IEEE Florida West Coast Section Report to Region 3 and the Florida Council Meetings 

October 2006

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 been attending
teaching workshops that have been held at elementary and high schools in
the local three county area and demonstrating different ways to teach
engineering concepts.

3. The USF 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.

4. Over fifteen section and chapter technical meetings have been held
since April, 2006. We also have several activities planned for the
months of October and November. We are already planning for our big 7th
annual "Celebrate Engineering" banquet that will be held in February as
a kick-off to Engineering Week. 

5. Our Computer Society will be sponsoring its fifth annual programmable
logic conference in October. This programmable logic technology event is
a day of presentations and vendor shows for designers and users of FPGA,
CPLD and other programmable devices.
6. The section is also supporting participation 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 14, 2006 

Florida West Coast Section Current Officers 
CHAIR (acting): Jim Anderson [jim.anderson@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
USF STUDENT BRANCH CO-CHAIRS: Dr. Paul Schnitzler, Dr. Chris Ferekides,