CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB http://www.utc.edu/~engrcs/cec/cec.htm Volume LI January 10, 2000 12:00 NOON Number 1 The Loft 328 Cherokee Blvd. THIS WEEK_________________________________________________________________ Annie Hall, Hamilton County School Board, will present on K - 12 education. Ms. Hall will provide updates on the current status of the K-12 public educational system in Hamilton County, including budget plans, technology plans, and her personal perspectives on the effectiveness and the future of public education in America. LAST WEEK_________________________________________________________________ Ed Chapin reported that Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, and the world survived Y2K. He did note that the short absence of Al Gore at midnight was a feature and not a bug. Seven nuclear plants did report some minor problems, aviation also experienced some insignificant program errors, but as the media reported, it was a near flawless transition into year 2000. Starting from 6 p.m. on December 31, TVA nuclear plants were involved in an every two-hour conference calls to update each other of problems and successes. Paul Snyder, who presented on Y2K from Chattanooga manufacturing sector in June 1999, reported that he spent a peaceful night at the Dupont, Access Road plant. Dupont conducted several world- wide conference calls during several days prior to December 31. The Chattanooga plant was observing the operation of plants in Japan and Europe that were ahead of our time zone. Richard Smith, who was our June program chair, reported that TVA, Hamilton County, and Blue Cross survived. He spoke with Allison Crossen of Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton. The medical center, though busy, operated without glitches, but did note that a vendor, SMS, had problems in other time zones. Stock market opened on January 2, 2000, in a bullish mode. Banks and Federal Reserve will have to deal with the over abundance of cash. Over 100 billion dollars were spent on Y2K readiness. Some may argue that the cost of the preparation or exercise was high, but Y2K did contribute to the strong economy, and our faith in the operation of various industries. The state of equipment, software, and financial systems are at their showcase condition. COMING PROGRAMS___________________________________________________ January 17 - John Van Winkle, City Traffic Dept., New Red Light Camera at Bailey Ave. January 24 - George Andrews, Merrill Lynch, Financial Planning January 31- Fieldtrip, Tyner High School COMMITTEES__________________________________________________________ For our year 2000 activities, we are looking for volunteers to join and/or lead the following committees: Audio-visual, bulletin, CSTCC, development, education, fellowship, fieldtrips, history, invocation and pledge, legislative, membership, program, publicity, science fair, and UTC. Please contact your officers for more detail or to volunteer. Executive Committee Meeting___________________________________________ January 10, CDI, 610 Tallan Building, 5:30 p.m. - requesting attendance of all officers, inviting all members. IN REMEMBERANCE_____________________________________________________ During our first meeting of year 2000, we took a moment to remember the members that passed away in 1999: Bill Gurley, Albert Hicks, Brice Kinyon, Ravil Smith, and Bob Tulis. As stated in our by law, $25 will be deposited in our scholarship fund for each member. --- Chattanooga Technology Council Mailing List | A free service provided by To unsubscribe, e-mail: ctc-unsubscribe@cdc.net | CDC Internet, Inc. For additional commands, e-mail: ctc-help@cdc.net | http://www.cdc.net "