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"Starbucks downsizing" by john@rohsusa.com on August 4, 2008, 10:01 pm, in category General
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OK this post is purely for the familys benefit. My wife Tonya got cut in the latest round of Starbucks downsizing.
If anyone knows of a retail company in the San Francisco bay area looking for an excellent District Manager, please email me at john@RoHSUSA.com and I will pass along the information.
Anyone wondering from this resume why in the World Starbucks let her go - ask them - it is beyond my comprehension.
Tonya's resume:
Starbucks Coffee Co.
District.....
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"Governer veto's CA RoHS AB48" by john@rohsusa.com on November 4, 2007, 4:48 pm, in category Environmental impact issues
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The governator has veto'd AB48 which would have directly mapped California RoHS to the EU RoHS legislation.
The text of his letter to the California senate assembly is here:
"To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 48 without my signature.
This bill exponentially expands the scope of electrical and electronic equipment subject
to the Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) provisions under the
California W.....
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"OCCAM WEBINAR" by john@rohsusa.com on September 6, 2007, 3:57 pm, in category Lead free soldering issues
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Occam Process Webinar Scheduled for Next Week
Verdant Electronics will conduct an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 11th, to introduce its “evolutionary” new technology which integrates printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication and assembly (PCBA).
Verdant Electronics’ founder and Occam Process developer Joseph (Joe) Fjelstad will present the technology, address frequently asked questions and answer live questions from webinar par.....
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"RoHS lab for sale Silicon Valley California" by john@rohsusa.com on May 1, 2007, 8:30 pm, in category General
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Just an FYI,
I have been made aware that there is a RoHS testing lab for sale in the Silcon Valley California area.
Anyone interested in purchasing a small "going concern" with some very advanced equipment and experienced personnel, e-mail me at john@rohsusa.com and I will connect you with them.
John
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"Help the EU to understand the impact of RoHS" by john@rohsusa.com on May 1, 2007, 8:10 pm, in category Cost to industry
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The EU have requested data on the impact of WEEE and RoHS on the electronics industry..............
Go to the Home page of RoHSUSA.com and click on the banner for details of the questionaires.
My personal view (on the lead in solders ban)is that it might have been diligent to assess the financial and environmental impact of such a far reaching legislation BEFORE inflicting it on the planet.
As one of the guys on Technet commented on the subject of filling out the quest.....
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"Round 6 Exemption request thoughts" by john@rohsusa.com on February 22, 2007, 10:14 am, in category Environmental impact issues
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Exemption request 15 under stakeholder consultation round 6 has been running for 1 month and 12 days and I just had an interesting though which is:
On my original support for stakeholder consultations under round 5, the consultants dismissed the evidence supplied in support of using lead in solders since, as they said in their report:
“review of basic assumptions behind the ban of lead in the RoHS Directive would be an evaluation of the RoHS Directive and the political decision be.....
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"Why Motorcycles?" by john@rohsusa.com on February 8, 2007, 10:39 pm, in category General
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Someone e-mailed me and asked whether the pictures on the web site were my bikes. For the record the answer is "some of them".
All of the bikes we own are from Triumph in England, and I ride them every day in the bay area..... It takes a lot to get me to drive anything but a motorcycle, and if I am on two wheels it had better have rolled out of the Triumph factory at Hinckley.
My two are a 1000cc daytona sport bike and a 2300 cc Rocket III cruiser with California license plates.....
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"Environmental legislation should do one thing: improve the environment." by john@rohsusa.com on February 2, 2007, 2:16 pm, in category Environmental impact issues
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This article was published in the February 2007 edition of Circuits Assembly.
Environmental legislation should do one thing: improve the environment.
By John Burke.
As I write, 284 letters have been sent to the EU in support of exemption request 15 under round 6 of stakeholder public consultation. That proposal dates to last May, when I requested all lead in solder for the purposes of electrical interconnection be exempted from RoHS because the “replacements” pose a muc.....
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"California may ban conventional lightbulbs by 2012" by john@rohsusa.com on January 31, 2007, 12:04 pm, in category Environmental impact issues
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At last - a positive banning of something in electronics which will positively benefit the environment.
A Californian Assemblyman Lloyd Levine is proposing legislation to ban the use of "conventional" incandescent lighbulbs in California by 2012 in favour of the newer energy efficient compact flourescent variety.
Now THAT is a positive banning of something in electronics which the EU would be well advised to take note of and emulate.
If the EU were to ban conventional .....
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"New menu on home page" by john@rohsusa.com on January 23, 2007, 12:13 pm, in category General
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Hi,
By request we have added a link on the home page for latest REACH news and also a link to DCA's China RoHS we site for those needing up to the minute advice on this fast approaching March deadline.
John
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"Merry Christmas - and Thankyou!!" by john@rohsusa.com on December 18, 2006, 1:29 pm, in category General
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A happy and peaceful Christmas to one and all.
Thank you to the people and companies on IPC TechNet, IPC Leadfree, RoHSUSAPushback, and SMART-E-Link networks for their support this year.
Special thanks to the team at the EU Environmental Directive in Brussels particulary Klaus Kögler and Anna Passera for your brilliant co-ordination work on difficult exemption issues. Your customer service and help this year have been truly appreciated.
Kind regards,
John Bur.....
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"Ooops apparently Norwegian pollution control treats environmental support requests as SPAM??" by john@rohsusa.com on December 17, 2006, 8:38 pm, in category Environmental impact issues
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This interesting snippet came into my inbox from the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority from their EU TAC representative...........Sorry Rune we will not be bothering you again with any environmental requests..
From: Rune Opheim [rune.opheim@sft.no]
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:09 AM
To: John Burke
Subject: SV: Urgent message from John Burke RoHSUSA - your support is needed for the RoHS exemption request for lead in solders
Dear Sirs,
Please do not send.....
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"Now thats what I call FAST" by john@rohsusa.com on December 12, 2006, 10:46 pm, in category Support for Push back
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Thank you,
I asked for a fast response in the entry below and I got it - there were 142 exemption support letters uploaded onto the EU site in 2 days, I am sure there are more coming. It has to be a record for an exemption request public sector support. If you have not yet registered an exemption support you can do so by cutting and pasting this link into your browser and following the instructions on that page:
http://tinyurl.com/yya4ua
Thanks to all,
John......
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"Lead in solders exemption support needed but you need to be fast - January 10 deadline..." by john@rohsusa.com on December 8, 2006, 1:49 pm, in category Environmental impact issues
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As you may know my exemption request for the use of lead in solders in electronics has been accepted for public support / stakeholder discussion by the EU and can be found as item 15 on the EU public exemptions stakeholder discussion web site - you can view it by cutting and pasting this link into your browser:
http://tinyurl.com/y3p2dc
I have prepared a support letter for the lead in solders exemption request that RoHSUSA submitted to the EU on behalf of concerned environmenta.....
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"Lead free reliability - It's now officially a problem" by john@rohsusa.com on November 30, 2006, 3:49 pm, in category Lead free reliability issues
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It was bound to happen. IPC and Jedec now have a conference to address reliability issues of lead free.............The train has indeed left the station, and as predicted it is running into some issues.....
Here's a clue guys - lobby Europe so that we can use environmentally friendly leaded solder and you will not need the conference. They have to review the whole thing by 2008 so sieze the opportunity..
For anyone interested in presenting here is the release that came out toda.....
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"Happy Thanksgiving" by john@rohsusa.com on November 22, 2006, 5:51 pm, in category General
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Thanks to Chris for his comments on TechNET today - the day before Thanksgiving - I quote:
We all know lead free is a Turkey!!
Nice one Chris...
Have a safe holiday everyone
John
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"Comment on RoHS posted on behalf of Dave Derr" by john@rohsusa.com on November 1, 2006, 9:11 am, in category Cost to industry
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I am extremely angry and also fearful about the impact Rohs will have on the reliability of our products. It has already cost our small company well over 100,000 to get some of our products to meet compliance. Our military and medical industry refuses to use Rohs... and I only wish I could join them!
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"New exemptions published - now it's official!" by john@rohsusa.com on October 31, 2006, 2:49 pm, in category General
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In the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC the following points 21 to 27 are added:
21. Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on borosilicate glass.
22. Lead as impurity in RIG (rare earth iron garnet) Faraday rotators used for fibre optic communications systems.
23. Lead in finishes of fine pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65 mm or less with NiFe leadframes and lead in finishes of fine pitch components other than connectors.....
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"DEll can you hear me now" by john@rohsusa.com on October 30, 2006, 4:57 pm, in category Environmental impact issues
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As an environmentalist I am pro recycling BUT what is happening to the service back up for re-cycled products. Here is my experience - I hope it is not yours..............
Email response to email from Dell:
Dear Dell Hardware Warranty Support,
I am not sure what you mean by " resolve the issue you had with your system"
It isn't yet resolved.
And for the record - I do not believe that sending out a blank hard drive with a bunch of program discs with no.....
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"China's RoHS Compliance Puts Electronics IP at Greater Risk" by john@rohsusa.com on October 24, 2006, 2:45 pm, in category Cost to industry
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Supply chain must rally to protect proprietary technologies
By Diane Trommer
In March 2007, the Chinese government will begin enforcing its version of the RoHS environmental regulation. Termed the “Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products,” China’s RoHS mandate represents more than just another administrative challenge to members of the electronics supply chain, according to Robin Gray, executive director of the National.....
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If you need a password hit the "not a user" button above - fill out the form and you soon will be...John
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