From: David L. Livingston [d.livingston@roava.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10:30 PM
To: r3-excom1999@ieee.org; sec-r03@ieee.org
Subject: Virginia Mountain Section Report

Virginia Mountain Section Report to Region 3
March 23, 1999

The Virginia Mountain Section (VMS) has and is continuing to
have a successful year.

Officers:

Chairman:  David Livingston, VWCC
Vice Chairman:  Edward Wheeler, VMI
Secretary/Treasurer:  Andrew Stevenson, GE

Section Meetings:

We have had very interesting meetings including joint
meetings with the American Chemical Society and ASHRAE.
Meeting topics have been varied including "Transgenic
Livestock as Bioreactors for Complex Medicines," "Data vs.
Automation," "Rapid Prototyping," and "Harmonics from PWM
Converters."  Our "Spouse's Meeting"  featured Mr. John O.
Marsh, Jr., former Secretary of the Army with a presentation
entitled:  "Ethical Considerations:  New Requirements and
Recent Trends."  A tour of Litton Poly-Scientific in
Blacksburg, Va. is scheduled for the May meeting.

Student Activities:

The VMS is trying something new with the Student Papers
Contest in the April meeting.  Instead of having formal
presentations, we are having a poster session.  The new
format and increased award moneys is an effort to increase
participation which has been lacking.

Section Business:

The VMS Executive Committee has met five times this year.

We converted to the concentration account at the beginning
of the academic year. The record keeping is good but slow;
it takes about 6 weeks for checks to clear, etc.  There was
a major glitch at the start:  approximately $5K was credited
to another section's account.  This problem has been fixed!

Our section meeting reports and financial report were
submitted on time.

The VMS will be celebrating it's 50 year anniversary during
the September, 1999 meeting.  We have invited and have
received affirmative replies from Dale Caston, Region 3
Director; Paul Kostek, IEEE-USA President; and Ken Laker,
1999 President.  We are in the process of planning an
appropriate celebration.

Awards:

Outstanding Service Awards have been presented to:
Usha Varshney for serving as Program Chair in 1997-98;
Russell Churchill and Ira Jacobs for serving as General
Chair and Vice Chair of SoutheastCon '97;
David Livingston for serving as Section Chair 1997-98 and
1998-99, and Local Arrangements Chair, SoutheastCon '97; and

Dan Jackson for reasons too many to mention.

Respectfully submitted,
David L. Livingston
Chairman, Virginia Mountain Section

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David L. Livingston, Ph.D., P.E.

d.livingston@ieee.org or
d.livingston@roava.net or
dlivingston@vw.cc.va.us