ISA Tampa Bay Section

International Society of Automation - Tampa Bay Section


Tampa ISA President Bob Reinhart
Email: bob.reinhart@controlslink.com

2012/2013 Letter from the President

After a successful 2012 year, we welcome back your enthusiastic board of Tony Morelli(treasurer) and Norm Magiera(Liason/Delegate), and welcome new board members Jeff Russell(Vice President) and Shaun Cross(Secretary) and Jean Adams(Meetings Collaborator).

This year we plan four tours, and the following dates are offered. We typically meet for the tour and then have a social afterwards. There is no cost for the meetings, and the social is typically dutch treat.

Please RSVP to Bob Reinhart 48 hrs prior to each meeting at either bob.reinhart@controlslink.com or phone 888 749 1199 x 117. Most meetings are the third Thursday of the month.

ISA Tampa Meeting Schedule:

 • Nov. 8, 2012 Hillsboro County Treatment Plant

 • Jan. 17, 2013 tour of Pepsi Plant

 • Feb. 21,2013 tour of Cigar City local brew pub

 • March 21, 2013 tour of local automation interest(pending: ideas? Do you have a project to share? If so please contact myself.

Please contact me via email at bob.reinhart@controlslink.com for details or “like” Tampa Bay ISA section on Facebook and see the details of meetings there and this website. For some reason ISA National’s website for our section has not been able to update, so we keep this site and our Facebook account updated often.

Look also for details via your email provided to ISA from our Norm Magiera.

AND, as always if you are ever in Ybor and looking for a cigar/beer and friendly exchange of controls information please look me up-I love having an office here and enjoy learning and finding out more about controls-as most of our information isn’t in a book but rather word of mouth.(Pity us poor engineers formula’s in books are easier but rewards await those who work together exchanging great ideas!:-))

DRIVING DIRECTIONS:

Elected Section Officers

New Officers

President: Bob Reinhart
Phone: 888-749-1199

Vice President: Looking for Volunteer
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Treasurer: Tony Morelli
Phone: 863-648-9090 x249

LOOP Editor: Looking for Volunteer
Phone:

Delegate: Looking for Volunteer
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Historian: Looking for Volunteer
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Staff Contact: Looking for Volunteer
Phone:

Standards and Practices: Looking for Volunteer
Phone: 727-512-0337

Student Section Liaison: Tony Morelli
Phone: 863-648-9090 x249

Past President: Tony Morelli
Phone: 863-648-9090 x249

Education Chair: Tony Morelli
Phone: 863-648-9090 x249

President Elect: Looking for Volunteer
Phone:

Webmaster: Bob Reinhart
Phone: 888-749-1199

Channel Side Liason: Looking for Volunteer
Phone:

Tri County Liason: Looking for Volunteer
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ISA Tampa Meeting Schedule for 2012:

 • Jan. 18th; Tour of Channelside Control Room tracking ships; meet at Ybor Bunker at noon, tour at 2. Our ISA District VP Maurice C. Hurst, Jr. from Atlanta is scheduled to attend.



 • Feb. 23rd; Tour of Cigar Brewing Company Plant Automation Upgrade. Meet at Ybor Bunker at 1:30. tour at 3:00 (carpool). Our ISA District VP Maurice C. Hurst, Jr. from Atlanta is scheduled to attend.


Photo from the Feb. 23rd Cigar City Brewing Factory Tour. From left to right, Tampa Section President Bob Reinhart, District VP Maurice Hurst, and ISA tour guide Doug Dozark.

 • March 16th: The time and date of March 16th meeting changed to March 23rd at 11:30, still to meet at the cigar factory.Tour of the Cuesta Rey cigar factory in Ybor. Plenty of parking around Controls Link offices at 1607 E. 15th Ave. meet at the Cuesta Rey cigar factory tour at 2:00 PM. Then we’ll walk to the brand new location for Ybor’s famous Irish Pub James Joyce at around 3:30. The James Joyce is located at 1724 e. 8th Ave. . See you at the Cuesta Rey Cigar Factory at 2 PM for a great tour and social kick off to St. Patty’s day.

 • May 4, Early Cinco de Mayo celebration; meet in Ybor’s Ybor Bunker at 6 PM, again with an esteemed local Tampa Section ISA Guest. Section elections to also take place at this meeting.

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