To: Region 3 Excom
CC: Palm Beach Section ExCom, Florida Council ExCom
Date: March 20, 04
Subject: Palm Beach Report
 
Section Executive Committee
Chair:                                                   Richard Seibel             r.seibel@ieee.org
Secretary/Treasurer:                             Richard Seibel
Co Vice Chairs:                                   Carl L. Hussey            c.hussey@ieee.org
                                                             Norm Bleshman          nbleshman@ieee.org
PACE Chair:                                        Carl L. Hussey 
Educational Chair:                                Norm Bleshman
Membership Development:                  Richard Wu                 richard.wu@icm.siemens.com 
Industrial Relations Co Chairs:             Tony Jamroz               ajamroz@adelphia.net
                                                             Miguel Gutierrez         mgutie@att.net
Foundation Chair:                                Carl L. Hussey
Newsletter Editor:                                Richard Seibel
Awards and Recognitions Chair:         Richard Seibel
Chapter Chairs                
Communications Society  Co Chairs   Cyril Iskander             iskander@fau.edu
                                                             Hari Kalva                 hari@cse.fau.edu
Computer Society Chair                       Mohammad Ilyas       ilyas@ieee.org
Power Engineering Society Chair        Carl L. Hussey
Signal Processing Society Chair           Nurgun Erdol             erdol@fau.edu
Life Member Chapter
Chair:                                                   Ed Wolff                    ewolf@ieee.org
Vice Chair:                                          Tony Jamroz
Secretary/Treasurer                              Krishna Praba            krishnapraba@adelphia.net
 
CENSUS
Membership is approximately 1000.
 
ACTIVITIES
*Section by-laws updated and approved.
*Section reports submitted by February 20 for 10% rebate.
*Established Life Members chapter as result of Chair attending Sections Congress 2002.
*Established Foundations Chair (VIP) and filled position.
*Increased number of section and chapter meetings, seventeen total. Most number in several years.
*Recruited and trained three new officers.
*Increased communications to membership. Sent eBulletin one per month, continually enhanced section
  web site, and mailed one paper newsletter.
*Section chair attended Communications Society conference (Globecom 2003) and received training as
  chapter chair. Returned with training materials and for new chapter co-chairs.
 
GOALS
*Continue to rejuvenate section societies by more communications, recruiting volunteers, and
 access society resources.
*Increase industrial relations activities. Access ETI database and contact companies located in section
  to introduce Palm Beach Section.
*Send eBallot in 2004. Paper ballot had low results, 10 out of  1000 mailed.
*Increase educational activities in pre-college and community college areas.
*Facilitate senior member applicants by establishing a pool of members acting as references.
*Increase awards and recognitions nominations.
 
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA, has broken ground for a new campus located in Palm Beach County.
Scripps Florida will be engaged in biological and drug research and will one of the bio-technology
clusters located in the state of Florida. It is predicted that 5000 people will be eventually employed.
This is a ground floor opportunity for IEEE and the technology community.
 
Richard Seibel
Palm Beach Section Chair