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Thanks to everyone for another great year with the Lehigh Valley ISA. We had some great things this year:

- Multiple educational presentations on wireless and asset management

- Investment in our future with student scholarships at the Honors and Awards banquet and also Student Night

- Time with the local vendors who support the Lehigh Valley ISA

- A tour of the Ontelaunee Power Plant... almost (we're trying to reschedule for another time based upon personnel changes at the plant)

- An upcoming tour in May of the Kraft Foods plant in Fogelsville (another email to follow with details)

- A golf outing in June

- A Reading baseball outing in August

Thanks to all of the many people who volunteer their time over the year to make all of this possible. We hope you had a chance to participate this year, and if you know other people who would like to be added to our mailing list, please let me know (you don't have to be an ISA member to be on our mailing list and participate in our events).

According to our bylaws, we need you in the membership to vote on our leadership for 2008/2009. Here's a basic overview of the people who have offered their time:

President: John Day (Air Products)

Treasurer: Phil Reppert (Worley Parsons)

Program Chair: Shane Filer (Neal Systems)

Membership Chair: Nick Wilson (Rosemount)

Student Scholarships and Student Night: Charlie Longo (PPL)

Golf Outing: Dave Arner (Air Products)

Vendor Night: Dave Demerit (Air Products)

ISA Delegate: Dave Glockner (PPL)

Leadership Board: Dave Tachovsky (Allentown Valve and Fitting), Jim Keaveney (Emerson / Micromotion), Warren Weidman (Worley Parsons), and Charlie Ackerman (Webmaster and Listserv communications)

You may notice that Ed Legenski, the current Vice President and Program Chair, is absent from this list. Ed and his family will be moving to Arizona for engineering working with his company, Worley Parsons, and as such will not be able to participate in this upcoming year with our section. Hopefully we'll have him back again some time -- thanks for your hard work and dedication, Ed!

We do have a few openings if you are interested in participating further with our excellent organization by stepping into a leadership role of some sort -- we have need of a secretary for this upcoming year, and we could also use someone with web expertise for our website, as Charlie Ackerman would like to take a break for this upcoming year if possible (thanks for all your hard work, Charlie!). Please let me know if you would like to know the benefits of ISA leadership as well as what the expectations would be.

Thanks,

Shane Filer, President 2007/2008

2008-2009 NOMINEES

President: John Day (Air Products)

Current Employer: Air Products and Chemicals in Allentown, PA (last 20 years).

Current Position: Process Controls/Electrical Engineering Manager for the Electronics and Performance Materials Division.

Past employers in area: None

Past positions: I have held Process Controls Engineering, Process Engineering and Operations Engineering positions while at Air Products and Chemicals. Previous work experiences included positions as an Automation Engineer at Merck & Co, West Point, PA. and Instrument Engineer for Monsanto Co (Solutia) in Nitro, WV.

Years in instrumentation / automation industry: 22 years

Education: BS in Electrical Engineering (Drexel University); BS in Chemical Engineering (University of Pittsburgh)

Personal background: Married with 4 kids. Actively involved with Scouts, Coaching multiple sports, and volunteering for Church activities. Hobbies include gardening, exercising, and watching the Philadelphia Eagles.

Treasurer: Phil Reppert (Worley Parsons)

Current Employer: Worley Parsons (Reading, PA)

Past employers in area: Various engineering and manufacturing firms

Current Position: Controls Engineering

Past positions: Various engineering design and field service positions

Years in instrumentation / automation industry: 30+

Education: Associate of Engineering Degree in Chemical Engineering Technology (Penn State), also EIT

Personal background: Married to Debbie (who actually has attended multiple ISA events over the years). He is very active in the national / district ISA as well as the local ISA (he is a LVISA past president). His son, Alan, is a meteorologist working for AccuWeather. Phil is also an avid Penn State fan, has a great interest in trains, and like his son, loves to follow the weather.

Program Chair: Shane Filer (Neal Systems)

Current Employer: Neal Systems Inc (www.nealsystems.com)

Past employers in area: Leeds and Northrup, Honeywell

Current Position: Sales / Engineering / Marketing

Past positions: Application engineering, product management

Years in instrumentation / automation industry: 13

Education: Electrical Engineering, Grove City College (western Pennsylvania)

Personal background: Married with two adorable kids. He enjoys landscaping, weightlifting, playing with his kids, reading, playing volleyball, playing the piano, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, leading Bible studies, and dating his wife of 13 years... and eating lots of Chinese food.

Membership Chair: Nick Wilson (Rosemount)

Current Employer: Emerson Process Management/Rosemount Measurement Division

Current Position: Field Sales Rep

Previous Position: Inside Sales Supervisor

Past Employer: The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Baltimore MD.

Past Position: Project Engineer

Years of Instrumentation Experience: 4

Education: BS Engineering and Management - Clarkson University, also MBA - Clarkson University

Personal: Getting Married in June 2008. Enjoys Golfing, Waterskiing, Alpine Skiing, Home Remodeling