John Camery (Presiding)
Alvin Toda
Song Choi
Mark Rognstad
Grant Torigoe
David Morse
Mark announced that the MATE Hawaii Underwater Rbot Callange was being held
Saturday, May 19th at Richardson pool, Pearl Harbor. First place team will be
invited to Orlando, Florida. He asked for volunteers to act as judges:
Choi, Toda and Morse volunteered.
John announced that 15 May is the deadline for "awards nominations".
John announced that June 1st is the deadline for submission of a bid to host
the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2013.
-- group discussion followed, with the below points being discussed:
= need to pick venue with support for a nearby banquet of 450, lunch 300+
= need volunteers to participate in coordinating and technical commitees
= need to evaluate and choose dates in the October timeframe in 2013
= John will fwd bid-guidance from Region 6 to the Exec. Comm. members.
= committee members will review and provide feedback
= a follow-up meeting was scheduled for Monday 21 May,
at which the ExCom members will decide whether or not
to go forward with a bid for 2013.
= Al voiced concern that Local members will not be involved in the conf.
John reported on his attendance at the IEEE annual mtg:
- PACE events are important, goal is 4 per year.
- he also learned about financial requirments
Al asked that the committee evaluate a prior event held at Maple Garden Resturant:
Al stated that getting members to attend took making phone calls (not just email)
John stated that the event was confrontational, with members monopolizing discussion.
Song announced that this spring the UH Manoa College of Engineering graduated 150 students.
He suggested that a membership followup be conducted to foster retention.
He noted that students pay attention to facebook, twitter.
The meeting adjourned at aproximately 19:30.
Alvin Toda
Song Choi
Mark Rognstad
Grant Torigoe
David Morse
Mark announced that the MATE Hawaii Underwater Rbot Callange was being held
Saturday, May 19th at Richardson pool, Pearl Harbor. First place team will be
invited to Orlando, Florida. He asked for volunteers to act as judges:
Choi, Toda and Morse volunteered.
John announced that 15 May is the deadline for "awards nominations".
John announced that June 1st is the deadline for submission of a bid to host
the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2013.
-- group discussion followed, with the below points being discussed:
= need to pick venue with support for a nearby banquet of 450, lunch 300+
= need volunteers to participate in coordinating and technical commitees
= need to evaluate and choose dates in the October timeframe in 2013
= John will fwd bid-guidance from Region 6 to the Exec. Comm. members.
= committee members will review and provide feedback
= a follow-up meeting was scheduled for Monday 21 May,
at which the ExCom members will decide whether or not
to go forward with a bid for 2013.
= Al voiced concern that Local members will not be involved in the conf.
John reported on his attendance at the IEEE annual mtg:
- PACE events are important, goal is 4 per year.
- he also learned about financial requirments
Al asked that the committee evaluate a prior event held at Maple Garden Resturant:
Al stated that getting members to attend took making phone calls (not just email)
John stated that the event was confrontational, with members monopolizing discussion.
Song announced that this spring the UH Manoa College of Engineering graduated 150 students.
He suggested that a membership followup be conducted to foster retention.
He noted that students pay attention to facebook, twitter.
The meeting adjourned at aproximately 19:30.
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