IEEE Section, Area, and Regional representatives met in SF this past weekend to provide training for new members, discuss region finance and events, as well as select the candidates for 2011 region director-elect, and 2011 IEEE President-elect.  It was reveled that over $1 million will be spent on the 2011 Section Congress that will be held in SF.  Tom Coughlin, the Congress Chair, wants this international event of over 1200 Section Chairs and their families to be a model for the future, "This Section's Congress will set the bar for all future Section's Congresses".  

The IEEE MGA Board will donate $700 thousand to the Congress, but additional funding will be required from corporate donors, and from Section budgets.  The Regional ExCom voted to raise the regional assessment fee from $1 to $3 in order to offset declining contributions from the national level, and to keep the budget healthy to support region activities.  The increase was carried by near unanimous vote in the general OpCom assembly.

PROGRAM
Time/Date : February 16, 2010 - 12:30 to 1:30 PM
Location: Conference Room A&B - Third floor of 700 NE Multnomah Blvd - Portland, Oregon

Speaker: Mr. Adam Lint, Transmission Engineering, PacifiCorp

Subject: Underground 138kV Transmission in SLC - 5th West Cable Installation

Summary:

This presentation highlights a recent project in downtown Salt Lake City involving the installation of 4,800 feet of 138kV underground cable in existing duct banks.  Topics covered include duct bank inspection and repair, vault installation, steel pole retrofit, ampacity ratings, and other scoping, design, and construction challenges associated with underground transmission.