Golf Outing June 9
The location is
StoneRidge Golf Club, just off I-94, east of the I-494 loop.
There is a hole-in-one prize this year. Check out the
details and Sponsorship opportunities at this event page: http://www.northstarcsi.com/golf.htm
You can download a registration form at
http://www.northstarcsi.com/golfreg04.pdf.
If you have questions or suggestions related to the golf outing, contact Eric Johnson, by phone at 952-854-8723, or by e-mail at etjohnson@krkline.com
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CSI University, July 8 - 10, San Antonio
The CSINet home page now has extensive coverage of the CSI
University event in San Antonio. There are links on the
home page for travel, lodging, registration, schedule-at-a-glance,
detailed session descriptions, etc. Go to http://www.csinet.org and
then Go to San Antonio
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North Central Region Conference
Our nine-state CSI North Central Region is having
a conference at a great location - The Abbey Resort on the western end of Lake
Geneva in Wisconsin from July 29 to August 1.
The Abbey is a great resort with marvelous restaurants and spa,
great on-site recreational facilities and fabulous lake and
golf course activities. A golf outing is currently planned
as an opening event .
Training sessions will include "Implementing MasterFormat04" by Dennis Hall,
FCSI, CCS.
This will be a unique Region Conference in that,
instead of a single chapter hosting the event, this will
be collaborative effort by the Chicago, Northern Illinois,
Madison, and Milwaukee Chapters.
Also, there are reports that a good time was had at last year's
conference. Here is a web page report: http://www.northstarcsi.com/ncrfun.htm ;
and, here are a couple photo albums: http://www.northstarcsi.com/ncr03a ;
and http://www.northstarcsi.com/ncr03b .
For more information, visit the North
Central Region web site at
www.csi-northcentralregion.org
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MasterFormat 04 at September Meeting
Dennis Hall, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, chair of the MasterFormat Expansion
Task Team (MFETT), will be our guest speaker at the September
2004 chapter meeting. Mr. Hall will discuss the development
and use of CSI's MasterFormat 04 (MF04), scheduled for release
next fall. Mr. Hall has been a major contributor to CSI technical
documents, having previously served as chair of the Uniform
Drawing System, CSI's contribution to the National CAD Standard.
Sheldon Wolfe, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, who served on CSI's Institute
Technical Committee (TechCom) from 1997 through 2001, will
offer behind-the-scenes insights about the discussions and
decisions that led to the creation of MF04 and the new Project
Resource Manual, which will replace CSI's current Manual of
Practice later this year. Sheldon, who returned to TechCom
last year, will also briefly discuss current and future
Institute technical programs.
We'll also have a celebration of Jerry Putnam's Fellowship.
Jerry A. Putnam, FCSI, CCS, was elevated to Fellowship in
CSI in Chicago. Fellows are nominated by their colleagues
and selected by CSI's Jury of Fellows in recognition of
their accomplishments in improving construction specifications,
advancing construction technology, educating people in the
construction industry, or advancing the goals of the Institute.
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From the editor...
Next month our Chapter's electronic publications will have a new look.
This newsletter, Specifics Lite, will have new colors and a
slightly different appearance but the content and purpose
remain the same.
The change in appearance is related to the change in our new
web site that will go on-line in early July. And,
the timing of the new web site coincides with the beginning of
our fiscal year and the new assignments to the Board of
Directors and Committees.
Watch for the new assignments on the new web site in July.
The new web site will be hosted by Tectonic Network
http://www.tectonicnetwork.com. They are now creating the
initial HTML pages for us under our direction. After the site is put on-line, we
will edit and maintain the content of the site as we have in the past except
that Tectonic Network will administer on-line advertising
on our web pages. Much of the content of our existing
web site will be moved
to the new site; however, some of the navigation
paths will be revised as we requested and the content
will be updated for the new fiscal year.
Continue to use the www.csi-msp.org address.
If you are now using this address
to reach our site, then you will not have to change
your link. When the new site is ready, your use of this link
will automatically direct your browser to the
correct server with the new web site.
Effective immediately, the existing web site is no
longer updated. Although frozen, it will remain on line
continuously for several more months. When the new web
site goes on-line in July, it will provide a link to the old site.
Larry Weinzetl, Architect, CSI, CDT
Specifics Lite Editor
Chapter Webmaster, '04-'05
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areas such as Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
Within only a
few months, Todd was in charge of ten mechanicís shops with
over 600 pieces of equipment ranging from cars to mammoth
construction equipment. He remained in that position until
August, when he received his orders to return home.