Hello all, I'd like to announce that the formation of a new chapter of the Designers Council has occurred in New Zealand. It had a great start with a high turnout for it's kickoff meeting on August 24th and hosted at Tait Electronics. Invited guests were myself, Jim Yohe, who made the standard presentation for this kind of meeting. History, objectives, benefits, meeting structure, fund raising, and other general information were supplemented by suggestions and experiences seen as founder and President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter. Also helping, all the way from Adelaide Australia, was Lyn Dayman, Administrator of the Australian Chapter. She talked about national administration, the need for at least one more Certified IPC Instructor (to be based in NZ), and NZ government support programs. She did a great job with her material, presentation, and professionalism. We had about 14 people who raised their hands to indicate an interest in the chapter's formation after the presentation and then 5 who volunteered to form the "core" group. The balance of the this chapter's planning will be done by Dave Elder, Murray Hall, Tim Harris, Lida VanGreunen, and Richard Moffet. Another person, Liam Purcell, from Dynamic Controls may be involved, as well. Any questions or congratulatory comments should be addressed to Dave Elder by email at: [log in to unmask] . Jim Yohe, Vice Chairman, IPC Designers Council, http://www.IpcDesignersCouncil.org President, Pacific Northwest Chapter of the IPC Designers Council http://www.ipc.org/pnw/index.htm [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------