The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

IEEE Baltimore Section

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r2/baltimore/

IEEE ExCom Section Meeting

February 9, 2004

 

Attendees

X Jeff Friedhoffer – Chair

X Brian Sequeira – Vice Chair

X Boris Gramatikov – Secretary

   Roberto Cuellar – Treasurer

X John Dentler  –  Continuing Education

X Christopher Nemarich  – Program Director

X Neville Jacobs  – Student Activities

    Tom Patton – Awards

X Joseph Pollitt  – Audits & Bylaws

X  Carole Carey – Professional Activities 1 / ESB Rep

   Hoosamuddin Bandukwalla –  Professional Activities 2

X Vil Arafiles – Membership Development

X Ron Aloysius – Newsletter Editor

   Thad Welch – Annapolis subsection

   Eric Henlon – PES Chair

X David Sherman – EMB

X Walt Willing – Chair Reliability

   Garth McKenzie – Chair Computer Society

   Bill Dixon – Acting Chair AES

X Eric Henlon – Chair PES

X Dewane Daley – Vice Chair PES

X Robert Berkovits – Chair EMC

    John Anderson – EMC Vice Chair

X Wole Akpose – GOLD

    Domenic Georgantas – GOLD

X Tina Kohler – WIE

    Leonard Bathgate IAS Treasurer & Publications

    Mel Hotz – Chairman of the Maryland State of Licensed Professional Engineers

X Jay Gamerman –  IEEE Member

X Merrill Skolnik – Guest, invited speaker for the Centennial Celebration

 
 
 
 

Jeff Friedhoffer chaired the meeting, which was called to order at 6:30 pm.

 

Executive Reports

Section Chair (Jeffrey Friedhoffer)

• Jeff presented the IEEE Past Chairman Pin to Vil Arafiles for his services and contributions as Section Chair in 2002..
• As decided at the previous ExCom meeting: Purchased an LCD projector Infocus LP640 from PC Mall ($2,322.34) with one spare bulb to be donated the HEM, with the proviso that the IEEE has first use of the unit. It will be stored at the Historical Electronics Museum and can be checked out for events that are not located there.
• Minutes of the January 2004 meeting were posted on Section website

 
Section Vice-Chair (Brian Sequeira)

• Officer Confirmation report was submitted to IEEE
• Meeting reports for 2003 were filed online but no confirmation has been received as of today; will follow up on this
• Follow-up recommendation about the attendance roster: In 2003 approximately 50% of the chapter meetings attendees were not IEEE members. Unless some automated computer-based method for information collection is developed, the sign-up sheet with the names of the attendees could be passed to Vil Arafiles (Membership Development) with the aim of recruiting new IEEE members.

 
Secretary (Boris Gramatikov)

• As an outgoing Treasurer Boris reported that the consolidated financial report (L-50 and all supporting documents) for the Section, Annapolis subsection and all Baltimore chapters has been completed and signed, and will be submitted to IEEE on Feb 10, 2004. Boris thanked John Dentler, Jeff Friedhoffer, and all the Chapter Treasurers for their help and fast response. With the timely submission of this report before the deadline February 20, the Section will meet the requirements for the 2004 rebate.

 

Audits & Bylaws (Joseph Pollitt)

• The internal Audit Committee has audited the Section’s financial records for 2003 and has found everything in good order.

 

Merrill Skolnik – Guest, invited speaker for the Centennial Celebration

• Summarized his interesting talk for the upcoming event. The talk will be dedicated to the history of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Baltimore area, and the different groups and organizations related to it.

 

Programs (Chris Nemarich):

Celebration of the Section’s Centennial

• The proposal for the Centennial celebration, was also broadcast by email, and was also included in the January and February 2004 Newsletter.
• Chris is compiling a history of the section over the past 100 years and shared some remarkable facts with the meeting attendees
• Reservations and payment must be made in advance, no later than February 20, 2004.
• Chris is working on the budget and will also advertise in local media.

 

Student Activities (Neville Jacobs)

Distributed a written report on the status of Student Activities.

• There has been a significant growth in Robot kits ordered during the past months. We do not expect any additional registrations at this time.
• Our challenge now is to follow-up on all these teams, and make sure that most of them complete their robots and come to the Challenge at the end of March. Typically we lose about 30% along the way, and should prevent this from happening this year. Getting the teachers’ support is important too.
• Two new IEEE members have been identified, willing to get more involved in this program – Jay Gamerman and Bill Semancik, and they should be very helpful in ensuring that all teams are followed-up carefully.
• We need at least 8 judges for the written reports on March 22, about 24 people for the main event on Saturday, March 27, and about 12 people on Sunday, March 28, 2004.

 

Newsletter (Ron Aloysius)

·        Details on the Centennial Celebration have been included in the Newsletter, along with the reservation forms. The February issue appeared on January 26, 2004. It also included a note from Jeff, a list of new Senior members, list of the new officers, the IAS monthly dinner meeting, and the IAS/PES Book Scholarship Award. 

 

Awards & Recognition (Tom Patton)

            None

 

Membership Development (Vil Arafiles)

·        Twenty-six Baltimore Section members were elevated to Senior Member Level in 2003 (list in the Newsletter).

·        The Section was awarded $100 by IEEE HQ for this remarkable activity

·        Two more members – Jeff Friedhoffer and Arlene Cole-Rhodes were elevated in January 2004 (Congratulations!)

 

Professional Activities (Carole Carey)

• A list of the Professional Development Education Programs has been sent out by the Engineers Club for Jan-June 2004
• The Engineering Club at the Garret-Jacobs Mansion is organizing their Great Fire Ball on Sat, February 21, 2004 (Black-tie affair) – to celebrate the Renaissance of Baltimore after the Fire.
• The Section has been offered a 10-seat table at the Engineering Club’s 2004 Engineering Awards Banquet (Feb 27) for a total price of $550. The Section will support, if we can fill the number of participants.

 

Continuing Education  (John Dentler)

·        Jeff, John and Carole will attend an R2 meeting at the Marriott/BWI on Feb 28/29. John intends to bring up issues of cooperation between Section and chapters.

·        On the second day of the above meeting (Su, Feb 29), Section representatives will meet with Charles Rubenstein from IEEE to discuss taking the Robot Project to a national level.

 

Chapter Chair Reports

PES (Eric Henlon and Dewane Daley)

• PES is trying to put together a team of volunteers to bring their members out. Also trying to enhance their Senior Membership drive. Working toward changing the routine technical environment through redesigning their meetings and activities. The Power Engineering Society (PES) and the Industrial Engineering Society (IAS) jointly sponsor a number of book scholarships for high school seniors entering college each academic year. (Book Scholarship Award). The upcoming Engineers’ Week Dinner jointly sponsored by the Section and the PES Chapter provides an opportunity for high-school students considering studying engineering to meet with local IEEE members and discuss engineering careers.

EMB (David Sherman)

• The EMB is planning a trip to the Patent Office – possibly in April 2004

EMC (Robert Berkovits)

• Planning a symposium together with the Washington Section

COMSOC (Jeffrey Friedhoffer)

            None

Annapolis Subsection (David Boyd)

            None

Student Chapters

            None

 

Affinity Groups

GOLD (Wole Akpose)

• The Baltimore GOLD is organizing a tour to the Cryptological Museum / NSA
• The GOLD web-site is being improved

WIE (Tina Kohler)

• The petition signing meeting for the Baltimore affinity group is scheduled for February 13 at Monica’s restaurant, BWI Marriott. The plans are to submit the petition, await approval, and organize large meeting to elect executive committee
• At the February WIE/DC-NOVA meeting Ms. Beverly Thompson and Ms. Debi Siering were elected as the IEEE-WIE Washington Area Affinity Group and Washington DC Directors, respectively
• WIE/DC-NOVA Chair is Dr. Kiki Ikossi, Vice Chair is Prof. Pam Abshire
• Baltimore /MD Area Director is Dr. Tina Kohler

 

New Business

• Jeff Friedhoffer: The Leadership Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, March 6, 2004 in McLean, VA. This is a good opportunity for officer training for chapter members. The Section will support attendance with $25 per attendee.

 

The meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm. 

 

Action Items
 

Number	Action/Disposition
03.4	Compile a history of the section over the past 100 years (Chris Nemarich)./Open
10.3	Present action taken with proposal on History of Electronics in Flight (Carole Carey). Closed
10.10	Provide PR paragraph about robots for Newsletter (John Dentler).
10.11	Confer and coordinate with John Dentler about Region meeting and generate a proposal for the celebration (Chirs Nemarich). Closed
10.14	Arrange for web training (Jeffrey Friedhoffer)