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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It rotates cities. It was in Chicago this year and Reno last year. I’m not sure where 2013 is scheduled to be, but I’ll check. We may be able to influence the location in out years, but I think 2013 is already set – I just don’t remember where.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>John R. Weaver<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Facility Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Birck Nanotechnology Center<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Purdue University<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>(765) 494-5494<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>jrweaver@purdue.edu<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> John Shott [mailto:shott@stanford.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 07, 2011 4:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br><b>Cc:</b> John Weaver<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] More on buddy system and a labnetwork suggestion / Fwd: 24/7 operations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>John:<br><br>Thanks for your comments. Note: if anyone is a clueless as I was until 5 minutes ago, IEST is Institute for Environmental Sciences and Technology. I think that this is an interesting proposal. I don't want to take away anything from UGIM .... it has, despite being primarily a device and technology conference, come to be known as THE place where lab managers get together to compare notes and share best practices related to a variety of facility and operational issues. It would certainly appear, however, as if there is demand for an annual meeting to discuss the management, operation, and facility/equipment needs of the growing number of clean rooms and nano-* facilities. My guess is that there will be a lively discussion of how to best meet that need but I think that ideas that somehow back fill the biannual UGIM meetings with a meeting in the off-UGIM years would be a good idea. One of the nice things about UGIM, in my view, is that it is small enough that it can be hosted at or near a facility that is of interest to this community. John, does ESTECH rotate cities, or is it normally held in Orlando?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>John<br><br><br>On 6/7/2011 6:49 AM, Weaver, John R wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If there is an interest, I have a great forum for us to use as an every-year meeting on facility operations. I have just gone onto the Executive Board of IEST, and we have been having some really good discussions about where we want to go with fabrication facilities. Right now we have been concentrating on design issues, but we could very easily add operational issues to the agenda. The IEST meets every year in May, generally the first week. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If it looks like this is something that has significant interest, we can look at ESTECH 2013 to kick off an operations symposium. Long term, we may want to consider combining UGIM with ESTECH in years when UGIM would normally meet, and use ESTECH as a free-standing conference in alternate years.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For those who are not familiar with IEST, that is the organization that has been the technical arm of cleanroom design and operation since the 1960s. It is the secretariat for many of the ISO standards in both cleanrooms and now nanotechnology. The standard for cleanroom classification – now ISO, formerly Federal Standard 209 – was written by the IEST. It would be a great forum for our group, now that we have moved away from devices and toward facilities, especially facility operation.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>What are the thoughts of the group?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>John</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>John R. Weaver</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Facility Manager</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Birck Nanotechnology Center</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Purdue University</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>(765) 494-5494</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:jrweaver@purdue.edu">jrweaver@purdue.edu</a></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>