ExCom Minutes for February 07, 2006

The following minutes capture the highlights of the Foothill Section Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meeting held at the IHOP Restaurant in Upland, CA on 7 February, 2006.

I. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Bill Holbrook at 6:56 pm.

a. Quorum review A quorum was present.

The following officers and guests attended the meeting; Dave Perry, Mike Sedlar, Bill Holbrook, Keith Reno, Carol Daniell, Chuck Antoniak, Tom Cylkowski, and Art Sutton.

b. Approval of minutes (Section Secretary). Mike presented the 10 November 2005 minutes. And they were approved "as read".

c. Approval of agenda - any new items or changes? Chuck Antoniak reported that Harvey Mudd is offering the Nelson Series Lectures on Wednesdays at 7pm in the Galileo Auditorium. Wed 2/8 is IBM—what’s coming up in computers. Other lectures offered on 2/15, and 3/1.

II. Section, Chapter, and Committee Reports

a. Treasurer’s report (Art Sutton). Art reported that he is working on the L51 report. We spent a bit more in 2005 than we took in. All external creditors have been satisfied for WESCON by IEEE National. $139 k is still owed and LAC is essentially bankrupt.

b. Membership Committee Report (Chuck Antoniak). Chuck suggested that all officers encourage signups at work or school. There are now three different brochures to appeal to a diverse workforce.

c. Education Committee Report (Jea Park) Jae was absent, so there was no report

d. Student Activities (Lyle McCurdy). Lyle was absent, so there was no report.

e. IECES (Keith Reno). Keith reported that William Patzert will be the speaker from JPL at the Engineers Week banquet at the University of Redlands. The topic is the Satellite mapping of Oceans. The meeting is Feb 22 at Univ of Redlands. 6pm Social, 7 pm for dinner. Contact Tom Crowley for reservations. Chuck moved that the Section pay for Keith and Carol’s dinners as our official representatives. Tom seconded and the motion was carried unanimously.

f. Student-chapter Reports or Requests

Cal Poly Student Branch—no report

Cal Poly ComSoc Chapter—Swift—Michael Wong sent us a thank you for our support of CTS (3 February). He also sent a request for $250 to fund a Networking Workshop to be held at Cal Poly on Sat 2/18 (see paper provided). Art moved and Mike seconded a motion to provide the funds, and the motion was carried unanimously.

DeVry No report.

UCR—No report.

Harvey Mudd. No reports.

Cal Poly Circuits and Systems. No reports.

Student Paper Contests (Dr. Ilir Progri). No report.

g. PACE (Chuck Antoniak). No report.

h. LAC Liaison Report (Art Sutton, Lyle McCurdy). No report (see Treasurer’s report)

i. AP/MTT Chapter Report (Chuck Antoniak). No report.

j. Circuits & Systems/Electronic Devices Chapter Report (Tariq Qayyum) Tariq was absent so there was no report.

Communications Society Chapter Report (WTS05 report--Tom Cylkowski). No report.

Chairman’s Report (Bill Holbrook). No report.

Section Webmaster Report (Bill Holbrook). No report.

III. Old Business (if not covered during Section and Committee Reports)

None.

IV. New Business (If not covered during Section and Committee Reports)

a. Cal Poly Merit Badge Day—Next Year Options. The Cal Poly Dept of Engineering will not be sponsoring Merit Badge Day next year. The Section will consider offering a merit badge day for EE related badges only. Discussions were deferred until next month due to time constraints.

b. Region 6 Opcom Report. Dave Perry attended the meeting representing the Central Coast Section. He reported that in the morning session awards were given for the Best Engineer, Best Large Corporation sponsor, Best Section and Best Student Chapter. In the afternoon Section reports were given. LAC and the Central Coast Section are near bankrupt. 2 Members were nominated for Region Director. Dave is organizing at LAC large seminars to replace WESCON using volunteers and corporate sponsorship. He is looking for Section help. He also is willing to give a presentation of Alternate Energy Sources, and the group agreed that this could be arranged for March or April

c. PACE Meeting 3-5 March in St Louis. Bill is going and will get re-imbursed, but he needs some seed money; Air fare at $242, Hotel at $254 and Conference Fees at $350 for a total of about $846. Art Moved and Tom seconded to advance the money to Bill with the understanding that IEE/PACE will re-imburse most of it. The motion was carried unanimously.

d. Netmeeting. We discussed the use of Netmeeting for future Section meetings. This could help to get more attendees and avoi8d traffic and use of gas, etc. One person would need to have a public IP address. WEBX is a paid service that could be used. Tom agreed to look into the costs involved.

e. Next EXCOM meeting date; the group agreed to try Tuesday meetings again. March 14^th.

V. Adjourn. The meeting was adjourned by the Chair at 8:35 pm. [Note that the IHOP crew wanted to close early due to renovations]

Recorded and submitted by;

Michael Sedlar, Secretary 2006

Please provide all corrections and/or comments to Mike as soon as possible

Summary of OPEN Foothill Section Executive Committee Motions for

2005-2006

Motion and Date	Moved	Seconded	Approved	Completed (check No. and Date, if applicable)	Comments

04/14/05: Lyle presented a proposal for the Section to sponsor a wine and cheese reception at the Annual ASEE/PSW Conference to be held at Cal Poly April 20-2, 2006. $500 was requested.	Lyle moved that the money be allocated	and Tom seconded.	The motion was carried unanimously.
06/09/05: Provide the BTS05/CTS06 funding as suggested (BTS --$500 COMSOC and $500 from AP/MTT for a reception, CTS--$500 COMSOC) and Lyle seconded suggesting that perhaps we could get some PACE $.	Mike moved	Lyle Seconded	The motion was carried unanimously.
06/09/05: Provide funding for WTS06 at $1000 for the Section sponsorship, $500 for COMSOC, and $500 for AP/MTT.	Lyle Moved	Tom Seconded	and the motion was carried unanimously.
08/11/05: Jim Wyler of the San Gabriel Valley chapter has requested $100 from our chapter to help support a joint AP/MTT meeting at Cal Tech.	Chuck so moved,	Lyle seconded,	and the motion was carried unanimously.
08/11/05: LAC is asking each section to provide $150 for student paper awards at AutoTestCon.	Lyle so moved,	Mike seconded,	and the motion was carried unanimously.
02/07/06 The Section to pay for Keith and Carol’s dinners as our official representatives at the ICES banquet.	Chuck moved and	Tom seconded	and the motion was carried unanimously.
02/07/06 SWIFT (Michael Wong) sent a request for $250 to fund a Networking Workshop to be held at Cal Poly on Sat 2/18 (see paper provided).	Art moved and	Mike seconded a motion to provide the funds,	and the motion was carried unanimously.
02/07/06 PACE Meeting 3-5 March in St Louis. Bill is going and will get re-imbursed, but he needs some seed money; Air fare at $242, Hotel at $254 and Conference Fees at $350 for a total of about $846.	Art Moved to advance the money to Bill with the understanding that IEE/PACE will re-imburse most of it.	and Tom seconded	The motion was carried unanimously.
02/07/06 Netmeeting for future Section meetings. Tom agreed to look into the costs involved.

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