Section Awards

It is Awards time - time to recognize our volunteers/chapters/branches.

Submit your nominations for Section Awards to the Section Chair, john.camery@ieee.org, by 17 November 2013. Winners will be notified on the first of December. 

Here is the schedule for the section/area/Region-6 Awards. We need to recognize our Hawaii members with the relevant awards. This is what helps keep the motivation/enthusiasm among the volunteers. Unless the individual/entity is awarded the relevant award at the section level, they cannot be considered for the Area and Region awards. 

17 Nov: Nominations Due to Section
26 Nov: Section selections complete
1 Dec: Inform Section Winners
3 Dec: Section Awards Chair Provides Section Selections to all Section Awards Chairs in Area
19 Dec: All Section Awards Chairs Deliberate – Area Selections Voting Complete
20 Dec: Area awards winners announced, Areas Awards Chairs Provide Area Selections to All Other Area Awards Chairs
23 Dec: R6 Awards Chair Provides Ballot to All Area Awards Chairs
30 Dec: Completed Ballot Provided From Each Area Chair to R6 Chair
2 Jan: Completed Ballot With All Area Scores Provided Back to All Area Chairs for Discussion/Deliberation/Consensus.
4 Jan: Telecon for reviewing Final Ballot / Final Decision Made
5 Jan: R6 Winners Announced, Plaques Ordered
1 Feb: Spring Meeting and Awards Ceremony

5 NOV 2013 Meeting Announcement

November Section EXCOM Meeting

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Section EXCOM Meeting at Zippy's on Nimitz, November 5, 2013, 5:30pm - It is the first Tuesday of the month.

This meeting, which starts at 5:30 pm (5 Nov. 2013) at Zippy's on Nimitz, is our monthly EXCOM meeting.  It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests, i.e. the public. Come out and help plan activities for the remainder of the year, esp., the upcoming elections. We need candidates willing to serve as officers for the upcoming term starting in January. The address is 666 N. Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96813.  Map: http://www.zippys.com/locations/nimitz//.  

Location: Building: Zippy's on Nimitz Room Number: Dining Room 666 N Nimitz Hwy Honolulu,  Hawaii United States 96813
Date: 05-November-2013 Time: 05:30PM to 07:30PM (2.00 hours) All times are: US/Hawaii Add Meeting to Calendar
Email meeting contact... John W. Camery, Mobile: 808-342-7800, Email: john.camery@ieee.org

No Admission Charge.

Click Here to Register

Meeting Agenda:

1. Plan future activities

2. Ask for nominations for upcoming Section elections.

3. Ask Comm./Sig. Proc. chapter members for nominations for Comm./Sig. Proc. Chapter election.

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UH-Maui Student Branch Officers

UHMC IEEE Branch Officers:

Chair	Joey Andrew
Vice-Chair	Lindsay Komai
Treasure	James Burnett
Secretry	Ian Ducan

Hawaii Section and Chapter Officers

John W. Camery,  Section Chair, COM19/SP01 Chapter Chair , Oahu MD Chair

Chris Russell our Section Vice Chair has moved to San Diego

Kishore Erukulapati, Section Secretary

Marjorie Clemente, Section Treasurer

John Borland, Nominations and Appointments Chair

David Morse, PACE Chair and Computer Chapter Chair has moved to Seattle

Adrian Cogan, Maui MD Chair

Thaddeus Dobry, Student Activities

Mark Rognstadt, Oceanic Engineering Chapter Chair

John V. Imperial, COM19/SP01 and Computer Chapter Vice Chair

Kevin Miyashiro, Microwave Theory (MTT) Chapter Chair

Ryan Miyamoto, MTT Chapter Vice Chair

Larry Martin, MTT Chapter Secretary

Wayne Shiroma, MTT Chapter Treasurer

Ted Shaneyfeld, Big Island MD Chair

October Section Newsletter

Aloha and welcome to the October issue of the IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter!

We have many opportunities for individuals to make a difference in
their communities and profession through the IEEE. The IEEE is 
staffed at the local level by volunteers. We need members willing  to 
step up  and volunteer to help us accomplish our mission.  Any 
IEEE member who might be willing to serve as an officer in the 
Hawaii Section is urged to contact our nominations chair: 
johnoborland@aol.com

In this issue:

1. New Members Welcome!
2. Senior Member Elevation
3. Calendar of Activities
4. Employment
5. Additional News and Links

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1. New Members in the Hawaii Section:

We extend a hearty welcome to new members, Christopher Acosta,  
Collin Au, Kent Beck, Conrad Chong, Michael Dubiel, Jesse Fines, 
Matthias Fripp, Owen Fuellas, Jean Guzman-Vazquez, Sean Hara, 
John Holdaway, Stephen Mau, Robert Nakata, Erica Nana, 
Pavel Senin, Joshua Stanhiser, Fernan Suela, Ken Uchida, 
and Mark Hoffman who joined this month.

Welcome also to members, Vincent Howard, Samual Erwin, and 
Christopher Kodama who recently moved into the Hawaii Section.
 

2.  Senior Member Elevation

Senior Member status brings many benefits:
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/index.html 
If anyone is interested in getting elevated as a IEEE senior member
and has the necessary qualifications, they should contact section
leaders and/or other senior/fellow members, such as, our section secretary, 
Kishore at ekishore@gmail.com , about initiating the process.

4. Calendar of Activities:

* November 2-3 – IEEE Region 6  Meeting in Seattle 
(at the Seattle Airport Doubletree Hotel).

*Novemver 5 – Our Section's monthly EXCOM Meeting

This meeting, which starts at 5:30 pm (5 NOV 2013) at Zippy's on
Nimitz, is our  monthly EXCOM meeting. Anyone interested in serving as 
an officer for the upcoming year should try to attend or let John Borland 
know you are willing to serve.His email address is johnoborland@aol.com. 
We need candidates for Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.

It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests, i.e., the general public.. 
Come out and help plan activities, esp., the election.  Please register using 
this link if can attend:

https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/21662

*December 16-18 - IEEE SOCA 2013 Conference at Poipu Beach, Kauai

IEEE International Conference on Service Oriented Computing &
Applications (SOCA 2013) provides an international forum for
researchers from multiple disciplines to exchange and share their
experiences, ideas, and latest research results on all aspects of
service-oriented computing. Papers from industry in services
science are also welcome. Check out the conference website for more
information: http://conferences.computer.org/soca/index.htm

*January 6-9, 2014 - HICSS Conference, Hilton Waikoloa, Big Island

Conference Chairman: Ralph H. Sprague, Jr., University of Hawaii,
USA http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm

*February 3-6, 2014 - ICNC 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii

International Conference on Computing, Networking and
Communications. http://www.conf-icnc.org/2014/

*April 13-16, 2014 - IEEE-NEMS Conference 2014 in Waikiki

Organizing Chair: Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii, USA Deadline
for papers September 15, 2013: Paper submission (2-6 pages).
http://www.ieee-nems.org/2014/

5. Employment

Are you looking for a job? Here are some great resources from IEEE.
IEEE sites with job listings and other resources:

http://jobs.ieee.org/jobs/

https://www.aftercollege.com/organizations/ieee-entry-level-jobs/

https://www.aftercollege.com/organizations/ieee-internships/


6. Additional News and Links:

Become a Student Branch Mentor. We have two student branches, i.e.,
UH-Manoa and UH-Maui. Each needs a Student Branch Mentor. 
The student branch chooses it's mentor  and nominates him or her through the following form: http://www.ieee.org.co/portal/students/docs/branch_new_mentor.pdf
Jeremy Bos <jeremybos@gmail.com> expressed 
an interest in being the Mentor for UH_Maui. We hope he will follow 
through on this and wish him the best and every encouragement.


Become a mentor to recent graduates, new professionals or
professionals making a career change. This is done through the IEEE
Mentor Center.

URL: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/mentoring/
Sign up: http://mentoring.ieee.org/ementor/


Links for further information about IEEE Hawaii:

Check out our website: http://engineerson.webs.com/ or read my blog:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/  

We are also on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4790391
As is our Computer Chapter:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4821808

Send your newsletter suggestions and questions to
john.camery@ieee.org

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Promotion for $30.00 off membership dues for 2014

An Important announcement for those considering joining the world's largest professional organization of engineers, the IEEE.  IEEE Day is the first of October.

Professional members who join the IEEE on IEEE Day will receive a US $30 discount off of their 2014 IEEE membership dues for 2014 by entering promotion code IEEEDAY13. If you are not a member of IEEE, there is no better time to join than October 1, 2013.

IEEE Day Meeting Announcement

IEEE Day Celebration and Section EXCOM Meeting

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Hawaii IEEE Day Celebration and Section EXCOM Meeting at Zippy's on Nimitz, October 1, 2013, 5:30pm - It is the first Tuesday of the month.

This meeting, which starts at 5:30 pm (1 Oct. 2013) at Zippy's on Nimitz, is our annual IEEE Day Celebration together with an EXCOM meeting.  It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests. Come out and help plan activities for the remainder of the year and join in the celebration of IEEE Day. The address is 666 N. Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96813.  Map: http://www.zippys.com/locations/nimitz//.  

Location: Building: Zippy's on Nimitz Room Number: Dining Room 666 N Nimitz Hwy Honolulu,  Hawaii United States 96813
Date: 01-October-2013 Time: 05:30PM to 08:30PM (3.00 hours) All times are: US/Hawaii Add Meeting to Calendar
Email meeting contact... John W. Camery, Email: john.camery@ieee.org, Mobile: (808) 342-7800

No Admission Charge.

Click Here to Register

Meeting Agenda:

1. Farewell to Dave and Chris

2. IEEE Day Celebration and Membership Developmnt

3. Section Officer Nomination

4. Scheduling future activities

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September Section Newsletter

Aloha and welcome to the September issue of the IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter!

We have many opportunities for individuals to make a difference in
their communities and profession through the IEEE. Any IEEE member
who might be willing to serve as an officer in the Hawaii Section
is urged to contact our nominations chair: johnoborland@aol.com

In this issue:

1. New Members Welcome!
2. Farewell to Chris Russell and Dave Morse
3. IEEE Day Celebration and Member Elevation Event in October
4. Calendar of Activities
5. Employment
6. Additional News and Links

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1. New Members in the Hawaii Section:

We extend a hearty welcome to Alexander Beaulac,  Chris Debone,Zachary Dorman, Alberto Gonzalez, Brian Haruna, Kolby Javinar, Noel Masami Kawano,  Creighton Lai, Dewei Liu, Matthew J. Mendonza, Daniel R. Perry, David S. Quinty, Jameyla I. Shamia, Brenden Talao, Colin Tseng, Gilbert Yim, and Hendri Yuzal who joined this month.

Welcome also to Craig R. Leidholm, Brian Kupczyk, Simon Barr, Jeffrey Delmerico, Byron Kitabayashi, Roger C. Miller and William Wilson who recently moved into the Hawaii Section.
 

2.  Section Officers Planning to Leave Hawaii

Chris Russell and Dave Morse will be leaving for the Mainland.  They will be missed.

That means we need to find new officers.  If anyone can help out, let us know. 

3. IEEE Day and Member Elevation Event in October.

Keep in touch with IEEE Day on Facebook and Twitter.
https://www.facebook.com/IEEEDay https://twitter.com/IEEEDay

Senior Member status brings many benefits:
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/index.html
The Hawaii Section is planning an Elevation Event for October. If
anyone is interested in getting elevated as a IEEE senior member
and have necessary qualifications, they should contact section
leaders and/or other senior/fellow members.

4. Calendar of Activities:

* September 28 – IEEE Region 6 Central Area Meeting.

UH-Manoa IEEE Student Branch will receive their award at the meeting.

They are to be honored as the Best Student Branch in the Central Area.

*October 1 – Our IEEE Day Celebration and Section ExCom Meeting

This meeting, which starts at 5:30 pm (1 OCT 2013) at Zippy's on
Nimitz, is our IEEE Day Celebration and monthly EXCOM meeting.

It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests. Come out
and help plan activities for the remainder of the year and join in
the celebration.   Please register using this link if can attend:

https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/20741


*October 26 (tentative) - Member Elevation Event, Waikiki

Member Elevation event TBA - currently planning for late October at Café 360.

Contact: Kishore at ekishore@gmail.com if you would like to take part.

To make this happen we need member interest.

*December 16-18 - IEEE SOCA 2013 Conference at Poipu Beach, Kauai

IEEE International Conference on Service Oriented Computing &
Applications (SOCA 2013) provides an international forum for
researchers from multiple disciplines to exchange and share their
experiences, ideas, and latest research results on all aspects of
service-oriented computing. Papers from industry in services
science are also welcome. Check out the conference website for more
information: http://conferences.computer.org/soca/index.htm

*January 6-9, 2014 - HICSS Conference, Hilton Waikoloa, Big Island

Conference Chairman: Ralph H. Sprague, Jr., University of Hawaii,
USA http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm

*February 3-6, 2014 - ICNC 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii

International Conference on Computing, Networking and
Communications. http://www.conf-icnc.org/2014/

*April 13-16, 2014 - IEEE-NEMS Conference 2014 in Waikiki

Organizing Chair: Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii, USA Deadline
for papers September 15, 2013: Paper submission (2-6 pages).
http://www.ieee-nems.org/2014/

5. Employment

Are you looking for a job? Here are some great resources from IEEE.
IEEE sites with job listings and other resources:

http://jobs.ieee.org/jobs/

https://www.aftercollege.com/organizations/ieee-entry-level-jobs/

https://www.aftercollege.com/organizations/ieee-internships/


6. Additional News and Links:

Become a Student Branch Mentor. We have two student branches, i.e.,
UH-Manoa and UH-Maui. Each needs a Student Branch Mentor. Read
about the responsibilities and contact the Hawaii Section Chair for
more information.

Become a mentor to recent graduates, new professionals or
professionals making a career change. This is done through the IEEE
Mentor Center.

URL: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/mentoring/
Sign up: http://mentoring.ieee.org/ementor/


Links for further information about IEEE Hawaii:

Check out our website: http://engineerson.webs.com/ or read my blog:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/  

We are also on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4790391
As is our Computer Chapter:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4821808

Send your newsletter suggestions and questions to
john.camery@ieee.org

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IEEE Hawaii Section <http://www.ieee.org/go/hawaii/>.