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HP/AGILENT ALUMNI CLUB NEWSLETTER HP/AGILENT ALUMNI CLUB MINUTES – 4/6/10 The April 6, 2010 meeting of the HP/Agilent Alumni Club was called to order at 1:30 pm by President Joetta Hoewisch. The minutes for the March 2, 2010 meeting as published in the March 2010 newsletter were approved. Treasurer Jack Sheets gave the Treasurer’s report. The report was filed. There were 53 attendees, including Jan Allen, Ted Allison, Les Bailey, Pat Bestgen, George Blinn, Jack Casey, Penny Cherry, Claudia Christiansen, Roger Christiansen, Kathy Colyer, Nancy Craig, Gail Fix, Betty Garcia, Molly Gauss, Lois Green, Gary Harper, Juanita Hartman, Joetta Hoewisch, Joe Hunter, Carol Kibel, Anna Kochis, Dennis Kruse, Mark Lambuth, Peggy Lambuth, Freeland Mattison, Laura Mattison, Peggy McClellan, Gerry McGonigle, Wanda McGonigle, John Meredith, Ivagene Mikesell, Jerry Murphy, Wilma Nicolaison, Ken Nichols, John Norris, Barbara Parsons, Kingdon Parsons, John Powell, Cecil Ray, Wanda Ray, Gary Roberson, Virginia Sausedo, Jack Sheets, Harry Short, Mark Smith, Polly Tounzen, Joe Trujillo, Randy Walters, Niles Whalen, Gerry White, Laura Winter, and Hal Wright. Visitors were Betty Garcia, Peggy Lambuth, and Kingdon Parsons. Betty Garcia joined the club during the meeting. There are currently 167 paid members in the Agilent Alumni Club. The quorum required to conduct business at the meeting was determined to be at least 26 members including one officer. The quorum was met and was announced by Joetta at the start of the meeting. April Birthdays: Marie Lujan, April 1 (Note: In recognizing the birthdays, Joetta noted that today was Juanita Hartman's 80th. Also that Juanita's daughter, Cheri Daily, had provided a birthday cake to add to our refreshment table in honor of the event.) Anniversaries: John Meredith, 41 years on April 19 Health Updates: Don Whiteman has been in Memorial Hospital over the past week or so. He is not doing well and we are told that his condition has worsened. (Note: Word has been received that Don passed away on April 4. Don requested that no formal services be held. Inurnment will take place in his native England. He is survived by three children: Chris, David, and Heather. Those who wish to send a note of sympathy to his children may send it to 5135 Mira Loma Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80918). Doug Maloney has asked club members to keep him in mind in the next week or so as he is coping with a difficult situation. Deaths: Betty Hill died on April 2. She was 85 and was an employee of Hewlett-Packard for 17 years. A funeral service will be held on April 7. We extend our sympathies to Betty’s family. Rose Hinkle died on March 14 at a local Hospice following a short illness. A memorial service was held on March 20. We extend our condolences to her family. New Business: No new business items were discussed. Old Business: A meeting was held at the Agilent facility on Garden of the Gods Road on March 23 to discuss bylaws. Six people attended the meeting. The bylaws were finalized and now are working on the Standard operating Procedures (SOPs). A meeting will be held on Monday, April 12 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm with a goal to finish the SOPs. Club members were encouraged to attend this meeting. Jerry Murphy discussed plans for the May program indicating that we will return to a pure entertainment format. The club will be treated to a musical performance by the Fountain Valley Harmonizers. The Harmonizers are made up of men and women 55 and older so we should be able to recognize most of the songs they will perform for us. This is nothing like our grandchildren listen to. Quoting from the February 24 edition of the Fountain Valley News: "The Fountain Valley harmonizers have entertained in El Paso County for 16 years, performing at the State Fair, the State Capitol and various luncheons and nursing homes. Currently standing strong at 23 members the harmonizers always welcome new members. Musical Director and manager Sandy Franklin said the group performs seasonal music as well as big band, traditional Irish tunes, Broadway, country, and oldies." Presentation: Ken Wyatt gave a very interesting and informative presentation on digital cameras. Ken is well-know and highly respected for his work on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineering at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent. He retired from Agilent two years ago and is pursuing his life-long passion for photography as a professional photographer. He has a strong interest in teaching others and teaches photography courses through the Woodland Park Parks and Recreation Department. Ken’s presentation, Basic Camera Controls: Going Beyond Auto-Mode, provided an overview of camera operation along with a number of useful tips on camera operation. His overview of camera fundamentals gave the club an insight on how to get the most out of their digital cameras. Ken showed several excellent examples that emphasized the points he made to the club on camera controls and settings. Anyone interested in learning more about digital photography is encouraged to take one of his courses at Woodland Park. Ken circulated a sign-up sheet for those interested in receiving his newsletter on digital photography. He is willing to provide a copy of his presentation to anyone who would like a copy. Ken conducts classes and conducts field trips for budding photographers. Additional information on this as well as a liberal sampling of Ken’s photography is available at his web site www.wyattphoto.com. Ken concluded the program with a donation of a very beautiful photo of the Maroon Bells that was to be given away at the meeting. Anna Kochis was the proud winner. Anybody wanting a copy of the slides presented today can have them by sending Ken an email at ken@wyattphoto.com. Announcements: Joetta announced that the next Red Hat meeting will be held on April 21 at 11:30 at Johnny Carino’s, at New Center Point just northeast of Powers and South Carefree. Pat Korenke will be hostess for the luncheon. Anyone interested in attending should call Joetta at 599-5292. Joetta is seeking a volunteer to be a Sunshine Person for the club. The Sunshine Person’s duties would be to contact new club members to determine background information they would like to share with other club members. This information would be published in our newsletter. This volunteer would also contact regular members who are missing meetings as a way of encouraging them to attend. Jerry Murphy announced that the Brad Eastin Quartet will be providing a very entertaining session on Sunday, April 11, at 1-4 PM at the Olympian Reception and Event Center, 975 South Union. This event, part of Jazz Appreciation Month, is one of the Second Sunday Jazz Affair programs of the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society. More information on this program can be found at http://www.ppjass.org/. Jerry also announced that the club will meet at Inn at Garden Plaza retirement home for its July meeting. The club is looking at possible locations for holding our meetings to cover the possibility that we may lose the Senior Center as a place for holding our monthly meetings. The purpose of the July meeting is to check out the Inn at Garden Plaza as a possible meeting location. Other sites are under consideration as well. Garden Plaza has offered to provide a meeting room that is approximately the same size as our present meeting room. Free coffee, tea, water, and cookies would be provided. The Inn would not charge for our meetings. Jerry provided information on the club picnic. The picnic will be held at Bear Creek Park in August. Arrangements have been made. The area where we will have the picnic has a number of amenities and has ample space to accommodate our needs. Joetta thanked Ivagene Mikesell for acting as club greeter. She also thanked Laura Mattison and Lois Green for the refreshments they provided. Their “treats” were very popular as evidenced buy the long line of club members following the meeting. Club greeter for May will be Peggy McClellan. Refreshments will be provided by Helen Wilcots and Penny Cherry. Joetta called for two volunteers to serve refreshments during the November meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 3:00. ANOTHER DEATH IN OUR FAMILY Darell Dougherty, passed away recently. Darell worked at the Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley sites as well as in the California sites during his career. When he retired he was part of GIO in Colorado Springs and was very well known across the site. His given name was Vernon Darell Dougherty, however everyone at HP/Agilent knew him as Darell. Darell retired on June 21, 2002 with 33 years of service to HP/Agilent. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but was living most recently in San Jose, California. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Dougherty, as well as his 3 children Stacey Clow, Michelle (Mickey) Dougherty, and Scott Dougherty. He also had 2 step-daughters and 3 grand-children. GREETER & REFRESHMENT LIST GREETER REFRESHMENTS
MAY Peggy McClellan
Helen Wilcots FUN FACTS (Just in case you are ever on Jeopardy)
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests. Brazil got its name from the nut -- not the other way around. The smallest actual sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 had a population of 80 -- 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is. In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million years. Spain literally means "the land of rabbits." Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village." St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, who set up the first business there. The chance that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A. is 1%; in Canada it is 75%. The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas It is as deep as 20 Empire State Buildings -- but only 3 inches wide. The Eisenhower Interstate System requires that one mile in every five MUST be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls. Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence. Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents. The sole of the foot has more sweat glands than any other part of the human anatomy. Each foot has about 3,000 per square inch, or a total of about 250,000. The palms of our hands also have about 3,000 per square inch, but cover a smaller surface area. According to champagne maker, Moet & Chandon, there are approximately 250 million bubbles in the average bottle of bubbly. THE COMPUTER SWALLOWED GRANDMA
The computer swallowed grandma.
It devoured her completely,
I've searched through the recycle bin
So, if inside your 'In-box,' This is a tribute to all the Grandmas who have been fearless and learned to use the Computer. They are the greatest!!! JUST FOR LAUGHS
While I sat in the reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat there, alone and silent. Just as I was thinking I should make small talk with him, a little boy slipped off his mother's lap and walked over to the wheelchair. Placing his hand on the man's, he said, "I know how you feel. My mom makes me ride in the stroller too..." --------------- As I was nursing my baby, my cousin's six-year-old daughter, Krissy, came into the room. Never having seen anyone breast feed before, she was intrigued and full of all kinds of questions about what I was doing. After mulling over my answers, she remarked, "My mom has some of those, but I don't think she knows how to use them." --------------- Out bicycling one day with my eight-year-old granddaughter, Carolyn, I got a little wistful. "In ten years," I said, "you'll want to be with your friends and you won't go walking, biking, and swimming with me like you do now." Carolyn shrugged. "In ten years you'll be too old to do all those things anyway." --------------- Working as a pediatric nurse, I had the difficult assignment of giving immunization shots to children.. One day, I entered the examining room to give four-year-old Lizzie her needle. "No, no, no!" she screamed. "Lizzie," scolded her mother, "that's not polite behavior." With that, the girl yelled even louder, "No, thank you! No, thank you!" --------------- On the way back from a Cub Scout meeting, my grandson innocently said to my son, "Dad, I know babies come from mommies' tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?" After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust, "You don't have to make up something, Dad. It's okay if you don't know the answer." --------------- Just before I was deployed to Iraq, I sat my eight-year-old son down and broke the news to him. "I'm going to be away for a long time," I told him. "I'm going to Iraq." "Why?" he asked. "Don't you know there's a war going on over there?" --------------- Paul Newman founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children stricken with cancer, AIDS, and blood diseases. One afternoon, he and is wife, Joanne Woodward, stopped by to have lunch with the kids. A counselor at a nearby table, suspecting the young patients wouldn't know Newman was a famous movie star, explained, "That's the man who made this camp possible. Maybe you've seen his picture on his salad dressing bottle?" Blank stares. "Well, you've probably seen his face on his lemonade carton." An eight-year-old girl perked up. "How long was he missing?" An Interview With An 80-year-old Woman The local news station was interviewing an 80-year-old lady because she had just gotten married -- for the 4th time. The interviewer asked her questions about her life, about what it felt like to be marrying again at 80, and then about her new husband's occupation. "He's a funeral director," she answered. "Interesting," the newsman thought. He then asked her if she wouldn't mind telling him a little about her first 3 husbands and what they did for a living. She paused for a few moments, needing time to reflect on all those years. After a short time, a smile came to her face and she answered proudly, explaining that she'd first married a banker when she was in her early 20s, then a circus ringmaster when in her 40s, later on a preacher when in her 60s, and now in her 80s, a funeral director. The interviewer looked at her, quite astonished, and asked why she had married 4 men with such diverse careers. She smiled and explained, "I married 1 for the money, 2 for the show, 3 to get ready, and 4 to go."
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