What's to stop the DC from exhibiting anyway? I am speaking for myself, not UP Media, but I suspect that Pete would give you the booth space, provided the show wasn't already sold out. Maybe you wouldn't be able to sell the standards, but you could still promote the DC's mission -- which is a damn admirable one if you ask me. Of course, I was part of the group that established the original mission and bylaws etc. for the Designers Council and our motto then was always, Designers for Designers. Seems to me that letting an outside administrative body make the decisions goes against that original creed. But again, that's just me. Mike >>> [log in to unmask] 03/17/05 17:19 PM >>> I think they have had some financial issues of late... They are trying to influence the designers to come to the IPC events rather than attend 2 separate events... The DC executive committee has indicated the need to have a booth at PCB WEST and EAST... So far it has met by the IPC management with a cold reception. Believe me we are working on it, however we are only an advisory body of volunteer designers and IPC holds the purse strings. I hope we can convince them to return to the PCB West and East conferences soon. That's where I found out about the DC and would never have even known there was a Designers Council if they had not set up a booth there back in 2000. We should be at both events every year. Thanks for the comment Barbara, stay tuned for further developments... Bill Brooks - KG6VVP PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I. Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 e-mail:[log in to unmask] http://www.dtwc.com http://pcbwizards.com -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Burcham [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:48 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Where was the IPC for the Design Conference? I attended the PCB Design Conference West last week and cruised the Show Floor looking for the IPC Booth. Alas, it was not there. I miss it and was wanting to purchase some Specs, but could not. Past years, the IPC has had a Presense at any Design Conference that I have attended. What happened? Don't they love us any more? Barbara J. Burcham, C.I.D. Fairfield Industries, Inc 281-275-7687 [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------