Proposed Date Changes for Meetings

 The Hawaii Section's June EXCOM Meeting

We need a follow up meeting do deal with our conference bid which is due by 1 June 2012.  Perhaps we should move the date for the June EXCOM Meeting forward to Wednesday, 30 May, 2012 so we can review the final bid and make the required decisions regarding our bid to hold the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2013 in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Let me know if anyone disagrees or has another suggestion.  If not, the next EXCOM meeting will be 5:30PM, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 at our usual location, Zippy's on Vineyard.  The proposed agenda is posted on this blog, http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/05/agenda-for-june-hawaii-section-excom.html.  Anyone with an interest in bringing the conference to Hawaii and wants to help out is encouraged to attend. We will need everyone's support to formulate a successful bid. Please review the information and see what you can do to help.  Thanks.

21 May 2012 Meeting on our IEEE GHTC 2013 Bid

John W. Camery (Presiding)
David Morse,
John V. Imperial
Alvin Toda
Grant Torigoe

Meeting Details

This was a working meeting to gather information for the Hawaii Section and Chapters to bid on having the IEEE Global Humanitarian Conference 2013 held in in Honolulu, Hawaii. Song Choi is looking into possible venues for the conference. John V. Imperial will look into ways of promoting the conference and getting sponsorship from corporations. He will also try to find points of contact through the Pacific Partnership 2012 humanitarian initiative with the Philipines. Grant Torigue will find a point of contact with the company he works for regarding possible sponsorship of the conference. Other IEEE members are encouraged to do likewise, esp. Ryan with Oceanit. It was suggested we contact Mark Rognstad about obtaining a copy of the successful bid for the Oceans Conference in Hawaii. We need to locate local members willing to serve on the organizing and technical committees. I started the discussion topic, "Wouldn't it be great to to have the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technical Conference 2013 held in Hawaii?" on several groups I belong to on LinkedIn to try to find others willing to help out. The professional and student Engineers Without Borders groups on the island should be a key assets. We can also get quality volunteers from many countries to assist during the actual conference from the humanitarian groups working on Oahu and from students at the colleges and universities. All our members are encouraged to lend a hand in this worthy endeavor.  A luau was suggested as a social event, but perhaps the local humanitarian groups might want to sponsor activities more in line with the humanitarian nature of the conference. We need to involve these organizations in the planning.

Agenda for the June Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting

• Report the progress on our bid to hold the IEEE GHTC 2013 in Hawaii and further actions.
 
• Discuss request by the Communication Society Chapter to hold a joint technical meeting with the Hawaii Section hosting a speaker to talk about 4GL.
 
• Plan a Joint Computer Society Chapter/Hawaii Section Technical Meeting.
 
• Discuss the ideas for meetings provided by our PACE Chair, David Morse.
 
• Discuss ideas for promoting the IEEE on E4C, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, TechHui, Google+, etc.
 
• Mention the petition to add a candidate for IEEE-USA President.
 
• Report on the recent IEEE-USA annual meeting.
 
• Ask for suggestions on possible use of the IEEE kite.

Please comment or send me a email about any topics you would like added to the agenda. Also, should we appoint a timekeeper to keep us on track discussing the issues?

 

The MATE-2012 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge

Congratulations to the first place winners!

The MATE-2012 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challange was held Saturday, May 19th at Richardson pool, Pearl Harbor. At our last Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting, Mark Rognstad asked for other IEEE members volunteer to act as judges. IEEE members, Song Choi, Al Toda and David Morse volunteered to act as judges. The first place team will be invited to Orlando, Florida.  David Morse supplied the photographs above of the winning team.

Draft of the minutes from the 14 May ExCom meeting

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.

Meeting Monday at Zippy's on Vineyard

The Hawaii section of the IEEE is having a meeting Monday to work on submitting a bid to host the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in late October, 2013. We need the help of people experienced in conference planning, humanitarian work, companies to act as sponsors, etc. I would like to extend my personal invitation for anyone intereted in helping out to  attend our dinner meeting at 5:30PM at Zippy's, 59 North Vineyard Boulevard  Honolulu, HI 96817. Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/. The dinner is on the IEEE.

Brief Description of GHTC:  GHTC is the IEEE flagship annual conference designed to gather together scientists, engineers, technology professionals, academics, foundations, government and non-government organizations, and individuals engaged in humanitarian work to discuss and develop solutions for present and future humanitarian needs. An international conference, we anticipate participants from all over the world to attend a program of invited talks, technical sessions, tutorials, exhibits, networking, and social activities.

Conference Goals:

• Impact in positive and meaningful ways lives of disadvantaged billions of people around the world
• Focus attention of businesses on emerging market opportunities and related technology enablers
• Foster exchange of information and networking in the humanitarian field
• Promote science, engineering and technology as key to development of solutions for disadvantaged communities and attract young people to these professional fields

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Participation in GHTC is open to all technologists or organizations interested in applying technology to humanitarian goals and to non-technical individuals and organizations interested in learning about the application of technology to humanitarian challenges. Come and learn about humanitarian challanges and opportunities around the world. Gain visibility for your humanitarian organization or help to sponsor others.  Here is a link to last year's event: http://www.ieeeghtc.org/event/

LinkedIn Group: IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2012

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/ieeeghtc/

Theme Song Video

IEEE Volunteers needed Saturday

Mark R. Rognstad, University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Mapping Research Group Honolulu, Hawaii is looking for volunteers to help judge the Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge on Saturday morning. Contact Mark for further information.

Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge

NAME:       Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge
LAST DATE:  May 30, 2011
NEXT DATE:  May 19, 2012
LOCATION:   Richardson Pool, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI
EVENTS:     Timed, multitasking, tethered mission
CLASSES:    Remote-control
SIZE:       see MATE ROV competition rules
AWARDS:     N/A
INFO:       http://www.materover.org/
OTHER:      Regional for the MATE ROV competition

2012 Teams

 RANGER Teams


Highlands Intermediate School/Highlands Intermediate School Team 1
Pearl City
HI
Highlands Intermediate School/Highlands Intermediate School Team2
Pearl City
HI
Kailua High School
kailua
HI
Kailua High School Underwater Robotics Program
Kailua
HI
Moanalua High School
Honolulu
HI

SCOUT Teams


Club HIIQ
Honolulu
HI
Hawaii Active Learning Academy/Da Marines
Laie
HI
Le Jardin Academy
Kailua
HI
Palisades Elementary/Ach Two Oh
Pearl City
HI
Palisades Elementary/Underwater Conquerers
Pearl City
HI






For additional information, contact:



Mark Rognstad - RANGER
1680 East West Road, POST 816B
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 1-808-956-8712
Fax: 1-808-956-6530
Email: mrognsta@hawaii.edu



Timmie Sinclair - SCOUT
Phone: 808-741-7114
Email: timmie@scoutrov.org



 

Here is a link to the History of the Contest