>Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> >From: [log in to unmask] >Date: Tue, 20 May 97 09:31:54 CDT >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >Subject: North Texas Chapter ~ IPC Designers Council Meeting June 5th > > Ronnie Adkins RLA > Curtis Arditi 2RDT > Judy Brown Beckett JBB2 > Cynthia Becote 2CYN > Chris Beczak CBEZ > Luddie Berry J405 > Glenna Bowens QCGB > Kathy Brady KJB > Trinidad Cantu TRI7 > Curtis Clark CRT1 > Gene Coday ENEC > Rick Compton MKTL > David Counts DNC > John Elam EODS > Linda Foxall FOXL > Vance Gist J316 > CCA PDEs Group: *PDE3 > Part Model Library Team Group: *2PML > Technology Development Group: *TCDV > Jane Kelly SMT3 > Pete Klauss PKSS > Kim Le KIMY > Chris L'hommedieu CDL2 > Richard Martin RMAR > Gary L. Monroe XGLM > Richard Moreno MRNO > Bob Penick BPEN > Pete Peterson ETEP > David Petter PTTR > Randy Robinson RSR1 > Allison Romberg ALIR > Gita Shah SHAH > Gilbert Shelby HAIR > David Stark DHS > Gary Tanel TANL > Brenda Tanner BREN > Group: Geometry Standards Team *FPGM > Stephen Terrell TRLL > Connie Tosten SNEK > Randy Trout RAN5 > Gary Vanderslice GAV > Chris Milne CJMM > Santos Gonzales PCVA > Richard Holmes RLH4 > Jeff Cockrell BZRK > Patty Patterson PKP > Bob Clemons CBOB > >Copy: Glenn Miner GGMR > >From: Glenn Miner GGMR > >Subj: North Texas Chapter ~ IPC Designers Council Meeting June 5th > >May '97 Volume 1.2 >****************************************************************************** >* HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE DESIGNERS COUNCIL * >* * >* PLEASE forward this message to ANY Board Designer you know * >* in the North Texas and Oklahoma area!!! * >****************************************************************************** >The next meeting of the North Texas Chapter of the IPC Designers Council will >be hosted by North Texas Circuit Board, 1501 W. Shady Grove Road, Grand >Prairie, Texas 75050. Visit their internet site at http://www.ntcb.com! > >If you have never seen a PWB fabrication facility or it's been a while since >you have, take this opportunity to see one of the best in North Texas. > >Come an see first hand what happens to YOUR output as a PWB designer. It's >important to YOU to KNOW and experience it. >****************************************************************************** >* ATTENTION!!! Attention!!! ATTENTION!!! * >****************************************************************************** >To encourage attendance, Plano CAD Engineering is offering two free >software disks and one free CD-ROM. The first disk is a complimentary >copy of a Windows viewer for GERBER, DXF, and HPGL files. The Second >Disk is a tutorial on the operation of the CCT Autorouter. The CD-ROM is >an Accel EDA tutorial and training system on schematic capture and PCB >layout using the latest animation and sound files as well as interactive >programs. PCE offers full 30 day eval systems of the software upon >request. Please visit their internet site at http://www.planocad.com! > >- MEETING AGENDA >- 6:30 PM Refreshments and networking. Meet old friends and make new friends. >- 7:00 PM Meeting announcements >- 7:10 PM Tour of North Texas Circuit Board >- 7:40 PM Round Table Discussion (QA about the Tour) >- 7:45 PM New business >- 8:00 PM Meeting adjourns > >For a map to locate North Texas Circuit Board, visit the interactive atlas at >http://www.mapquest.com and enter the address, city, state, and zip. >****************************************************************************** >THANK YOU to CADCO Systems in Garland for hosting the April kick-off meeting!! >THANK YOU to Gary Ferrari, Executive Director of the IPC Designers Council!! >****************************************************************************** >* REVITALIZATION OF THE NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER * >****************************************************************************** >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! > >The first meeting was held at CADCO Systems in Garland, Texas. There were >fourteen people in attendence. Let's see if we can double that number in June!! >Speaking at the kick-off meeting was Gary Ferrari, Executive director of the >IPC Designers Council. He shared a lot of information about the designers >council and what it can mean to you. The following is a summary of what he >spoke about, reprinted from the last meeting announcement. >****************************************************************************** >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 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 involved in some related activity, please >forward this message to anyone you know in the North Texas and Oklahoma area >who may be interested in the designers council. 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