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Outing
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News Bits
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Facilities America Event
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New Articles
This month's Fabick
Power Systems adds the Rental
Power Planner, complete with planning sheets.
We hope you find them informative and
powerful. We also encourage you to follow
up the print version of this newsletter, with a visit to the online version.
New Paper Industry resources
have been added, as as new resources added to Engineering
and Management area.
This Month:
"More
on Your
Facility's Power Risk Factor".
 Stop;
please take a moment to consider what would be your hourly cost if an
unplanned power outage shut down your entire facility.
How much risk
is your facility taking with it's high voltage system?
Do you have a plan for power outages? We highly recommend you fill out
the Power Planning Worksheets
and bring them with you to the next meeting. Don't miss out on the
opportunity to get free help planning for power outages.
Go
directly to "Rental Power Planner"
and
directly to "Planning for Emergency Power"
and
directly to last month's "Facility Power"
Next
AFE Tour and Meeting.
St.
Louis Meeting-Tour:
End
User's in the St. Louis Area
This meeting
will be on Tuesday (Sept 25, 2001 @ 5:00 P.M.) at Fabick
Power Systems, 101 Fabick Drive, Fenton, MO 63026.
Fabick
will give a tour of the facility, as part of the tour their oil lab will
give a short presentation on oil analysis. They will barbecue
hamburgers and brats along with side dishes for us. There will even be
giveaway items. This is a must attend meeting. Our
group is growing so don't miss out.
Come and network with your St. Louis's
A.F.E. Make some friends, eat, and have fun.
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here to RSVP
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AFE St.
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AFE St. Louis chapter is Fun.
As if tours, presentations, and free food and drink weren't
enough, we had free golf! We are also constantly adding fun and valuable
resources to AFEStLouis.org, so browse around the site a bit. Please give us
feedback on the site and the Newsletter by clicking the "Comments"
button on the left. (or email webmaster@AFEStLouis.org)
Get
Involved
In your
St. Louis Chapter
Learn,
Lead,
and Influence
We seen quite a few new faces this month, that we encourage to become
members. Only then can you fully experience AFE's resources to help you learn,
lead, and influence. We have a lot of fun and educational events
planned. Please take part in the planning
and other activities. We challenge all our St. Louis Chapter members to get
involved, and see how AFE improves your
life.
 Our
prayers go out to those victims of the attack on America, and their
families.
Click
here to find out how you can help.
Article on Leadership.
Keeping
it REAL
Dr. John C. Maxwell, expert on
leadership training, shares with us
The
Principles for People Development.
Ground
Down or Polished Up?
Commentary:
When calculating your power requirements,
don't forget the massive collection of online resources we have indexed for you.
Click here
to see power calculators we found from our www.afestlouis.org/resources/tool.htm
area. At this months meeting, ask our gracious host for a free copy of their
generator selection software.:>)
St.
Louis Tours:
Last
month, we met on the green!
We want to
thank George Corey for organizing our golf outing, and our sponsors who
helped make the outing free to AFE members.
(Click
to read about and view pictures)
We exist
because of the continued support of our Sponsors. Chapter 26 thanks ALL
of them for their continued support!
Our
Golf sponsors spotlighted...
C&R
Mechanical - providing products and services in commercial,
industrial, and institutional HVAC design and installation.
City
Lighting - stock over 10,000 different lighting products - they can
develop a custom lighting system for you.
O'Neal
Engineering -providing the full range of consulting, engineering,
architectural, and construction services.
Guarantee
Electrical Co. - meet your electrical construction, design/build,
communications / data, service and maintenance needs.
Rental
Power Planner
We want to thank
our corporate sponsor Mike Jaby of Fabick
Power Systems, for donating this 3-step guide
with worksheets. We appreciate your patience in waiting for us to convert
this planner to a web compatible version. Also a must read, the article on Planning Emergency
Power, donated by John Swanson.
Student Chapter:
Please
help our members at Southern Illinois University, by contacting Dr.
Spoerre at SIU, to see what you can do to support our new student
chapter.
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These students are our future; let's
invest a little time in our future.
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AFE
National:
Please
visit our National site for National News
Facilities
America:
Facilities America 2001
Facilities America 2001 will take place in Las Vegas,
Nevada. — Hey, it's this month!
I hope to see a lot of you there. It is not to late to make your
reservation (I hope).
Please
see our
National Site for more information.
Attendees will benefited from:
- Hear well-respected facilities
professionals present seminars on a wide range of topics;
- Meet and learn from colleagues all over
the world;
- Participate in review classes and
examinations for earning the Certified Plant Engineer and
Certified Facilities Maintenance Manager credentials;
- See demonstrations and details about
products and services from vendors at a first-class trade show;
and
- Receive the results of the annual
FAME (Facilities Management Excellence) contest.
AFE is a 46-year-old, not-for-profit organization that helps its
members improve productivity, profitability and performance of the
facilities in their charge. Through more than 100 chapters across the
country, it offers them relevant information and resources, value-added
education and certifications, and opportunities to learn, lead and
influence the facilities engineering field.
For more information about Facilities America 2001,
see our
National Site.
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