To:      IEEE Region 3
From:  IEEE Daytona Section
            Roger Grubic, Chair
 
Officers for 2010:
Chair:  Roger Grubic
Vice Chair: Dr. Thomas Yang
Secretary: Al Jusko
Treasurer:  Tracy Wichmann
 
Committee chairs are PACE (Jeanette and Dr. William Barrott), Media (Dr. Hugh
Ward). Membership Development (Dr. Ilteris Demirkiran), Life (Ron Gedney),
Awards (Dr. Thomas Yang) and Charles Husbands for Webmaster and Small Radio
Telescope lead. Dr. William Barott assumes the role for Student Activities.
Dr. Tim Wilson continues as Computer Society Chair.
 
No actions by Region 3 needed.

Section Activities: Since our last council meeting, regular meetings with
speakers were held: March 2010: Charles Husbands “ Small Radio Telescope”
April 2010: ERAU Student Chapter “Southeast Con Robotics Competition”
September 2010: Dr. Jing Wang “Trajectory Generation and Control of Mobile
Robots with Kinematic Constraints”

Dinner meetings are planned for October and December of 2010 and January,
February, March and April of 2011.

Executive Council meetings were held in April 2010 and September 2010. Motions
were passed to continue the funding for the Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University (ERAU) Student Chapter for the Southeast Con Robotics competition
and Engineers Week at ERAU. There appears to be interest in starting a student
chapter at Bethune Cookman University, which we will support.

We were notified that the IEEE Industry Applications Society will sponsor a
conference entitled 2012 IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW). This
conference will be held in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 30, 2012

We are publicizing the Career Day in Cocoa by emails to members, mention on
our website and publicity in the local newspapers.

Computer Society Meetings: A meeting is being planned for the fall at ERAU.
 
Life Members: The Small Radio Telescope (SRT) remains a principal activity of
the group. The SRT is located at the Museum of Arts and Science (MOAS) in
Daytona. The linear actuator was replaced after the SRT jammed and plans are
underway to install permanent lighting. Remote access is now up and working.
The lighting is useful to assist remote users during data acquisition. Users
now include students at ERAU and in Australia. Presentation material about
radio astronomy was prepared for use at MOAS. MOAS is continuing their
planning for repair of the 2009 flood damage and it is likely that the SRT
will have to be moved elsewhere in the future at MOAS due to construction. The
expense of moving the SRT is currently unfunded.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
Roger Grubic
roger_grubic@ieee.org