We had a great attendance for the Section meeting at Fresenius Medical Care in Ogden in September.  We really appreciate the effort of Dan Jensen and his group to host such a great Section meeting.
Join us again in Ogden on November 20th for the next Section meeting and plant tour at  Autoliv.  The plant tour will include both the molding and airbag assembly facilities and an airbag deployment demonstration.  We hope to see you in attendance.
Thanks for your interest in a future golf tournament.   We are considering scheduling one during  August or September 2003. If you are available to help as a volunteer please give me a call.
Best wishes for a safe Holiday season.
Brent Strong
President
Great Salt Lake Section

The international Council of the Society, the governing group of the Society, met September 20 and 21 in Danbury, CT, about 8 miles from the Society's Executive Offices in Brookfield.  The Council meetings are held in Connecticut about every two years, so that Councilors, particularly the new ones, have the opportunity to visit the offices and meet the people of the staff.
On Thursday, the SPE Foundation sponsored a golf outing, with the proceeds to go to the Foundation's Scholarship fund.  21 golfers participated, and "awards" were presented at the Council meeting.
On Friday, prior to the Council and the Council acting as a Committee-of-the-Whole meetings, there were meetings of 12 of the major committees of the Council, in preparation for the Council and CCOTW meetings.
The Council meeting as a Committee-of-the-Whole convened at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of January 21 (Saturday).  SPE vice-president and treasurer Len Czuba gave a comprehensive review of the proposed 2003 budget and Bill O'Connell, Councilor and Chair of the ANTEC committee did a presentation on the ANTEC location selection process.  Both presentations were designed to provide information and discussion about issues for the Council meeting held later that day.
During the Council meeting itself, a major action taken was that of approving the budget for fiscal year 2003.  The total budget is approxi

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We would like to thank Dan Jensen and his group for a great tour of Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius has expanded and improved their molding operations since our last visit four years ago.
Dan and his group gave a superb presentation covering technical information and cost justifications regarding the use of electric molding machines and robots in the medical industry.