Area 9 Report
July 26, 2008 
Devon Gayle, Area 9 Chair
 
 
Introduction
The year 2008 has been very interesting to date, and with the following announcement at the Jamaica
Section monthly meeting on July 16, 2008,

“On 21 June 2008, the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA) recognized the IEEE Jamaica
Section as a recipient of the 2007 MGA Section Membership Growth Award for their success for
Outstanding Leadership and Results in IEEE Membership Development Activities for Region 3.

Each year a Section in each Region is recognized as having achieved the highest rate of growth. The
greatest level of growth is based the highest percentage of increase in membership relative to other
Sections in good standing within each Region. Each recipient shall receive an animated graphic
noting this achievement which can be displayed on the Section’s Website.

On behalf of the entire IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board, please convey our
congratulations to the IEEE Jamaica Section for having achieved this honor.” This augurs well for
the current year.

In addition, all the required Jamaica Section and Society Chapter reports were submitted by the
deadline, which resulted in the Jamaica Section receiving the annual rebate plus the 10% bonus.
 
Jamaica Section Activities – 2008
 
To date the Jamaica Section hosted the following monthly Meetings:
 
January 2008     Jamaica Section Retreat 2008
February 2008    Improving Science and Technology in Jamaica & the Caribbean
March   2008     Telemetred Multichannel System for Geophysical Cable
April 2008       The Next Generation of Service Provider Services.
May 2008         Cosponsor with Mona Information Technology Services,
                 ARIN Caribbean Sector Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica
June 2008        (a) Distance Learning in Jamaican Universities
                 (b) Making Diesel Fuel from Vegetable Oil
July 2008        Digital Television Standards: Its Implications for Jamaica
 
                                               
Website - IEEE Jamaica Section

Webmaster Milverton Moore continues to keep the website current and provides valuable information
for the Jamaica Section and Region 3. The IEEE Jamaica Section Website serves as our newsletter and
the URL is as follows: https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/jamaica.
 
  
 
 
Submitted by:  Devon L. Gayle                       Wilfred A. Roberts                                                                                
               d.gayle@iee.org                      waroberts@ieee.org
               Phone: 876 511-5700                  Tel: (876) 928-6713, (876) 319-1007
               Region 3, Area 9 Chair               Jamaica Section Chair                                                                                                       
URL:https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/3/comp.html         URL: https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/jamaica