is (214)271-3651.
>
>FIRST STEPS...
>Speaking at the kick-off meeting will be Gary Ferrari, Executive
>director of the IPC Designers Council. He will be instrumental in the
>success of this first meeting and insuring the first steps of this
>revitalized chapter are on firm ground. The presentation he will give
>will provide you with all the benefits of being an active member to this
>organization. From it you will be able to decide exactly how you will
>benefit from the Designer Accreditation program and specialized
>training.
>
>WHAT IS A DESIGNERS COUNCIL?
>The designers council is an organization sponsored by the IPC. It is set
>up to encourage, facilitate, coordinate, and promote the orderly
>interchange and integration of design concepts concerning printed
>boards, printed board assemblies, and related technologies through
>communication and education. It achieves these goals through, seminars,
>workshops, local and national chapter participation and many other
>means. The goals of the council are to improve communication; to provide
>designers a greater role in standards development; to improve
>educational opportunities for designers; and to raise and establish the
>printed board design profession.
>
>WHAT ADVANTAGES ARE THERE TO BEING A MEMBER OF THE DESIGNERS COUNCIL?
>Information!! We want members to come and share their experience with
>others in their field. We hope to encourage people of all levels from
>beginning to Senior Designers. We will bring in speakers on topics of
>interest to our members. We will have the opportunity to participate in
>the creation of new standards for the industry. You are the advantage.
>We need Your ideas and participation to be an integral part of the
>future of our industry.
>
>- Receive $300 worth of discounts on IPC documents, videos, and CDs
>- Learn from the experience of other PCB designers - Technical
>networking
>- Guide the development of the PCB design profession
>- Receive the Designers Council Newsletter
>- Give input during the development of design standards and IPC
>Designers Council programs
>- Receive member price for IPC workshops, meetings, and symposiums
>- Receive member price for the annual IPC Design Conference
>- Participate in local design-related forums to further the education of
>council members
>- Access to IPC email forums
>
>WHAT ABOUT THE MEETINGS?
>When you come to the first meeting we will all decide on a meeting
>schedule. We are hoping to have chapter meetings every other month,
>initially, alternating monthly with officer meetings.
>
>WHAT ARE THE PARTICULARS TO JOINING?
>The IPC has set the guidelines for membership: $50.00 per member makes
>you a national member and a member of the local chapter. $20.00 of your
>membership fee is returned to the local chapter to help with the
>educational part of the council. Individuals can join the IPC Designers
>Council for only $50. A portion of those funds will be passed on to the
>chapter to which you affiliate.
>
>Please RSVP to Glenn Miner at 972-462-2298 or email at [log in to unmask]
>If you are not a PWB designer or some related activity, please forward
>this message to anyone you know who may be interested in the designers
>council.
>
>Thanks to the following companies for their assistance in mailing,
>printing, information, and all the other "behind-the-scenes" things done
>to make publishing this newsletter possible:
>- Zuken-Redac, Inc.
>- QC Graphics
>- CADCO Systems, Inc.
>- Texas Instruments
>- Meyers & Associates
>- The TransSynergy Group
>- North Texas Circuit Board
>
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