Professional Activities Report
   Mississippi Section:

Engineers' week Celebration 2/22/2008
Aaron Achord, Section PACE Chair. Joe Savage, Section Treasurer, and
Winnfort Myles, VP Professional Activities organized a day in celebration
of Engineers' Week and hands on projects highlighting exciting things
engineers do. Looking at the pictures, one can tell the kids were having a
ball. The students toured areas in the Raytheon plant, thanks to Winfort.
If one of the students attending is turned on to engineering (electrical or
otherwise), as a result of this activity, the program is a success.

   Richmond Section

The Richmond Section hosted Russ Harrison in an engaging evening with
networking and discussion about IEEE-USA and the role it plays in shaping
public policy. Section members in attendance were very impressed with the
way Russ related to them in a convincing manner.  Side bar discussion
between Russ an few other members were lively and lasted late into the
evening. If there were differing views, they were kept at the expected
professional level.

   Huntsville Section

The section was instrumental in helping the IEEE Student Branch organize a
successful Student Professional Awareness Conference, March 27, 2008, where
six universities, 100 students, representatives from local industry, and
IEEE Huntsville Section were partners in an event that featured Mike
Andrews speaking on "Time and Self Management" and Dr. Lewis Brown speaking
on "the 'Secrets' of Success for an Engineer". They are already looking
into expanding this into a bigger event next year.

   IEEE-USA Annual Meeting

Attendance at the IEEE-USA Annual Meeting this year exceeded expectations.
The theme was "Green Engineering: A Push Towards Sustainability." Kewynote
speaker Jill Buck, Founder, Go Green Initiative, presented the issue as a
the responsible and the profitable thing to do. Her presentation as well as
all the others are on the IEEE-USA Web site. Region 3 had 26 members
attending. The Huntsville Section and Student Branch had a poster session
that highlighted their work on the S-PAC. It was very well received. We had
14 Sections represented at the meeting, and each had access to multiple
resources, issues, and speakers he or she can tap. This is a golden
opportunity for our sections to bring home these topics to benefit our
members.

   Section PACE Plans Underway

 Tallahassee Section started planning for a Professional Development
Seminar (PDS) September 13, 2008.
Jamaica Section is planning a  PDS for the fall of 2008.

I need your help in encouraging the leadership in all sections to plan one
professional activity between now and the end of the year. This is a very
attainable goal. All we need is the will and a champion from each section
with whom we can work. to make it happen.

   110th Congress, 2nd Session:  Lofgren Employment-Based Immigration
   Reform Proposals, April 2008.

IEEE-USA is strongly encouraging its members to support two House Bills, HR
5882 and HR 5921, which deal with family-sponsored immigrant visas and
foreign nationals. The details are in the attached file,

(See attached file: Lofgren EB Im Reform Bills - April 20083.doc)

Russ Harrison will be sending a Legislative Alert on these subjects. Please
be on the lookout. Mr. George McClure forwarded this information to me for
distribution.

Adeeb