IEEE Mississippi Section Report Ð April 2005

The Mississippi Section started 2004 as a very active 
year.  The section already had three very successful 
multi-part section meetings to date for the year including 
the another very successful E-Week luncheon, two plant 
tours, and two section dinner meetings.

The January 20thth meeting was dinner and a plant tour of 
Time Warner Cable in Jackson Mississippi.

The E-Week luncheon held on February 24th in Vicksburg, 
Mississippi had an attendance of just under 200 people, 
with four corporate sponsors.   Lawrence H. Roth, Deputy 
Executive Director A. S. C. E., was the main guest 
speaker. Other E-Week activities included IEEE members 
visiting local junior high and high schools in both 
Vicksburg and the greater Jackson Mississippi area 
promoting engineering as a career path.

The March 17th meeting was dinner section meeting and a 
plant tour of Natchez Electric, a large industrial 
electric motor repair facility in Jackson Mississippi.

Two section meetings and plant tours are scheduled for 
this spring and three more section meetings and plant 
tours are in planning for this fall. No meetings will be 
held during the months of June, July, August, and December 
according to the Mississippi SectionÕs bylaws.

The next scheduled meetings for the spring are two dinner 
section meetings with  plant tours of Ergon, a refinery in 
Vicksburg Mississippi, and SmartSynch, a remote meter 
reading system vendor in Ridgeland Mississippi.

The following are the current elected officers for 2004:

George Sidders Ð Chair
Dave Schoggens Ð Vice Chair
Joe Savage Ð Treasurer
Gerald Brown  Ð Secretary
John Marshall Ð PACE

The Mississippi Section of IEEE has an active web site, 
and all meetings and attendance rosters are posted: 
http:ewh.ieee.org/r3/mississippi.


George Sidders,
IEEE Mississippi Section, Chair