Northwest Florida IEEE Section Report
October 31, 2003

Meetings

When possible, IEEE Northwest Florida incorporates a technical lecture
along with the meeting/tour of the month in order to obtain
professional development hours towards continuing education for PEs.
Meetings that have taken place since April are listed here.

o	April 22 - WSRE TV 23
o	Explored new and innovative technology at local television station
 	and observed their techniques for meeting DTV requirements by deadline.  
o	May - No Meeting
o	June 12 - Solar Power Generation
o	Members met at "Warner Solar, Inc" to observe a solar system that
 	is used to power a workshop.  Excess power is sold back to the
 	local power company (Gulf Power)
o	July - No Meeting
o	August 20 - Social Event with S.A.M.E. (NAS Pensacola)
o	Very successful social event combined with the Society of American
    Military Engineers (SAME).  Guest speaker - Congressman Jeff Miller -
    discussed presence of engineers in Washington and how he sees
    engineering as a necessity for America to grow.  Held Q/A session.
    80 in attendance 
o	October 28 - Financial Advising
o	Held a meeting at O'Sullivan - Creel with various CPAs and an
 	Estate Attorney concerning retirement planning
o	Discussed taxes and financial matters as they relate to estates,
 	wills and trusts
o	Announced nominating committee and current nominations
o	Potential Meetings - 
o	Navy Engineering Recruitment Dept.
o	Pensacola Regional Airport TRACON and control tower
o	December Social (NAS Pensacola)
o	Dr. Jim Bizdek - Fuzzy Logic (November)

SoutheastCon

IEEE NWF has requested application for an upcoming SoutheastCon but
discovered positions were filled for the next several years.

Recent Work

*	A few new Sr. Member applications
*	Many new contacts made at the August social event (College Dean,
 	local Eng. Dept. head)
*	Bylaws completely updated and enforced
*	2 of 3 required Nomination Committee established
*	IEEE NWF supporting student consulting at student Job Fair (Sept
 	24) on UWF campus
*	Planning for next years Regional High School Science Bowl.  Will
 	query EAB for funding soon.
*	IEEE NWF will establish new officer position next term - Education
 	Outreach
*	IEEE NWF is supporting a student scholarship for EE & IEEE Student
 	Members next year.
*	IEEE NWF will continue to support local University EE students
 	projects' financially.
*	Sr. Membership has been pushed extensively.
*	Gave away palm pilot at last meeting.  Winner's chances increase
 	with number of meetings attended.
*	Planning is in the works for support of next years Engineers Week
 	(Feb. '04).  This will be a combined effort with the Florida
 	Engineering Society.


Jeremy Wyatt
Chair - IEEE Northwest Florida