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EXCOM Minutes for November 2002
Foothill
Section Executive Committee Meeting of November 14th, 2002--MINUTES--
The following minutes capture the highlights of the Foothill Section
Executive Committee (EXCOM) Meeting held at the International House of
Pancakes Restaurant (IHOP) in Upland, CA.
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Lyle McCurdy at 7:00 pm.
Lyle provided an agenda with multiple attachments including many from the
Sections Congress of Oct 18-21.
a. Quorum review Lyle
A quorum was present. The following officers and guests attended the
meeting:
Lyle McCurdy, Keith Reno, Keith's friend Carol, Mike Sedlar, Bill Holbrook,
Chuck Antoniak, Art Sutton,Tariq Qayyum, Orlie Meneses (Student Br Chair),
Syed Zaidi (Student Chapter Circuits and Systems), and Larry Dalton.
b. Approval of minutes for Sept. 7, 2002
Mike Sedlar
The minutes were approved. Tariq moved to accept the minutes, Chuck
seconded, all approved. Mike requested that the committee review and update
the action items from previous meetings. The committee
reviewed the
minutes and made changes as captured in section VI below. Two action items
were added.
c. Approval of Agenda--new items to add to the agenda? Lyle McCurdy
Larry Dalton provided an award to Bill Holbrook for setting up and
maintaining the section website. Many thanks to Bill!!
Lyle pointed out attachment 2a which are the recommendations for future
IEEE from the Congress. The top 10 will be taken seriously by IEEE
National.
II.
Section and committee Reports
a. Section Chair Report (SC02 activities report)
Lyle McCurdy
Nothing to report.
b. Treasurer's Report Art Sutton
$300 was sent to UCR for the colloquium. Art recommends opening an account
at PFF instead of Washington Mutual. Art needs Bill to re-send the check
for his trip.
c. Membership Committee Report Chuck Antoniak
Bill reported that he got a new member to join. Mike also reported that
the section has 1322 active members as of the end of October.
d. Education Committee Report Lyle McCurdy
Lyle reported that he learned a lot at the Section Congress and got Power
Point materials that could be used for training/education.
e. PACE Report Bill Holbrook
Bill plans to add links to jobs info to our website.
f. GOLD Report anyone?
Lyle is interested in the potential of GOLD members after what he learned
at the section congress. Lyle will try to get a GOLD member to lead these
efforts.
g. AP/MTT Chapter Report Richard Webb
Dick Webb has re-located to Valencia. Chuck Antoniak will become the Chair
again.
h. Circuits & Systems/Electronic Devices Chapter Report
TariqQayyum
The Chapter met on 11/14 and about 25 members attended. They requested $72
to cover refreshments, etc. Lyle provided a presentation on the benefits
of joining the IEEE.
i. Student Activities Report (ECET at CPP plans to form a
separate
Student Branch) Lyle McCurdy
The ECE has a branch. If the ECET at Cal Poly can get 20 students to sign
up they will have a branch as well.
j. Awards Committee Report Keith Reno
See award for Bill Holbrook above.
k. Section Webmaster Report (update on website activities)
Bill
Holbrook
Holbrook provided Sedlar with the information needed to be the backup
webmaster. Bill reported that our site is setup at the same level as the
LA Section--we also get up to 10MB on the National Server and don't have to
depend on LAC for server space. Bill has setup pages for each section
committee and chapter--they should provide him with content.
III. Old Business
a. Section/Chapter officer nominations for '03 (nominating
& teller
committees; how and when) all
There was a great deal of discussion on this topic. The committee agreed
that more people could vote if we included a ballot on our website vs using
a "show of hands" at the Dec 10th meeting. Holbrook agreed to
setup the
ballot on the website. Sedlar agreed to notify members of the ballot via
e-mail. Reno agreed to tally the votes (since he was not on the ballot).
b. Report on Region 6 Southern Area Meeting at Cal Poly Pomona
(Sat Oct
12, '02) Art and Lyle
See agenda attachments.
c. Update on plans for Seismic Net Interpretation meeting
Dave
Perry
A meeting has been arranged for Jan 16th.
d. Update on Wescon 2002 and Chuck's Financial
"Workshop" Meeting for
Engineers Chuck et.al.
The meeting was interesting and successful. About 25 people attended.
The
message was "buy bonds".
e. Report on plans for Wescon 2003 Art
and Lyle
Art and Lyle both worked at Wescon. Wescon lost money this year. The
committees are looking at what it will take to fix the situation. They
will combine several shows into one for 2003.
f. Distinguished Lecture Colloquium -- UC Riverside w/Foothill
Section
(Wed Nov 6th '02) Lyle
The UCR student branch will bill us for $300.
g. Report on LAC meeting, Saturday Nov 2nd, '02 at China Lake,
CA Art
and Lyle
Art and Lyle went. There were some very interesting tours provided.
h. Report on Mathcounts competition activities
Art Sutton
Bill agreed to help. Mike and Art will make arrangements to use the
Rockwell Collins facilities.
i. Report on Future City Competition activities
Chuck Antoniak
There was a great deal of discussion on this topic. The competition is
scheduled for Saturday, January 25th at the Science Museum. We agreed
again to donate a prize for the best use of electrical
infrastructure/communications with a $100 limit. We decided that we prefer
to keep the Foothill Section award local--we will present it at the
competition or at the IECES dinner.
2002-2003 Section Meeting Plans:
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| When--scheduled | What--planned or expected
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| month of meeting | topic of meeting
| setup and advertising
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| Sept 2002
| WESCON--PSpice session,
| McCurdy
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| Engineering Finances meeting
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| October 2002 | None
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| November 2002 | PSpice/MATLAB (most likely
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| 11/23)
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| December 2002 | Safetrans (most likely Tues
| Sutton/Holbrook
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| 12/10)
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| January 2003 |
Earthquake Network
| Perry
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| February 2003 | ICES Dinner Meeting
| Reno
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| Mathcounts
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| Scout Day
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| March 2003 |
pSpice/Mathcad workshop?
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| April 2003
| To Be Determined
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| May 2003
| Wireless Telecon Seminar??
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| June 2003
| To Be Determined
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| July 2003
| To Be Determined
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| August 2003 | To
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IV. New Business
a. Student request for seed money for bus trip to Comdex '02
Hector
Plascencia, Chair?, ECE Stu Br
There was quite a bit of discussion on this topic. See agenda attachment
5. While there were 50 students attending last year, only 10 have signed
up so far. A bus is not cost-effective so the students want to rent one or
more vans. We agreed to pay for van(s) but not overnight accommodations
We plan to open up the invitation to all local schools next year. Tariq
moved and Bill seconded a motion to provide up to $400 to cover 1 van or 2
minivans for rental and gas. Motion was passed unanimously.
b. Upcoming Section Tour -- Safetran Systems (Tue Dec 10th
'02, 7:30 pm)
Art
A limit of 20 people has been imposed by the Safetrans. So far the
registration is below this limit.
c. An idea: should the Section invest in a projector for
PowerPoint
presentations? Lyle
We agreed that a projector could be borrowed from Rockwell Collins or
elsewhere since they are expensive and we don't need them very often.
d. Next Section Ex Com Meeting Lyle
The committee agreed that the next meeting will be held on January 9th at
IHOP at 7pm.
e. CIS--we may help sponsor a seminar in May on Wireless Telecom via Steve
Powell at Cal Poly.
V. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned by the Chair at 9:41 pm.
VI. ACTIONS: [NOTE Action items 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 were closed
in
minutes of previous meetings.]
2. All officers need to review and comment on the website content.
Open.
9/7-This includes trying out the feedback form. 11/14-Bill reported that
only 6 responses have been received on the feedback form and that it is now
"disconnected".
8. Sedlar and McCurdy to work the arrangements for the October meeting.
9/7 Pspice and Matlab on a Saturday most likely 9am-noon. OPEN
11/14--Will work for the March meeting.
10. McCurdy or Sutton to make arrangements for Sept 7th meeting at Cal
Poly. 9/7 Closed. McCurdy made the arrangements for a
conference room in
Building 9.
11. Sedlar/Sutton to make arrangements for Mathcounts to meet at Rockwell
Collins on the last Saturday in February 2003. OPEN
12. Scout Day is the 1st Saturday in February at Cal Poly. Need
section
volunteers to help teach Electronics merit badge. OPEN 11/14--Bill,
Mike,
Tariq, and students to help Art out this year.
13. Sutton and Holbrook will make arrangements and advertising for a
Safetrans meeting for December. CLOSED. Arrangements made and
meeting
held on Dec 10th.
14. NEW 11/14--All to search for the latest by-laws and send out to the
other officers. OPEN
15. NEW 11/14--Sedlar to get a new list of GOLD members to McCurdy and
check to see if Bob Burnell is in our section. OPEN.
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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