IEEE Florida West Coast Section Report 
to 
Region 3 and the Florida Council Meetings 
at Sections Congress 
October 13-17, 
2005 
Tampa, Florida



Accomplishments and Activities 
  


1. The section is continuing its activities in the form of technical
and administrative activities as well as community relations.


2. The section continues it involvement in the IEEE's "Teacher In
Service" educational program. Section members have attended the training
that was offered in Atlanta this year and are actively working with
Tampa area school systems to offer the program.


4. The USF student branch participated in the Southeastcon'06 robotics
competition. The student branch continues to be active and is planning
on offering an SPAC this year. Both students and student chairs
participate in the monthly Section EXCOM meetings.


5. Fifteen section and chapter technical meetings were already held
since April, 2005. We also have several activities planned for the month
of October. We are already planning for our big "Celebrate Engineering"
banquet that will be held in February as a kick-off to Engineering Week.


6. The section is sponsoring the 2005 Sections Congress conference,
October 14-17. This conference draws members from IEEE sections around
the world. 


7. The section is also participating in the organization of WAMICON
2006, 2006 IAS Annual Meeting, 2007 Annual PES Meeting, and the 2008
I&CPS Conference.

The section will continue to be very active and will
participate in many activities that benefit the members and enhance our
interaction with the community. We will also continue to seek organizing
conferences that will benefit our members and our profession.


Respectfully Submitted; 


Jim Anderson 
Florida West Coast Section Vice-Chair

October 13, 2005 


Florida West Coast Section Current Officers 

CHAIR: Angela Alexander [angela.alexander@ieee.org]

VICE CHAIR: Jim Anderson [jim.anderson@ieee.org]

SECRETARY: Jules Joslow
TREASURER: Ralph Painter
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Tom Blair

STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Jim Howard

AWARDS: Richard Beatie

COMPUTER / AESS Chapter: Jim Lumia
SP / COMM Chapter: Hüseyin Arslan
PE / IAS Chapter: Ghaff Khazami
MTT / AP / ED Chapter: Ken A. O'Connor
LIFE Chapter: Jules Joslow
GOLD Chapter: Kristy Baksh
USF STUDENT BRANCH CO-CHAIRS: Rudolf E. Henning / Zhen Tong