From:      Andy Shulick
Date:      March 18, 2004
To:        Region 3 listserv, R3 Secretary Dave Green
CC:        Dave Geer

Subject:   Richmond VA Section Report for the 2004 Spring IEEE Region 3 meeting

Our officers for the 2004 year are:

Chair:               Andrew P. Shulick, P.E., PMP, MBA, IEEE Senior Member
Vice Chairman:       Mark F.Walker
Treasurer:           Gregory B. Tait, Ph.D., IEEE Senior Member
Secretary:           A. Vennie Filippas, Ph.D.

  

Activities:
    *   January's section meeting presentation was "Remote Control in
        Buildings Using Web Techniques"
    *   February's section meeting was an annual joint dinner meeting
        with the Richmond Joint Engineers Council.
    *   At the end of National Engineers' week in February the section
        participated in "Career Day" at a local museum to explain
        electrical engineering opportunities to visiting high school
        students.
    *   On February 28, 2004 the IEEE Leadership Workshop was
        presented by Charles Lord -- sponsored by the VA Council and
        hosted by Richmond Va Section.
    *   March's section meeting presentation was "Java Technology Trends".
    *   In March the section participated in the IEEE 2004 Leadership Workshop.
    *   In March the section will participate in Region 3 meeting in
        Greensboro.
    *   During the last weekend in March, the section will participate
        in the Children's Engineering Convention being held in
        Richmond, which will address technology awareness for teachers
        K-5 and how to bring this into the classroom.

Goals:
    *   Continual support of our two student branches - Virginia
        Commonwealth University and Virginia State University
    *   Increase participation of membership in meetings and activities
    *   Provide value added monthly programs for the membership
    *   Increase and enhance communications to the membership
    *   Cultivate public awareness of the IEEE organization and its
        membership

Respectively submitted,

Andy Shulick
IEEE Richmond VA Section 2004 Chair