Florida West Coast Section
Section Report

Section 2001/2002 Officers:

Chairman - Quang Tang, q.tang@ieee.org
Vice Chairman - John Twitchell, PE, j.twitchell@ieee.org
Secretary - Jules Joslow, jjoslowemi@aol.com
Treasurer - John Conrad, john.conrad@ieee.org

Activities:

Florida West Coast Section has shown a tremendous success for year
2000 with the following activities:

1. Successfully hosted the Industrial & Commercial Power Systems
   (I&CPS) 2000 Technical Conference,
2. Held four (4) Section Meetings,
3. Held thirty two (32) Chapters Meetings,
4. Held two (2) Major Banquets - Awards and Engineers Week Banquets, 
5. Formed and run a successful Life Member Chapter,
6. Supported and run a successful Teacher In-Service Series Program,
7. Submitted bid to host the IEEE Sections Congress 2005,
8. Distributed Section Newsletters electronically to members.

Major accomplishments are I&CPS Technical Conference, Life Member
Chapter, Teacher In-Service Series, electronics Newsletters
distribution to members, and bid submittal to host Sections Congress
2005.  The Section has made over $7,000 in surplus from I&CPS
Conference.  Life Member Chapter is up and running with planned three
to four meetings annually.  Teacher In-Service Series Program received
positive feedback from local high school teachers.  The results from
first two projects have shown that 97% of teachers agreed to programs
increased their technical knowledge and 100% would definitely apply
the concepts learned from the programs in their classroom instruction.
Members with email addresses have been received electronics
newsletters a week prior to receiving the hard copies.  2005 Section
Congress selection committee has narrowed down to two cities, Tampa
and Tokyo.  We are ready and will make every effort to bring the event
to Tampa Bay area.

In February 2001, Florida West Coast Section has joined three other
societies, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),
Association of Facility Engineers (AFE), and Society of Logistic
Engineers (SOLE), in providing an excellent banquet during the 2001
National Engineers Week.

Goals:

1. To continue supporting Teacher In-Service Series Program.
2. To elevate 40 Senior Members in year 2001.
3. Each Chapter will hold at least one seminar that provides Continued
   Education Units (CEU) to members.  This goal will help our PE
   members maintaining their certification.
4. To host a successful Substation Committee Annual Meeting, May 6 - 9, 2001.
5. To host 2004 I&CPS Technical Conference.
6. To host 2005 Sections Congress.
7. To host 2006 IAS Annual Meeting.

Quang Tang
IEEE-FWCS Chair
q.tang@ieee.org