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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20090224 Tuesday February 24, 2009

SEED Mentoring Applications Closed - 95 Total

Applications have now closed for the new SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring term for Established Staff (to run April-October 2009). 95 people applied and 70 of those applications were completed and are eligible for consideration. We will accept 40 to 50 people in this term. Tanya Jankot and I are now discussing details and checking information. Next step is information validation by Human Resources. SEED's selection committee meets at the end of this week, followed by an email announcement to all applicants and their managers.

SEED runs seven terms a year. After this Established Staff, the next terms will be for PreSEED and GSS SEED. Applications for PreSEED and GSS SEED will be accepted starting in early April; the PreSEED and GSS SEED terms will run June-December 2009.

Posted at 12:34PM Feb 24, 2009 by katysblog in Mentoring & Other Business  | 

Caboose Permits Signed Off!

I am delighted to announce that WP668, our 1916 backyard caboose, is now fully signed off! The City of San Jose building inspector came, saw, signed and left this morning. After almost three years of working with the city, we are done - hooray!

Other WP668 news - at Sunday's successful SAMA auction, we sold a caboose brunch which will be cooked by John. This popular item was offered for the second year at the charity fund raising event. SAMA is a major outreach program for St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Saratoga, California). Auction money goes to support medical programs in the Holy Land and Africa. For details, see the SAMA web page.

Work in progress on WP668:

  • Welding cleanup and metal coating for the stair railing
  • Install roof walk, attach it to existing ladders
  • Install bay window seat
  • Restore the rest of the windows (1 done, 5 to go)
  • Complete the back deck and step woodwork (steel is done)
  • Restore brake rigging and wheels
  • Reattach and restore battery box
  • Restore (replace?) the doors
WP668 Electrical Plan
WP668 Electrical Plan, Caboose San Jose CA photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 Caboose
WP668 Electrical Plan, Caboose San Jose CA photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Photos Copyright 2008-2009 by Katy Dickinson

Posted at 12:21PM Feb 24, 2009 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains  |