Too logical to combine them. Too much politics involved also... Cliff -----Original Message----- From: Jack C. Olson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 7:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] Is there anybody out there? I just got an update from the IPC conference, which seemed to be glowing with optimism, but one statistic kinda jumped out at me: Anaheim, CA- The IPC Printed Circuits Expo and APEX show ended on Thursday with an estimated attendance of approximately 1,000 visitors. 1000 visitors? Did someone move a decimal point or accidentally delete a zero or something? This show combines APEX and IPC. Doesn't that include designers AND Fabrication people AND assembly people? Sheesh, there's gotta be a thousand people related to this industry within WALKING distance of Anaheim! Well, maybe that means a whole heckuva lot of people waited for the PCB Design Conference next week in Santa Clara, I sure hope so! (That's where I'll be this time next week... can't wait!) I know I'm not the only one who has a limited travel budget, and I can't attend everything that sounds worthwhile. (Sometimes you just gotta choose, ya know what I mean?) But it sure would be easier if we could ease up on the splintering and division between us. Do we really need TWO conferences? Maybe its time we went back to the good old days, when we had a PCB Design Conference for a couple of days and you could get your IPC CID training and have a software User Group meeting ALL AT THE SAME PLACE. whaddya think? huh? yeah. see JaxHead at http://theolsons.frontdoor.biz/Jack/JaxHead.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------