Wednesday the 25th of April is the date, and Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2 in the City is the place. Valet parking is available; please plan on a five-dollar fee for this. Times are from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with No-Host bar until about 12:30, at which time we sit down to lunch, with the presentation starting at about 1:00 p.m. or so.

RSVP: please call Paul Black and leave a voice mail at 925-727-2628 before 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 24th.

The subject line above says it all. Phil Lerza, my friend, my mentor, and I daresay, my brother, is not with us here on earth anymore.
I write this in a daze, as if I wasn’t even sitting here. Suddenly the world has a sense of unreality about it.
There are not very many people in broadcasting who can truly be called “giants”, but Phil, by virtue of his amazing accomplishments, deserves that title as much as anyone ever could.
The usual meeting announcement will be issued tomorrow, as always. I hope to have some further details by then. Nonetheless, any news that we find out will be either on the SBE 40 website or will be sent out, via the mailing list, as soon as possible.

Services for Phil are Friday, April 20th, 1:30 PM
Crosby N. Gray & Co. Mortuary
2 Park Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 342-6617

Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2 in San Francisco, 11:30am to 2:00pm, with No-Host bar until about 12:30. Presentation starts about 1:00pm. Please RSVP with a voice mail to Paul Black at 925-727-2628 before 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 27th.

Please plan on a five-dollar fee for valet parking. Parking is limited.

Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2 in San Francisco, 11:30am to 2:00pm, with No-Host bar until about 12:30. Presentation starts about 1:00pm. Please RSVP with a voice mail to Paul Black at 925-727-2628 before 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 28th.

Please plan on a five-dollar fee for valet parking. Parking is limited.

Wednesday the 25th of January is the date, Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2 in the City is the place. Valet parking is available; please plan on a five-dollar fee. Times are from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with No-Host bar until about 12:30, at which time we sit down to lunch and do introductions. Expect the presentation starting at about 1:00 p.m. or so.

RSVP to Paul T. Black at 925-727-2628 or paultblack@comcast.net before Jan 24th at 2PM.

Steve Strassberg, VP of sales for TC Electronics, will be here this time to discuss the CALM act and the implications that it has for the industry.

As always, the last Wednesday, in this case the 26th of October, is the date, Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2 in the City is the place. Valet parking is available; the posted price for this is now set at $5.00. Times are from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with No-Host bar. We sit down to lunch around 12:30, and you can expect the presentation starting at about 1:00 p.m. or so.

To RSVP, please call Paul Black before 2PM on Tuesday the 25th and leave a voice mail.

NOTE THE NEW NUMBER; 925-727-2628.

Our friends at Leo’s Pro Audio are bringing us this month’s presenter, that being Shure Corporation, showcasing their brand-new AXIENT Wireless System. Some of the “gee-whiz” stuff includes Automatic Back-up Frequency Scanning, auto switching to back-up frequencies, and other cool features.

Ms. Jenn Liang-Chaboud, Shure applications engineer, will be doing the presentation. Jenn is a San Francisco local, and she’s in a bunch of videos they have posted on this product, by the way, so if you want a product preview go to the Shure website.

The date is the 28th of September, (the last Wednesday, as usual) at Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2 in the City. Valet parking is available; the posted price for this is now set at $5.00. Times are from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with No-Host bar. We sit down to lunch around 12:30, and you can expect the presentation starting at about 1:00 p.m. or so.

RSVP to Paul Black at 925-727-2628 before 2PM on Tuesday the 27th.
(or email: paultblack@comcast.net )