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Meetings

Chapter 76, Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), generally meets on the Thursday after the second Tuesday of each month. The date rarely varies from this formula. This keeps the meeting towards the middle of every month.

You do not need to be a member of the SBE to attend these meetings, nor do you have to be a member of the local broadcast community. As long as the topic of the meeting is of interest to you, you're invited. If you see that a given month is “Reserved” for an exhibitor, it means simply that. Additional details of meetings are posted here as soon as they're available.

When: (All times Pacific)

Thursday, February 13th, 2025.

Begin arriving at 11:30am The presentation begins around Noon
(meetings are on the Thursday after the 2nd Tuesday of the month).

Where:

The Sizzler Restaurant in Springfield - 1010 Postal Way, Springfield, OR 97401.

The presenter is hosting lunch, but they have limited funds, please stick to something inexpensive, and avoid ordering a whole dinner and dessert. Thanks!
( what your web-botherer plans to do is order my regular lunch, but pay for it myself )

What:

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IT Security in a Broadcast Plant.

These days, the trend is toward virtualization, containerization and cloud based everything. What does that mean – and more importantly, what are the steps we need to take in order to ensure that we’re presenting as little visible footprint as possible, while still enabling our teams to get the job done?

Questions you should be asking your manufacturer regarding IT security. Why it is still necessary for end users to take some initiative to practice security on their end as well.

A highly-informative discussion on things you can do to keep your network secure, while learning a bit about what goes on behind the scenes as we continually juggle ease-of-use against security.

Who:

Jeff Welton
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Jeff Welton has worked with Nautel for over 34 years. He is currently the Nautel Sales Manager for the eastern U.S.. Previously he spent 16.5 years as a Nautel Customer Service Technician, was involved in the 2015 MA3 field tests with NAB Labs and has performed hundreds of transmitter site visits and field calls. Jeff has been recognized with the 2020 NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award; 2019 APRE Engineering Achievement Award; and 2018 SBE Educator of the Year Award. He’s also contributed to the most recent edition of the NAB Engineering Handbook, including authoring the chapter on Facility Grounding and performs several presentations a year on topics relevant to broadcast engineering.