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February EXCOM Meeting Minutes

Date: 4 February 2013 5:30-8:30

Place:  Zippy’s on Vineyard

Attendees:

John  Camery, presiding

Mark Rognstad, OE Chapter Chair

Eran Agmon, Guest

Patrick Finneran

John Borland

Al Toda

Matthew Inoye, Student Representative

Joshua Rivera, Student Representative

John Imperial, Computer Society Chapter, Vice Chair

Song Choi, Guest, Asst. Dean

Arthur George Foyt, Life Member

Minutes

 John Borland agreed to be the POC for the Hawaii Section elections this year. He has been appointed to the nominations committee.  The Hawaii Section also affirmed its decision to use the vtool election tool and to allow write-in votes in the election.

The EXCOM ratified the appointment of Joshua Rivera and Joshua Rivera as Student Representatives.

Song Choi offered to help with the Science and Engineering Fair Judging. Chris Russell, our Vice Chair, is the POC for the Science and Engineering Fair Judging this year. Contact him if you want to help judge

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Volunteers are needed for the Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge 2013 which is being held 3-4 May.. The POC is Mark Rognstad. This is to be announced in the next Section Newsletter.  Mark agreed to provide input to for the nomination of OE as the Best Chapter.

The Section decided to only purchase one table at the Engineers Week Award Banquet.

Strategies to increase the chances for winning the Best Student Branch Award were discussed.

We discussed the grants available for humanitarian technology projects.  Contact the Chair, John  Camery,  if you have ideas for a projects or you want to take part in a project.

We discussed the need to supply the region with accommodation information for the Student Branch’s bid to have the spring competition here. Al Toda suggested the Pagoda hotel as a possible location.  If you know possible sponsors who might be willing to help out, please let the Chair, John Camery, know.

We discussed the need to invite engineers to talk to the students at the Business Card Exchange. Please invite others to come, esp., companies that hire engineers on the islands.

Help Judge the 5th Annual Pan Pacific VEX Tournament

URGENT!!! SEEKING ADDITIONAL JUDGES for Pan Pacific VEX Tournament, February 22-24, 2013, Hawaii Convention Center

Aloha IEEE Hawaii Chapter Members,

We are currently looking for judges for the 5th Annual Pan Pacific VEX Tournament to be held at the Hawaii Convention Center between February 22 (Friday) to 24 (Sunday).  We would like to increase our pool of judges as our participation has been increasing (we are at 104+ teams this year from all over the world), and we expect that it may double as we are considering a two division tournament with a final "superbowl" for the following years.

If you can spare some time during the weekend of February 22-24, please consider volunteering as a JUDGE.  You may sign up for one or two days. Our needs are:

02/22 evening  -  gather for an informal information session at 6 pm; &
                         watch several 'preliminary' league matches.
02/23 8-5 pm  -   gather at 8 am for additional instructions; begin judging
                         at 9 am after opening ceremonies; award initial awards; &
                         conclude day around 5 pm.
02/24 8-5 pm  -   gather at 8 am for instructions; continuing judging from
                         the previous day; award all awards between breaks; &
                         conclude with final awards at closing ceremonies.

Please show interest in this grand effort in enhancing engineering awareness through the use of robotics and register through Ms. Arlene Yoshimura <arleney@hawaii.rr.com>.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Thank you.

NOTE:  Arlene will need your NAME, AFFILIATION, T-SHIRT SIZE, & CONTACT.

ps - As the dates are only in three weeks, please register at your earliest convenience.  Hopefully TODAY!!!  Thanks.

Aloha a me Mahalo Nui Loa,

SKC
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 Song K. CHOI, Ph.D.
 Assistant Dean, College of Engineering
 University of Hawaii at Manoa
 http://www.eng.hawaii.edu
 +(808)956-8404/7727
 song.k.choi@hawaii.edu OR schoi@hawaii.edu

IEEE Budget for Humanitarian Projects

The Special Interest Group for Humanitarian Technology is looking for projects to finance. There is $160,000 for Class A projects which are those in the $40,000 grant size. There is $100,000 for those in the $2000- 40,000 dollar range. Finally, there is $90,000 for grants less than $2000.

Does anyone have an idea for a project to benefit the under-served elements of our society  either here in Hawaii or the third world?

Announcements

4 February 2013 Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting

23 February 2013 Engineering Week Awards Banquet The theme is Bringing dreams to life

4 March 2013 Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting

11 March 2013 Business Card Exchance at UH-Manoa

1 April 2013 Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting

7-9 April 2013 56th Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair


Date and location TBD Student Area Meeting with Micromouse Competition, Papers and Projects

MATE ROV 2013 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge

Ocean Observing Systems

Date:        May 3rd & 4th, 2013
Location:  University of Hawaii - Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex

6 May 2013 Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting

1-4 August 2013 Portland, Ore. IEEE-USA Annual Meeting and SusTech 2013

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2013, Silicon Valley, San Jose California USA (October 20-23, 2013)

IEEE is the lead for Engineering Week 2014. The theme is Drive the future: Turning ideas into reality

IEEE Sections Congress 2014 will be held 22–25 August 2014, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the Rai Convention Center. 

Agenda for the February EXCOM

• Mention the Feb. 15 deadline for reporting to get the bonus. Make sure everyone knows about the reporting requirements.
• Discuss how to provide the maximum support for the student branch's bid to host the spring micro-mouse, student paper and project design competition for the Central Area this year. In the past these competitions were held in conjunction with a meeting of Central Area Section representatives, but this spring only the student competitions are being held. The money allocated for travel is the same as they had previously, but fewer non-students will be going. An MTT member talked about what was needed to get funding from the MTT Society to pay for his travel expenses. This should make Hawaii a more viable option providing economical accommodations are located and the Section members help out with judging, etc.
• Discuss how to maximize the Student Branches' chances of winning the "Best Student Branch" awards.  Last year they won the Area award but not the Region award.  The input I received from the Region indicated they were very impressed by the image of the Branch conveyed in the nomination packet, but that the branch did not have much of a chance against Student Branches with enormous numbers of members (1000's). In view of the unfairness of this, they are now having two awards, one for small branches (less than 100 members) and one for large branches.  We need to emphasize the growth of the branch, addition of the MTT student chapter, the bid to host the Area competitions, cooperation among the branches, etc.
• Discuss the funding available for humanitarian projects and prospects for hosting GHTC 2014.
• Decide whether to have a second IEEE table at the Engineering Week Awards Banquet.
• Discuss appointing additional EXCOM members, ratify the Student Representatives and find a replacement for the Student Activity Chair who has expressed the desire to step down. The Vice Chair, Chris Russell, has agreed be the POC for the Science and Eng. Fair judging this year.
• Plan for Section Elections. Establish a Nominations Committee and a tentative schedule.
• Discuss how to publicize the Business Card Exchange Meeting and inviting companies and chapters to participate.
• Discuss having a sister section to the Hawaii Section.
• Plan additional meetings, such as, a Senior Member Elevation Event and tech. talks. Make sure the Section and Chapters report the required number of meetings.

IEEE Hawaii Section January Newsletter

Aloha and Welcome to the January issue of the IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter!

In this issue:

1.  New members - Welcome!
2.  NEW MTT-S Hawaii Student Chapter
3.  Business Card Exchange on March 11th
4.  Join us at Engineer's Week Awards Banquet on February 23rd
5.  Which Virtual / Social Media do you recommend?
6.  Upcoming Elections and Open Positions
7.  Section Excom Meeting on February 4th
8.  Additional News and Links

 (1) New members - Welcome!

Please join us in welcoming Barry C. Curl, Qihui Fan, Chi Fong Kuan,
and Courtney Kimie Won who have joined the IEEE this month.

Also, we want to welcome members who just moved to Hawaii and
encourage them to come out to our activities. Lester A. Iwamasa,
Ernest G. Booch, James F. McGill, Thomas Nelson Eichorn, Matt Kelly,
David Gordon Garmire and Wayne C. Kim have moved to the Hawaii Section
in the last month.

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(2) NEW MTT-S Hawaii Student Chapter:

The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society student chapter was
formed on September, 7, 2012 by the IEEE Student branch of the
University of Hawaii-Manoa, located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Student
Branch should be commended for its initiative.

Chapter Officers

Chair: Andy Morishita, Vice-Chair: Kelson Lau, Secretary: Carolynn
Kitamura, Treasurer: Nicholas Fisher, Historian: Chester Ramos, and
Activities Director: Kainalu Matthews.

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(3) Business Card Exchange - 5:30-8:30pm - March 11th:

This casual dinner event will be held at UH Manoa Campus Center and is
a wonderful opportunity to network with students and folks from the
business community. Come on out and share your business story with
aspiring young engineers and technology wizards. Feel free to share
job openings and internships at your company or in your industry.

Visit the Section homepage for details and to register:
http://ieee-hawaii.org

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(4) Join us at Engineer's Week Awards Banquet - 5:30pm February 23rd

The Hawaii Section will have at least one table at the Engineer's Week
Awards Banquet this year (purchasing additional based on demand). Half
of the seats will be reserved for student members.

Members desiring to attend can reserve a place at the IEEE members'
table on a first come, first serve basis via the announcement:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/16413

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(5) Which Virtual / Social Media do you recommend?:

As we endeavor to go virtual, the Section and Chapters will be testing
the social-media waters. We'll soon begin conducting meetings on the
net, announcing events and RSVP’ing on EventBrite or MeetUp,
connecting via LinkedIn (and maybe Facebook...).

So, what do you use? Which method of content delivery works best for
you? Do you WebEx? Would you like an active IEEE Hawaii forum? Feel
free to shoot us an email, or visit:

Hawaii Section on Linkedin:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4790391

Computer Society, Hawaii Chapter:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4821808

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(5) Upcoming Elections and Open Positions

Announcing Elections for 2013:

Section: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer

For each Chapter*: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
(* elections for Computer Society were this past December)

Non-elected Openings:

We'd like to thank Tep Dobry for his dedicated service as Student
Activities Chair. He is stepping down and this position is available.

We have a membership development chair on Maui. We are looking for
members willing to serve as membership development chairs on the other
islands.

If any member wishes to serve or has questions regarding the positions
or the election procedures, please contact the Section Chair, John
Camery, john.camery@ieee.org.

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(7) Section Excom Meeting at Zippy's on Vineyard - 5:30pm Feb. 4th:

This is our monthly executive business meeting together with a
technical talk. 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.

The address is 59 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96817. Map:
http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.

The meeting agenda will be posted on the Chair's blog:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/

Please register for the meeting via the announcement:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/16411

Questions to john.camery@ieee.org.

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(8) Links for further information about IEEE Hawaii:

The Chair's blog:  http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/

Hawaii Section's Website:  http://ieee-hawaii.org

Hawaii Computer Chapter's Website:  http://computer-hawaii.org

Hawaii Communications Chapter's Website:
https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/CH06255

Hawaii Section on Linkedin:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4790391

Computer Chapter on Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4821808

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Newsletter suggestions and questions to david.morse@ieee.org.