| We had about 60 people at this conference. Click
any thumb for an enlarged image. Because we had Black & Veatch's master auditorium and
it's sized for about 250 people as we had, these photos are a bit
deceiving. We had two grand prizes:
- A set of Lightning Protection standards (NFPA 780
and LPI-175), from Harger Lightning Protection,
www.harger.com.
- Paid attendance to the 2006 Spring Conference,
from Syska Hennessy
Group, Inc.
www.syska.com).
We had other great
prizes, such as honey from bees cared for by charter member Joseph
Stamper. |
Photos and
captions by Mark Lamendola
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Mark Harger, of Harger Lightning
Protection, addresses a rapt audience. His presentation probably saved
some people a lot of money. |
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A shot of the audience. Notice, nobody
is dozing! |
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Another Harger shot. Harger
provided a $50 Best Buy Gift Certificate, as the Second Grand Prize. |
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Another Harger shot. The stage was
well-lit during his presentation, so his were among the few speaker photos
that turned out right. Next time, I'll have to bring my professional flash
unit rather than relying on the dinky built-in flash. |
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Some of the attendees chowing down on
the great eats provided by Black & Veatch. And talking and mingling and
networking.... |
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More great mingling and networking.
Nobody stands around bored and lonesome during breaks or meals. |
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Ryan Pletka of Black & Veatch talks
about energy in general and alternative energy in particular. He covered
some great new material. The subject is more complex than many people
realize! |
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Another Ryan shot. |
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A member of the Syska Hennessy team
talking about cooling (maybe that's why it was so dark? |
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Even with the lights so low, nobody
was snoring. The number of questions at the end was unusually high for our
group, too. |
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Another Syska Hennessy shot. Good
light, this time! Syska provided a paid admission to the next
conference, as the First Grand Prize. |
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We knew this topic would be
interesting, but the audience seemed riveted. It may have helped that
these folks had three presenters, so the energy was high. |
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Bruce Bleser of Black & Veatch gave a
fun and interesting presentation on the Sprint Mobile platform.
Unfortunately, I got caught up in that and totally forgot to take a photo.
The man here is the engineer from Sprint. He was also quite interesting,
but I had my wits about me by then.... |
Fall 2005 Conference Information
Date: Friday, 14 OCTOBER 2005
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Venue: Black & Veatch
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Bring a business card to enter our prize drawings. You must be present to
win.
Program:
Actual presentation times are subject to change
0700 to 0800: Registration and breakfast
0800 to 0809: Greeting and opening comments.
0810 to 0910: Lightning Protection Myths and
Facts. Mark Harger, Harger Lightning Protection.
www.harger.com
0911 to 0925: Break, networking
0926 to 0929: First round of door prize drawings
0930 to 1010: Renewable Energy. Ryan Pletka, Black
& Veatch. www.bv.com
1011 to 1025: Break, networking
1025 to 1030: Second round of door prize drawings
1030 to 1130: Cooling System Design Practices.
Jun Yang, Critical Facilities Senior Consulting Engineer; Syska Hennessy
Group, Inc.
www.syska.com).
Get a preview of this presentation:
7x24Fall2005SyskaHennessyGroup.pdf
1131 to 1325: Lunch, networking
1326 to 1334: Third round of door prize drawings
1335 to 1500: Sprint PCS Mobile Power Platform.
www.sprint.com. Short presentations,
followed by a live demonstration. If you haven't seen someone make hydrogen from
propane before, you'll see it now.
1500 to 1520: Evaluations, sponsor attributions, door
prize grand drawings, closing remarks.
Note: Syska Hennessy is providing a
grand prize of free admission to the 2006 Conference.
1520: Adjourn
