Minutes IEEE EXCOM

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Date: November 3, 1999

Location: ROOM 419 ENG. BUILDING UCF

 

Attendees:

 

Issa Batarseh

Robert J. Pirela

Takis Kasparis

Jerry Holst

Kalpathy B. Sundaram

David E. Flinchbaugh

Al Berg

Mercedes McDonald

B.Petrasko

Curt Hillmann

 

 

Minutes

 

1) Quorum - Call to Order:

After establishing the required quorum the meeting got on the way at 6:00pm.

 

2) Chair Remarks: Issa Batarseh

-Batarseh spoke about the Wet and Wild event.

 

3)-David E. Flinchbaugh presented his report on the Wet N, Wild Event.

Only 27 showed up.

Possible reasons for the low attendance:

-Tickets were not available until last minute.

-There were other events and meetings at the same date and time, creating a

conflict.

- The weather that week had been cloudy and rainy, although that day was

sunny.

 

Accounts will be closed on a week or so, a full report will be presented on

next meeting.

 

4)- Issa Batarseh presented a report on the events and content of the

Congress.

-He attended four tutorials, one of them in how to activate the chapters.

-Sections should take a more active role on the Chapters.

-One idea is to have joint meetings.

-We will initially target the Computer Engineering Society.

-We will ask Jorge to make a mailing list of all members.

 

5)-A motion was made, seconded and approved to appoint Brian Petrasko chair

of the Computer Society.

 

6)-It has been proven that Senior Members do not let their membership laps.

Issa Batarseh proposed a target to recruit @100 members to become Senior

members.

Issa Batarseh will ask J. Medina to put an add in the Newsletter announcing

that the Section is sponsoring a Senior membership Drive. The only

requirement is to be a Member and to send your resume to Wahid at

(Wahid@Mail.UCF.edu).

 

7)-Al Berg presented a report about the Millennium Medals and the

endorsements.

-Jorge will be nominated to the Professional Award for his work in PACE.

-A place shall be selected for the Awards Ceremony in four months (March 25,

2000). The place should be accessible to all and have good music and possibly

dance.

 

8)-Petrasko spoke about the activities of the Student Societies, two groups

were represented in the meeting.

-The students will organize a car wash to raise funds for their expenses.

-It was suggested that the meetings of the student's societies be combined to

reduce expenses.

-Other fundraising ideas were discussed also.

 

9)-An invitation from Wahid was received for the Lake Howell Robotics

Competition in April 2000.

 

10)-Wahid from AP Society requested from chapter $360.00 for hotel expenses

for visiting speaker. Request was approved.

11)-A motion was passed, seconded and approved for $150.00 for Medina for

Newsletter.

 

12)-A motion was passed, seconded and approved to cancel Voice mail Services.

 

13)-Old Business:

- No Voucher/Stickers for parking were approved by UCF authorities for EXCOM

members who are not Faculty.

-Batarseh and Sunderam will continue efforts to activate participation from

UCF.

-To reduce our expenses, next meeting we will order only four pizzas.

 

14)-Meeting was adjourned at 8:10PM.

Note from the Secretary:

Please send me your comments, additions and/or corrections to Sensorunit@AOL.Com.

Thanks

Robert