Engineering Your Finances: Secrets They Never Taught You

Your IEEE Florida West Coast Section PACE group is holding what just might be the most important meeting of your life – a personal finances tutorial.

Now this isn’t going to be some boring in-one-ear-out-the-other university lecture. Rather, this 2 hour presentation is going to be broken up into three different parts – each part will be more valuable than the one that came before it!

It’s your money! Can you think of a more valuable way to spend a couple of hours? Come, listen, learn, and ask your questions. Because I want to fill the room, I’m only going to charge you $5 to attend the full meeting ($15.00 for non-members). This will be your ultimate no-pressure opportunity to get your questions answered and perhaps finally come up with a plan on how you are going to pay for everything that you are responsible for without taking on massive debt!

Here’s all the critical info that you need to have:

What: Engineering Your Finances: Secrets They Never Taught You Seminar
When: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: TECO Hall, 702 N Franklin St, Tampa
Cost: $5 – paid online before the event
Registration: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/14241

P.S.: I’m participating in an contest to see if I can get 100 people to register for local IEEE PACE events. This one counts and so I need as many people as possible to register online so that I can win!

As always, if you have any questions, email me at jim.anderson@ieee.org and I’ll get them answered.

I hope to see you there on 10/24/12!

- Dr. Jim Anderson

Date: Friday, November 30, 2012
Registration: 8::00am-8:30am
Seminar: 8:30am-1:00pm
Speakers: Thomas Blair, P.E. Senior Consulting Engineer, Tampa Electric
4 PDH’s will be credited for attendees Be sure to enter your name and PE number on the signup website as it appears on your license. IEEE Florida Provider Number 3849.
Location: FRCC, Towers of West Shore
1408 N. West Shore- Suite 1002,Tampa, FL 33607-4512
Cost:$100 Members, $200 Non-Members (Includes Breakfast & Lunch)
RSVP Online at: http://time2meet.com/fwcs-pes2/index.html
Make checks payable to: IEEE FWCS
Send checks to:John Stankowich, IEEE PES/IAS Treasurer
2593 Forest Run Court, Clearwater, FL33761-3716
Questions: Tom Blair at 813-228-1111, ext 48179 or tom_blair@ieee.org

PES West Coast Chapter invites you to the opportunity to attend a seminar on an update to National Electrical Safety Code (NESC-2012) on Friday, Nov 30, 2012. This standard became effective in January, 2012. This revision of the NESC provides updates to installation requirements for generation, transmission, and distribution installations and also provides updates to safe work practices at facilities covered by the NESC. While NESC is not law, it is one of the industry standards that OSHA may use to determine compliance with OSHA 1910.269 which is law, so it is critical that anyone who either designs or is involved in the maintenance of facilities covered by NESC learn about the updates provided by the NESC-2012 revision. The seminar is appropriate for degreed professionals, including engineers and engineering technicians, as well as non-degreed personnel with general knowledge of the NESC and experience in the electric utility industry. The standard is NOT included in the seminar but can be ordered online from IEEE. The website for more information on the code is at http://standards.ieee.org/about/nesc/2012.html.

The areas that received the most changes include the following;
Section 1 – Purpose and Scope, General Rules, and Application
Section 9 – Grounding
Part 1 – Generation Stations
Part 2 – Overhead T&D
Part 3 – Underground Lines
Part 4 – Work Rules

Attendance of a seminar on the latest code changes is a great way to ensure you comply with the latest technical advances in recommended electrical safe installation requirements and electrical safe work practices. Reserve a space for yourself today.

Speaker Biography

Thomas Blair is a Senior Consulting Engineer with Tampa Electric Company for over 10 years. Prior to his term at Tampa Electric, he was an engineer at Phasetronics/Motortronics for 10 years and prior to this served in the US Navy in the nuclear power area. Over his past 20 years’ experience, Tom has designed and performed startup services for motor and drive applications. Tom has instructed “Energy Production Systems Engineering” and “Electric Machines and Drives” courses as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida, Polytechnic. Tom received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. (Power Engineering) degrees from University of South Florida in 1991 and 2001 respectively and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida (PE# 53239).

Date: Saturday, October 13th, 2012
Time: 10::00am-2:00am
Location: USF Riverfront Park,
East Fletcher Avenue Tampa, Florida 33617

You are coordially invited to join the USF Student Branch semiannual Picnic in the Park. Please come out and enjoy this networking opportunity with IEEE students and professors while enjoying great food and activities.

David Touvell, Chairman USF IEEE Student Branch

Date: Friday, September 21, 2012
Registration: 8:30am-9:00am
Speakers: 9:00am-3:00pm
Speakers: Jason Flynt, Duke Energy  – Lee Collins, TECO – Randy Dotson, Lakeland Electric
4 PDH’s will be credited for attendees
Location: Seminole Electric,
16313 North Dale Mabry Hwy,Tampa, FL 33618
Cost:$100 Members, $150 Non-Members, $50 Students. (Includes Breakfast & Lunch)
RSVP Online at: http://time2meet.com/fwcs-pes1/index.html
Make checks payable to: IEEE FWCS
Send checks to:John Stankowich, IEEE PES/IAS Treasurer
2593 Forest Run Court, Clearwater, FL33761-3716
Space limited to the first 45 registrants!!!
Cancellation must be submitted online 24 Hrs prior to the seminar at: http://time2meet.com/fwcs-pes1/index.html
No shows will be invoiced for the total cost of the seminar.
Questions: Serge Beauzile at 863-834-6511 or serge.beauzile@lakelandelectric.com

Following a successful Smart Grid presentation last year, the FWCS will once more have Randy Dotson, Jason Flynt and Lee Collins representing Lakeland Electric, Duke Energy and Tampa Electric Company. The Symposium expert speakers will present the latest information on state-of-the-art innovations in smart grid technologies and their applications in their respective companies. They will provide an update on their progress implementing that vision and share intimate details of their plans. This will be an interactive presentation affording you the opportunity to participate and ask questions. In addition we will have several electric vehicles at the symposium.

Date:   Wednesday, November 14^th, 2012
Time:  6:00 – 7:45 PM.
Tour will begin at 6:30 PM.
Location:  1 HSN Drive (2501 118^th Ave. N.)
St Petersburg
Speaker: Michelle Wilkins, VP of Broadcast Engineering and Television Technology
Cost: $10 Members, $20 Non-Members
RSVP Online at: http://time2meet.com/fwcs-section/index.html

Questions: Valerie Tur – 813-334-2317 or VLT4@cornell.edu
Make checks payable to IEEE FWCS
Send checks to: John Stankowich, IEEE Vice Chair (WIE)
2953 Forest Run Court
Clearwater, Fl 33761-3716

Space is limited to the first 14 registrants.

Attendee Registration closes on November 11^th for security registration at HSN.

Women in Engineering (WIE) will provide a tour of HSN Studios. Come see a 24/7 National Television Production Facility with State of the Art  Control Rooms, Live Stages, Robotic Cameras        and other Broadcast Equipment in action. Registered Attendees please go to main security guard gate from 6:00 to 6:20 PM for instructions to meeting room. Driver’s License will be requested.

Tour of Progress Energy’s Paul L. Bartow Power Plant on Weedon Island Pinellas County

Date: Friday, August 31, 2012
Time: 2:30PM – 5:30PM.  (meet at 2:00PM Front Gate for Security Processing)
Location: 1601 Weedon Island Dr., St. Petersburg, Fl., 33702
Cost: Free for IEEE Members, $20 Non-Members,
RSVP: Online at:  http://time2meet.com/fwcs-pes3/index.html  limited to 25 attendees
SPECIAL REQUIERMENTS:  Due to security restrictions registration will CLOSE on August 29^th. There will be NO EXCEPTION!

Questions:       Claude Pitts at 727.418.5272 or claude.pitts@ieee.org

Map & Directions   The group will meet at the Front Gate for Security processing at 2:00 PM then meet in parking lot of the Administration Bldg. for the tour.

This site tour will take approximately three (3) hours and will include an unofficial Power Plant 101 discussion about the various types of power plants in the Progress Energy System,  history of the Bartow Plant site and a walk-about in the new power block.

Bartow Plant is classified as a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) Facility and has SPECIAL REQUIERMENTS and RESTRICTIONS;

• MTSA Requirement – All visitors, vendors, and delivery personnel must be screened and processed at the Access Control Point (ACP) prior to obtaining access authorization.  All visitors, vendors, and delivery personnel must present a valid photo ID to obtain a Visitor Badge.
• MTSA Requirement – All facility personnel, including contractors, whether part-time, full-time, temporary, or permanent, vendors and visitors must display the Progress Energy issued Access/Identification Badge on the outer most garment on the front of the body between the neck and the waist clearly visible for inspection.
• Plant Walk-Through Requirement – Tour attendees must wear long pants, sleeved-shirt and closed-toe shoes.  Steel-toe safety shoes are notrequired for tour attendees.
  • Personal jewelry should be minimal and close fitting, i.e., wedding band, small earrings.  Large loose dangling jewelry (necklace, bracelets, etc.) should not be worn during the plant walk-through tour.
  • Any person wearing the following articles of clothing will be disqualified from attending the plant walk-through tour:
    • Shorts, sleeveless shirts, dresses/skirts, sandals/flip-flops, or any other clothing that exposes more skin than a pair of long pants with closed-toe shoes and a T-shirt.

Tour Pinellas County Waste to Energy Facility

Sponsors: PES-IAS Chapter -FWCS
Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time: 3:00PM to 5:00PM  (meet at 2:45PM Administration Bldg.)
Location: 3095 114^th Ave N, St Petersburg Florida 33716
Map & Directions
Cost: Free for IEEE Members, $20 Non-Members
RSVP Online at: http://time2meet.com/fwcs-pes2/index.html (select Reservations)
Space limited to the first 20 registrants!!!
Questions: Claude Pitts ar 727.418.5272 or claude.pitts@ieee.org

Special Requirements: must wear long pants, long sleeves and closed toe shoes.  You will be provided with safety gear such as eye protection and hardhats prior to your tour of the WTE facility.

Come join your PE/IA Chapter for an educational Tour of the Pinellas County Waste to Energy Facility, St. Petersburg Florida.  This is a walking tour of an active facility and participants MUST wear long pants, long sleeves and closed toe shoes.  You will be provided with safety gear such as eye protection and hardhats prior to your tour of the WTE facility.  Be advised that you will get dusty/dirty during this tour and you will need to dress accordingly.

This site tour will take approximately two (2) hours and will include the landfill, recycling operations and the WTE power generation facility.  The group will meet at the Administration Building at 2:45 PM for the tour. 

The Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility has the capacity to burn 3,150 tons of garbage every day and processes about one million tons of garbage every year. The process can produce up to 75 megawatts (MW) per hour of electricity making some of which is sold to Progress Energy to power approximately 45,000 homes and businesses every day. The WTE facility uses state-of-the-art air pollution control technology ensuring the plant’s emissions fall within the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards.

Ash generated from the combustion of solid waste is transferred to the adjacent Residue Storage and Processing Building. Here, the ash is size-separated using screens, and both ferrous (steel) and non-ferrous (aluminum) metals are recovered from the ash using mechanical equipment such as magnets and eddy currents. The recovered metals are sold to steel mills and smelters for recycling, and the remaining ash is used for landfill cover and interior site berms and roadways.

Learn to negotiate like James Bond...

You know WHAT you want, but do you know HOW to get it? For the first time ever, the IEEE’s Florida West Coast PACE group is proud to present exactly what you’ve been looking for: a seminar that will teach you how to prepare for and WIN your next negotiation! No matter if you are asking your boss for a raise, trying to get the best deal from a vendor, or even if you are just trying to get the best deal on your next car, then this is the seminar that you MUST attend!

Attend and learn the 15 most powerful negotiating tactics that you can use in your next negotiation — and how to defend against them when they are used against you. We’ll be showing you 15 tools that you can use to become a “super negotiator”. Negotiating seminars with 1/2 the content of this seminar can cost +$1,000 — reserve your spot today before we fill up!

Date: Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Time: 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Location: Building: TECO Building, TECO Plaza — 702 N. Frankling St., Tampa, FL

>>> Register online by clicking here <<<

PDH Credit:  4 professional development hours will be awarded. Be sure to enter your name and PE number on the signup website as it appears on your license.
RSVP Online at: http://time2meet.com/fwcs-pes3/index.html
Make checks payable to:   IEEE FWCS Treasurer, John Stankowich
Send checks to:John Stankowich, IEEE PES/IAS Treasurer    2593 Forest Run Court, Clearwater, FL33761-3716
Questions: Tom Blair at 813.228.1111, ext 48179   or  tom_blair@ieee.org

Seminar Description:

PES West Coast Chapter invites you to the opportunity to attend a seminar on an update to NFPA70E 2012 – Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace on (Friday, March 30, 2012). This standard became effective in August, 2011.

This seminar will review the changes between the 2009 NFPA-70E and the

2012 NFPA70E. The standard is NOT included in the seminar but can be ordered online from the National Electrical Fire Protection Association at http://www.nfpa.org/

Some of the changes to the code that will be covered are;

• Changes to the arc flash boundary (AFB)
• Addition of HRC values & calculations for DC systems and equipment
• Changes to equipment labeling requirements
• Changes to table 130.7(C)(9) Hazard/Risk Category (HRC) Classifications
• Changes to PPE requirements for various Hazard/Risk Category (HRC) Classifications
• Change to number of methods of Hazardous Energy Control (HEC) from 3 methods to 2.

Attendance of a seminar on the latest code changes is a great way to ensure you comply with the latest technical advances in recommended electrical safe work practices. Reserve a space for yourself today.

Speaker Bio:

Thomas Blair is a Senior Consulting Engineer with Tampa Electric Company for over 10 years. Prior to his term at Tampa Electric, he was an engineer at Phasetronics/Motortronics for 10years and prior to this served in the US Navy in the nuclear power area. Over his past 20 years’ experience, Tom has designed and performed startup services for motor and drive applications. Tom currently teaches the “Energy Production Systems Engineering” and “Electric Machines and Drives” courses as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida, Polytechnic. Tom received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. (Power Engineering) degrees from University of South Florida in 1991 and 2001 respectively and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida (PE# 53239).

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We’re going to be covering a lot of material during this seminar including:

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2. Add hundreds of contacts to your network with one simple technique.

3. Become known as a world-wide expert in your field so that companies seek you out.

4. Learn how to follow companies you are interested in.

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6. Discover how to develop long-lasting business relationships by joining the right LinkedIn groups.

7. A secret system for getting through to hiring managers and recruiters when you are looking for your next job.

8. The 3 steps that you need to take for networking success on LinkedIn…and what things to avoid at all costs.

9. The simple secret hardly any job hunter uses that can blow away your competition.

10. And much more!

The video and a downloadable version of the slides are available for you to purchase from the FWCS online store. Just click here to learn how.