December Newsletter

IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter - Holiday Edition 2012

We'd like to welcome the following members into the Hawaii Section:
Douglas Jachowski, Lee Ayers, James Andrews, Yaprak Onat, Jason Ko,
Lubica Tomasovich, Jerica Nolte, Eric Baechle, and Jason Tanabe.

Happy Holidays! We look forward to seeing you at our meetings during the
New Year.

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Contents:

1. 2012 Highlights
2. Heroes Deserve Recognition
3. Election Results
4. Upcoming Events
5. Additional Info Links

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1. IEEE Hawaii's 2012 Highlights:

It was a year of growth and community involvement. A brand new chapter

was born at UH Maui College, and its students donated many hours in

support of the NOMS conference. Our Chapters continued to present

technical talks, open to members and the community. Members volunteered

as mentors for STEM clubs and as judges in multiple Robotics

competitions and the Engineer Week Student Paper Contest. The Section

also sponsored students attending the Engineers Week Banquet. We began

to focus on community outreach and coordination with other organizations

via co-hosted events that are free to the public.

* Your input is needed! Should we host continuing-education for your
profession? Would you like to hear a specific speaker or topic? Do you
belong to a community group or school that would like to partner with
IEEE for an activity? Are there legislative items of importance to
members here in Hawaii? Please feel free to contact our PACE Chair at
david.morse@ieee.org.

2. Award Nominations - Start Thinking About 2013's Heroes:

Hawaii has many unsung heroes doing the hard work of helping others.
Let's keep an eye out for members and citizens who should be recognized
for their contribution. Below are links to IEEE awards. Our Hawaii
Section and Chapters can and should provide recognition of local
acheivement.

http://www.ieee.org/awards
https://www.facebook.com/IEEE.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers

3. Election Results for Computer Society:

Voting for officers was held online with 8% of the 82 eligible voters
casting ballots. As of January 1st, for a term of two years, the new
Chair will be David Morse with John Imperial as Vice-Chair. We await
word from members who received votes for Secr/Treas.

The ballot results can be seen on the Section Chair's blog:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/12/

4. Upcoming Events:

EXCOM Meeting - 7 Jan 2013, Monday at 5:30 pm, Zippy's on Vineyard:

Synopsis: Our monthly executive committee meeting, together with a
Technical Talk by the Section Chair, John Camery. He will speak on
"Applications of Graphene". It's an open meeting for IEEE members and
guests. Come out and help plan activities for the upcoming year and join
in the discussion of graphene. The address is 59 North Vineyard
Boulevard, Honolulu. Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.
Please review the meeting agenda at
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/12/agenda-for-january-meeting.html.

Engineers Week 2013 - Multiple Events, February 16-24, 2013:

- More Engineers Week info at http://www.hces.us/eweek.html

5. Additional Resources for Section and Chapter Info:

Section Homepage: http://ieee-hawaii.org/
Section Chair's blogs:
- Hawaii Section - http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/
- Oceanic Engineering Chapter - http://hi-oe22.blogspot.com/
- Computer Society Chapter - http://hi-ieee-cs.blogspot.com/

IEEE Meeting Announcement:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/15857

Please send your questions and suggestions to david.morse@ieee.org.

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