This just in from Jacques Laneuville

Hello Gord,

Got the link from LinkedIn Pulse.

I remember some of those stories. I remember the Calma (and it’s temperamental pen). I remember the entire plant being encircled by trailers (including Bennett’s rock) that were offices, conference rooms, library, etc... I remember a party at Melodie Lee’s where everyone wound up in the pool (helped by you in some cases).

Got some information from Luc Carrier about the missing names in your blog picture:

“A cote de Francois Tanguay c’est Paul Aubin, a la droite de Gord c’est Tino Varelas je crois et a la droite de Gord il ressemble a Pierre Codere mais je ne me rappele pas qu’il ait travaille a Bromont. »

For the purchase of the Bromont fab by Mitel, it was 1976.

Have a good day,

Jacques Laneuville

Ed. Note - These edits are now made. Bennett's rock is still there on the lawn in front of the old part of the building (I will take a picture if nobody has one), Ralph Bennett was responsible for the semiconductor division in its early days and when he heard how much it would cost to blast it and remove it he said 'leave it there' - an early example of lean management.

The trailers formed a maze both in the parking lot and in front of the building. I remember a group of engineers getting together in the far end of one series of trailers where they had set up a monitor for a micro-probing station with a TV tuner so we could watch one of the early shuttle takeoffs.

Concerning Melodie Lee's pool party - no comment...