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Johannesburg Branch
October 2002
The last quarter of 2002 is upon us already, and with the number of activities we have scheduled for the remainder of the year, it promises to be a very short two months to the festive season. Still to ...

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Secunda Branch
October 2002
I think I can now share some sentiments with our colleagues in the Johannesburg Branch. It is expected that you outperform the rest to show that you are tops. In the process you put pressure on yourself ...

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Johannesburg branch
November 2002
By the time you read this, we would have had another branch meeting, two site visits and at least three visits by our education sub-committee to tertiary institutions around the country. At the same time, ...

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SAIMC/Schneider Automation award
November 2002
The SAIMC and Schneider Automation presented Johan Brits the SAIMC/Schneider Automation award for the Best Process and Control Student at the Pretoria Technikon's function on 3 October. From left to right ...

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Cape Town Branch
September 2002
Another great evening was had by all those that attended Tuesday's SAIMC CT Branch meeting. We even had an attendee from Bredasdorp with us for the night. It was great to meet up with Danie from so far ...

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Talkback
September 2002
During a Strategic Planning session held by the SAIMC in March 1999, one of the key points identified as a serious weakness on the part of Council, was the 'one way' communication between Council and ...

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Secunda Branch
September 2002
The night was dark and cold on 11 July. The weatherman predicted more cold fronts to move in over our area. Endress+Hauser sponsored the night with a promise that it would teach our members something ...

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SAIMC Vaal region
September 2002
The Vaal Region plans a 'smash' day: Four (4) ball pitch and put. Where: Riviera Resort, Mario Milani Drive, Vereeniging. When: 10 October 2002. Entries start at 13h00. Tee-off time is 14h00. Entry ...

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SA control engineering training establishment found wanting
September 2002
Open letter to the SAIMC Chair sent on Monday 24 June 2002 I read with both interest and shock the article by Michael Brown on page 36 of the June issue of SA Instrumentation & Control. The article describes ...

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SAIMC: Secunda Branch
August 2002
It was cold and dark on the night of 11 July. The weatherman had predicted more cold fronts to move in over our area. Endress+Hauser sponsored the night with a promise that they will teach our members ...

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SA industrial control education in the spotlight
August 2002
Michael Brown's observations published in the June 2002 issue, The only magic: understanding what you are doing (regarding control engineering competence in SA) has prompted a letter to the Editor concerning ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg Branch
August 2002
To those of you out there who might have been confused by the reported 'June Golf Day' in last month's Branch news, our apologies. At the time of writing, that golf day was to take place in June, but ...

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Secunda: Branch of the Year
July 2002
The award left us speechless. That is why we missed contributing to the June issue. Ecstatic, fantastic, electrifying - that was the atmosphere at the Standerton Eskom Club on 18 April. Allan Aldum from ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg Branch
July 2002
Our branch meeting for May proved to be a welcome relief from the usual 'Bus'-based talks we seem to attract so often; Mike Sessions of Mitech gave a very interesting and informative overview on 'Severe ...

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SAIMC: Talkback
July 2002
During the previous Council meeting, a substantial amount of time was spent discussing strategies on how to effectively grow the membership of our Institute, and to keep it growing year on year. As the ...

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SAIMC News: Cape Town
June 2002
The CT branch has just had a couple of very active weeks. Last week Thursday 9 May, we were lucky to have Michael Hutton of National Instruments in Jhb present to us. Michael presented a talk on PC-based ...

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SAIMC News: Witbank Sub Branch
June 2002
We hoped it would not, but it happened again! Winter hit us with a vengeance and everything seems to slow down as a result of the cold. Luckily the Witbank sub-branch (we need to get rid of that prefix) ...

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SAIMC News: Johannesburg
June 2002
Our May meeting saw Hennie Pretorius and Mike Sessions of Miteck talking to us on 'Severe service control valves' and it was a refreshing deviation from the usual 'Bus' talks we always seem to have at ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg Branch
May 2002
We never thought it would happen to us! But it did, and we do not like it one bit. The well-oiled and smooth-running machine of the Jhb Committee seems to be misfiring on some cylinders with most of our ...

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SAIMC: Witbank Branch
May 2002
Hi to all the 'Control Freaks' out there. It is with pleasure that we once again submit our monthly article for the BEST publication in the control and instrumentation fraternity. The Witbank sub-branch ...

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