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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20080211 Monday February 11, 2008

29 PreSEED Participants Accepted

On 8 February, we accepted 29 PreSEED mentoring program participants into the pilot program. The new participants are now creating their 15 name Mentor Wish Lists (due 19 February). About the New Participants: 

Work Location:
    * Central USA: 5  [ 17% ]
    * China: 5  [ 17% ]
    * Czech Republic: 1  [ 3% ]
    * Eastern USA: 2  [ 7% ]
    * France: 1  [ 3% ]
    * India: 4  [ 13% ]
    * United Kingdom: 1  [ 3% ]
    * Western USA: 11  [ 37% ]

Division: 100% Sun's Software Group

Gender of Participants:
    * female: 9  [ 31% ]
    * male: 19  [ 66% ]
    * decline to state: 1  [ 3% ]

7 Previously Applied to SEED, 24%

Countries of origin this term include: China, Czech Republic, France,
India, and the USA

PreSEED is a pilot of the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program. More information on SEED is available at http://research.sun.com/SEED/

Posted at 05:15PM Feb 11, 2008 by katysblog in Mentoring & Other Business  | 

Caboose Stained Glass Update

The restoration of WP668, our backyard caboose, is making progress:

    • Last weekend, John continued to install the wood facing which holds the new window frame in the bay. (For comparison, I included a photo of what WP668's damaged bay window looked like when we first saw it in December 2005.)
    • Last month's storms blew down our 94' fence which runs along the side of WP668. I am working to get that replaced. I already had Davey Tree out to trim the trees and dracenas in the way of the new fence.
    • Stained glass artist Vince Taylor brought by his drawing for WP668's new window, along with some glass samples. If you look closely at my photo of Vince's drawing below, you will see the silhouette of a train in the hills. Vince is using the photo by Dave Stanley below as inspiration for the train image. (1973 photo used with permission of Dave Stanley.) Vince is also going to add a lizard silhouette to one of the rocks in the foreground.

Some photos:

John in WP668 Bay Window
WP668 Caboose Bay Window - Outside photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 Bay Window - Inside
WP668 Caboose Bay Window - Inside photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 Bay Window in 2005
WP668 Caboose Bay Window in December 2005 photo: copyright 2005 John Plocher
Vince and Window Drawing
Vince Taylor and WP668 Window Drawing photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson 		Vince's Drawing Closeup
WP668 Window Drawing Closeup, Drawing Copyright Vince Taylor photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson
Glass Samples
WP668 Window Glass Samples photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

WP668 in 1973, Sacramento, California area
WP668 by Dave Stanley, 1973 photo: copyright 1973 Dave Stanley

Images Copyright 2005-2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

Posted at 04:02PM Feb 11, 2008 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains  |