Hello EMEers
We are pleased to announce the 2010 International EME Conference to be held in Dallas, Texas on August 12, 13, and 14th. Although the event is over a year away, plans are well underway.  The event will be held at the Weston Hotel near the Dallas Ft.Worth airport in Irving. The hotel has excellent recently re-modeled sleeping rooms and conference facilities. This is the same hotel where Microwave Update 2009 will be located. The service provided by this hotel and the hotel staff are excellent and includes a free shuttle service to and from the DFW airport. The central location of the Westin hotel provides a convenient location from which to embark out on planned activities for the spouses. Hotel details as well as website check-in details will be forthcoming. 
The tentative schedule is as follows:

Thursday August 12th    8AM to 5PM   Surplus Electronics Tour

Friday August 13th        8AM to 5PM   Welcome and Technical presentations

Saturday August 14th    8AM to 5PM    Technical presentations

                                         7PM to 10PM  Banquet with speaker and prize drawing

Sunday August 15th      8AM to 10AM Summary and Plans for 2012
We plan to have excursions for the spouses (and men if they want to tag along) on both Friday and Saturday and possibly on Wednesday the 11th for both husbands and wives. Although Dallas is not as old as the great cities of Europe such as Florence it does have its own unique history and we believe that you will have an opportunity to experience a bit of the "old west" with the activities we have planned. 
We hope that you can work the Dallas Ft.Worth area into your vacation plans in August of 2010. The DFW airport is a major airline hub that should allow good international flights into the US and also allow some air excursions either before or after the conference to other vacation areas in the US.
Further information as well as schedule information will be posted on the North Texas Microwave Society www.ntms.org <http://www.ntms.org/>  as it becomes available. 
Best Regards

Al Ward W5LUA w5lua at sbcglobal.net

Tony Emanuele WA8RJF wa8rjf at arrl.net

Barry Malowanchuk VE4MA ve4ma at shaw.ca