IEEE Huntsville Section
2004 Section Summary Report

Section Officers:
        Chair                   Keith Jadus
        Vice Chair              Willie Fitzpatrick
        Treasurer               Courtney Spivey
        Secretary               Will Goins
        Member at Large         Wayne Wolf, Frank Parris
        Past Chairs             Sonya Hutchinson, Eric Grigorian

Active Society Chapters or Affinity Group Chairs
        AES                                     Buddy Bishop
        Joint Communications/APS/MTT (JCAMS)    Perry Vanderford
        Computer                                Glenn Cox
        Controls                                Charles Bishop
        Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)     Paul Stover
Engineering Management (EMS)                    Sonya Hutchinson
        GOLD                                    Courtney Spivey

The Huntsville Section hosted the EngineerŐs Week Banquet in 2004 in
conjunction with our 50th Anniversary. Additionally, in 2004 we continued
our support of the local Educational Activities, by presenting Special
Awards at the North Alabama Regional and Alabama State Science Fairs. We
have continued support of the UAH IEEE Student Branch in the Hardware
Competition at SoutheastCon 2004 and 2005.

We successfully formed an Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Chapter early
in 2004 and later in the year after the need was arose at the SoutheastCon
2004. We also formed the Engineering Management Society (EMS). The
Huntsville Section meets monthly to conduct section business along with the
society chapter and student branch updates. These chapters have several
beneficial presentations throughout the year. A possible new Chair for the
JCAMS Society has also been identified.

The Huntsville Section formed a conference committee to help plan for
upcoming conferences. We are very excited about a bid we submitted in
February 2005 for SoutheastCon 2008. We were also Technical Sponsor for the
local Huntsville Simulation Conference. We also support local K-12 science
and engineering projects.

In early 2005, we have begun a new Robotics Committee to support
SoutheastCon and other activities. Some potential new areas for this
committee, headed by Robert Robinson, include involvement at the K-12 level
including BEST and FIRST. Additionally, this committee will be instrumental
in our preparation for SoutheastCon 2008, if we are selected to host it. The
other purpose this committee will serve is to get our other local
engineering University, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) University
involved in the SoutheastCon Hardware and other activities. The scope of
this committee also serves to prepare for the other competitions held at
SoutheastCon.

Unfortunately, we have seen a lot of arrears members this year, and we are
very concerned about this and are looking for solutions to this.
Additionally, James Anderson is moving out of town. He has been active for
over 10 years in a lot of positions including chair, treasurer, conference
treasurer, Webmaster, and many other valuable positions. We are presenting
him with a plaque at our ExCom April 6, 2005 in appreciation of all he has
done.

Thanks,
Keith

Keith Jadus
Chair, IEEE Huntsville Section