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 To: [log in to unmask] 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.