On behalf of the ISA Central Arizona Section, I would to thank all of the people who attended the ADOT, Stantec, and CENAZ Deck Park Tour. A special thanks goes out to Ed Walsh from ADOT and Bill Ferris from Stantec for hosting the tour. We cannot forget to thank Pete Parr for arranging the tour with ADOT. There were over twenty people who went on the tour of the Deck Park facility. The technical people ranged from I&C technicians, electricians, designers and engineers. Oh, almost forgot to include wives and daughters who attended.

Now let us review the second part of this event: CENAZ yearly BBQ. Out of 44 who RSVP’d, 38 people attended. For those of the remaining 165 members in CENAZ who did not attend let me tell you what you missed out on, Steaks (filet mignon), beans, potato salad, finger food, and beer (several types). Again CENAZ thanks Stantec for help in sponsoring this event. Also special thanks go out to Hugh Pace the expert chef who provided the grilling.

CENAZ would like to congratulate CENAZ-ISA member Tom L. Phinney, who is traveling to the ISA convention to receive his FELLOW award and status.

Tom has supported CENAZ over the years as a Honeywell design engineer. Congratulations!

Dear Members: events like this are held for networking and for learning from others in our society. For many years Hugh Pace, George Barela, Gary Campbell and I have been on your board providing events and keeping a division of our society a float. This year is a very difficult year for this division for the following reasons:

• Finances are at a low-to have events like the tour and BBQ to host Table Tops. The main source of income for CENAZ has been the Table Top but the last three years this has provided marginal income. 

• ISA membership is the second source of income. Since membership has been declining, we have lost income. 

The question is how can we keep the Arizona section alive? One way is the 2012 Table Top. For it to be a successful event we need at least 40 vendors, and need over 200 attendees (our members and associates they work with). The second way is to get new board members. Hugh, George, and I need a break (fewer loads). If we cannot get this type of support from our members in Arizona; CENAZ will vote on closing CENAZ. This will result in Arizonian’s having no vote or representation at the National level. Please keep in mind the board would like to keep the CENAZ division intact but we simply need help!

Again, I would like to thank the CENAZ members and nonmembers who attended, the CENAZ Board, ADOT, and our special sponsor this month Stantec.

In closing, please see the below offer to attend our next board meeting.

CENAZ will hold board meetings the first Friday of each month at the Old Spaghetti Factory at 1418 N. Central Ave, Phoenix Arizona 85004 and members are welcome to attend. If you are interested, we invite you to participate. Contact any board member for information, and join us at a board meeting and volunteer to help us by serving on a committee. Meet other members and provide your input to help us become a better Section. The next meeting is scheduled for December 9^th at 5:00 pm; please RSVP to CENAZ Secretary Rob Silver.