Press release of some interest to Wrenches [RE-wrenches]

[Mark Downing]

I'd like to see them get user input at the MREA fair
at Amherst.  They'd get an earfull there.

--- "Ezra Auerbach, Trace Engineering"
<ezra at lasqueti.net> wrote:
> Wrenches,
> 
> I'm pleased to be sending this posting, it is the
> text of a Press Release that Xantrex issued today.
> Five of the people invited to attend are regular
> correspondents and readers of this column so I'm
> confident many of the concerns expressed here will
> be addressed. Clearly, a one day meeting will not
> reinvent the entire Trace product line or answer
> every complaint. We will have a pretty hard days
> work ahead of us reviewing the specs which are going
> to be presented, but we do plan on having some time
> left for a general round table.
> 
> I'm very excited about this process, it seems to me
> a great way of channeling constructive feed back to
> us folks who design and build the products you all
> work with everyday. 
> 
>   Xantrex Technology Initiates Product Review
> Consultative Process 
> 
>   Arlington, Wash./ -- The Distributed Residential
> and Commercial Markets division of Xantrex
> Technology Inc. who manufacture Trace brand power
> electronics are pleased to announce the first of an
> ongoing series of Product Improvement Focus Groups.
> Xantrex has asked a small group of active renewable
> energy professionals to review proposals for
> improvements and modifications planned for upcoming
> product offerings. Participants in the process will
> also be asked to beta test products which they
> review. 
> 
>   Ezra Auerbach, Market Manager Off Grid Power,
> says, "We have invited some of the most
> knowledgeable hands-on professionals in our industry
> to help us. Our objective in this process is to
> present draft product proposals to the people who
> actually install renewable energy systems on a daily
> basis. We want to know if we got the details right
> and if we missed anything. These Focus Groups will
> serve as a cornerstone for gathering invaluable
> feedback from the field."
> 
>   Xantrex plans to host Product Improvement Focus
> Groups on a regular basis with a rotating group of
> invited industry professionals along with
> representatives of Xantrex's Engineering, Technical
> Support and Marketing departments . Mr. Auerbach
> says, "We will host these Focus Groups in a variety
> of locations across the country to ensure good
> geographic representation. We have chosen Sacramento
> for the first one."
> 
> Best wishes, 
> 
> Ezra Auerbach 
> Xantrex Technology Inc


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