IEEE REGION 3 AREA 9   

REPORT TO REGION 3 EXCOM NOVEMBER, 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 Regional 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. During this year, the UTech branch has 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

All matters for SoutheastCon2003 has been completed except for
printing and mailing of the proceedings which is currently being done.

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 Objectives
                                               ExCom

February  General Meeting   Section            Real Carts Identification    
                                               B.Shadwell

March     General Meeting,  Section,           Motor Variable Speed Drives
                                               General Electric 
                                               (Group Presentation)

April     SoutheastCon2003  Section,           N/A
                            ComSoc
                            SoutheastCon

May       ExCom Meeting     Section,           wrap-up ExCom
                            ComSoc
                            SoutheastCon2003 
June    No Meeting

July    General Meeting     Section            Fuzzy Recognition of 
                            Computer Society   Cricket Batting 
                                               Strokes, of Body and Bat 
                                               Postures
                                               Mr Marvin Kelly
                                               RF Engineer,
                                               Digicel Jamaica Ltd

August  General Meeting     Section            Amateur Radio/Internet
                            Communication      Applications
                              Society          Mr. Basil Davidson
                                               President
                                               Jamaica Amateur Radio
                                                 Association 

September General Meeting   Section            GRPS (General
                            Communication      Packet Radio Service)
                              Society          Mr Iain Mcfayden V.P.
                                               Network Development,
                                               Cable & Wireless, Ja

October General Meeting     Section            Handhelds in Data
                            Computer Society   Collection and Analysis
                                               Mr Mohinder
                                               Dick Information
                                               Systems Specialist - of the 
                                               Jamaica Public Service Ltd