From:       Andy Shulick                        Date: March 12, 2005
To:         IEEE R3 
Subject:    Richmond VA Section Report for the 1st Quarter 2005 

 

Our officers for the 2005 year are:                  (www.ieee.org/richmond) 

Chair:            Andrew P. Shulick, P.E., PMP, MBA, IEEE Senior Member
Vice Chairman:    Mark F. Walker
Treasurer:        Gregory B. Tait, Ph.D., IEEE Senior Member
Secretary:        A. Vennie Filippas, Ph.D. 


Activities:

Section Meetings:
-- Jan - CapTech Ventures - RFID Overview and Demonstration
-- Feb - VCU research - Biotechnology - Eye tracking systems
-- Mar - Chrysalis Technology Inc. - Pharmacological Instrumentation

 

Other items
-- All 2004 officers were re-elected for 2005

-- PE 31 had a meeting on November 10, 2004. 2005 program is being
developed.

-- The newly formed Richmond "Women in Engineering Affinity Group"
received IEEE approval, elected their officers, held their first public
meeting.

-- On Jan. 29, Charles Lord conducted a Leadership training seminar for
the VA Council area.  18 members were in attendance.   They represented
the Richmond, Central VA, and the Hampton Roads sections.

-- The section supported an information table on Career Day at the
Richmond Science Museum during Engineers Week on Feb 27, 2005.

-- The section supported an information table at the Children's
Engineering Convention in Richmond on February 24-26, 2005.  John Cross
was a speaker.

--The section is pleased to announce that members have volunteered to
fill the new positions of: Membership chair, Section PACE chair, Awards
& Recognition chair, Public Information chair, Educational Activities
chair with three activity coordinators, and an Industry Relations chair.

-- Other 2005 Activities scheduled:

   -- Ralph Russell,II is heavily involved in coordinating the July 2005   
      National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill in Caroline County, VA.

   -- Planning activities continue on Southeastcon 2007.

   -- From our membership monthly section meeting surveys and other
   feedback, the section's monthly meeting agenda time slots have been
   adjusted.

   -- The section is working with Microsoft to have Microsoft provide
   TechNet type briefings to our VCU and VSU college student chapters.

   -- Andy Shulick is IEEE representative on the Virginia State
   University's Industrial Advisory Committee and its Student Concerns
   Subcommittee.

 

Section Goals:

--Continual support of our two student branches - Virginia Commonwealth
University and Virginia State University

--Increase participation of membership in meetings and activities

--Provide value added monthly programs for the membership

--Increase and enhance communications to the membership

--Cultivate public awareness of the IEEE organization and its membership

Respectively submitted,

Andy Shulick 
IEEE Richmond VA Section 2004 Chair