The Scentific Method

Unintended Consequences: BEARING RESOLUTION

BEARING RESOLUTION

Confirmed: Mariah Power has scheduled delivery of a MAS-Tech, Manistee, Michigan-Made WINDSPIRE Verticle Axis Wind Trubine to MMSTC in early July, 2009 (Jim Bates, Southern Exposure Renewable Energy)

*Exacting details (date, time, etc.) to follow

• Question: What preparations should be taken to prepare for this delivery, installation and all appropriate follow-on activities, ceremonies, press-realtionships, etc.?

Other:

MMSTC Meeting: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:00PM

AGENDA

See: MMSTC blog-site "post" MMSTC Meeting: Monday, June 22, 2009 (Pictures & Video)

Review: Yesterday's Windspire Assembly Work in Progress

• Comments (Lesson's Learned, insights, etc.)
  
• Typical Unintended-Consequences: Example "bolt-disappearance & resolution"
  
• Other:
  

Today's Goals & Objectives: Final Assembly, Installation, etc.

• What preparations should be in place for final assembly?
  
• What preparations should be in place for final (1st of kind) installation?


• Teamed Assignment of responsibilities
  

Execution: Today

Review: Today's execution (HOLDING on BEARING RESOLUTION)

Comments, Insights, Questions, Concerns, etc.

Next-steps, scheduling, etc.

Adjourn!

MMSTC Meeting: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:30AM (PLAN your Work, WORK your Plan, FAIL to Plan, PLAN to Fail)

AGENDA

Review video (ABC 20/20 NEW NORMAL: Workers Learn New Skills)
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7886884

Update and create NEW 90-Day Schedule of Events Overview

Determine Plan for today's work

• Execute Plan

Review Today's Execution: Determine next-steps, scheduling issues, questions, concerns, etc.

• Update 90-Day Schedule Plan Accordingly
• Post 90-Day Schedule, today's meeting minutes, pictures, etc. to MMSTC blog-site

Adjourn!

21st Century Foresight (Seeds of New Beginnings)

NEW NORMAL: Workers Learn New Skills
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7886884

Leadership 101

The magic behind the dramatic and enduring impact of creative elegance, while it remains rare and radical, is not new. Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu understood the power of the missing piece when he wrote this verse over 2500 years ago:

Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub,
It is the centre hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel,
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room,
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there,
Usefulness from what is not there.

When the Ship is foundering from a vacuum of Leadership; True Leadership is merely something someone does (essence of phone conversaton 6-13-2009).

30 Days in the Hole, Comes to a Close! (Stay Tuned)

Digital Learning Virtual Education 3.0

ONE of those "Ya had to be there" moments!

SHOWING THE GOVERNOR AROUND: MasTech General Manager John Holcomb led Gov. Jennifer Granholm on a tour of the facility where production of Mariah Power’s Windspire officially kicked off on Monday.

Update: CPC Students Cage-Build / Initial Foundation Dig / LOOK WHAT WE FOUND!

Conceptual Thinking on Wind Power

Meeting: MMSTC-CPC Windspire Installation 3-24-2009 4:00PM

AGENDA

*(MMSTC Student Engagement / Documentation of Process)
*(CPC-Build Team)

Schedule Calendar (Dates)

*Fabrication of cage

*Rigging Hoist

*Foundation Dig

*Foundation pour

*Cure-time

*Windspire Installation

*Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony


Other:

Sensors technology?

Macomb Global Trade Mission?

MPSC Grant / Update? (Lead Real-World Business Contact for Grant) (Need copy of Grant to frame understanding)

Identification of Additional Technology Grant


Jim Bates narrative:
There will be the parts needed to form the re-rod cage needed for the foundation to be installed in the near future for the courtyard Windspire. We will also have to discuss the means by which the tower will be raised in the courtyard and all the dynamics involved in that process.

The actual agenda for the afternoon is to begin the Student Team centered discovery and discussions for the plan going forward for both the installation of the Winsdpire in the Courtyard and perhaps more importantly to encourage and discuss all elements encountered in the process. Leaving no stone unturned,each participant is encouraged to stretch their powers of observation and to help create a guide regading all aspects of the installation of small wind turbines. The focus of our intention is to safely and efficiently install the Windpsire. More importantly though it is important to create a guide that will pose questions in future readers and participants minds. Questions that draw them into becoming engaged in this process of discovery. I believe, that part of each team members reponsibility is to pose at least two questions that need to be addressed to more fully understand the physics of Renewable Energies. Beginning with a focus on all elements of this installation, then concentrically growing the conversation, not dissimilar to the pebble in the pond creating harmonic ripples traveling outwards that will lead to further understandings.This really is about the very foundational conversations and discovery about what the WCS Renewable Energy Institute is really about.What We will not be is "A Ship Out To Sea Without A Rudder"

Sixth Sense Debuts

Mariah Wind Power & MasTech Manufacturing Celebration April 20, 2009 Manistee, Michigan (Fieldtrip?)

March2009 Newsletter: Volume Manufacturing, School Install, WINDPOWER 2009

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You're Invited! Windspire Manufacturing Grand Opening April 20, 2009 You are cordially invited to attend the grand opening celebration of the Manistee, Michigan manufacturing facility at 1pm on Monday, April 20, 2009. Governor Granholm will raise a Windspire in honor of the event and public tours of the facility will be available to attendees. For more information please email marketing@mariahpower.com Students Break Ground for Windspire Students at Michigan's Warren Consolidated Schools' Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center and Career Preparation Center broke ground March 16 on the location for the first Windspire wind turbine at a K-12 public school in Michigan - at Butcher Educational Center in Warren. The students will incorporate the Windspire into an educational program to track performance of the Windspire and learn how renewable energy can lessen their impact on global warming.

Press Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MARIAH POWER, WIND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCER OF WINDSPIRE® WIND TURBINES, ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF 100 UNIT FIELD PROGRAM

Program Results in Substantial Enhancements to Vertical Axis Wind Turbinein Preparation for Volume Manufacturing

RENO, Nevada, (March 18, 2009 )-Mariah Power, a wind technology company and producer of Windspire vertical axis wind turbines, today announced the conclusion of its 100 Unit Field Program which closely monitored the performance of 100 Windspire wind turbines in a variety of installation locations across the country.

The Unit Field Program, that has been taking place since June 2008, led to several enhancements of the Windspire wind turbine. The product upgrades increase quality and reduce cost per unit of the wind turbine prior to its volume manufacturing at MasTech Manufacturing in Manistee, Michigan, scheduled to begin later this month.

Improvements to the Windspire wind turbine focused on increasing its longevity and rectifying design problems found with initial units, as well as upgrading exterior finish products.

The Windspire inverter has also undergone several design upgrades, designed to maximize reliability and power output and solidify safety features. All existing Windspires will be retrofitted with this version free of charge once complete.

For specific information on the various upgrades, please visit www.mariahpower.com/upgrades.

"We have always been committed to testing our technology in order to get the best possible product to market," said Mike Hess, CEO of Mariah Power, "The 100 Unit Field Program brought issues to our attention that needed to be addressed, and as a result, we have made major upgrades to our Windspire units, which mean a better product for our customers. We continue to see the value in conducting ongoing testing and are therefore maintaining existing programs while we seek to expand our formal test program.

" Partnering with MasTech Manufacturing, Mariah Power has also made improvements to the quality of manufacturing to consistently deliver product at or exceeding specifications in the volume manufacturing setting. To ensure quality control during the transition from design into manufacturing, Mariah Power has adopted an ERP system, a CAM system for direct conversion of CAD designs to machine language, and a barcode system that identifies correct part number and revision level to validate inventory versus design match.

Mariah Power continues with formal testing at Windward Engineering in Utah and is in the process of securing other independent test sites, including the North Carolina Small Wind Energy Research and Demonstration Site at Appalachian State University. Mariah Power has also started ICC (International Code Council) testing of the Windspire.

All new upgrades are available to customers at no cost to them through Mariah Power dealers. A 5-year limited warranty is included with the purchase of all Windspires.

"Mariah Power is committed to selling quality wind turbines. Providing free upgrades to early customers, very simply, makes good business sense," continued Hess.

About Mariah PowerBased in Reno, Nevada, Mariah Power provides low-cost, low-noise, attractive wind power appliances for use with residential, business, and commercial buildings.

The company's patented technology maximizes energy conversion from wind into electric power, regardless of changing wind speed and direction. The company's first vertical axis Windspire® wind turbine, is manufactured in the U.S. and is now available for shipment.

For more information, visit http://www.mariahpower.com/.