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> Invitation to IEEE BBQ: This coming Sunday---Sept. 28 at 1:00 pm
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> What:	IEEE Leadership Fall BBQ and Mini-Retreat.
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> Who:	All IEEE officers---past, present, future, potential and others
> 	interested in building the future of your organization!
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> Date:	Sunday, September 28 2003.
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> Time:	1:00 pm (or thereabouts).
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> Where:	(My house and whatever neighbors' yards we spill into)
> 	15 Conant Road
> 	Westwood, MA
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> Host:	By the gracious permission of my wife Laurie.
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> RSVP:	It is VERY IMPORTANT that I get RSVPs from everyone who is
> 	comining so that I can optimize the food purchases. Please email
> 	me by Friday night as I shall be shopping on Saturday. I think it
> 	is important for ALL officers from BOTH divisions and anyone who
> 	thinks it would be a valuable experience to become involved with
> 	building the next generation of IEEE at NEU to come out and have
> 	a good time.
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> 	You can call me: (W) 617-373-3028
> 			 (H) 781-461-1433
> 	Or email me:	 mcdonald@ece.neu.edu
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> Getting
> Here:	I shall post directions on my faculty web site. Basically if you
> 	are coming from the City the simplest (although not shortest)
> 	path is to take the Mass Pike to 128 South. Follow 128 South to
> 	Exit 16B---Route 109 Westwood.  Conant Road is the third right
> 	off 109 (about .5 miles) and we are the second house on the right
> 	with the stone wall and colonial flag. (Note: The Jamaica Way to
> 	the VFW Parkway is shorter but easy to get lost if you do not know
> 	the area...
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> 	If you do not have your own transportation please let me know.
> 	We'll try to hook up as many people with cars as possible. For
> 	the others we shall arange a 'car-pool' from the commuter train
> 	station. The train leaves from Ruggles (I'll post departure
> 	times) and it is a 15 minute ride to Deedham Corporate where
> 	we'll arrange pick ups. My house is about 5 minutes from there.
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> Events:	(1) Food: I make burgers one way---well done; so I am looking for
> 	volunteers to vary this process :-) ) Will have dogs, chicken and
> 	various other healthy items as well!  Let me know if you have
> 	special needs.
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> 	(2) Drink: Sorry---only the soft kinds (open bar!)
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> 	(3) Fun: No rope pulls but I do have some pretty tall Elm trees
> 	you can climb. I have a football and a bunch of baseballs---bring
> 	your own glove though since I only have two---no one uses my Billy
> 	Williams glove and the Catfish Hunter model needs to be re-strung
> 	(any volunteers?).
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> 	(4) Work: Yes--there is an organizational objective to this as
> 	well. I am going to leave most of that discussion to Chris at Wed
> 	IEEE meeting and anyone who wants to speak with Chris or me or
> 	Stefano beforehand please drop a line. For those of you who were
> 	able to attend the retreat last month I am hoping to provide an
> 	opportunity for the present and future leaders of your
> 	organization to begin the process that was outlined so well by
> 	Dean Scranton.  It's really just a starting point away from the
> 	stresses of being on campus!
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> 	(5) Objectives: Complete the landscaping project at the back of
> 	the house and finish the sheet rock in the playroom and linen
> 	closet. Dean Scranton will be bringin the digger and surveying
> 	instruments and Fabrizio Lombardi will leading the design of the
> 	microprocessor controlled irrigation system.
>
> 	(6) A TV will be availabe for those who *need* to follow football
> 	or baseball scores.  The only rule is that you cannot disappear
> 	for the entire time to watch a game unless it is a really great
> 	game.
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> I look forward to seeing you all all here. I hope this can turn out to be
> an annual event for us.  Bring your weekend selves with a bit of IEEE
> attitude!  I am going to see if I can get a couple local EEs (one an NEU
> grad) to stop by and say hi. Hopefully the sun will treat us well so we
> can get that landscaping work done!! Be sure to RSVP--it is critical to
> get an accurate count.
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> Best regards,
>
> Prof. McDonald
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> A. Bruce McDonald	f:617.373.8970
> Assistant Prof.		v:617.373.3028
> ECE Dept., 417 Dana     mcdonald@ece.neu.edu
> 360 Huntington Ave.     www.ece.neu.edu/faculty/mcdonald
> Northeastern University
> Boston, MA 02115
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