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IEEE
Orlando Section Monthly
Welcome
to the IEEE Orlando Section web site.
Established in 1959 and serving
over 1,400 members in
Orange,
Osceola,
Seminole,
Lake
and Sumter
counties
Vol.
XLIII 
No. 05
May
2010
www.ieee.org/orlando
Reports:
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IEEE Orlando Section Executive Committee Meeting
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Date:
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
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Time:
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6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Social and
Refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ExCom Meeting
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Orlando
Business Development Center,
District 2 (affiliated with the UCF
and the S.B.A.) at 3218 East
Colonial Drive, Suite #G, Orlando,
FL 32802
Directions: In Herndon
Plaza just east of Maguire Blvd.
This is the shopping center across
Colonial Drive from Fashion Square.
It is on the west end of the
building around to the South-West
corner from the HH Gregg entrance.
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Cost:
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Free for all IEEE members and
Non-IEEE members.
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Contact:
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Donghui Wu
321-281-4561 - Office
321-946-0648 - Mobile
www.ieee.org/orlando
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IEEE Senior Member
Update
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The IEEE Orlando
Section
congratulates our
new Senior Member:
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Dong
Xuzhu -
Power & Energy
Society
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The last A&A
Review Panel meeting
was held on
Arlington, Virginia,
USA.
The next IEEE Senior
Member Review Panel
Meeting will be held
on 22 May 2010, in
Houston TX, USA
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- NEWLY ELEVATED SENIOR MEMBERS - RECEIVE US$25 VOUCHER TOWARDS A NEW IEEE
SOCIETY: IEEE provides all newly elevated Senior Members with a voucher
worth up to US$25. It can be used to join one new IEEE Society. The voucher
expires on 31 December of the year in which it is received.
For details on how to apply for IEEE Senior Member grade and view the 2010
review panel meeting dates, visit the IEEE Senior Member homepage:
https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/index.html.
For Senior Member inquiries, contact
senior-member@ieee.org.
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IEEE Membership Benefits: bringing together a trusted voice, global community, and profession
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New
Benefits:
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Archive
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Forming an IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group
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The Orlando section is interested in organizing an affinity group for Women in Engineering, following the Florida West Coast Section and Northwest Florida Section which have already done so. The group is open to all who support women in engineering, regardless of gender. The annual membership fee is $25 and includes electronic access to the WIE membership directory and WIE Newsletter. Membership is free to Life Members, Student Members and Graduate Student Members.
Those interested should contact Membership Development chair,
Dr. William
(Bill)
Hortos,
by email with WIE in the subject line.
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Benefits and Status of IEEE Life Membership
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- Dues and Regional assessments are waived for a Life member.
- For qualifying Life members, Society fees are waived
(IEEE Bylaw
I-108.8).
- Individuals may receive reduced member rates at IEEE sponsored conferences.
IEEE Policy 10.1.15 (Conference Registration Fees) indicates "There must be a reduced fee, waiver of fees, or fee differential for Student members. Reduced fees, waiver of fees, or fee differential for unemployed IEEE members, retired members, and Life members, and for special registrants (e.g., guests, speakers, and exhibitors) are permitted at the discretion of the Conference Committee. The individual registration fee for retired members and for Life members must be no more than that for Students."
- Life members continue to receive the same
benefits that are available to other IEEE members.
- IEEE Financial Advantage Program (includes IEEE Insurance Program)
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Volunteers
Needed for AUTOTESTCON 2010
Six or more volunteers
from the IEEE Orlando Section are needed to participate in
Registration tasks for AUTOTESTCON 2010 at the Marriott World Resort and
Conference Center, September 13-17, 2010. Most
importantly, these tasks include assembly of the registrants' bags
on Saturday, September 11, 2010, and early registration during the
afternoon of Sunday, September 12, 2010. Volunteers must
commit to serve this conference which historically has provided significant
funding to the Orlando Section. All volunteers will receive
complementary access to the exhibit areas and the technical
sessions.Contact: Dr. William
(Bill)
Hortos,
AUTOTESTCON 2010 Registration Chair.
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Volunteers
Needed - SoutheastCon 2012 Conference in
Orlando
The
Region 3 annual conference, SoutheastCon,
will be held in Orlando in the spring of
2012. This is a good opportunity for
section members to get experience in helping
to manage a significant technical
conference. Currently there are
opportunities in committees for local
arrangements, technical program,
registration, sponsorship solicitation,
papers reviewers, exhibits, publicity,
contest competitions, and hospitality (among
others). For further information, send
email to
, with "2012" in the subject line.
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Member
Profile
The IEEE Orlando Section Monthly is proud to
feature a distinguished member each month in
the Section's Profile. If you have
contributed greatly to your profession
and/or to our ranks of the IEEE we would
like to hear from you.
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Keep
in Touch
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to the Orlando Section E-mail List to keep
in touch with all the Orlando Section
activities. Just send an e-mail with
SUBSCRIBE in the subject line to IEEE
Orlando Section.
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