IEEE REGION 3 AREA 9 / Jamaica Section

REPORT TO REGION 3 EXCOM APRIL, 2005

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 for 2005 are 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. Participate in the ACM/IEEE 8th International Conference on Model 
   Driven Language And Systems (Formerly the UML Series of Conferences) 
   to be held at the Half Moon Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica October 2-7, 2005

5. Hosting a Technological Seminar or Discussion Forum

6. Sending delegates to Section Congress

7. Sending delegates to SoutheastCon 2005 and PACE Activities

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. The UTech branch is actively preparing to compete in the student
contests at SoutheastCon 2005. Communications Society Chapter The
Communications Society Chapter (ComSoc) of the IEEE Jamaica Section
continues to make their contribution to the development of members in
Area 9.

Halden A. Morris                                                                                                               Devon Gayle
Area 9 Chair                                                                                                                        Chair, Jamaica Section
Phone (876) 946-8373                                                                                                         (876) 926-0831
h.morris@ieee.org                                                                                                        d.gayle@ieee.org

TABLE I

Activities of the Jamaica Section (2005)

Month     Activities    Responsibility                   Topic                 Presenter
January   Retreat       Section, ComSoc, Computer Society Goals and Objectives  ExCom
February  Annual Social Section 
March     EXCOM/General Meeting, Section Unified Collaboratve Communications    Mario Plata
                                 for the Real-Time Enterprise