ExCom Minutes for
The following minutes capture the highlights of the Foothill Section Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meeting held at the IHOP Restaurant in Upland, CA on 06 February 2007.
Administrative I
Call to order, Quorum review, Approval of minutes and Agenda
The meeting was called to order by the outgoing Chair, Bill Holbrook at 7:02 pm.
A quorum was present including: Mike Sedlar, Bill Holbrook, Keith Reno, Carol Daniell, Tom Cylkowski, Lyle McCurdy, Chuck Antoniak, Gerry Herder, and Art Sutton, and Tariq Quyyam, Frank Freyne, and Tom Ketseoglou.
Bill Holbrook presented the 09 January minutes. Two minor errors were corrected and the minutes were approved as amended.
Section Business Meeting
Report on Activity
a. Boy Scout Day 2007: The Boy Scout Merit Badge Day at Cal Poly was reported as being successful. About 100 Scouts participated. All costs were covered by the signup fees with some surplus. It was agreed to reimburse Bill Holbrook $70 for project materials he procured. Cal Poly facility rental was $400.
b. Future Cities: The event was poorly attended. 5 teams showed up out of 26 that paid. 7 were expected. Vista Heights Middle School in Moreno Valley won the IEEE Foothill Section’s Best Communications Systems trophy.
c. CTS-07: This was a successful event where a law firm described how they back up critical business data.
Section Committee Reports and New Business
a. Committee Reports:
WTS07 Planning. 145 technical papers have been submitted; plan to down select to 50. Having difficulty assembling a discussion panel for military communications.
b. Student-Branch/Chapter reports and requests: No Report
c. LAC Liaison Report (Reported by email):
LAC had its 1st meeting on 1/13/2007 to approve new officers for 2007. LAC web committee meeting set for Feb 6 in Pasadena at 7:00 pm. Banquet scheduled for 2/28/2007.
d. Chapter Reports: No Report
e. Chairman’s Report: No Report
Old Business
No old business items to discuss.
New Business
f. UCR Boys Scout Day: Tom Cylkowski agreed to contact UCR and see if they were still interested in supporting a merit badge day event for their geographical area.
g. UCR Awards: There was discussion to determine how to officially present the Region 6 Student Paper and Micromouse awards to the UCR winners. It was agreed that Tom Cylkowski would contact the student branch chairman and invite the group to the IECES banquet on 20 February.
h. Financial:
i. L51 Signing: The outgoing in incoming officers signed the L51 form for submittal to IEEE.
ii. Savings Account: Keith Reno agreed to find out if the IEEE has a more stable savings account.
Administrative II
The next ExCom meeting was scheduled for March 13.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.
Recorded and submitted by;
Bill Holbrook, Secretary 2007
