May 2006 Dinner / Meeting
Technical Center Tour
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John Callahan Chief Technical Officer |
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Joe Herzog Director - Powertrain Engineering |
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| SAE International - Twin Cities' Section May 2006 Dinner / Meeting |
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| Meeting Date: May 17 | ||||||||||
| Polaris Industries Technical Center Tour |
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| Polaris Industries has been designing and manufacturing fun and exciting vehicles for the powersports market for over fifty years. The company was founded in 1954 in Roseau, Minnesota and has grown to over $1.8B in annual sales. Today, the award-winning Polaris product line includes ATVs, Ranger utility vehicles, snowmobiles, and Victory motorcycles. | ||||
| Polaris operates out of several locations in Minnesota and the upper Midwest. In 2005, Polaris planned and built a new technical facility, the Wyoming Product Development Center, on the northeast side of the Twin Cities. The May SAE meeting will provide an opportunity to tour this beautiful new technical center and learn about Polaris' history, products, and technology. | ||||
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| Polaris vehicles on display in lobby, including Victory Vision and Polaris Revolver concepts (shown above) |
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| There has been a very high level of interest for this meeting and it is very possible all reservations will be filled prior to the call-in deadline. | ||||
| Members wishing to attend are encouraged to make their reservation ASAP to avoid being left out. | ||||
| View event reservation instructions. | ||||
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| Nominations for Section Board Officers are presented below. | ||||
| Date: May 17, 2006 | ||||
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Times: | Events: | ||
| 5:30 PM | Social Hour: Punch and Vegetables & Dip, Polaris vehicles on display in lobby |
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| 6:30 PM | Dinner; Menu: Chicken Supreme w/ mushroom
sauce, Minnesota wild rice pilaf, Tossed garden salad, Vegetable, dinner rolls, Gourmet bar and cookie tray, Bottled soda and water. |
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| 7:30 PM | Presentation:
Polaris engineering tools and technologies; Overview of company and Polaris technical facilities; Tour of Wyoming Product Development Center |
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| 9:00 PM | Meeting Adjourns | |||
| In Attendance: | Cost: |
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| Members and Family | $18.00 |
| Students & Seniors (60 & Over) | $15.00 |
| Non-Members | $20.00 |
| Location: Polaris – Wyoming Product Development Center |
Address: 7290 E. Viking Blvd., Wyoming, MN |
| General Map to Polaris Industries | Requested Maps open in new Windows. |
| Close Approach to Polaris Industries |
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- - Reservations have closed for this event. - - |
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| Any electronic reservations attempted after 9AM Friday, May 12, cannot be honored. |
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| Meeting reservations have reached its limit of 125. | ||||||||||
| The Section thanks all the members who are planning to attend this meeting. | ||||||||||
| We look forward to an exciting evening!! | ||||||||||
| If the weather is bad, please call RFA (after 2:30 PM on meeting day) to make sure the meeting has not been canceled. |
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| Twin Cities Section Board Nominations for 2006 - 2007 | ||||||||||
| Officer Elections for the coming year will take place at the May 2006 monthly meeting. | ||||||||||
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"Two or more members in good standing of the section who are entitled to vote may constitute themselves as a special nominating committee with the same powers as the elected nominating committee." Any such nominations should be submitted to the section chair prior to the May 17, 2006 meeting. When you have determined / prepared your voting list, send that list, along with the names in "your nominating committee," to the chairman's e-mail address. |
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| Phone: 763.540.1668 | C: 612.202.7833 |
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