--------------- Atlanta Section Report ---------------

----- Summary -----

- More than 3900 current members and affiliates
- More than 650 student members
- Active GOLD Chapter
- 13 Society Chapters
  -- two of them very active (PE & IA)
  -- Several healthy (reliably more than 2 meetings per year)
  -- Some struggling (EM, CPMT, joint ED/LEO)

- Including chapter activity, the Atlanta Section routinely
  hosts more than 30 meetings per year.

- Atlanta Section just starting to co-host monthly meetings
  with a GSPE chapter in metro Atlanta

- If you need to contact the Atlanta Section, and you don't
  have a contact point, your best first try is to
  officers@ieee-atlanta.org (which goes to chair, vice-chair,
  secretary, treasurer, and past-chair).

----- Professional Activities -----

- State Licensing Review: two Atlanta Section members (Wei
  Zhao and Chase Battaglio) are representing IEEE-Atlanta,
  working with the Coalition of Professional Engineering
  Associations to improve the licensing process in Georgia.

- Aviation Museum: Atlanta Section active in developing an
  aviation museum and education center in Marietta, GA.  Bill
  Marshall (2004 & 2005 Chair) is on Board of Directors.
  Very good opportunity for increasing IEEE exposure in GA.

- Working with R3 to setup a LDO workshop in Atlanta this fall.


----- Pre-College (a.k.a., K-12) Education Service -----

- Atlanta Section active with EAB-TISP workshop in July
  2005 (hosted pre-workshop session & dinner on prior Friday)

- new K-12 Coordinator (Amy Wilson, k12-admin@ieee-atlanta.org)

- planning for TISP workshop at grade 3-5 magnet school

- planning for 'Family Science Night' at second elementary school

- Carol Ansley is working on getting IEEE TISP officially
  recognized by GA for professional development credit

- Aviation/Aerospace curriculum revision committee:
  Atlanta Section has representative (Melanie Barclay) on a
  state curriculum committee for revising aviation &
  aerospace related curricula in state K-12 schools.