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Power & Energy Society, Austin IEEE Central Texas Section Fall Planning Meeting August 28, 2010 San Marcos, TX. Chapter Leadership Team. Chair – Robert Speer Email: bobby.speer@austin.utexas.edu , Phone: (512)232-9106 Vice Chair – Don Drumtra
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Power & Energy Society, AustinIEEE Central Texas SectionFall Planning MeetingAugust 28, 2010 San Marcos, TX
Chapter Leadership Team • Chair – Robert Speer • Email: bobby.speer@austin.utexas.edu, Phone: (512)232-9106 • Vice Chair – Don Drumtra • Email: drumtra@aol.com, Phone: (512) 291-0315 • Treasurer – Andrew Bluiett • Email: abluiett@lcra.org, Phone: (512) 369-4114 • Secretary – Kevin Ewing • Email: kewing@shermco.com, Phone: (512) 259-3060 • Web Master – Jacob Forbes • Email: jeforbes@yahoo.com, Phone: (512) 475-8427 • Member-at-Large – Steve Glenn • Email: sglenn@suddenlink.net, Phone: (512) 930-5000 • Member-at-Large – Steve Pearson • Email: pearsteve@gmail.com, Phone: (512) 535-4265
Chapter Plans / Highlights • January 26 • Solar Flares and Their Effects on Transmission Lines and Communications Systems, Maher Al Dayeh, Southwest Research Institute • April 27 • University of Texas Power Plant Tour – Albert Schuman / Bobby Speer, University of Texas Utilities and Energy Management • August 24 • Professional Engineering Ethics – Lance Kinney, Texas Board of Professional Engineers • October 15 • 2011 NEC, Code Update Seminar – James Stallcup, Grayboy, Inc. • December 5 • Structural Metals, Inc., Metals Processing Facility & Power Distribution Tour • January 25, 2011 • Triggered Lightning, Maher Al Dayeh, Southwest Research Institute • February 22, 2011 • Taking the Mystery Out of Medium Voltage Fuses, Warren Conner, Cooper Bussmann
Austin - PES Meetings • Power Engineering • Represented Companies • Utilities – Austin Energy, LCRA, PEC, PUC, UT, ERCOT,Lakeway MUD • Contractors – KST, Elk, Dean Johnston • AE Firms – PSP, SKE, Spectra, Bay & Associates, Agnew & Associates, Johnson Consulting Engrs. • End Users – Spansion, Freescale, Samsung, Applied Materials, IBM, TxDOT, HP, ACC • Vendors – 3M, Square D, Shermco, GE, Eaton Cutler Hammer, Graybar • Meeting open to Non-members • ~10%– Non-Members • Average Meeting Attendance: 30 - 40
Chapter Plans / Issues • We do have some concern with regard to leadership succession; ie., Ideas for securing new volunteers for chapter leadership?