FLORIDA WEST COAST SECTION REPORT FOR SOUTHEASTCON 2004

Section 2004 Officers:
Chairman -      John Conrad, john.conrad@ieee.org
Vice Chairman -     Art Nordlinger, a.nordlinger@ieee.org
Secretary -         Jules Joslow, jjoslowemi@aol.com
Treasurer -         Ralph Painter, rdpainter@tecoenergy.com

Activities Summary:

The Florida West Coast Section is very active and we are fortunate to
have enough volunteers to host multiple technical meetings each
month. Since the last Region 3 meeting in November 2003 the Florida
West Coast Section has participated in (or plans to participate in)
the following activities:

*   A very successful 2004 Awards Banquet, with about 320 attendees
    from IEEE, ASME, AFE, SOLE and ASHRAE.
*   Four PES/IAS Chapter member meetings and four PES/IAS Chapter
    EXCOM meetings. 
*   Two CS/AESS Chapter member meetings.
*   One MTT/AP/ED Chapter member meetings.
*   One SP/COMM Chapter member meetings.
*   One Life Member Chapter Meetings
*   Four Section EXCOM Committee meetings.
*   Supported two Teacher-in-Service Program presentations.
*   Provided judges and awards for FOUR local County Science Fairs
    and plan to expand into other counties.
*   Elevated some FWCS members to the Senior Member level.
*   Prepared for the IA Society  I&CPS 2004 Conference we are
    hosting in May.
*   Prepared for the MTT Society Wireless & Microwave Technology
    Conference we are hosting in April.
    (This is becoming an annual conference hosted by the section.)
*   Continued preparations for hosting Sections Congress 2005.
*   Our Student Branch continues to be very active in all our
    section events.

John Conrad
Chair, Florida West Coast Section