[NMSEA-news] NMSEA - Events and Announcements

[News from New Mexico Solar Energy Association]

Hi Solar Enthusiasts!

Here are the latest events, workshops, and announcements.

 
See the NMSEA Event Calendar for a more complete list of events: 
http://www.nmsea.org/Events/Event_Calendar.php.  
If you have questions or comments, please contact us!   We value your input!
 

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*EVENT CALENDAR*

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TOMORROW! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10: T. BOONE PICKENS IN ALBUQUERQUE

You have probably heard of T. Boone Pickens. If not, you will soon. He 
has spent his career in oil and is now promoting wind energy in a big 
way. There will be a Town Hall meeting on September 10th at the 
Albuquerque Convention Center at 10:30 am. Doors open at 9:30. It is 
free, but there is limited seating, so get there early. Below are some 
websites about his energy plan. R.S.V.P. reply to aliesharuiz at yahoo.com 
<mailto:aliesharuiz at yahoo.com>.

http://www.pickensplan.com/?c=Google&a=Pickens-Keywords&k=[t.+boone+pickens 
<http://www.pickensplan.com/?c=Google&a=Pickens-Keywords&k=%5Bt.+boone+pickens> 

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-07-08-t-boone-pickens-plan-wind-energy_n.htm

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SEPTEMBER 13: NMSEA BOARD MEETING, ALBUQUERQUE

*/Do You Want to Know What's Going On at NMSEA? /*The next 
not-to-be-missed NMSEA Board meeting is on Saturday September 13 from 
noon-4 pm. We will start on time. It will be preceded by our famous 
potluck at 11:30 am. For those of you that have attended in the past, we 
will be rolling out a new agenda. You'll have to come see it to believe 
it. It is also our last board meeting before the Solar Fiesta. As usual, 
the meeting will be at the NMSEA office. Address is 1009 Bradbury SE, 
across the street from Isotopes park and behind the Lockheed Martin 
Building. It is in the UNM Business Incubator. Doorbell next to the 
door. All members are welcome. We always have a full agenda. If you have 
any agenda items, please send to info at nmsea.org. I hope to see all of 
you there.

-Marlene Brown-

La Presidenta

New Mexico Solar Energy Association

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SEPTEMBER 19 (FRIDAY): NEW MEXICO TEC EXPO LUNCHEON
Albuquerque Grand Hotel, Airport, 11:30 AM -- 1:30 PM

DATE CORRECTION: This date was given incorrectly in some NMSEA calendars 
as Sept. 18.

Join us for an exciting story! Tom Chavez, CEO of Rapt Inc. will speak 
on "Technology Entrepreneurship: Making It Through the Obstacle 
Course". Tom realized every entrepreneur's dream when his company, Rapt, 
Inc, was recently acquired by Microsoft -- talk about success!  But the 
real story is how he got there, from a self-described lower-middle-class 
family in Albuquerque, to Harvard graduate (all 5 siblings) to 
successful tech entrepreneur. Rapt, Inc., the leading provider of 
advertising yield management solutions to be offered as a key component 
of their Atlas Publisher Suite. What makes it even more compelling is 
that Tom is an Albuquerque native.

Also representatives from our technology associations will give an 
overview of the latest greatest tech developments in the State - 
including New Mexico Bio, New Mexico IT & Software Association, New 
Mexico Optics Industry Association, New Mexico Solar Energy Association, 
and the Nano Network of New Mexico.  These groups represent the industry 
clusters that are a significant part of New Mexico's economic success.

Register online at Acteva: _http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=164396_

$25 for members of one of the professional societies or TEC.  $40 for 
non-members.

More information on techventures.org -- click on events.

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SEPTEMBER 20 & 21: NMSEA SOLAR FIESTA, ALBUQUERQUE

It's Easy Being Green!

 Learn how - at New Mexico's premier renewable energy and sustainability 
fair.  Exhibits and workshops. Activities for children. Technical 
sessions. Raffle for an energy audit. Admission: $5 adults, $4 Seniors, 
$3 kids & students with ID. Free admission with NMSEA member ID, PNM 
employees ID, and all children under 12. Exhibits - $5. Workshops - $10 
each, or buy a discount day or weekend pass. Highland High School, two 
blocks southwest of San Mateo and Central. Full information will be 
provided in the NMSEA SunPaper Fiesta Guide, which is now on its way to 
you via the US Mail. You can also call NMSEA for more information at 
505-246-0400 or see www.nmsea.org <http://www.nmsea.org>.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23: ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER MEETING, REI

NMSEA presents a talk "Implementing Natural Step in the Workplace." BJ 
Harris will give an overview of industrial green design implementations 
created for some of her clients, including the IKEA box store. Also, 
more details on the upcoming Solar Fiesta will be presented. 6:30 PM, 
REI Recreational Equipment store, I-25 and Montano, 1500 Mercantile NE, 
phone: 246-0400.

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*ANNOUNCEMENTS*

VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NMSEA SOLAR FIESTA, SEPT. 20 & 21

Volunteers are still needed for the annual Solar Fiesta at Highland High 
School. Reply to this mail or contact the NMSEA office (505-246-0400) if 
you can help with preparations - or activities on Saturday or Sunday 
onsite. Do your share to support this fun educational event!!

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FOR SALE!
SOLAR, SUSTAINABLE HOMES

The NMSEA Office now has a list of real estate agents who have 
advertised with us who have homes or other property for sale with 
special solar and/or efficiency features. We cannot provide detailed 
information, since that depends on current availability, but we can 
offer agent phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
Call or write the office if you are looking for a solar/sustainable 
property.
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*VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW! 
for State Fair Green Expo Exhibit (We Need YOU!)*

 Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the New Mexico Solar Energy 
Association (NMSEA www.nmsea.org <http://www.nmsea.org>) have been 
invited by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to present solar 
home information at a booth in the Green Expo Exhibit at the 2008 EXPO 
New Mexico - formerly the State Fair - to be held September 5-21.  The 
solar booth will be shared by both organizations and is based in part 
upon a booth that solar home owners recently presented at the Earth, 
Wind, and Sun (EWS) event at SNL.  For that event, each owner assembled 
a notebook with pictures, data, and observations based on living in 
solar homes to share with the public and answered questions at the 
booth. NMSEA will have literature and demonstration items while the 
booth is staffed. At least 15 more volunteers are needed to make this 
Green Expo effort successful, each volunteer manning the display a few 
hours. Please help. Interested volunteers are asked to contact Carl 
Axness at 505-844-0084 (claxnes at sandia.gov <mailto:claxnes at sandia.gov>).

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NEW MEXICO SOLAR ENERGY ASSOCIATION

1009 Bradbury Dr. SE, # 35, Albuquerque, NM 87106

505-246-0400, 888-886-6765, Fax: 505-246-2251

info at nmsea.org <mailto:info at nmsea.org> www.nmsea.org <http://www.nmsea.org/>

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