Daytona Section Report
March 26, 2004

Officers
Chair - Allan Jusko
Vice Chair - Jane Owen
Secretary - Tracy Wichman
Treasurer - Elmer Pettit

Introduction

The Daytona Section covers Volusia and Flagler counties in. It meets
on the 2nd Thursday, 7 months each year: January, February, March and
April in the spring and September, October and November in the
fall. All are dinner meetings but there is no charge for non eaters.

Recent Meetings

Our January meeting's talk was by a representative of "Metro Crime
Prevention of Florida." The presentation discussed personal and home
safety.  Demonstrations were provided of various systems and
techniques to discourage intruders and assailants.

Our February meeting included a presentation from SCORE, the
consulting arm of the Small Business Administration.  The
representatives presented services available to anyone interested in
starting a small business.  They also extended an invitation to
members of the IEEE to share their expertise and experience and become
part time counselors to help others wanting to start a business.

Our March speaker is Butch Shadwell.  Butch's presentation is on his
research and development work on a Laser Gun System.

General Activities

We are continuing to encourage eligible members to upgrade to Senior
and/or Fellow member status.  A chair person has volunteered to be the
point person on this endeavor.  We hope to put together an event using
SSVR funds to encourage upgrading.  Attendance at meetings has been
stable, including good representation from Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University student members.

Science Fair Prize

The section has awarded a $100 prize and a trophy in the Tomoka
Regional Science Fair project on January 24th.  The winner was David
Kundinger of Deland High School.  His project was "Does the wavelength
of light affect the distance it will travel in a fiber optic cable."
We felt that awarding such a prize may help encourage interest in
Electrical Engineering careers.

Allan Jusko
Daytona Section Chair
a.jusko@ieee.org