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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20070605 Tuesday June 05, 2007

167 Apply to SEED 2007-2008 Terms

We are in the second part of the application period for the 2007-2008 SEED Engineering mentoring program Recent Hire and Established Staff terms. Sun's Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Greg Papadopoulos sent email to Sun Engineering worldwide on 21 May opening the application period. We received 167 impressive applications by the 1 June first deadline. Between the two application deadlines, HR reviews the application forms to verify basic information (hire date, grade level, annual performance ratings, etc.). Here is what we know so far:

    • Applicants: 167
    • Completed Applications: 16
    • By Organization:
      • CTO/Sun Labs: 1 [ 1% ]
      • Microelectronics: 16 [ 10% ]
      • Sales (GSS): 8 [ 5% ]
      • Services (GSS): 12 [ 7% ]
      • Software Group: 96 [ 57% ]
      • Storage Group: 10 [ 6% ]
      • Systems Group: 20 [ 12% ]
      • Worldwide Operations: 4 [ 2% ]
    • By Work Location:
      • APAC (Asia Pacific): 1 [ 1% ]
      • Americas (outside USA): 2 [ 1% ]
      • China: 23 [ 14% ]
      • Czech Republic: 9 [ 5% ]
      • EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa): 2 [ 1% ]
      • France: 2 [ 1% ]
      • Germany: 3 [ 2% ]
      • India: 21 [ 13% ]
      • Ireland: 3 [ 2% ]
      • Russia: 6 [ 4% ]
      • USA
        • Central USA: 15 [ 9% ]
        • Eastern USA: 15 [ 9% ]
        • Western USA: 64 [ 54% ]

All additional application materails are due 8 June (recommendation letters, resumes, etc.), by midnight, Pacific time. The Selection Committees meet 13 June. The Recent Hire term runs September 2007-September 2008. The Established Staff term runs September 2007-March 2008. We plan to select about 80 participants, divided roughly evenly between Recent Hires and Established Staff.

More information on SEED is available at http://research.sun.com/SEED/

Posted at 11:55AM Jun 05, 2007 by katysblog in Mentoring & Other Business  | 

Worship Gathering & Fellowship Meal , 9 June

I am part of a group at All Saints' Episcopal Church in downtown Palo Alto (555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA) which is exploring additional ways to worship. We are using a book called Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations by Dan Kimball (Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004, ISBN-10: 0310256445, ISBN-13: 978-0310256441). Please join us! Our first experimental gatherings will be:

  • Saturday, June 9
    5pm Gathering

    5:45pm Fellowship Meal

    Join us for the first of two informal worship and fellowship gatherings. June 9th will be a quiet, meditative, Taize style gathering in the Fireplace Room - about 30-40 minutes, followed by a simple dinner in the Parish Hall. (Dinner is free!)
  • Saturday, June 30
    5pm Gathering

    5:45pm Fellowship Meal

    Join us for the second of two informal worship and fellowship June 30th will be an energetic and joyful gathering - about 30-40 minutes, followed by a simple dinner. (Dinner is free!) We begin worship in the chapel.

Here is more information on this month's church events (Movie Night, Yoga, Garden Gala, Organ Concert, Worship Gatherings, Youth Mission Trip, Pew Players Satire): June Events Flyer (1 page, PDF format)

Posted at 11:38AM Jun 05, 2007 by katysblog in Church  |