NEWSLETTER OF THE BALTIMORE SECTION OF THE IEEE
NOVEMBER 2003
The web site for the Baltimore section of the IEEE is:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r2/baltimore
IN THIS ISSUE:
2. Baltimore Section’s
Annual Election Of Officers.
3. August 2003 IEEE
Membership Development Progress Report.
6. IEEE Reliability Society
Meeting.
8. IEEE Baltimore Section
Centennial Celebration
12. IEEE Personal Email Alias.
15. Advertising Rates For The Newsletter.
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1. Note From Jeff.
As we enter the 2003-2004 year I want to welcome everyone back from a wet summer and the recent hurricane. Goals for this year are to increase our participation with the student chapters at our local universities, and to kick off a K-12 program.
2. Baltimore Section’s Annual Election Of Officers.
The Baltimore Section’s annual election of officers is underway. The candidates are:
2004 Candidates:
Chair: Jeffrey A. Friedhoffer
Vice Chair: Hermann B. Sequeira
Secretary: Boris Gramatikov
Treasurer: Roberto Cuellar
Continuing Education: John Dentler
Programs: Chris Nemarich
Awards and Recognition: Thomas Patton
Student Activities: Neville Jacobs
Professional Activities: Carole Carey
Hoosamuddin Bandukwala
Audits and By Laws: Joseph Pollitt
Membership Development: Vil Arafiles
Please vote and return your ballot via email, snail mail, or fax to Vil Arafiles by 15 November 2003.
3. August 2003 IEEE Membership Development Progress Report.
The August 2003 IEEE Membership Development Progress Report is available on the web as the August 2003 link on the MD Progress Reports main page:
http://www.ieee.org/ra/md/mdprogrpt.html
The Progress Report is issued monthly to Region and Society officers and contains data and information about IEEE Membership Development activities.
If you have any questions, comments or membership information you wish to share or have included in this report, please contact Felicia Taylor at:
http://us.f407.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=f.taylor@ieee.org.
4. Baltimore RAB Award.
The IEEE Regional Activities Board (RAB) has recognized the IEEE Baltimore Section as a recipient of the 2002 RAB Section Sustained Membership Growth Award for their success for Outstanding Leadership and Results in IEEE Membership Development Activities for the period of 1999 to 2002 in Region 2.
5. Meetings.
The Baltimore has 10 active Technical chapters, 2 affinity groups and one active subsection.
The 10 technical chapters are:
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AES)
Antennas & Propagation (AP) / Microwave Theory & Techniques (MTT)
Communications Society (COMSOC)
Computer Society
Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMC)
Electron Devices/Solid State (EDS/SSCS)
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
Industry Applications Society (IAS)
Power Engineering Society (PES)
Reliability Society (RS)
The two affinity groups are:
Women in Engineering (WIE)
Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)
Subsection:
Annapolis
These many of these technical chapters and the subsection have monthly meetings with technical talks covering current topics of interest. You are strongly encouraged to attend these meeting. Food is normally available gratis from the IEEE or for a small fee.
The affinity groups hold periodic meetings with topics of interest to the membership of these groups.
More information is available at:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r2/baltimore/chapter_links.htm
6. IEEE Reliability Society Meeting.
The Society of Reliability Engineers and the IEEE Reliability Society, Baltimore & Washington Chapters present a Luncheon Meeting
Thursday November 13th at 11:30 am
300 M St. SE, Washington D.C.
Perot Systems Office, 5th floor,
Conference Room #2
(Directions on Back)
TOPIC: NASA/NAVY Benchmarking Exchange Program
Speakers:
Jim Lawrence and Al Ford
NAVSEA Submarine Program Office
and
Dr. Steve Newman, Steve Wander and John Castellano
NASA Safety and Mission
Lunch (Pizza and Sodas) $5.00 / Person
Please RSVP by November 10th to Walt Willing (waltwilling@ieee.org or 410‑765‑7372)
7. IEEE USA.
The IEEE organization that lobbies for the working U.S. IEEE member is the IEEE USA. They represent our interests to congress including a day on Capitol Hill in April, which I encourage all of our members to participate in. For more information see:
8. IEEE Baltimore Section Centennial Celebration
The Baltimore Section is now forming plans for it’s Centennial Celebration Gala. The Section is planning a cocktail / dinner celebration to be held in late winter or early spring 2004. The dinner celebration event will feature distinguished guest speakers and recognize past Section and Chapter leaders and notable IEEE members from the Baltimore Section. But in order to properly plan for our 100-year celebration, the Section leadership needs your input. Please let us know if you and your spouse would like to attend such an event. Please reply by email to: c.nemarich@ieee.org
Watch future newsletters for updated information on our Centennial Celebration event.
9. Volunteers.
The IEEE Baltimore section is entirely run by volunteers. We are seeking volunteers to work with the chapters, the affinity groups, the section and subsection. Get more out of your IEEE membership by participating in your professional society and networking with your fellow IEEE members. This is a way to learn management and leadership skills that will be valuable in your career. Please contact Jeff Friedhoffer or any of the chairs of the component organizations of the Baltimore Section. See:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r2/baltimore/officers.htm
10. Robot Challenge.
See details on the Baltimore IEEE website.
11. Manage Your Membership.
IEEE members can manage their membership online using an IEEE Web Account login. You will choose a username and password and it will become the secure mechanism that IEEE uses to identify you and the services you have subscribed to.
Once you obtain an IEEE Web Account, many services are available to you. These include: Updating your contact information, obtaining or updating an IEEE e-mail alias, and adding new societies or subscriptions. You may also choose to join the IEEE Standards Association or Women in Engineering.
If you are an existing member and would like to elevate your IEEE grade from Associate to Member or Member to Senior Member, please complete and submit the appropriate elevation applications:
12. IEEE Personal Email Alias.
The IEEE offers a free email alias name@ieee.org. This service offers virus scanning and will be offering a spam identification option. This alias allows you to change your ISP without having to send your email correspondents a change of email address. Jeff finds that he gets less spam at home than at work even though his email address is on the IEEE web site. We strongly recommend using this alias service.
For information on setting up your own personal email alias, see the following web site:
http://eleccomm.ieee.org/personal-aliases.shtml
13. Employment.
With the current state of the economy and having a number of our members looking for a new job, we have an employment page on our web site:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r2/baltimore/employment_site.htm
Resumes are posted for as long as our members would like to have them posted. In addition we will have a help wanted page available for companies that are offering employment to our members. This service will be available for free until the employment picture turns around.
14. H-1B Visa Program.
For information about the H-1B visa program, see the following web site:
http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/issues/H1bvisa/index.html
This site provides the IEEE USA’s opinion on the H-1B visa program.
15. Advertising Rates For The Newsletter.
The following are the AD rates for the electronic newsletter based on quarterly issues per year:
1 issue - $250
2 issues - $350
3 issues - $400
4 issues - $500
