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2Q 2008 Newsletter

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The San Jose IBM Quarter Century Club Newsletter 
 3rd
Quarter 2008

 Designer and Editor:  Serena Joe Lucchesi

   

A Message from the President

Dear Friends,

Hopefully all of you are getting ready for the summer.
The club continues to work on its primary mission
of communication with all of its members
through the website, newsletters and visits to those
that are sick as well as participating in the joint social
activities with the Retirement club. If you haven’t
participated in the joint functions, please do, since it
is a good way to see your fellow IBM’ers active or retired.

The events calendar is very full for the rest of the
year so come join the fun. By the way, since our
newsletter is quarterly, you should check the web for
any price updates or new events.

Please note that we have changed the E-Mail address
for the club. As we age and change, fewer of
us are active and so our use of Lotus Notes as an EMail
program diminishes. So, we have shifted to a
non-IBM mail program. Please use this address now
since we will not be answering the old address soon.

I hope all of you have a great summer and look forward
to seeing you at the club activities.

      Mail Address for Dues      NEW!!!

IBM Quarter Century Club Office
Attn: Terri Edgmon
Almaden Research Center, D2-K10A
650 Harry Road
San Jose, CA 95120-6099

Check out Website: www.sjqcc.com
E-Mail: qcclub@comcast.net

There is no phone, use please use email
                                                                                                               

IBM Quarter Century Club Board of Directors

Joe Lucchesi President, Web Backup,Newsletter
Quinton O’Neal Vice President,email coordination
Terri Edgmon Secretary
Dave Bennet Treasurer
Junious Ross Past President
Pete Potosky Past President, Web site
Brian Faircloth Past President
Hal Calkins Past President
Dick Kegley Past President
Joe Russo Past President, Database Mgr
Jim Lucke Past President,email addresses
John Yaccarine Visitation Committee
Norm Saulan Visitation Committee
Ken Ravizza Dance Committee
Bob Goetze Special Advisor
Jack Grogan Special Advisor
George Nale Retirement Club Liason
John Yankovich Special Advisor

 

 In Memoriam 

Austin Hugh Higginson
Robert Douglas Howard
Dwight Huffman
Ralph M. Inouye
John J. Johanneck

Charles Joseph Kantmann
Gene T. Pipkin
Charles E. Scott
Charles Wullenjohn

Austin Higginson was an engineering manager in
Product Development.

Bob Howard was a manager in Manufacturing Engineering.

Dwight Huffman had a number of assignments, including
management, in Quality Assurance.

Ralph Inouye worked in Production Control.

John Johanneck worked for IBM from 1956 to 1990.

His assignment in 1987 was in Production Planning.

Chuck Kantmann held a variety of assignments in
his IBM career, including Manufacturing test technician
and customer engineer. He later worked in field support in
Engineering. After retirement he was an active participant
in the IBM 1401 restoration at Computer History Museum.

Gene Pipkin worked in Quality Assurance and Test
Engineering. He was instrumental in the launch of
the 3800 “Argonaut” printer and he spent 6 months
in Sweden to set up its manufacture in Jarfalla.
Chuck Scott worked in field support in Reliability
Availability and Serviceability.

Chuck Wullenjohn had a variety of assignments in
Manufacturing, including Quality Assurance and
Manufacturing Engineering.

 

 Entertainment

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 Local Groups

 As part of the QCC club mission to keep IBM'ers connected, we will periodically advertise geographical areas that are interested in "getting connected." Below is a list of the current local groups that you might be interested in.

 Also, there are 2 local groups that are looking for more participants. First, in the Palm Desert/Palm Springs areas,  John Feeley and Pete Joachim want to set up a get together.  You can use John’s email below or email or phone Pete at Rancho Mirage(760-770-4114) or  in Saratoga (408-867-1176).

 In addition the San Jose Villages is a gated senior's community in the foothills approximately three or four miles east of the (former) Cottle Road plant site. At last count there were about seventy former IBM employees living there.  They are semi-organized with Annette Rosenberg and Clare Kruse maintaining an e-mail list.  They have had several re-unions in the past but nothing for several years now. So, if you want get together with them please contact them..

 If you are in the Reno/Incline/Tahoe, California area and interested in a get-together, please contact Millie Clarke at mclarke47@gmail.com

  If you are in the Jamestown/Sonora, California area and interested in a get-together, please contact George Fontaine at georgefontaine@yahoo.com.

 If you are in the Discovery Bay, California area, please contact Chuck & Shirley Foley at foleyshirl@aol.com.

 If you are in the Palm Desert and Palm Springs areas, please contact John Feeley (all year) at jfeeley@attglobal.net.     Also an additional contact is Pete Joachim from Nov to May (seasonal resident)  at   Pmjoachim@aol.com  .

 If you are in the Arnold, Calif area, please contact Dale Pilgeram at pilgeram@sbcglobal.net.

 If you are in the Southern Oregon area please contact Lynda Hansen at lyndaah@aol.com.

 If you are in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area, please contact Wayne Maple at abcowboy@rt66.com.

 If you are in the Boulder Colorado.  area, please contact  Marda Buchholz at mardab@juno.com

 If you are in the Cedaredge-Montrose-Grand Junction Colorado areas, please contact Don Elliott at eaglclaw@tds.net

 If you are in the Naples, Ft Meyers, Bonita Springs area, please contact Max Nigh at max-edna-nigh1@comcast.net

 We have added a new local group just for the Villages in San Jose.  If you are interest please contact either Clare Kruse at  claregk@pacbell.net or Lou&Annette Rosenberg  at   louis25@sbcglobal.net

 In your reply, please indicate if you would be interested in helping to organize a get-together.

 Other club info:

 If you are in the Tucson Area, there is a QCC club there at www.azqcc.com

 If you are in the Atlanta Area, there is a QCC club there at  www.atlqcc.org.

 If you are in the Boulder Area, there is a QCC club there at  www.boulderqcc.com

 If you are in the Mid Hudson Valley Area, there is a QCC club there at http://www.geocities.com/mhvqcsc

 If you are in the Rochester Area, there is a QCC club there at  http://www.rochqcc.org

 If you are in the Charlotte Area, there is a QCC club there at  cltqcc.tripod.com

 

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