Two weeks out from the symposium and everything needs doing all at once. Good thing there’s a team to help get it all done. If you’ve never worked behind the scenes at/for a symposium, it’s a lot like ducks on a pond: serenely floating along looking this way and that enjoying life…. while underwater their feet are paddling as fast as they can.
Registrations took a jump over the weekend but are still well below the hoped for numbers. We’ve got some good presentations this year. VIc Nunn the glass to metal master will be doing an in depth seminar on kovar seals. Lenora Stott, a Student at Alfred University will offer an introduction to glass chemistry and composition. If you’ve ever wondered how they put the boron in borosilicate glass this is the seminar to attend. My personal favorite is Chris Bock and his seminar on Beth GL-100 cleaning and maintenance. These are great little machines but finicky to get to run right. Chris is the undisputed Bethlehem “whisperer.”
OK, gotta get back to figuring out the tee shirt order for this year. TTFN
Erich Moraine
President elect
