Lighting Upgrade and training April 4

Hi,
The year is flying by and this is my first update of '09.
New Hope has been granted a tech upgrade grant for 2009, this $1000 grant is to purchase new tech equipment for use in Sunday services and programs (not for computers or parts).
Since we had to stay within the $1000 limit we decided to replace our aging lighting board (circa '98), which has a few bad faders and has had 1 major over hall already.
The old board will become available to the community center as they have asked to use our lighting for various events.
The new board is from the same manufacturer, Lightronics. This model TL-5024 ( http://www.lightronics.com/consoles_tl.html ) is very similar to the existing unit except it has a more flexible programming section.
The board can be setup to run a service without using the faders, moving between one "scene" to another with the touch of a button.
It also can be programmed and run the same as the existing board.
I have attached the manual to this email for those who want to get familiar with it.
On Saturday April 4 from 9 to 11am, I will be in the gym running tests with this board, if you can please come down to learn how it operates.
I will have coffee and treats on hand for those who let me know they are coming!

Thanks for all of the hard work you do at NHC in tech,
Keith