The Northeast Product Safety Society, Inc.
2 Milliston Rd. Suite 2GN, Millis, MA 02054 U.S.A.
The Northeast Product Safety Society, Inc. meets on the fourth Wednesday
of each month (except for July, August and December) and the third
Wednesday in November. Unless otherwise noted (See June and November
dates), meetings are held at EMC Corporation's Customer Briefing Center at
42 South St., Hopkinton MA at 7 p.m. NPSS, Inc. was incorporated as a
non-profit organization (501(c)3) in 1991, after approximately 3 years of
informal activities.
Directions: On I-495 take exit 21B, turning right and make a left onto
South St. at the first traffic light. Take your second right into EMC's
parking lot. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. The group usually gathers
at 7 for light refreshments (thanks to EMC Corporation) and networking.
Pre-meeting social and dinner: Socializing at O'Tooles Pub-North Pond
House from 5:00 to 6:45 PM, where food and drink may be purchased.
O'Tooles is on South Street, on the right, a bit past the meeting site,
noted above. You will often find us in the dining room (to the rear of
the building). Park in back of the restaurant and enter thru the back
door.
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AdCom Meeting: April 28th, Hopkinton MA, 5:30 p.m. (Dynasty Chinese Rest.)
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1999 Meeting Schedule:
January 27th, 1999 Speakers: Mr. Jim Linehan, Operations Mgr, ITS
Mr. Chuck Kolifrath, Dir. Of Quality,
Conformity Americas Div., ITS
Subject: The CB Scheme - An Update
February 24th, 1999 Subject: Current Status of the EN 61000-3-2 & 3
Harmonics and Flicker Requirements
Speaker: Mr. Tom Mahr, Gen. Mgr. Voltech Inst's
Morrisville NC
March 24th, 1999 Subject: Surge Standards for UPS and Surpressors
in Accordance with UL-1449 (Tentative)
Speaker: Mr. Ron Bell, Engineer, American Power
Conversion Corp.
April 28th, 1999 Subject: EN 60950, Clause 6 - Telecom Additions;
Definitions & Limits of TNV circuits
Separation requirements for TNV circuits
Accessibility & Battery Compartments
Protection of Telecom Network Personnel
TNV Leakage Current Tests
Protection from network overvoltage
Australian National Deviations
Speaker: Mr. Dan Clarkson, Compliance Engineer,
BABT Product Service
May 26th, 1999 Subject: Sheparding Proposals thru the NEC/NFPA;
Methods employed to successfully change
the status-quo within a highly structured
and necessarily bureaucratic process.
The lessons learned are directly applic-
able to any effort to change any Code or
Standard that employs ANSI's "consensus
code" revision process.
Speaker: Mr. Bill Keezer, Project Manager, Bose
Corporation; At Bose since 1973 Bill is
responsible for some of Bose's most cri-
tically acclaimed product designs. He is
a holder of 5 patents and active in a
wide variety of national committees.
June 23rd, 1999 Subject: ANNUAL RECRUITMENT DINNER
Holiday Inn, Marlborough MA
Speaker: Mr. Bill von Alven, (FCC, retired)
July - No Meeting
August - No Meeting
September 22nd, 1999 Subject: Joint Meeting with IEEE EMC Society
Subject To Be Announced
Speaker:
October 27th, 1999 Subject:
Speaker:
November 17th, 1999 Subject: 5th Annual Vendors' Night,
Holiday Inn, Marlborough MA
December - No Meeting - Happy Holidays !!!
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