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HP/AGILENT ALUMNI CLUB NEWSLETTER
HP/AGILENT ALUMNI CLUB MINUTES – 3/1/2011 The March 1, 2011 meeting of the HP/Agilent Alumni Club was called to order at 1:340 pm by Vice-President Jerry Murphy at the Colorado Springs Senior Center. Minutes of the November 4th meeting as published in the November newsletter were approved. Secretary John Meredith gave the Treasurer’s report. Income for the month included $305 in dues, and $15 in donations. Expenses for the month totaled $170.72. The report was filed. There were 47 attendees, including David Akin, Jan Allen, Les Bailey, Mary Lou Bailey, Pat Bestgen, Linda Boettcher, Christ Bonck, Jack Casey, Penny Cherry, Nancy Craig, Stan Farr, Gail Fix, Juanita Hartman, Patricia Korenke, Mark Lambuth, Peggy Lambuth, Carol Kibel, Anna Kochis, Patricia Korenke, Mike Manley, Peggy McClelland, Gerry McGonigle, Wanda McGonigle, John Meredith, Ivagene Mikesell, Cheri Moloney, Doug Moloney, Jerry Murphy, Ken Nichols, John Norris, Barbara Parsons, Eileen Pekarek, John Powell, Wanda Ray, Gary Roberson, Ernie Rossamanith, Velma Rossmanith, Tom Saponas, Ginger Sausedo, Mark Smith, Mike Sondgerath, Joe Trujillo, Jim Umphrey, Evelyn Wall, Randy Walters, Niles Whalen, and Helen Wilcots. GUESTS … Jerry welcomed Momoko Rarick who was a guest. March Birthdays: Joe Hunter …………... March 3 New Business: Jerry called for volunteers for greeter and for refreshments for 2011. He indicated we need volunteers for the months of June, July, September, and November. A sign-up list was circulated. Jerry called for a volunteer to replace Barbara Parsons who has resigned as the club’s Sunshine Person. Jerry appointed Nancy Craig to serve in this important role. Jerry also announced that the Senior Center has requested that the club move its address away from the Senior Center for various reasons. Plans are in process to move our club mailing address to a Post Office Box address at the Centennial Post Office near the Agilent Garden of the Gods site. This change will be announced in a future newsletter and will be posted on our web site. NEW MAILING ADDRESS: HP/Agilent Alumni Club Announcements: The next Red Hat Luncheon will be held on March 16th at 11:30 at the Joetta’s house. Pizza will be served. She will be sending making phone calls as a reminder of the meeting. Our next regular meeting will be held at the Senior Center on April 5th. Jerry Murphy announced that the program next month would be a presentation by the Native American organization, One Nation Walking Together. The organization’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of American Indians. Les Bailey passed out free coupons provided by Chick-Fil-A. Jerry pointed out that Mary Lou Bailey has been displaying merchandise available from the Agilent store. He indicated that club members can request items that are not shown at the display table. John described a free tax preparation program that is available in our community. There are two programs available: the TaxAide program sponsored by AARP and the VITA program sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service. The link shown provides information on several sites that serve communities in Colorado. http://coloradovita.org/locations/ Program: David Wood and Michelle Hylton who are Financial Advisors with the Addison Avenue Credit Union were presenters at this month’s club meeting. David described a Financial Services Open House sponsored by the Credit Union to be held on March 10 at the Marriott on Tech Center Drive. David and Michelle discussed new directions that the financial Advising team is taking. The group is seeking to add diversity to the product offerings by expanding the number of Fund Companies. This is being done with a goal of minimizing fees and expenses for customers. David and Michelle answered a number of questions from the attendees. The meeting was adjourned at 3:00. NEW MEMBERS DON SMITH …. remembers meeting both Mr. Hewlett and Mr. Packard when they visited the Garden of the Gods site for division reviews. An impressive event for new hires was when Don was invited to share a meal with Dave Packard! Don earned his EE degree at the University of Texas/Austin. His 30 years at HP/A were about equally divided between working for Scopes and Logic Analyzers, as a Project and/or Section Manager. In retirement, he enjoys world travel and skiing. In fact, our conversation was quite short because he was on the way out the door to drive up to a ski area!IN MEMORY Mary J. Nielsen, age 86, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 11, 2011. She was a long-time resident of Colorado Springs and had retired from HP after working there for over 25 years. Her beautiful smile and love of children will be missed by all that knew her. Elwood Colbert Lively Jr., slipped away peacefully in the morning light without a lot of fan fair, just the way he would have liked it on March 8, 2011. In 1966 he went to work for HP, where he was employed until his retirement in 1997. The last 11 years of his retirement he spent volunteering at the Marian House Soup Kitchen; this job gave him much enjoyment. Beatrice (Bea) S. Maestas, age 68, lost a long battle with Alzheimer's and passed away February 27, 2011 surrounded by family and friends in her home in Colorado Springs. Bea was employed for more than 30 years at HP. Her family was her biggest love; she spent a life time helping, enjoying, and spending time with them .Dorothy A. Gensicke passed from life February 17, 2011 in Colorado Springs. She was 91. Dorothy worked at HP for 15 years and was a volunteer at Memorial Hospital after her retirement. She loved gardening, traveling, quilting, and crafts. GREETER & REFRESHMENT LIST
GREETER REFRESHMENTS Other News …Congrats John Meredith In the Saturday March 19th Edition of the Gazette Business Section - Movers and Shakers … John Meredith of Colorado Springs recently received the Robert S. Raleigh Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award at IEEE-USA's annual meeting and awards ceremony in Autism TX. Meredith IEEE-USA's 2007 president, retired in 2008 from Agilent Technologies in Colorado Springs. IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Late St. Paddy’s Humor Love the Irish Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and asks the first man he meets, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' The man said, 'I do, Father.' The priest said, 'Then stand over there against the wall.' Then the priest asked the second man, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' 'Certainly, Father,' the man replied. 'Then stand over there against the wall,' said the priest. Then Father Murphy walked up to O'Toole and asked, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' O'Toole said, 'No, I don't Father.' The priest said, 'I don't believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?' O'Toole said, 'Oh, when I die , yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now.' JOIN US FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 5th AT 1:30 PM |