January 2009

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January 15, 2009

7:00 PM Meeting starts
Announcements, Officer reports,
Door prizes/Raffle item description, Guest self introductions
Members description of their favorite tool
"Ask the Membership about a problem" session.
Show and Tell always welcome.

8:00 PM Tour of Kaiser Manufacturing Facility workshop

Name tags-Members are now responsible to make their own. Otherwise, a paper "HEY YOU" will be available.


We will meet at the Northern California Manufacturing facility of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. at 1780 2nd Street in Berkeley. Our hosts will be Kevin Plimmer, Superintendent, and Larry Mandel, Facilities Director. They make cabinets for Kaiser's building programs and retrofits. They use a lot of particle board with plastic laminates as well as solid surface materials like Corian. Following a brief presentation we will get a tour of the shop.

Meeting Location


Northern California Manufacturing Facility
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.
1780 2nd Street, Berkeley


DRIVING DIRECTIONS

FROM SAN FRANCISCO
-Take the Bay Bridge east. Continue on 1-80 and take University Ave. exit towards Berkeley. See FOR ALL DIRECTIONS below.

FROM HWY 92 (SAN MATEO BRIDGE) EASTBOUND
-Take I-880 north. Merge onto I-80 east. Take the University Ave. exit towards Berkeley. See FOR ALL DIRECTIONS below.

FROM SOUTH BAY / EAST BAY
- Depending on your location, you can choose a number of different freeways to eventually get to I-80E. Once on 1-80 E, Take the University Ave. exit towards Berkeley. See FOR ALL DIRECTIONS below.

FOR ALL DIRECTIONS
Once on the University Ave. exit, take the slight right ramp towards 2nd street. At 2nd street, turn left. Travel another ¼ mile on 2nd street. 1780 2nd street will be on your left.