he 2011 Planning Meeting will take place on Saturday September 24 in the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, FL starting at noon with a buffet luncheon. All members are invited to attend and to offer their inputs and suggestions for the projects and activities for the coming year.

The Board of Directors relies on the inputs generated at the annual planning meetings to identify, consider and select programs for the following year that will bring benefits to the PSMA membership. For example, the Power Technology Roadmap Workshops, the Energy Efficiency Database and other significant projects resulted from initiatives generated at previous planning meetings.

The meeting will begin with a brief review of the accomplishments and a summary of ongoing activities by PSMA Chairman Dusty Becker which will be followed by an open forum and discussion of possible special projects, initiatives and priorities for the coming year. All members are invited to provide inputs and suggestions even if they cannot attend the meeting in person. Please email your suggestions to power@psma.com and they will be considered and included in the discussions. In the coming months, the Marketing Committee will summarize the results from the meeting and prepare a survey of members to solicit their priorities on which of the projects and initiatives should be the focus for the next year.

Members and guests are invited to remain after the Planning Meeting to participate in the September meeting of the Board of Directors, which will take place immediately following.

On the following day, Sunday September 25 the APEC 2012 Technical Program Committee will meet to select the technical papers and organize the technical sessions, rap sessions, special presentation sessions and professional education seminars for presentation at APEC 2012 that will February 5 thru 9 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando.

PSMA is a co-sponsor of APEC and all members are invited to participate in this important activity. For information on becoming a reviewer for submitted abstracts and digests, please register and sign-up on the APEC 2012 web site – www.apec-conf.org.

If you do plan to attend these meetings, we have arranged for a group room rate at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista (ask for the APE group rate) - but make your reservations early.

We look forward to seeing many of you at these important meetings and receiving your suggestions and recommendations for the activities of PSMA for the coming months.

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