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I have two businesses and two primary volunteer involvements. After giving you links to information about all of those, I will talk briefly about former professions and give a link to other personal data.
Electrical: I have been in business for more than 25 years as Safety First Electrical Contracting, Consulting, and Safety Education. I now have information about that business on its own web page Go there also for a link to a description of my Third Party Inspection services.
Writer/EditorI have been doing business as Accurate and Intriguing Writing and Editing for the better part of two decades. You can find an immense amount of information here at the separate web page devoted to that business. It includes my focuses, my values as a writer, my publication history, several writing samples, rate information, book reviews, references, and more.
I maintain a considerable commitment to forwarding electrical safety through the inspectors' association,IAEI.
Special Interest Group for intellectually oriented people interested in the electrical industry. I've worked with these colleagues and published the SIG newsletter for just about 25 years.
Psychologist: Master-level Experimental plus Master-level Counseling. I have not performed research since 1988, nor been employed as a counselor since 1989. Both my heart and my intellect have found other outlets. However, my training in statistics, research design and analysis, and of course specifically in social science allow me to write knowledgeably about these areas-and to evaluate the scientific bases of claims. Also, I earned my first Master's degree in a program at Lehigh whose focus was on turning out college instructors. This means I had more education and practice in the theory and practice of teaching than most people receive, even people who have many years of schooling. I was trained to teach through writing as well as by standing in front of students. When I say, "in front of students," I think this background offers a benefit whether I'm consulting one-on-one or presenting a seminar to a full room. My program was well designed and had good instructors.
I used to work as a somatotherapist, ultimately a Structural Integration Practitioner; I have not practiced professionally for many years. I rely on other ways of serving people. The training did give me a fair understanding of body mechanics. For information on that work, check out the Guild for Structural Integration
Personally,
Link here to Personal Description and early work and social history
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I serve as Secretary-Treasurer for the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, George Washington Chapter (The chapter encompasses Washington, D.C. and most of Maryland). I also represent the chapter on the Executive Committee for the Eastern Section, IAEI. In addition, I chair the Eastern U.S. Section's Bylaws Committee.
Our purpose is to further electrical safety, and in particular to foster electrical education and the uniform application of electrical standards. About a third of us are electrical inspectors, mostly working for local governments; the other two-thirds are contractors, consultants, and representatives of organizations that support IAEI.
Please press this button to reach the web page of the local chapter , with seminar and meeting notices and reports, plus additional contact information.
Here's a button to reach the web site maintained by IAEI's international headquarters.
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This is a brief introduction to the Mensa -affiliated, transnational, special interest group of Electricians, Inspectors, Engineers and Interested
Others focusing on power, lighting and communications. A button at the end of this description will bring you to our fraternity's own web page.
IDENTITY
We're a club -- we sometimes visit, talk, help each other out on questions or projects. Our most regular endeavor is The Flexible Conduit, our newsletter. August 2008 will see our 250th issue! Incidentally, we take our work seriously, even passionately; but we try not to take ourselves too seriously. As an example, our April issue traditionally has been devoted to foolishness.
AFFILIATION REQUIREMENTS
You're expected to be bright, and interested in electricity. You are strongly urged to join Mensa, and to let me know when you do. (Mensa membership simply requires proof that your IQ is or was within the top 2%, and payment of annual, or one-shot lifetime, dues.)
People affiliate by getting on our mailing list. Most members currently are e-members, as described on the SIG's web page. For those few who prefer hard copy, the mailing list is a folder of self-addressed, stamped envelopes (SASE's). The SIG's membership definitely is more than a tally of newsletter subscribers. Before receiving a first copy of The Flexible Conduit (FC), you normally will send in a dollar and SASE (unless you're outside the U.S.) with a note or e-mail telling us about yourself, in return for a sample copy. Resumes will do, although they're usually impersonal. We'd like to know the person who's becoming our colleague. Once you join, that letter will be printed to introduce you to your colleagues. You will find further information on joining the SIG, and a partial index of The Flexible Conduit at