Columbus, Ohio to Host SBE's National Meeting The 2011 National Meeting of the Society of Broadcast Engineers will be held on September 27-28 at the Crown Plaza Hotel and the Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The National Meeting is being held in conjunction with the Ohio Association of Broadcasters' Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference. The Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference is an annual event attended by broadcast engineers from across the state of Ohio and neighboring states as well. The Conference is in its ninth year and includes technical papers and an equipment trade show on the 28th. All National Meeting activities will take place at the Crown Plaza Hotel with the exception of the Annual Membership Meeting at 4 p.m. on the 28th. That will be held at the convention center across the street from the hotel in a room adjacent to where the trade show has just wrapped up. Other events include a Certification Committee meeting and Board of Directors meeting on the 27th and the annual Fellows Breakfast and Awards Reception and Dinner on the 28th. The dinner program will include the presentation of the SBE Broadcast Engineer of the Year and the SBE Educator of the Year Awards, to be announced later in June. Three members will be recognized with the highest membership rank awarded by the SBE, the SBE Fellow: Chuck Kelly, Halifax, N.S., Chapter 49; Art Lebermann, CPBE, San Francisco, Chapter 40; Barry Thomas, CPBE, CBNT, Chapter 5, Atlanta, Ga. Chapters and individual members will also be recognized during the dinner for best technical article, best chapter newsletter, website, regional conference, most certified chapter and chapters with the greatest percentage growth and highest average member attendance at chapter meetings. Tickets for the reception and dinner are just $15 and can be ordered online <https://ssl18.pair.com/sbe/cgi-bin/sbe_event_reg.pl?goto=form&ec=104> or by calling the SBE National Office at (317) 846-9000. A special guest room rate of $99 for single and double occupancy has been arranged for attendees of the SBE National Meeting and OAB Engineering Conference. The rate includes complimentary Internet connection. To make reservations, call (614) 461-4100 and ask for the special OAB rate. The cutoff date for reservations is August 27. After the deadline, rooms are available subject to a space and rate-available basis. We hope to see many of you in Columbus for this year's SBE National Meeting and the Ohio Broadcast Engineering Conference. Kevin E. Olden, CBTE, CBNT, CTS VP, Engineering ProVideo Systems, Inc 26471 Southpoint Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43551 419.874.2850 Office 419.874.8056 Fax 419.343.1736 Cell www.provideosystems.com