The SUNCOAST DIVISION IAEI of the Florida Chapter - Southern Section

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The regular monthly meeting of the Suncoast Division-IAEI will be on Thursday 13 May 2010, 130pm, at the Holiday Recreation Center, 2830 Gulf Trace Blvd., Holiday FL. The McDonald's fast food restaurant is on the SW corner of US19 and Gulf Trace Blvd.
The Rec Center is about 2 miles west of US19.

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- Regular business will be conducted.
- NECode questions and anomolies will be discussed.
- Acquiesence to the electrical inspector will be discussed.
- A report will be given about the 80th Annual Chapter meeting in Tampa.

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05/10/10 630pm Pasco ECF at Rexel Distributers, NPR, GE to present arc flash and coordination study.

05/13/10 130pm Suncoast Division meeting at Holiday Recreation Center.

05/20/10 530pm Tampa ECF at American Legion in South Tampa.

06/10/10 130pm Suncaost Division meeting at TECO Western Operations.

07/08/10 130pm Suncoast Division meeting at APT, 14550 58th St Nth, Clearwater.
North of Ulmerton Road and there is a traffic light at 58th and Ulmerton.

08/12/10 130pm Suncoast Division meeting at City of Safety Harbor.

09/09/10 130pm Suncoast Division meeting at TECO Western Operations.

10/10-13/10 Southern Section meeting at Savannah GA.

10/14/10 130pm Suncoast Division meeting. THE MEETING SITE IS STILL OPEN !

11/04/10 130pm Suncoast Division meeting at Holiday Recreation Center.

12/09/10 130pm Suncoast Division meeting at TECO Western Operations. This is the scheduled ANNUAL meeting for the Division. 2011 Officers will be nominated and elected.

12/15/10 HEY HEY HEY ! Christmas is on a saturday this year.

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Mark Ode put on a superb solar PV seminar for the Central Florida Division in Maitland on 04/24. Of the 126 attendees, 7 were from the Suncoast Division. I learned a tremendous amount of knowledge about these systems at the event.

The 50 attendees at the Division's 03/27 Grounding seminar by Mark Ode and John Minick are still reporting that new concepts about grounding were inculcated.

The 80th Annual Florida Chapter Business Meeting and NECode workshop at the Sheraton Riverwalk in Tampa 05/05-05/08 was a great success. Admittedly because of the economy, the attendance numbers were light. Yet the quality of electrical expertise dispersed by the Code Panelists, as well as by all the networking that took place, was in my opnion PHENOMENAL !

Several attendees at the 80th Annual were disappointed by their tardiness in signing up for the several special code classes being offered by DICK WIDERA'S SCHOOL OF BOOT LEG ELECTRICITY. The courses are on how to wire a outhouse to NEC Chapter 5 requirements, and "How to fool the electrical inspector."

Make plans now for the 81st Annual Chapter Meeting in 2011 which will be at West Palm Beach. It will be on 05/06-08/11 at the Crown Plaza Hotel

The Suncoast Division is very appreciative of all the support given in our collective efforts to put on the 80th Annual Meeting. Electrical contractors advertising in the meeting bulletin were Cogburn Bros. of Jacksonville, R. G. McCarty & Sons Inc. of Pasco/Hernando/Pinellas, AAIannaccone Electric Company of New Port Richey, All Phase Electric and Maintenance, Inc. of Tampa, and Mike Currie Electric Inc. of New Port Richey.

Tom McDonald of Advanced Protection Technologies in Clearwater was very instrumental in helping with the presentation of the 80th Annual. He and his employer were magnanimous with their support of the Suncoast Division IAEI and the Florida Chapter IAEI. AND LO AND BEHOLD I am pleased to announce that the IO has certified Tom as a new member of the IAEI.

I made a comment several times during the course of the 80th Annual about 16.666 cycle A/C electricity. I seemed to have stirred some people up with this application. At future division meetings this concept will be explored in much more depth.

COME ONE, COME ALL, AND SUPPORT YOUR DIVISION, ITS OFFICERS, THE IAEI, AND THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY.


Respectfully submitted by,

Richard (Dick) Widera
Secretary, Suncoast Division IAEI
9201 Tournament Drive
Hudson FL 34667
cell phone (727) 433-2579