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| President's Message Fellow FESANS and FRIENDS, As the temperature drops ,so does the electronics repair business ( for some of us.) We don’t have as much lightning in the cooler months. But there are many ways to bolster our businesses without depending on lightning strikes. We can use the extra time to tighten up on expenses, repair our test equipment, repair our own televisions , attend schools and seminars, clean out our shops and organize our parts inventory. I am in the process of cleaning out my shop and I was flabbergasted to find so many obsolete parts that I never got to use. Anybody need an OZ4 or maybe a vibrator ( the kind that went in auto radios ) voltage triplers, obsolete tuners, modular circuit boards etc. Anyway a penny saved is a penny earned. A part lost turns into bucks lost. So plan your inventory carefully. Speaking of seminars , some of us FESANS attended THE GESDA weekend conference at Jekyll Island September 12th and 13th along with our GESDA friends and came away a whole lot smarter. (some of us didn’t) but if we didn’t it was not the fault of, Alvie Rodgers from Hitachi nor Lynn Davis of Thompson’s Multi-Media Inc. (hope I got that right) Anyhow they lead us to the water. Thanks fellows! True to the prediction in the last Watts Current we had a terrific time at the home of Dorman and Rudine McDonald. The food was superb and the music by the Silverhaired Trio plus Susan was outstanding, especially when Alvie Rodgers got up and played and sang right along with them. I heard Alvie could pick and sing but I had no idea he was so great .Way to go Alvie!! We had a wonderful time. Thanks again to ALL our Georgia friends. Now is the time to get your registration in for the FESA/GESDA CONVENTION coming up March 11TH through 14th, 2004. The cost of registration is $ 95.00 for each adult prior to December 31. 2003 after which Convention registration will become $125.00 Registration covers all sponsored events and meals. There is no charge for children of paid registrants under 12. Everyone please have a safe Halloween!! Sincerely, Ken Cisson, CET FESA President |
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| Governor Davis Signs Major "E-WASTE" Bill Creating Nation's First Electronic Waste Recycling Program 09/25/2003 Sacremento Governor Gray Davis has signed the electronics waste recycling act of 2003, the nation's first comprehensive electronics recycling law. The legislation creates a system for the safe and convenient collection and recycling of hazardous electronic products with the elimination of existing electronic waste stockpiles by the end of 2007. "California has led the technology revolution and we will lead the way to safely managing computers and other electronic devices at the end of their life," said Governor Davis. "This is a low-cost, consumer-friendly solution to the expensive electronic product recycling options currently available." In California, more than 10,000 computers and TVs become obsolete daily. Recycling programs run by some electronics manufacturers and local governments typically charge consumers from $10 to $35 to take back an obsolete computer monitor or television. A study by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB) estimates that Californians have some six million of these products stored at home. SB 20 by Senator Byron Sher (D-Palo Alto) creates the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003, which establishes a comprehensive program to safely manage cathode ray tubes (CRTs, or picture tubes). CRTs are used in computer monitors and TVs, flat panel screens and other video displays that contain hazardous components. "The 'e-waste' problem has been created by rapid changes in the electronics industry, consumer demand for more powerful personal computers and a lack of convenient recycling opportunities," Senator Sher said. "SB 20 will put California at the front of national efforts to solve this burgeoning problem." The act covers specific electronic products that use CRTs, flat panel screens, or any other video display device larger than four inches, if the California Environmental Protection Agency's (Cal/EPA) Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) determines that they are hazardous. DTSC has determined that CRTs, which typically contain five to seven pounds of lead that protects users from radiation emitted by the products during their operation, is hazardous. Starting July 1, 2004, California retailers will begin collecting an electronic waste recycling fee on covered products. The fee will be: * $6 on products with video display screens of at least four inches but less than 15 inches; * $8 for screens 15 inches to smaller than 35 inches; and * $10 for those with screens 35 inches or larger. The fees also apply to mail order and Internet purchases. The IWMB can impose administrative civil penalties of up to $2,500 per violation and seek penalties of up to $5,000 per violation of each sale of a specific electronic device for which a recycling fee has not been paid. Revenues will be deposited in a new Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account and fund payments by the IWMB to authorized electronic waste collectors and recyclers, to cover the net costs for operating free and convenient collections programs for the public. The Board, in collaboration with DTSC, is required to adjust the fees every two years to ensure that sufficient revenues are available to fund the collection, consolidation and recycling and to administer the program. Similarly, the recycling payment schedule will be adjusted every two years to adequately cover the net costs of recycling. After July 1, 2004, electronic product manufacturers must demonstrate compliance with provisions of the Electronic Waste Recycling Act. Starting July 1, 2005, electronic product manufacturers must report annually to the Board their approximate sales of covered products for the preceding year, the amount of hazardous materials used in manufacturing their products, what they have done to reduce this and efforts undertaken to design more recyclable electronic products. Overseas export of electronic wastes has created problems, notably in China, where environmental controls and worker health and safety protections have been weak. Under the new law, anyone proposing to export covered electronic wastes to a foreign country will have to notify DTSC, at least 60 days in advance, of the destination, contents and volumes of covered electronic waste to be shipped. They will also be responsible for demonstrating that the importation is legal in the destination country, will meet all applicable laws of the importing country and that the waste will be handled at its destination in accordance with rules, standards, and requirements adopted by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development for the environmentally sound management of electronic waste. Under current hazardous waste law, DTSC can enforce the new electronics waste recycling statute and seek fines of up to $25,000 a day for violations. "I look forward to working with industry leaders such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Sony and others to halt the increasing 'e-waste' problem," Governor Davis concluded. Article from information forwarded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection Hazardous Waste Division. |
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| HDTV RCA F38310/DTV 306 Failures Seems we all may begin seeing these problems since they seem to have a power supply that is becoming noted for failure. Have worked on only one other of these models that had a failed HOT and IFT but happened to notice the same Model playing in my daughters home at a recent family reunion. Just happened to have two service requests on these units. The one listed above and a Projection model P61310JX4/ DTV 307 chassis. They are very similar chassis. I suppose the 306 is for direct view and the 307 is for projection although I have not read that anywhere. Some obvious differences we noted in the standby power supply since this is the circuit that failed on both of our units resulted in resistor R14604 being destroyed and holes burned in the mosfet power supply regulator Q14601. The 306 regulator uses no external heat sync whereas the 307 does. The 307 uses a surface mount type transistor for a regulator driver Q14602 and the 306 uses a standard stand up three leg type. It isn’t hard to confuse these two chassis because the same components were smoked on both chassis and they look very much alike. Ironically when we started ordering components to service both units we found the replacement regulator Q14601 was changed to a kit. You don’t have to be the brightest tack on the wall to understand there must have been problems with this part for this change to occur. When we promptly received most components but these new regulator kits that were back ordered this either speaks to the newness of the change or the number of failures. Either way it confirms there are ongoing problems in this power supply. That is good because we are in the service business. After receiving these kits we became curious as to what they contained that made it different from the original components. First difference we saw was right on the invoice and we liked that. The kit 258229 cost $2.60 while the original regulator 208152 cost $4.65. What does that tell me? Buy the kit dude! Next difference we read the value of R14603 was to be changed from 1K ohm to 3.3K ohms 1/4W and C14130 was removed from the gate circuit of Q14601 on the instruction installation sheet that came in the kit. Of course we had previously started the repair, using the OEM regulator 208152 and R14604 (202069/15 ohm 1/2W) because we had these parts in hand and the kit went on back order. We also attempted to use an NTE 287 for the MPSA06 that was installed on the DTV306 chassis at Q14603. We attempted to power up our power supply in the previously described state only to immediately see our mosfet destroy itself again. Afterwards we decided to wait on the receipt of the regulator kit, having endured similar problems with the CTC185 chassis series in the past. When the regulator kit was received and installed with changes contained on the instruction sheet we again tried to power up the power supply. This time the regulator remained cool but the output of the power supply was found to be slightly low on the 5V (4.8V)source while all other standby output voltages were higher than they should have been. We began digging into our circuit very deeply to resolve this problem finding CR14615 (5.1 V zener diode at 1.3W) and CR14613 (12 V zener diode at 1.3W) defective and of course having no such non standard wattage rating in stock, we had to place another order, but this time with recalling difficulties found in the CTC185 series, we decided to add the transformer T14601 (243860) the reference IC U14603 (231525) and the output diode CR14611 (234048) to our order to reduce future parts awaiting delays. We also ordered the 232218 for Q14603 where we used a NTE 287 for a sub. When our parts were received we installed the Zeners and Q14603 (232218) first to see all our standby voltages return to their correct values. We then installed the other components T14601 and CR14611 before reinstalling the chassis in the unit to dynamically check out. Other than extreme precautions, technicians must observe to prevent destroying the CRT because of inherent instability whenever this chassis is in a service state, observing these to safely reinstall our DTV306 chassis returned this unit to normal operations. Since we also had a Projection HDTV unit model P61310 that used a DTV307 chassis and the standby power supply is nearly identical except the mosfet uses an external heat sync and Q14603 is a surface mounted transistor PN (248597) with this exception, we used the same components in this unit that we had used in the DTV306 chassis and when we had installed these, they returned this unit to normal operation too. You can find these tips in NESDA’S TechMate data base...because after solving these service problems...we put them there...to save a bit of your valuable Technician’s time. Article by Watts Current Editor |
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| Industry Update Channel Master president expects company to be sold by end of year RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Satellite-dish maker Channel Master expects to be bought out of bankruptcy before the end of the year, the company's president said. Andrew Corp., an Illinois maker of antennas and other parts for mobile communication equipment, has already offered to buy the company, said Bill Currer, Channel Master's president and chief executive. The deal is contingent upon Andrew Corp. winning the bidding auction through the bankruptcy court, Currer said. Greta Brown, a spokeswoman from Andrew Corp., could not provide additional details about the possible sale, but confirmed that the company intends to "acquire selected assets of Channel Master." Currer said he expects the deal with Andrew Corp. to be completed by the end of November. Channel Master, along with its two subsidiaries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Oct. 2. The company reported total tangible assets of about $60 million and total liabilities of about $95 million. It blamed the bankruptcy on the loss of its largest client, EchoStar Technologies, which accounted for more than 30 percent of Channel Master's expected sales this year. The strong interest in Channel Master could mean good news for its remaining 379 employees, Currer said. Andrew Corp. was founded in 1937 in Chicago by Victor J. "Doc" Andrew to consult on broadcast products. Last year, it had sales of $1.4 billion. It has 6,000 employees worldwide and manufacturing or distribution centers in 28 countries, including China, France, Taiwan and Russia….The Associated Press Motorola retuning to TV Business Bejing, October 14 - Motorola signed a deal with Hong Kong based Proview International Holdings Ltd. one of the world’s top five display manufacturers for a partner, to make flat screen television and computer displays, using the Motorola name with initial sales of the brand to begin its return in China before going global. The simple logic of the move appears to be aimed at the more profitable "flat-screen" market segment and to be in position to become a prime source of digital set top boxes, that Motorola manufactures, should these become integral components in televisions of the future. Motorola, presently the worlds second largest manufacturer of portable phones, is scheduling shipment of these TVs, computer screens and DVD players by the end of 2003. They recently announced the spin off of its semiconductor unit into a separate company to focus its concentration on competition with Nokia, the worlds largest manufacturer of phones. Motorola has a strong manufacturing and marketing presence in China and recently posted a quarterly profit that doubled Wall Street expectations due to a strong demand for cell phones…. Article compiled by Watts Current Editor from Information published by Reuters. |
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| Sony to cut electronics components by 90% Tue Oct 7, 3:05 PM ET By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo and Dan Roberts in London Sony is planning to reduce the number of parts it uses for consumer electronics products by nearly 90 per cent in a move that could force widespread restructuring across the industry. The Japanese giant hopes to reduce the number of components used in its complex manufacturing processes from 840,000 to 100,000 by 2005. Analysts believe a wave of product simplification could now reshape the electronics industry in much the same way as the automotive industry responded to growing cost pressures in the 1990s with common design platforms for cars. Last month, rival Toshiba promised that more standardised components would reduce the number of parts used in its personal computers by 20 per cent. Sony is also broadening its voluntary redundancy programme. The initiatives, announced on Monday, highlight Sony's determination to reduce costs and improve profitability after a period in which it has disappointed investors with its lacklustre performance. To reduce the number of parts Sony will designate 20,000 widely used parts as "Sony parts". The remaining 80,000 will be dubbed "common parts". The reduction is expected to affect Sony's 4,700 parts suppliers, whose number Sony wants to reduce to 1,000. About 95 per cent of the value of Sony's parts procurement is already concentrated in 1,000 suppliers. Tim Dinwiddie, South China manager for Flextronics, one of the largest contract manufacturers of consumer electronics, said: "This is a very aggressive target but it is the sort of holy grail that many in the industry have been chasing." Sony this year unveiled a plan to spend Y300bn ($2.71bn; ?2.33bn; £1.63bn) over the next three years mainly to restructure its electronics business, where its problems have been concentrated. The plan called for the disposal of non-core assets and unprofitable product lines. Sony on Monday said cutting the number of parts was mainly aimed at raising competitiveness. "In order to differentiate our products and raise their competitiveness, it is becoming necessary to even differentiate the parts that go into those products," a Sony representative said. By reducing the number of parts it uses, Sony hopes to free product developers to concentrate more on product design. Sony's engineers choose or even design the parts that go into their products themselves. "Commoditisation of products is very fast, so lowering costs while raising competitiveness is an important issue for Japanese electronics makers," said Fusako Nagao, analyst at Standard & Poor's in Tokyo. Sony, which surprised investors when it announced lower-than-expected results in the year to March, and a 69 per cent drop in first quarter pre-tax profits, has struggled to improve profitability. It has vowed to raise operating profit margins from 2.5 per cent last year to 10 per cent in three years. Sony said it would broaden its voluntary redundancy programme by lowering the minimum age of qualifying applicants from 35 last year to 30. Full-time employees with more than 10 years' service will be eligible for up to six years' pay in addition to the regular retirement benefits. Since only about 10,000 out of 17,000 employees would be eligible and only about 100 are expected to take up the offer, the cost benefits would be minimal. |
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| Skeeter Goes Cellular I suppose that I ain’t alone expressing awe over this ongoing Cellular Phone revolution that is taking over our world. Everywhere you look these things are polluting our lives. Whether you are dodging distracted drivers on the road or simply being mowed down by a pedestrian on the crowed isles of some airport concourse, they are causing mayhem daily. When I was invited to go to California my concerns were of earthquakes and airplane hi-jackers. I tried to figure a way to train myself for such an event before departing on my trip to San Diego. Thought of those inflated kiddy wading pools filled with Jell-O…if allow time to set…with a piece of plywood on top... ought to make a great earthquake training treadmill. About all I could do to avoid an airplane hijacking was to be alert…real alert. Wow what a feeling! Convincing myself an earthquake trainer was unnecessary and vowing to be extra observant I departed on my trip to San Diego. This trip was barely three months after witnessing those horrific events of September 11, 2001 on national TV. After I got to San Diego, I noticed everybody…but me…. had a bottle of water and a cell phone. It didn’t matter if they wore Hagar slacks with shower shoes out in the public eye…. they still had a cell phone with a bottle of water. In my view… someone so attired …would be chalked-up to being in such a hurry something was overlooked… kind of like leaving your fly unzipped. Remarkably they never forgot those dang bottles of water or cell-phones… this "modern preppy" generation seems to require to be properly dressed. In my day coat with tie was the normal…now this is old hat…completely out of fashion. These new "Style Gurus", particularly from California … now require a container of bottled water with a visible cell-phone… to be dressed up. I suppose...seen through their eyes ...I am a style-vagrant. When I sought safety by getting out of those crowded Concourse isles in the San Diego Airport… bustling with properly attired migrating public herds… I saw this straggler walking by with water bottle in hand… towing a wheeled computer case behind him. My vow to stay alert, focused my attention on this fellow...who remained engaged in an ongoing animated conversation with someone I couldn’t even see. He passed closely, still consumed in an intense conversation with the invisible man. Thinking… this dude… "Really lost it"…expecting to witness pursuit from the first official that saw…what I saw…he turned back my way…adding urgency to my sense of self-preservation. As he approached… still talking and waving that bottle of water… conversing with somebody visibly un-present…I saw something on the right side of his head… I first thought to be a wrinkle or birthmark. As he got closer… I was now able to see… it was a flesh colored microphone…laid along side his head… attached to an earpiece…. all hooked into a cell-phone…hanging on his waistband. Wow what a feeling of relief. Guess even I know... who is out of place...out here. When I got home… I began seeing…just as many in our area using these cellular phones… but there weren’t nearly as many bottles of water. They probably wouldn’t be allowed in modern local preppy clubs or Karaoke Bars since they must be …only half dressed...sorta like having no tie...used to be. Sometimes even an old dog…has to scratch a new itch. Figured to get myself a cell phone but ain’t never going to… sport those bottled water accessories. Eventually I got the one with that walkie-talkie option…just so I could exorcise…pent up urges to fluently flaunt…those old C.B. phrases. Wow there’s lots of "stuff" on such a small phone. Everything you could ever need… except...one very essential feature…a great big old magnifying glass. When I got my cell phone …didn’t perceive that physic message… when my phone number xxx-xxx-911x contained those digits. Hit the road with that new cell phone…headed off to the NESDA/ISCET convention in Reno, NV… leaving my youngest son… to look after the place. Got all the way to Houston… before remembering something I forgot to tell him. No Problem! Whipped out that new cell phone…turned that baby on… in Houston…. only to find it displaying "No Service". Luckily a friend …traveling with us… loaned me his … it reached right out and touched the party I wanted to speak with. I checked all coverage areas for my service provider…before we left...that included the Houston area…...chalked the failure up to all the foul weather headed towards us… from a hurricane churning up out there in the Gulf of Mexico. Knew Reno was well-covered too…. by my program… still looking forward to being able to communicate with everyone while we were at the convention. After all there ain’t no hurricanes near Reno. When we got to Reno…gave my cell phone another try… only to get the same disappointing results I got in Houston. Later saw my wife… who is on my plan…using her cell phone. Figured…. as usual… I got the bummer. When I ask her to turn her unit back on… figuring to make a trade… since I pay the bill…hers came up with that same "No Service" display too. Now I feel like a garbage worker with all the flies at work following him home…something was following me…. Bad Luck! A bit discouraged…left my unit off…till I encountered a friend using his phone…that I knew had the same provider. Asked how he got the dang thing to work? Told him about the "No Service" display plaguing me. He said, "He had the same problems until he just left it on long enough to connect to the system." Takes a mite longer out there than it did back home….reckon it takes longer in Houston too. Sure helps...when you know what you are doing. Overcoming a growing persecution complex…kept that phone with me continually in one pocket or the other…standing by to do some serious communicating. Since I hadn’t owned a cell phone long… was surprised to see…I already missed one call…just trying to connect to service for the area… promptly returned that missed call…found ...it was a wrong number. Didn’t get any more cellular activity…till seated at the head table for a meal… a good friend sponsored. This friend was speaking… to the audience… regarding a certain gentleman that continuously interrupted him with calls at the most inopportune times…when...the cell phone in my pocket began ringing. My friend…an excellent speaker… was jokingly chiding this individual seated in the audience... managed to ignore my phone as it continued ringing…. Of course everyone else heard it … as I fumbled to try to turn it off. Then quietly related to my friend…it was for him but it was a wrong number . Most of those... who heard me chuckled as he continued… paying little attention to my phone or me. Later after several lengthy meetings… I sought relief in the men’s room. With that cell phone on…in my left shirt pocket…while I searched the restroom for a vacant urinal. Looking around…. I had to choose between a standard mounted urinal or one mounted much closer to the floor. Didn’t want neither one…because the regular one was right next to the one… mounted so close to the floor. Figured anyone using that low rider had to be extremely well endowed…. requiring all that extra distance… just to keep his genitalia out of a urinal bowl. Didn’t want to be embarrassed by some dude needing that kind of space…to find relief…. that would be certain to follow….if you stood next to such a brute. Further down urinal row… a urinal became open… in the regular gentleman’s section…that I quickly claimed. With a meeting folder in my left hand…a gavel in my right hand… meant I had to free up one of them… to get some relief. Laying that gavel across the top of the urinal… freed my right hand… so I could then tend to nature’s call. When the whites of my eyes… began returning white… that dang cell phone in my shirt pocket started ringing…now I faced another critical decision…drop what I got in my left hand…or…drop what I got in my right hand… place all my trust in gravity…just to answer that cell dang phone. No way…. I chose…. none of the above…. ring baby ring… while everyone in the men’s room stared at me. Afterwards…. in the hall…. aggravated by so many untimely rings… from this new cell-phone…still squinting to read its tiny numbers on the message screen…. returned that call… only to find it was my friend…that I embarrassed earlier… when my phone rang… while seated at the head table as his guest. He was trying to let me know… he had a Beanie Baby …he wanted to give me… before he left. I ask him how he knew… when to place that call…to get even with me…for so rudely interrupting his speech. This remains my first hand closest encounters with ES-P. We both laughed knowing what goes around comes around. Pointing to an instance of natural balance…and recalling the embarrassment brought upon my home state of Florida… by someone named Chad… in a national election…. We knew…especially those born in Florida…that many now residing in our state are from somewhere else and migratory. Recently...California became the latest target of Chad. Apparently he returned home...being from Chadwick, CA…. giving Florida a break. We are grateful to nature that fowl and birds of all kind… still return home to roost…even those with bottled water and cell phones. Article by Watts Current Editor based on actual experience salted with a little imagination. |
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| 2004 FESA/GESDA Convention Tentative Schedule This schedule is subject to revisions, as necessary. Thursday, March 11 -- Registration/FESA/GESDA Hospitality Room Open noon. 1:00 PM Hitachi Technical Training Classes ..Requested Alvie Rogers Hitachi 6:00 PM Dinner /TBA or On your Own 8:00 PM Welcome ...FESA/GESDA Hospitality Room Friday, March 12 7:30 AM Coffee & Rolls FESA/GESDA Hospitality Room 8:00 AM Registration FESA/GESDA Hospitality Room 8:30 AM. - 5:00 PM. Philips Technical Training...Requested Tom Fogerty Philips 12:00 Noon Box Lunches FESA/GESDA TBA 6:00 PM Southern BBQ Banquet Hosted by Kristie & Joe Fowler at their waterfront residence. Arranged transportation. 10:00 PM Nightcap FESA/GESDA Hospitality Room Saturday March 13 7:30 AM Coffee & Rolls FESA/GESDA Hospitality Room 8:30 AM. 12:00 Noon Consumer Product Servicing: ..Requested Lyn Davis Thomson Multimedia 12:00 Noon Lunch….TBA or on your on 1:00 PM-2:00 PM FESA Annual Membership Meeting & Elections 1:00 PM or TBA GESDA Meeting 2:00 PM– 5:00 PM Consumer Product Servicing ...TBA 7:00 PM Awards & Officer Installation Banquet Sponsored by TriTronics Sunday March 14 7:30 AM Coffee & Rolls FESA/GESDA Hospitality Room 9:00 AM FESA Board of Directors Meeting 11:00 AM Check out. This is a preliminary agenda that will include additions as they are received. FESA-GESDA Convention 2004 March 11-14 2004 Radisson-Riverwalk Hotel & Conference Center Jacksonville, Florida FESA/GESDA 2004 Convention Registration Please Include all requested information with any titles that you wish to appear on your FESA/GESDA Convention registration badge. Registrant Name/s________________________________________________ Business Name___________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________________ City_____________________________State___________ZIP_____________ The cost of registration is $95.00 for each adult prior to December 31, 2003 after which Convention registration will become $125.00. Registration covers all sponsored events and meals. There is no charge for children of paid registrants under age 12 attending sponsored events and meals. Attending Children age 12 and over should be registered as adults. Please list the number you wish to register and amount included then send it to the address below. This does not include lodging. Lodging reservations must be made individually with the Radisson Riverwalk Hotel and Conference Center at 1515 Prudential Drive in Jacksonville, FL. The hotel local phone number is 904-396-5100 and national reservations can be reached at 800-333-3333 or www.radisson.com/jacksonvillefl. Don’t forget to reserve your room under the FESA /GESDA Convention March 11-14, 2004 group to receive the $81.00 per night convention special room rates. Number_____Adult____Children____Amount Included_______________ Mail To: Billy F. Williams EHF FESA Treasurer 1409 Glendale RD West Jacksonville, FL 32216 Phone 904-725-9789 email: billyw@fdn.com |
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| Special Opportunity FESA Member Desires to Sell 1994 Chevrolet Suburban Immaculate Condition. Maroon with all the goodies ...dual air conditioners….towing package….new rubber all around….well cared for. 106K actual miles….asking $6900.00 Serious inquires only. Interested parties may contact Carolyn Hemmingway at 904-765-9067 for more information |
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| REQUEST FOR FESA MEMBERSHIP DATE_________ NAME_________________________________ COMPANY NAME________________________ ADDRESS_______________________________ CITY/STATE_________________ZIP_________ PHONE NO.______________________________ NO.OF EMPLOYEES_____________ Dues Per Year: 1 Person Service Center= $25.00/ 2/3 Person Service Center=$30.00/ 4/6 Person Service Center=$35.00/ 7/9 Person Service Center=$40.00/ 10 & up =$45.00. This rate schedule is for independent membership and may be affected by a chapter or affiliate in your region. Please include your dues with your completed application, this will constitute your agreement to abide by the Constitution and BY-Laws of FESA. Members will continue to receive Watts Current. For a Non Member Watts Current Subscription Only. Include your check for $12.00, write Watts Current subscription on this form and return it to: Billy F. Williams EHF 1409 Glendale Rd. W. Jacksonville, FL 32216 Phone: (904) 725-9789 |
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| FESA SERVICE INVOICES PRICE LIST - MEMBERS ONLY INVOICES ARE CARBON FOUR PART WITH CLAIM AND HARD FILE COPY ZONES 4 & 5 #1 (SMALL) 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 63.50 125.00 183.00 218.00 275.00 IMPRINT 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 26.50 48.00 69.00 85.00 102.00 Sub Total 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 90.00 173.00 252.00 303.00 377.00 S/C 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 7.50 12.50 15.00 20.00 22.50 TOTAL 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 102.50 190.50 272.00 328.00 404.50 UPS PREPAID FREIGHT COLLECT Please note: The price increase announced previously is now in effect. We delayed the increase until the forms previously contracted have been depleted. All form requests from this time forward will be at the posted prices, freight collect. We no longer have a supply of the LARGE invoices. We are in the process of locating new a source for our large invoices. Until we find a new source the FESA-Large invoices are NO Longer Available. NEW ORDERS TAKE 3 TO 4 WEEKS --- INCLUDE IMPRINT INFO WITH CHECK REPEAT ORDERS TAKE 2 TO 3 WEEKS RUSH ORDERS WILL NOT BE PLACED UNTIL I RECEIVE YOUR CHECK! MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO F.E.S.A ALL SERVICE INVOICE ORDERS SHOULD BE MAILED WITH YOUR CHECK DIRECTLY TO THE FESA TREASURER: Mr. Billy F. Williams EHF 1409 Glendale Rd. W. Jacksonville, FL 32216 Phone & Fax: (904) 725-9789 NOTE: Small Invoices are 5:5/8"W X 9:1/8" H / You must be a Member of FESA to order forms from FESA. |
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| A Few Things You May Have Overlooked What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway). A test-tube baby has a womb with a view. How do you make antifreeze? Steal her blanket. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was? A nurse said 'No change yet'. Nylons give women a run for their money. Some children think that their parents are all no-ing. We were so poor when I was growing up we couldn't even afford to pay attention. The primary responsibility for a child's education is apparent. Those who throw dirt are sure to lose ground. My uncle called my grandfather a deer when he let my antelope. If all of the women left the country there would be a stagnation. If your dad's sisters are construction workers you might call them carpenter aunts. Items on this page reprinted from The Pun of the Day website. |
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