Minutes

Region 2 February 28, 2004

Lunch
Call to Order	Kam
· Present and approve the agenda	Folder 1 agenda
Opening remarks and introductions	Kam
· Director Kam welcomed the region representatives · Director Kam discussed the procedures for nominating candidates for director elect (included as an attachment)	Folder 1
Approval of appointments and Bylaws	Dentler
· By laws, first introduced one year ago, were approved. Bylaws are posted on the web site.	Folder 6
Minutes of the Feb 03 and Nov 03 meetings	Dentler
· Minutes for the Feb and Nov 03 meetings were approved. Minutes are posted on the web site.	Folder 1
Secretary announcements	Dentler
· Addressed hotel billing arrangements and arrangements for the evening banquet celebrating Baltimore’s Centennial as an IEEE AIEE section.	N/A
Director Report	Kam
· Director Kam’s report is included as an appendix. Director Kam discussed the IEEE organization, placing Region 2 in context with the world organization. · Director Kam presented demographic statistics comparing Region 2 with other regions through out the world.	Folder 2 file 1
Director-elect report	Tullia
· Director Elect Tullia reported on his activities with the chapter rejuvenation and history, and membership development committees.	File: Rpt_Dir elect 040227 and 040228
Past Director report (ALL)	Apter
· Pas Director Apter presented a report on his IEEE board activities as Vice President RAB. · Director Kam and Past Director Apter presented their studies on proposed membership models.	Folder 2 file 2
Treasurer report	Conn
Rob Conn reported our net worth at the beginning or 2004 as $14,699.47 Our projected net worth at the end of 2005 is $37,329 The Proposed budget as shown in Mr Conn’s presentation was accepted by the Region committee.	Folder 2 files #3 (3 files, Budget is in PPT
Standards Presentation	Carlo
Jim Carlo, president of IEEE Standards Association presented a brief history of the IEEE standards association, and pointed to some of the historically important standards developed by IEEE, and some standards that are pending before the board. The efforts of the standards association is an important financial source for IEEE.	Folder 2 file 4
Candidates for Director Elect	Apter
· Candidates from the nominating committee were introduced: · Dentler, Famouri, Walsh, Repperger · Floor nominations were requested · Director elect Tulia nominated Satish Agarwall · According to the procedures described at the beginning of the meeting, the nominating process stopped, giving voting members time to talk to candidates that evening	Biographies are included in folder #5
Technical Activities Board (TAB)	Terman
Lewis Terman presented the structure of Technical Activities with in IEEE and how Region and technical activities work together to support the member, and the society.	Folder 2 file #5
Introduction of Focus on Membership Development	Walsh
Introduction To RAB	Toland
Dan Toland presented the types of support available from IEEE staff, particularly the Region activities support staff.
Sections Congress 2005	AB Shafaye
Mr Shafaye could not attend. His presentation was made by Joe Kalasky. Key elements: Section Congress will be held at the TAMPA MARRIOTT WATERSIDE on 14 through 17 October. IEEE will fund registration (includes room and food) for on primary delegate from each section. Delegate should be the INCOMMING section chair (for 06). The Region will fund non primary delegates.	Folder #2 File # 7
GOLD	Gallo
Eric Gallo’s presentation discusses the benefits of the Gold Program and describes how to receive money for starting and continuing active chapters	Folder #2 File #8

Industry Relations / Tech Policy	Kalasky
Joe Kalasky who serves as both R2 industry relations and IEEE industry relations presented some survey data from Industry discussing the challenges of
John Dentler and Bill Walsh started the morning with a challenge to the committee to think about those things the society, and the Region could do to encourage membership, and make the society more service to the membership
PACE	Famouri
Parvis Famouri presented information about his Region 2 Pace workshop and the status of the PACE projects in the Region. He invited persons to the PACE Leadership Workshop 19 to 21 March in Atlanta.	Folder 2 # 9
Career Enhancement	Chmielewski
Tom Chmielewski discussed methods for continuing education, Career search sites and other mechanisms that the society can help with Career development.
Awards	Kam
Director Kam nominated Carole Carey to be the R2 Awards Chairman. The nomination was approved by the committee.
Student activities	Berger / Tulevski Mandayam
Shrekanth Mandayam and Bob Tulevski presented their plan for student competitions. The competition for 04 will be held during April at Cleveland State University and include both Robot Competitions and ethics papers. The Budget for this event is about $30,000 This budget item was approved by the committee.
Nomination of Candidates for Director Elect	Apter
· An executive session started, and candidates were all requested to leave the session · Candidates were invited in one at a time and were allowed to speak on their own behalf. · Voting progressed, eliminating one candidate at a time, until there were only two candidates remaining. · Dentler and Famouri were nominated by the region as candidates for director elect.
Introduction to Members Workshop	Walsh / Dentler
The committee was broken into area workgroups and charged with developing a list of things the society could help them with
Results of the Break out Session	Area Chairs
The consensus of the Work shops was that the society should help the membership with continuing education. This could take several forms including PE classes, Education and notification of Standards in process.
Carole Cary was not able to make her presentation for R2 Women in Engineering, however her presentation was submitted.	Folder 2 #11