IEEE REGION 3 AREA 9

REPORT TO REGION 3 EXCOM October, 2004

At the beginning of the year our goals for 2004 were set as follows:
1. Increasing the number of Senior Members by 3.
2. Meet with the Jamaica Government Minister with the responsibility
   for Technology, with the view of influencing technological
   decisions on behalf of the country.
3. Meet with the Jamaica Governor General.
4. Hosting a Technological Seminar or Discussion Forum
5. Increasing UWI student participation in SoutheastCon
6. Sending Delegates to SoutheastCon 2004 and PACE Activities

The Jamaica Section has met objective #6 and is making efforts to meet
the other objectives. The Section has continued to organize technical
presentations.  In July, The topic ?Network and Information Security?
was presented by Karlington Williams (Information Security Engineer)
Krishna Phillipps (IP Network Design & Security Manager) Michael
Sutherland (Information Security Engineer) & Shauneil James
(Information Security Manager). The presentation was quite interesting
and informative.  A tour of Merit Communications facility was organized
for August but was rescheduled by the host to September.  Due to the
passage of Hurricane Ivan, the tour was again scheduled.  Meetings held
prior to July are as follows:

January:     Section & Society Retreat to formulate 2004 Goals &
             Objectives. Both the Communications Society and the
             Computer Society participated.

February:   Annual Social Section and Society members

March:      Presentation on CDMA Cellular Networks by Oceanic Digital,
            Jamaica Ltd.

For more details on meetings and presentations please visit the  IEEE
Jamaica  Section Website at:  https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/jamaica

Student Branches:

Both student branches, The University of the West Indies and the
University of  Technology (UTech), Jamaica remain committed to the
ideals of the IEEE. The UTech  branch attended and participated in the
student contests at SoutheastCon 2004.

Communications Society Chapter & Computer Society Chapter

Both Affinity groups of the IEEE Jamaica Section continue to make their
contributions  to the development of members in Area 9.

Thanks to region 3 EXCOM members for enquiring and keeping us in mind
during the passage of hurricane Ivan across Jamaica.  We suffered much
physical loss as a result of the hurricane but with life spared we can
again climb to the top of the mountain.  We would like to use this
medium to express our sorrow for the loss persons in Region 3 suffered
as a result of the impact of the several hurricanes during this season.

2004 Executive Committee
   Chair:          Devon Gayle (d.gayle ieee.org)
   Vice Chair:     Carolyn Ferguson (c.ferguson ieee.org)
   Secretary:      David Wright (d.wright ieee.org)
   Treasurer:      Howard Taffe  h_taffe yahoo.com
   Awards and Recognition: Stephen Legister (s.legister ieee.org)
   PACE Chair:     Wilfred Roberts  (waroberts ieee.org)
   Newsletter and Website Editor: Milverton Moore (m.moore ieee.org)

Respectfully Submitted by:
Halden A. Morris, Ph.D., P.E.
Area 9 Chair
Phone (876)946-8373
h.morris

Devon Gayle
Chair, Jamaica Section
Phone (876) 511-5700
d.gayle