New Members in the Past Month

We would like to welcome the following new members to the Hawaii Section of the IEEE:

John Patrick Barrett, Philip Bergen, Shane Clarke, james Matthew Cumming, Gregory Guerrero, Michael Hadmack, Brandon Higashi, Michael Hookano, Ryan Kim, Ryan Kim, Brian Chi Kit Lee, Bryant Lee, Daniel Mariconda, Daniel Mariconda, Allen Overby, David Pena Jr.,  Kwong Tan, Chad Tanaka, Ken Sasaki Wallace, Ronald Yim and Quynh le.

Thanks for joining.  Please come out and join in our local activities.

Our Monthly Meeting

October EXCOM Meeting

John W. Camery, presiding
Attendees:
Chris A. Russell, Vice Chair
George K. McOuat
Grant Torigoe
Eduard Tavares
Beth Kinoshita
Eran Agmon
Mike Castell

Minutes: 

We discussed plans for future meetings, IEEE Day, and the Comm. chapter. Eran Agmon discussed possible topics for Comm. chapter talks, his amateur radio activities and other topics. Eduard Tavares agreed to set up the technical talk for our November 5th meeting, which like this meeting will count for the Comm. Society / Sig. Proc. Society Chapter. As he did last year, Grant Torigoe agreed to help setup the Business Card Exchange with the student branch. We expect to spend a sum similar to last year for the food. Chris Russell proposed that the chapter should sponsor senior member advancement meetings. We would like to do this.  Eduard Tavares talked of the benefits the Program at Honolulu Community College and maker spaces. Mike Castell invited the chair to address his students at Honolulu Community College about the benefits of membership in the IEEE and its technical societies. A meeting was subsequently arranged and took place on 15 Oct. 2012.  The suggestion was also made that we invite Song Choi to give a talk on underwater water robotics. I subsequently contacted  him to see if he could fit us in his busy schedule. Perhaps the second week of November or the first week of December. We would like to count this as a technical talk for the Ocean Eng. chapter.  

The IEEE Day 2012 Promotion Code

Now is the best time to join the IEEE and to take advantage of this promotion!

This Evening's Meeting

IEEE Hawaii Section-- Excom at Zippy's on Vineyard, 1 OCT, 5:30pm Monday

Happy IEEE Day!

This evening starting at 5:30 pm (1 OCT 2012) at Zippy's on Vineyard is our monthly EXCOM meeting with a technical talk by Eran Agmon.  He will speak on "What's New in Communications?”. It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests. Come out and help us celebrate IEEE Day. The address is 59 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96817. Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/. Please review the meeting agenda at http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/09/our-october-monthly-meeting.html/.

Promotion Code: IEEEDAY12   By using this promotion code, new members can receive $25.00 off their registration fee when they sign up on 2 October 2012.  This special is for one day only to celebrate IEEE Day.  This is in addition to the usual Member get a Member Program in which you get a $15.00 credit good on your own registration when you sign up a new regular member and they specify your IEEE number when they register. The credit is only $2.00 for signing up a student member.

Win $500.00 by taking a photo on IEEE Day.  Take your camera to work, to our meeting or other activity and take that winning picture that will bring an extra $500.00 to our section.  The information on the contest is at http://www.ieeeday.org/photo-contest/.

Opportunities for students.  For just $40.00, new student members can join both the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society, plus get FREE access to the Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL). What a deal! Current student members are eligible to enter many competitions with incredible prizes.  For example, the “Change the World Competition” has a $10,000.00 grand prize plus a free trip to the 2013 IEEE Honors Ceremony, not to mention many lesser prizes. The information is located at http://www.ieee.org/changethe world/.

Opportunities at the meeting.  By attending our IEEE Day meeting, you can learn about the many opportunities in IEEE and earn prizes just by attending. See you there.

Aloha,

John Camery

Hawaii Section Chair