IEEE Canaveral Section
Newsletter
Chair’s Column
Robert Morrison
This year is bringing many changes to our section. We have been tasked with updating the Canaveral section bylaws to reflect changes in IEEE headquarters bylaws. One of the changes made was the term of office for the Executive Committee members from an academic year to a calendar year. IEEE headquarters has also made the Concentration banking system mandatory for all sections. All financial accounts for IEEE sections will now be maintained at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, PA. instead of local accounts where the sections operate. This came about to avoid legal concerns over the tax exempt status IEEE maintains with the Internal Revenue Service. If you would like to read more on the new financial program go to the website ending with /compliance listed in the important websites block at the end of the newsletter.
I would like to thank Mr. Ernie Camacho for serving as our nominations committee chair for this election period. The down side is we did not receive any nominations from the general membership. Our existing volunteers will have to rotate positions once again to maintain our section as an active part of IEEE. If you were almost ready to speak up but did not, please reconsider. The work isn’t hard or demanding. New volunteers are few and far between. Some of the members on the Executive committee have held every elected position twice. They have done their part. How about you?
Extended Nominations Period
In light of the lack of nominations submitted during the regular nominating period, the Executive Committee voted to extend the deadline to the middle of November. Please send any nominations for yourself or another member of the section to the return mailing address on the newsletter. The officer positions will be finalized at the Christmas banquet currently targeted for early December. The actual terms of office will commence January 1st, 2001.
GOLD
One of the goals we had this year was to research the formation of a Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) affinity group. We have not had the resources to do so. If you are a gradute of the last Decade, and are interested in finding out more about the program, IEEE offers the website ending with /goal in the important websites block on page 3.
Officer Recommendations for 2001
Section Chair - Kathryn Rhinehart
Vice Chair - Leon Migdalski
Secretary - Robert Morrison
Treasurer - Wayne Rendla
Computer Society Chair - Touraj Iranipour
Computer Society Vice
Chair - Bahman Motlagh
IEEE Events
Oct. 1-4, 2000
9th International Conference on Harmonics and
Quality of Power (ICHQP IX) Formerly - ICHPS
LOCATION:
The Walt Disney Contemporary
Resort, Orlando, FL
CONTACT:
Univ. of Florida Conf. Dept.
UF Box 113172
Gainesville, FL 32611-3172
(+1 352 392 1701 Ext. 243
+1 352 392 6950 (Fax)
Oct. 4-6, 2000
2000 5th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems
(DARS 2000)
LOCATION:
Knoxville Hilton
Knoxville, TN
CONTACT:
Dr. Lynne E. Parker
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6355
+1 423 241 4959
+1 423 574 0405 (Fax)
Oct. 8-11, 2000
2000 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
LOCATION:
Sheraton Music City Hotel
Nashville, TN
CONTACT:
Ms. Flo Fottrell
Vanderbilt University
Box 131, Station B
Nashville, TN 37235
+1 615 343 0697
+1 615 322 7062 (Fax)
Oct. 15-18, 2000
2000 IEEE 15th Annual Workshop on Computer Communications
LOCATION:
South Seas Resort
Captiva Island, FL
CONTACT:
Prof. Malathi Veeraraghavan
Polytechnic University
6 Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
+1 718 260 3493
+1 718 260 3074 (Fax)
Oct. 16-18, 2000
2000 4th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC)
LOCATION:
Sheraton Colony Square
Atlanta, GA
CONTACT:
Prof. Thad Starner
Georgia Tech.
College of Computing
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 404 385 0816
Oct. 17-20, 2000
2000 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling & Simulation (VHDL/BMAS Fall Workshop 2000)
LOCATION:
The Omni Rosen Hotel
Orlando, FL
CONTACT:
Ms. Kathy Maclennan
MP Associates, Inc.
5305 Spine Road - Suite A
Boulder, CO 80301
+1 303 530 4562
Nov. 8-10, 2000
2000 IEEE 25th Conference on Local Computer Networks
LOCATION:
Embassy Suites
Tampa, FL
CONTACT:
Mr. Frank Huebner
AT&T Labs., Room MT-D5-3C18
200 Laurel Ave.
Middletown, NJ 07748
+1 732 420 3718
+1 732 368 1919 (Fax)
Nov. 27-30, 2000
2000 IEEE 21st Real-Time Systems Symposium
LOCATION:
Hilton Walt Disney World
Orlando, FL
CONTACT:
Dr. Wei Zhao
1730 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036-1992
+1 202 371 1013
+1 202 728 0884 (Fax)
Dec. 3-6, 2000
2000 Multiaccess Mobility & Teletraffic for Wireless Communications (MMT 2000)
LOCATION:
Hawk's Cay Resort
Duck Key, FL
CONTACT:
Prof. Gordon L. Stuber
School of ECE
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
+1 404 894 2923
+1 404 894 7883 (Fax)
Dec. 10-13, 2000
2000 Winter Simulation Conference - (WSC 2000)
LOCATION:
Wyndam Palace Resort & Spa
Orlando, FL
CONTACT:
Prof. Paul Fishwick
Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci. and Engrg.
Univ. of Florida
Bldg. CSE, Room 301
Gainesville, FL 32611
+1 352 392 1414
+1 352 392 1414 (Fax)
Mar. 19-21, 2001
2001 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Semiconductors, Sensors, and Actuators (MSM)
LOCATION:
Hilton Oceanfront Resort
Hilton Head Island, SC
CONTACT:
Ms. Sarah Wenning
4847 Hopyard Rd.
Suite 4-381
Pleasanton, CA 94588
+1 925 847 9152
+1 925 847 9153 (Fax)
Mar. 30-Apr. 01, 2001
SOUTHEASTCON 2001
LOCATION:
Madren Center
Clemson, SC
CONTACT:
Mr. Nick Pasquerilla
629 Spearman Rd.
Pelzer, SC 29669
+1 864 882 2414
+1 864 882 2841 (Fax)
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