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John:<br>
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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>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
John<br>
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On 6/7/2011 6:49 AM, Weaver, John R wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);">What are the thoughts of the group?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);">John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73,
125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">John R. Weaver<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Facility Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Birck Nanotechnology Center<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">Purdue University<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);">(765) 494-5494<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jrweaver@purdue.edu">jrweaver@purdue.edu</a></span></i></b></p>
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