Hello Jim!

...I will tell you that it was very interesting to read your fictional issue about "Morning meetings".

I think that you are pretty right. No time to waste in the morning - confirmed agendas and skilled leaders of the meetings are needed.

- Just an idea: why not to have some (more social) evening meetings to discuss about male medication etc...?

One more topic for the morning meetings:

What will happen on the R&D area in near future at the mill? (just asking as a researcher and knowing that information of these issues do not always reach those people who really are responsible for the practical paper&board production). Maybe 5 minutes...?

WBR,

Juha Mentu
Finland

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Juha

I think your proposed social evening meetings could cause more problems than they solve if the topic is as you suggested! Of course, I, too have sat around in hot saunas full of naked, sweaty men...

Jim

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Years back Scott paper in Everett, WA was about the most organized mill for meetings that I had visited. Formal and efficient. Of course sign me up, thanks a lot.

You surely have the best translator in the business and I am very impressed with your current time gadget. I have suggested to our web people in case they haven't seen one like it.

Thanks again and have a safe and great 4th!

Al Palmer
Somewhere in Asia

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Jim,

I enjoy reading Nip Impressions and you have mentioned several times that there is no free lunch. I have one you may want to consider mentioning. DOE paid me to develop a paper machine energy scorecard system and I am offering it to the paper industry at no charge. The scorecards are excel spreadsheets that ask energy related questions and then provide energy scores based on answers to the questions. I have used the scorecards on over 40 paper machines and they are an effective way to benchmark energy performance and identify opportunities for improvement. There are scorecards with both US and metric units. Anyone interested in getting a copy of the scorecards can contact me.

My goal is to get paper companies and their suppliers to focus on reducing energy consumption so they can reduce operating costs and remain competitive...

Richard Reese
Norcross, Georgia, USA

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Thanks much!

You can contact Richard through Cellulose Community (www.cellulosecommunity.org) (or click "More" at the end of this column)

Special note, and I do not intend to be funny. Richard normally goes by his nickname, but we have found that if we use it, sadly, many browser screening programs will throw out the email. So, for all of you that know Richard, he has not suddenly gone formal, we just have to be sensitive to what certain programs catch.

Jim

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