IEEE Foothill Section

EXCOM Minutes for May 2002

Subject: Foothill Section Executive Committee (EXCOM) Minutes for 2 May 2002 

I. Call to Order 
The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Lyle McCurdy at 7:01pm 
a. Quorum Review. 
A quorum was present. The following officers and guests attended the 
meeting: 
Lyle McCurdy, Art Sutton, Keith Reno, Keith's friend (Carol?), Mike Sedlar, Bill Holbrook, Dave Perry, Chuck Antoniak, and Tariq Qayyum. 
b. Approval of minutes 
The minutes of the March 7th meeting were approved unanimously with Tariq making the motion and Keith seconding. 
c. Approval of Agenda--new items to add to the agenda? 
Dave requested that we discuss a "locations committee". See below. 
II. Section and Committee Reports 
a. Section Report 
1. Region 6 Southwestern Area Meeting at CSU Northridge, Saturday April 20, 2002--Lyle and Art. 
Lyle Art attended. There was a MicroMouse competition between 2 schools. Larry Hammerman talked about GOLD, SPAC, and PACE and passed out more floppies. The emphasis was on getting more students involved. We need to do more with SPAC and PACE in our section--but what? 
2. Need for additional GOLD activities. Lyle and Art. 
See II.a.1. 
3. Need for additional SPAC activities. Lyle and Art. 
See II.a.1. 
b. Treasurer's Report. Art Sutton. 
The new Treasurer, Art Sutton reported the  amounts in the 
Section accounts.  Art also reported that the section will also get some income from the LAC for WESCON 2001, but he will have to request it. 
c. Membership Committee Report Chuck Antoniak 
Chuck reported that there are now 1237 members. About 75 students attended the chapter meeting 2 weeks ago hosted by Disk Webb at Maury Microwave. Senior Member applications were provided to Keith Reno and Tariq Qayyum. Bill Holbrook got 2 new members to join in the San Gabriel Valley. 
d. Education Committee Report Lyle McCurdy 
There was nothing new to report. 
e. PACE Report (should we develop a PACE oriented workshop for our members?) Bill Holbrook attended the PACE meeting in Texas on 12-14 April, and provided a separate report. 
There was a lot of discussion about this meeting and Bill's report. Some highlights follow; 
· The focus of the meeting was to find ways to inspire the members and help them in advancing their careers. 
· A PACE projects summary was provided 
· Hilleman could do a pitch to our section 
· The results of an IEEE USA survey show that of pre-college students in High School less than 9% are interested in a career in Science or Engineering. 
· A section website would help us to promote ourselves and our programs--Bill is interested in developing such a website. 
· The next meeting will be in Seattle. 
· We need to decide if we will do a career conference as part of WESCON. Bill owes Aremida a report on what we are doing with regard to PACE in our section by June 15th. 
Chuck moved that we setup a website attached to the LAC site with Bill as webmaster. Art seconded and the motion was carried. 
Bill also needs some money to pay for the Seattle trip. He may get 1/2 from Aremida and would like to get 1/2 from the section. He has to lay out the money in advance. Mike moved that the section advance him all he needs and then he would pay back to the section whatever he gets from Aremida. Chuck seconded and the motion was approved. 
f. AP/MTT Chapter Report. Chuck Antoniak 
The April 18th meeting with Dick Webb was also credited to the chapter. Disk has also volunteered to be the chapter chair. Chuck moved that the EXCOM accept Dick Webb as the chapter chair. Keith seconded and the motion was approved. Chuck also mentioned that he will need the section to pay his expenses to the June conference. 
Chuck volunteered to do his presentation on investments again (possibly at WESCON?). He remarked that Government Ibonds are the best investment now with a rate of inflation +3%. 
g. Circuits and Systems/Electronic Devices Chapter Report Tariq Qayyum 
Tariq reported that a meting was held on April 18th with about 30 students attending. He got a list of attendees. Most of these students graduate soon. 
h. Student Activities Report Lyle McCurdy 
New officers were elected today. See also II.g for the meeting report. 
III. Old Business 
a. Need for additional officers--Education Comm, Student 
Activities Comm Lyle McCurdy 
The PACE meeting also recommended that we assign a media spokesperson to the section to comment on our activities but also to become an "expert" accessible to the media to comment on events from a scientific point of view. 
Do we need a "location committee" to find meeting locations? There was some discussion but we concluded that this was always the responsibility of the meeting organizer. It makes the most sense for us to always meet locally so that we maximize the number of members at our meetings, especially with the traffic situation that occurs at or around our meeting times. Usually it is easier to get one speaker to us than to get a bunch of our members to the speaker. Dave agreed to find out if his speaker can come out to our area for the meeting (her lives in Pasadena). 
a1. Meeting Plans 
Mike agreed to check and see if we can do a meeting at Rockwell Collins in the fall. The meeting could be a topic from Rockwell or we may just use the meeting place for another speaker (like JPL?). 
We may get a meeting at Safetrans in June. Art and Bill to check on this. 
We will try to get Rick Percy (?) back in the Fall (Science teacher from Apple Valley). 
b. WESCON/ECI Report including Lyle's Pspice workshop (handout expense covered?) Lyle McCurdy 
The group accepted Lyle's request for about $180 to print handouts for the presentation. 
c. Update on CISs SWIFT conference at Cal Poly Pomona Lyle McCurdy 
The meeting will now be at JPL and they most likely don't need the $300 from our section. 
d. Student chapter awards Lyle McCurdy 
Not very successful so far. Two awards have been given out. 
e. Catalina Boat Trip, May 18-19, 2002 Art Sutton 
The boat will go to the research center and guests will stay overnight. About $60 for room and board. Since it is a section activity we will pay $200 to help defray expenses. 
IV. New Business 
a. On-time distribution from the WESCON/ECI excess reserves. Lyle and Art 
There will be greater than $500 per section, but sections have to request the money. Art will send in a request. 
b. Lyle's trip expenses for ASEE 2002 Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada. Lyle McCurdy 
Lyle needs our $ support. He has already put out about $1000 for this trip. IEEE-CTAA will pay the travel and one night lodging. Lyle is asking the section to pay 1/2 the other nights for the conference and he is pretty sure that Cal Poly will pay 1/2 as well. Chuck expressed his opinion that Cal Poly is taking advantage of the Section and they don't even have very many staff who are IEEE members. Mike moved that the section cover 1/2 the nights and per diem. Bill seconded. Chuck amended the motion to limit the section expense to $1000. The motion was carried. 
c. Should section promote GOLD and SPAC activities? Lyle and Art 
We will try to do an MPAC at WESCON. 
d. Section Tech meetings--Seismic Net Interpretation, May 16, 2002? Moved to where? Dave Perry 
Most likely this meeting will be in the Fall. Mike will try to get Rockwell Collins site. 
e. Should Section Chair join a local Chamber of Commerce (most likely Ontario)? Lyle 
The fee is about $100 a year for an educator. The committee questioned who to represent and why. The Chamber of Commerce is more business oriented than oriented towards professional organizations. Chuck recommended that Lyle attend some meetings as a "guest" and decide if there could be a benefit for us. 
f. AP/MTT meeting. Chuck 
Dick Webb should go to the next conference in Seattle early June. but Maury won't pay. 
Chuck may go as relevant to his Navy work. Chuck would need a subsidy for an extra night and day and he would give our Chapter report. Should be less than $500 for Webb or Antoniak. Chuck moved. Keith seconded. Motion approved. 
g. Set next Executive Committee meeting. 
There was some discussion about monthly, quarterly, or yearly. The committee agreed that with Summer coming we should hold a June meeting and then skip July. The group agreed on June 6th at IHOP. 
h. Other 
Mike Sedlar accepted an action to provide a list of all students that are Cal Poly students. Closed--Mike provided a list of all student members sorted by school on May 3rd. 
Art offered to organize a trip to visit Congressman Drier. 
Art requested $200 to sponsor a Russian speaker at Cal Poly. 
Mike accepted the action to find out if Rockwell Collins would host the Mathcounts competition in Feb 2003. Art Sutton will organize it for next year. He estimates a total budget of $1000. 
Chuck requested a budget of $100 for awards at next years Future Cities Competition in January. As a minimum we will see to it that the award is given and possibly transfer the responsibility to LAC. 
V. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned by the Chair at 9:33 pm. 
Recorded and submitted by; 
Michael Sedlar, Section Secretary 2002 
Please provide all corrections and/or comments to Mike as soon as possible. 
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