IEEE REGION 3 AREA 9  
                                       

   REPORT TO REGION 3 EXCOM JULY, 2003
   

   The Jamaica Section continues to provide leadership in the area of
   electrical, electronics and computer engineering. The Section is striving
   to become the most outstanding in the Region.  A schedule of general
   meetings held for the year is shown in Table I.  The EXCOM of the Section
   meets and plan activities for each upcoming monthly general meeting.  For
   more details, please visit the IEEE Jamaica Section Website at
   https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/jamaica. The goals of the section as
   established at the beginning of the year were as follows:

   1.        Hold a successful SoutheastCon2003

   2.        Increasing membership attendance and participation in meetings.

   3.        Presenting more diversified technical presentations. 

   4.        Increasing student participation in SoutheastCon by 50%

   5.        Sending Delegates to Sections Congress 2002 and PACE Activities

   Membership Attendance at Meetings.

   This objective was not fully met since attendance at meetings was somewhat
   similar to previous years with an average of 15 members in attendance. The
   members that attended participated effectively in the activities. 

   Technical Presentations:

   The Jamaica Section made a deliberate effort to present a wide range of
   topics to satisfy objective 2.  The diversity of topics presented are
   outlined in Table 1.

   Student Branches:

   Both student branches, The University of the West Indies and the
   University of Technology, Jamaica remains committed to the ideals of the
   IEEE. The UTech branch has just completed the implementation of
   SoutheastCon 2003.  This student branch was commended on several occasion
   for their effective involvement and implementation of SoutheastCon2003. 
   Students are making preparation for their involvement in SoutheastCon2004.

  Communications Society Chapter

   The Communications Society Chapter (ComSoc) of the IEEE Jamaica Section
   continue to make their contribution to the development of members in Area
   9.

  SoutheastCon 2003

   A few matters are still outstanding to have this project completed

    

   Halden A. Morris        Winston Smith           Devon Gayle
   Area 9 Chair            Area 9 Vice Chair       Chair, Jamaica Section 
   Phone (876) 920-1029    (876) 032-2748          (876) 926-0831
   h.morris@ieee.org       Winston.Smith@ieee.org  d.gayle@ieee.org

    

                                    TABLE I

                    Activities of the Jamaica Section (2003)

    

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Month  |Activities       |Responsibility |Topic              |Presenter|
   |--------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------|
   |January |Retreat          |Section, ComSoc|Goals and          |ExCom    |
   |        |                 |               |Objectives         |         |
   |--------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------|
   |February|General Meeting  |Section        |Real Carts         |Butch    |
   |        |                 |               |Identification     |Shadwell |
   |        |                 |               |                   |         |
   |--------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------|
   | March  |General Meeting, |Section,       |Motors * Variable  |General  |
   |        |                 |               |Speed Drives       |Electric |
   |--------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------|
   | April  |IEEE             |Section, ComSoc|SoutheastCon       |N/A      |
   |        |SoutheastCon2003 |               |                   |         |
   |        |                 |               |                   |         |
   |--------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------|
   |  May   |ExCom Meeting    |Section, SECon |SoutheastCon2003   |N/A      |
   |        |                 |               |wrap-up            |         |
   |--------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------|
   |  June  |ExCom Meeting    |Section, SECon |SoutheastCon2003   |N/A      |
   |        |                 |               |Eval               |         |
   |--------+-----------------+---------------+-------------------+---------|
   |  July  |General Meeting  |Section        |Fuzzy Recognition  |Mr Marvin|
   |        |                 |               |of Cricket Batting |Kelly    |
   |        |                 |               |Strokes, of Body   |RF       |
   |        |                 |               |and Bat Postures   |Engineer,|
   |        |                 |               |                   |Digicel  |
   |        |                 |               |                   |Jamaica  |
   |        |                 |               |                   |Ltd      |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

    
Halden A. Morris, Ph.D.