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 13 March 2007.

Call to order, Quorum review, Approval of minutes and Agenda

The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Tom Cylkowski at 7:03 pm.

A quorum was present including: Mike Sedlar, Bill Holbrook, Keith Reno, Carol Daniell, Tom Cylkowski, Lyle McCurdy, Chuck Antoniak, Art Sutton, Frank Freyne, Ilir Progri, and Steven Powell

Bill Holbrook presented the 06 February 2007 minutes. Some minor typographical errors were corrected and the minutes were approved as amended.

Reports on Section Activities

a. WTS07. Steve Powell gave an overview of the WTS07 program and requested that all of the ExCom members attend the welcoming dinner on April 26. The featured speaker will be Dr. Vinton. G. Serf. April 1^st is the deadline for early registration. WTS08 will be held at Kellogg West, but an overseas location will be selected for WTS09.

Section and Committee Reports and New Business

a. Committee reports

i. Treasurers Report (Keith Reno-2007, Art Sutton-2006): Keith reported that he had asked the IEEE about the option of using another less risky savings plan, but was told that the existing plan is the only one they have. Chuck moved to have our savings moved to a short-term money market account. There was no second and after some discussion the motion was tabled. Keith said he would continue to investigate the issue and bring the subject up again in April. Art provided a summary financial report for 2006.

ii. Student-Branch/Chapters reports and requests: No reports

iii. LAC Liaison Report: There was an LAC meeting on March 10. The LAC now has a new web site. There will be a children’s science meeting at the DWP in LA. The China Lake Section seems to have become inactive due to a lack of officer volunteers.

iv. Chairman’s Report: Tom Cylkowski reported on the recent Region 6 meeting in Manhattan Beach.

Old Business

There were no old business topics for discussion.

New Business

b. Merit Badge Day 2008. Lyle moved to have the Foothill Section provide another a merit badge day event in 2008. Ilir seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Discussion continued about the possibility of providing two additional merit badges: Oceanography and Aeronautics. It was agreed that this topic would be considered as part of the planning for the 2008 program.

c. Student Awards. There was a general discussion about providing a student award or scholarship to selected student members. A suggestion was to have each student branch and chapter nominate an individual for a cash award. Mike moved that each student group be asked to nominate an IEEE student member who has provided the best service to the IEEE and provide each branch with $500 for the nominated student. Lyle seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.

The next ExCom meeting was scheduled for Tuesday April 10, 2007 at IHOP in Upland.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:44 pm.

Recorded and submitted by;

Bill Holbrook, Secretary 2007