IEEE Atlanta Section Report to Region 3: 16-Oct-2004


The IEEE Atlanta Section covers all of northern Georgia and includes
3500 to 4500 current members, depending on how/when we count them (the
larger value includes more than 800 student members).

2004 Officers:
* Chair: Bill Marshall          email: chair
* Vice Chair: Wei Zhao          email: vice-chair
* Treasurer: Randy Young        email: treasurer
* Secretary: Miroslav Begovic   email: secretary

All above e-mail are @ieee-atlanta.org

Notes:

* 2004 is the Centennial Anniversary of the Atlanta Section, which was
  commemorated by two history-focused banquets this year (2nd one was
  this week, 12-Oct).

* Atlanta Section was recently appointed to Board of Directors for the
  'Marietta Aeronautical Museum & Education Center', which represents
  a ahuge potential IR/PR/K-12 outreach opportunity for IEEE.

* Section hosted two 'employment assistance "networking" meetings'
  this year.  Non-technical, professional development will be a
  priority for 2005, letting the society chapters focus on technical
  development.

* K-12 Outreach Program is on 'low simmer', currently relying on
  individual activities. This is a hard task.  Museum & Education
  Center offers a new outreach conduit.


Chapter Status:
* GOLD: the section has a newly charted GOLD chapter that has met once
  this year and is planning a second event this fall.
* PE Soc: very active & healthy; 6 meetings so far this year
* IA Soc: very active & healthy; 5 meetings so far this year
* PEL Soc: rejuvenated in 2004; 2 meetings so far this year
* CAS/SSC Jt-Soc: rejuvenated in 2004; 2 meetings so far this year
* Comp. Soc: historically very active & healthy but down in 2004;
  still expect 2+ meetings this year
* AES/GRS Jt-Soc: historically active & healthy but down in 2004;
  still expect 2+ meetings this year
* AP/MTT Jt-Soc: historically active & healthy; 2004 status
  unclear
* IM/EMC Jt-Soc: rejuvenated in 2003; expect 2+ meetings this year
* SP/Com Jt-Soc: rejuvenated in 2003; 2004 status unclear
* CMPT Soc: chapter has been active but has not been reporting it; new
  chair selected; expect 2+ reported meetings this year
* VT Soc: new officers appointed by section to rejuvenate this fall;
  unsure of expected meeting count this year
* ED/LEO Jt-Soc: new chair tagged by LEO Soc to rejuvenate chapter in
  2004, but section found out only by accident ("RAB-TAB" corrdination
  still a problem); unsure of expected meeting count this year
* EM Soc: inactive, but a section priority for Nov & Dec of this year;
  unsure of eventual status


Sincerely,

Bill Marshall
2004 Chair, IEEE Atlanta Section

email: chair -- ieee-atlanta.org