IEEE REGION 3 REPORT FOR 2003
 
WINSTON-SALEM SECTION, IEEE NORTH CAROLINA  COUNCIL                  
 
2003 SECTION OFFICERS : Chair: Edward J Fuller, Vice Chair: James
Kemerling, Secy/Treas: C. Leon Shore, Awards and Recognition: Craig
Hamilton, PACE: James Kemerling, Web Editor: Dennis Dice, Newsletter
Editor: Dick Riddle
 
2004 SECTION OFFICERS: Chair: James Kemerling, Vice Chair: Ersin
Bayrum, Secy/Treas: C.Leon Shore, Past Chair: Edward J. Fuller, Awards
etc: Craig A. Hamilton, PACE: Edward J. Fuller, Web Editor: Dennis
Dice, Newsletter Editor: Dick Riddle
 
SECTION ACTIVITIES: 6 Technical Presentations and 3 EXCOM Meetings
were held.  All technical meetings were held at noon with a light
lunch provided by the section to all attendees with an average
attendance of 30. A telecom with Vicki Waldman relevant to Section
Activities and Status for 2003 was held. 2 EXCOM members had new
SAMIEE Training (Now used to get information to our Active Section
Members each month so that we can keep the U.S. and E-Mail list
current). 2 Delegates attended SECON Meeting in Jamaica, 4 to attend
Atlanta Meeting in Nov. The W-S Section Professional Develop- ment
Award was presented to the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, WFU School
of Medicine. The Section joined the N.C. Piedmont Council of
Engineering and Technical Societies (PCETS) for 2003. 2004 membership
is contingent upon review by 2004 EXCOM. Our Web editor created Web
pages for SECON 04, N.C. Council, and PCETS. 3 EXCOM members
participated in the N.C. Council Meeting (9/6/03).  EXCOM response to
the October SCOOP Survey was submitted. We are supporting the Central
N.C. Section in hosting the 2004 REGION 3 Convention in Greensboro,
NC. Our Section will continue to use U.S. mailed Newsletters about our
section technical meetings as we have found that hard copy generates
better attendance than E-Mail and Web-Site Notification. We anticipate
increased participation at our meetings in 2004 as the WFU/Va-Tech
Bio-Medical Engineering Consolidation is fully underway. EXCOM has
endorsed a RAB Friend of IEEE Award to WFU for its 15 years of support
for the IEEE which will be presented in the near future. Without their
support the Winston-Salem Section would have demised. The Section will
hold a dinner conference in November for the EXCOM members and wives
in recognition and appreciation of their service in 2003. One Member
was elevated to Senior Status. We will continue in our attempt to
elevate the 49 other eligible members to Senior Status. Our total
section membership is presently at 183. The lack of engineering jobs
in our area as well as the high cost of membership limits our growth
at the present time. Our survival as a section is contingent upon the
growth of the new Bio-medical Companies and the introduction of a
Nanotechnology Center to our area in December by Wake Forest
University as well as the continued support of the Wake Forest
University Dept of Biomedical Education. We will continue our attempt
to start a Student Section at Winston-Salem State University as they
now have a Department of Computer Science. Past efforts at Forsyth
Tech have not been successful.
 
Respectfully submitted by

Edward J. Fuller
2003 Section Chair
Winston-Salem Section