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As always, the non-profit CAC continues to offer high quality technical training and other technical products. Those of you who have attended our "Fundamentals" or "Advanced" trainings know first hand the value of CAC technical materials. As detailed in this newsletter, the benefits of these products have been clearly established by an independent evaluation funded by the US Department of Energy. In addition to our long term services I also wanted to introduce you to two new exciting developments at the CAC. The first is more effective promotion of CAC training and technical products; the second is the prospects for an Internet-based format for the "Fundamentals" training. It is clear that the CAC has developed excellent technical products and training that make a real impact on industrial operating costs. However, we have only scratched the surface in terms of reaching the large industrial audience which could benefit from the CAC technical "message". The wide distribution of Pressure Point (with your help), new CAC brochures and other promotional materials represents the beginning of an ambitious new promotional effort recently approved by the Advisory Board. As a first step, take a look at our new brochures, services and information at the CAC website, www.compressedairchallenge.org. If you have questions or ideas on how to promote CAC products or need copies of our new marketing materials feel free to contact our new Marketing Coordinator, Hale Powell, at CAChallenge@comcast.net or (978) 337- 4284. Internet-Based Technical Training - Although The Compressed Air Challenge has held more than 200 technical trainings around the country, traveling to remote workshop locations represents a real barrier for many potential attendees, particularly in certain areas of the country. To address this issue, the CAC is currently exploring the development of fully interactive Internet based training for our one-day Fundamentals workshops. At the October Board meeting we reviewed an excellent proposal from an experienced developer of "distance learning" technical and vocational curricula. The development of this new CAC training format would eliminate the need for travel off-site and would bring the Fundamentals training directly into the worksite or attendee's home on a much more flexible schedule. Prior to authorizing development, the CAC Board would like your input and ideas on this Internet- based approach. To obtain that input we have posted a five minute "Elearning Survey" at www.compressedairchallenge.org. Preliminary feedback has been very positive about the feasibility and interest in this new project. I am personally very enthusiastic about increasing the exposure of our excellent CAC products and the expansion of our training to an Internet format. I hope you share some of the excitement about getting our message out more effectively.