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07/30/09 2009 CIPWO Summer Meeting Report


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Don Jordan
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Greetings from your President:
My how things can change in such a short time! I was plugging along as always when out of the blue the Paris City Council offered an incentive bonus plan in addition to the ERI already on the table. I thought at this stage of my career that the thing to do was accept it and move on.

I do plan however on fulfilling my commitment as President of this fine organization for the rest of the year. As most of you know the Summer meeting will be at the Newton WWTP. I hope to see all of you there.

Don Jordan, City of Paris



CIPWO Summer Meeting Report



2009 CIPWO Summer Meeting Demo

CIPWO's annual Summer Meeting took place on July, 29th and was hosted by Newton WWTP, and the City of Newton, IL. The meeting began in the Park at an outdoor pavilion with plenty of good shade, fresh air, and accommodating weather. Larry Dorn and his operators had everything ready to receive us and I wish to thank them for their generosity. The combination of location, weather, and atmosphere truly made this one of the most relaxed meetings I have ever attended. The business of the day was accomplished without it feeling like business at all, thanks Larry.

A few short business items were discussed such as upcoming dates for IAWPCO Regional Meetings. (Please see our link to the IAWPCO site for more information) Then the meeting was turned over to Mike Lockhart and the Spectra Tech Team for a manhole demonstration. The demo was given at a manhole near the park and I believe that after seeing the final product this technology was exactly as billed. I am adding a link to Spectra Tech’s website and the vendor’s link. Please check it out. I wish to thank Mike and all those from Spectra Tech who made the demo possible. The demo involved half-a-dozen people, equipment, product, time, and effort. While a sincere thank you is the best CIPWO can offer we hope that our members will consider Spectra Tech for their manhole rehab programs.

Following the demonstration the members reconvened at the pavilion for a tasty lunch of burgers, brats and all the fixins supplied by CIPWO and PDC Labs (no lunch fee was required this year). Our Chef and Sous-chef were Dave Miller and Frank MacPherson, whose performance was well above the call of duty. Thanks Dave and Frank.

Lunch was followed by drawings for door prizes, again supplied by our contributing members, such as PDC Labs, Teklab Inc, Vandevanter Engineering (to name a few); as always we are grateful.

The meeting then adjourned to the Newton WWTP proper for its final stop where a very informative tour was given by our own VP Larry Dorn. Might I suggest that if you were not able to make this meeting but sometime might be in the Newton area that you see if Larry would mind you stopping in. I promise you it will be time well spent. The new facility is a showplace both in its upkeep and appearance, and in its use of new technology and materials. Larry and his operators have every right to be proud of their new baby.

In closing I wish to again thank everyone who made the meeting the success that it was which was, in my opinion, Excellent!

 
General Information : 

 
CIPWO's Officers :

  • President: Don Jordan, Paris WWTP
  • Vice President: Larry Dorn, Newton WWTP
  • Coordinator: David Collard, Charleston WWTP
  • Coordinator: Kristin Platt, Charleston WWTP
  • Secretary-Treasurer: Dave Miller, Rantoul WWTP
  Past Presidents

  • Lawrence Quick, 1998
  • Greg Gress, 1999
  • Larry Dorn, 2000
  • Billie Kinnett, 2001
  • Dave Sullivan, 2002
  • Don Jordan, 2003
  • Frank MacPherson, 2004
  • Rick Pinnell, 2005
  • Gerald Lynch, 2006
  • David Collard, 2007
  • Kristin Platt, 2008

 
Other News
4/24/09 Don Jordan, our current President, informed us at the Springfield Conference that he has been offered and accepted early retirement from the City of Paris. The offer had been there for some time but it was only recently that it reached a point at which Don could no longer turn it down.

Don plans to fulfill his current commitment to CIPWO and will remain as an Officer of the Organization until his terms are ended.

Don's last day with Paris will be the 30th of this month. I wish to take this opportunity on behalf of CIPWO to wish Don a long, healthy, and happy retirement.

  Editor's Note
4/24/09 As mentioned in the Spring 09 Officer's Meeting article it looks like the CIPWO budget is doing very well. I would like to thank Dave Miller for his efforts to control costs. From his efforts to aquire and keep contributing members, to his wheeling and dealing with the Holiday Inn to keep costs down, to his sage advice on how to best use this internet technology to the best advantage of the Group.

One of the items which helped keep the budget in hand was the decision to go strictly to this website as the primary vehicle to get infomation out to the membership and to do away with the hardcopy newsletter.

We can obviously see the monetary benefit from this decision, but I was wondering if we are indeed getting the information out better as was hoped when we made this decision. I'd like to offer the idea that if you have a comment or concern in this area that you contact any of your CIPWO Officers and let us know your thoughts.

This or any organization can not survive without a good mechanism to pass along information. I know that I feel the website is doing it's job, but new input from other perspectives are always helpful!

The Editor
 

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