Aloha! Welcome to the August issue of IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter!
Contents:
- Student Chapters begin the year with many activities
- Nominations for Computer Society Officers are due by Nov 9th.
- High School hacking - Hawaii has more teams than many Big States!
- Committee formed for preparing Conference Bids.
- Competition to design new Section website.
- Monday Sept. 3rd (Labor Day) ExCom meeting - all are welcome!
* section websites:
- https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/R60017
- http://ieee-hawaii.org/ (new - in development)
* additional updates on John's blog: http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com
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1. Student Chapters begin year with activities:
Our student chapters are very active. UH-Manoa Chapter has planned the
following events for September: (http://www4.eng.hawaii.edu/~ieee/)
- Summer Internships and Coops Seminar - W 9/12 5pm-6:30pm
- Resume Writing Workshop - W 9/19 5pm-6pm
- Bytemarks Talk with Burt Lum - R 9/25 5pm-6pm
The newly created UH-Maui College Chapter had fourteen students
helping with the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
(NOMS 2012) at The Westin Maui Resort & Spa this past April. The
students described it as a tremendous experience and the chapter is
ready to support other events. (http://www.maui.hawaii.edu/ecet)
We're excited to be coordinating with other organizations, such as
AAUW, AARP and the Society for Women in Engineering. The AAUW Honolulu
Branch hosts Start Smart, a salary negotiation workshop designed to
teach students (women in particular) how to negotiate for fair and
equitable salaries. (rsvp. Joanna Amberger at 808-489-2813 )
- Friday, September 28 3-5:45pm, Shidler College of Business
- Saturday, October 13, 2012 9am-Noon, Laulima House, 1802 Ke`eaumoku Street, Honolulu, HI 96822
2. Nominations for Computer Society Officers:
Our Computer Society Chapter is putting out a call for nominations, so
we can elect new chapter officers by the end of the year. Nominations
are due by November 9th, with elections held the first week of
December. John Camery is serving as chapter chair and David Morse is
serving as vice chair for the chapter until the elections.
3. High School hacking - Hawaii has more teams than many Big States!
Reviewing the teams signed up so far, Hawaii exceeds the national mean
with 15! The folks at uscyberpatriot.org have pre-packaged the entire
competition with tutorials and virtual server images for kids to
launch and configure. Local schools are looking for team Mentors -
would you like to lend a helping hand? Most of the teams (high
school and JROTC) have teachers for coaches. But often, the teacher
doesn't know the first thing about technology. That's where you come
in as a Mentor! Visit the site:
http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/HowYouFit/mentors.aspx
4. Committee formed for preparing Conference bids:
Conference Committee to assess and develop bids to host future
conferences. John noted that the IEEE-USA conf. has a Sept. submittal
deadline. Additional committee members and input welcome.
(https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_officers/index/R60017)
5. Competition to design new Section website:
Open to all Student members, our website development contest aims to
develop a better web presence for our Hawaii Section and chapters.
David Morse is organizing the contest. Contact him for details at
David.Morse@ieee.org, or visit our interim homepage at
www.ieee-hawaii.org for more information.
6. Monday Sept. 3rd (Labor Day) ExCom meeting - all are welcome!
The EXCOM meeting will take place on Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 3, 2012
in conjunction with a technical meeting. This dinner meeting will be
at the usual place and time, viz., 5:30PM at Zippy's, 59 North Vineyard Boulevard
Honolulu, HI 96817. Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.
Last year we had a technical meeting in which the E-Cat was discussed.
We will discuss the progress on the E-Cat since then. Information on
the E-Cat is at www.ecat.com.
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