Central Virginia Section Report
 
Section Officers for 2004
Carlos Whaley, Chair, carlos.whaley@ieee.org
Larry Heine, Vice Chair, Communications coordinator, l.heine@ieee.org
Grace Giras, Secretary/Treasurer, g.e.giras@ieee.org
Eric Christenson, PACE, eric_christenson@ieee.org
 
 
Section Meetings:
 
We do not hold meetings during the summer months (Jun-Jul-Aug).  During
the rest of the year, we hold monthly meetings, alternating the location
between Lynchburg, VA and Charlottesville, VA.  Meeting attendance is
usually 25-35 members.
 
Recent or scheduled meetings include:
- "Wireless Sensor Networks", Lynchburg, Sept 20th
- "Use of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors in High Power Motor Control
  Applications", Charlottesville, Oct 19th
- Plant tour of EDM, Inc., an electronics manufacturer,
  (www.edmva.com), Lynchburg, Nov 16th
- December Social, Stargazing and Elections, UVa's McCormick Observatory,
  Dec 7th
 
Descriptions of the meetings and speaker info are available on our web
site, https://www.cvaieee.org.
 
 
Other activities:
 
-We maintain a mirror web site at https://www.cvaieee.org.
-We're publishing approximately 6 newletters/year (hardcopy).
-We're increasing the use of electronic communications via e-mail and
 web with good success.
-We are soliciting volunteers to undertake k-12 educational activities.
-We are exploring participation in local technology council activities.
-We are organizing a Computer Society Chapter (petition now complete,
 awaiting approval from IEEE HQ).
-We are circulating a petition to form a Communications Society Chapter.
 
 
Submitted by:
 
Carlos Whaley
Chair, Central Virginia Section