IEEE REGION 3 AREA 9
REPORT TO REGION 3 EXCOM MARCH
2006
To:
Region 3 ExCom 2006
Cc:
Region 3 Section Chairs
From:
Area 9 Chair
Subject:
Area 9 Report for August 2006 ExCom meeting
Date:
August 18, 2006
The Jamaica Section
continues to provide leadership in the area of electrical, electronics and
computer engineering.
A schedule of technical
meetings held up to August is shown in Table I. The ExCom of the Section meets
and plan activities for each upcoming monthly technical meeting. For more
details, please visit the IEEE Jamaica Section Website at http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/jamaica.
The goals of the
section were as follows:
1.
Increasing membership attendance
and participation in meetings.
2.
Presenting more diversified
technical presentations.
3.
Increasing student participation
in SoutheastCon.
4.
Sending Delegates to Regional and
PACE Activities.
Membership
Attendance at Meetings.
This objective was not
fully met since attendance at meetings was somewhat similar to previous years
with an average of 11 members in attendance. The members that attended
participated effectively in the activities.
Technical
Presentations:
The
Jamaica Section made a deliberate effort to present a wide range of topics to
satisfy objective 2. The diversity of topics presented are outlined in Table
1.
Student Branches:
Both student branches,
The University of the West Indies and the
The Communications
Society Chapter (ComSoc) of the IEEE Jamaica Section continues to make their
contribution to the development of members in Area 9.
TABLE I
Activities of
the
Month
|
Activities
|
Responsibility
|
Topic
|
Presenter
|
January |
Retreat. Coordination Meeting with UTECH Student Branch. |
Section, ComSoc Section, UTECH Student Branch. |
Goals and Objectives Improve cooperation with Engineering & Computing. |
ExCom ExCom & Dr. Paul A. Golding. |
February |
Administrative Meeting/ Fund Raising. Technical Meeting. |
Section, UTECH Student Branch. Section, ComSoc |
Meeting with Sponsor’s Nat’l Commercial Bank for Student Activities. Presentation & Tour of JNAP facilities. |
ExCom, NCB & Student Branch Members. Mr. Brian Shaw, Business Development Manager, JNAP. |
March |
Technical Meeting. Social Meeting |
Section. Section. |
Motors & Variable Frequency Drives. N/A |
Messrs Francisco Leal & Miguel Reis, GE Electrical Engineers. N/A |
April |
Technical Meeting |
Section. |
Presentation & Tour of FLOW
Facilities. |
Mr. Andrew Fazio, Marketing Manager, FLOW. |
May |
Technical Meeting |
Section. |
Active Geodetic GPS Net- Work in the |
Mr. Gregory Peake, Senior GPS Specialist, Spatial Innovision Ltd. |
June |
Technical Meeting |
Section, ComSoc |
Emergency Telecommunications |
Mr. Basil Davidson, Managing Director, D-Gen
Engineering Ltd. |
July |
Technical Meeting |
Section, Computer Society Chapter. |
Broadband over Power Lines. |
Dr. Damith Wickramanayake, |
August |
Technical Meeting |
Section, Computer Society Chapter. |
Using a secure SHA1 GPRS technology to provide mobile
outpatient care in |
Mr. Sean Thorpe, Project
Supervisor, |
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Respectfully Submitted by:
Area 9 Chair
Phone (876)819-6597
d.gayle@ieee.org
Wilfred A. Roberts
Phone (876) 511-5700
waroberts@ieee.org