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1 ATTENDEES: FWCS EXCOM Minutes April 5, 2011 Page 1 of 25 Eighteen (18) IEEE members and one (1) visitors attended the meeting. Please see the attendance sheets that are attached to these minutes. Meeting was called to order at 5:40 PM. Section Chair Serge Beauzille. Called the meeting to order and welcomed attendees. Attendees introduced themselves. Serge reported on FWCS meetings 2011 YTD. See the meetings report attached to these minutes. Serge asked Jim Howard to spend about five minutes at each EXCOM meeting explaining the structure, organization, and operations of the IEEE and the IEEE-USA at each EXCOM meeting to inform EXCOM members. Jim presented the first installment in the series. Secretary The minutes of the January and February were presented in the March meeting, but no vote was taken to accept the minutes. A motion and a second were heard to accept the minutes for the January and February meetings. The motion was passed by voice vote. The minutes of the March 1 meeting have been posted on the FWCS web site for EXCOM member to review. A motion and a second were heard to accept the minutes for the March 1 meeting. Discussion followed. Richard Beatie suggested the Bylaws require that hard copies be distributed and that posting on the web site or even ing the minutes directly to EXCOM members would not satisfy this requirement of the bylaws. A motion was made by Jim Howard to table the motion until the May EXCOM meeting. The motion to table was passed by voice vote. The Secretary, Ralph Painter, agreed to research the pertinent provisions in the Bylaws and report his findings in the May EXCOM. Treasurer Paul Schnitzler was not present. No Treasurer s report was presented in the meeting, but the Chair, Serge Beauzille, received a report April 10 by from Paul. That report is attached to these minutes. Vice Chair Claude Pitts was not present. Jim Howard presented the membership report, which is attached to these minutes. Business Manager Report. Jim Anderson was not present. Serge Beauzille presented the report that he received from Jim. A copy of Jim s report is attached.

2 Chapter reports FWCS EXCOM Minutes April 5, 2011 Page 2 of 25 PE/IA Serge Beauzile presented the PE/IA Chapter report. A copy of the PE/IA report is attached to these minutes AES/COMP - Mr. Jim Lumia was not present. No report. MTT/AP/ED - Jing Wang was not present. No report. SP/Comm - Hector Martinez was not present. No report. EMBS - John West was not present. No report. WIE - Ms. Valerie Tur reported. RAS - George Schott reported. The RAS report is attached to these minutes. GOLD - Mr. Bashar Salahia was not present. No report. LIFE - Mr. Bob Franklin reported. PACE - Mr. Jim Anderson was not present. Serge Beauzille presented the report he received from Jim before the meeting. A copy of the PACE report is attached to these minutes. IEEE FWCS Consultant s Network - Hermann Amaya was not present. No report. USF Student Activites - Alex Dunbar was not present. Victor Basantes reported. USF student branch mentor. Jim Howard reported. Newsletter Editor s Report - Richard Sanchez was not present. The deadline for the May Signal is Sunday, April 10. Membership Development - Glenn Davis was not present. No report. Awards and Bylaws - Richard Beatie reported. Ralph Fehr received the Region 3 Outstanding Engineering Educator award for Jim Howard presented the PES Outstanding Engineer award for 2010 to Jim Beall. Webmaster - Claude Pitts was not present. No report. Teacher In Service coordinator - Sean Denny reported.

3 FWCS EXCOM Minutes April 5, 2011 Page 3 of 25 Conference and History - Jim Beall reported. Recent past conferences: 2010 WTS (Wireless Telecommunication Symposium) in Tampa, FL, Embassy Suites, USF Future conferences: 2011 WAMICON (Wireless and Microwave Technology) will be held April at the Hilton Hotel, Clearwater Beach, FL MTT (Microwave Theory and Techniques) in Tampa, FL Education Report Dr. Rudy Henning was not in attendance. He is at home and available for phone calls. His address is: Rudy Henning 1100 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Clearwater, FL Phone: Old business New business An ad hoc committee was formed in the February 1, 2011 EXCOM meeting and the committee was charged to consider whether to change the mode (hard copies mailed or electronic copies distributed over the Internet) of publishing the Signal, the monthly newsletter of the IEEE- FWCS. The following members volunteered to serve on the committee: Searge Beauzille, Richard Sanchez, Jim Howard, Jim Beall, and Ralph Painter. The Signal committee did not report. No meetings of the ad hoc committee were held. Serge Beauzille and Jim Howard reported that IEEE has found in general that is ineffective in communicating information to members. Therefore, they recommend no further action on this issue. Next EXCOM meeting The next meeting is scheduled for May 10 at 5:30 PM at TECO plaza. The meeting room is TECO Hall. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM. Submitted by Ralph D. Painter, Jr. Secretary IEEE-Florida West Coast Section (FWCS)

4 FWCS EXCOM Minutes April 5, 2011 Page 4 of 25 Agenda 1) CHAIR S REPORT Serge Beauzile (5:30) a) Introductions (5:30) b) State-Of-The-Section Report (5:32) c) SoutheastCon Report(5:35) 2) IEEE Structure.....Jim Howard (5:36) 3) SECRETARY S REPORT Ralph Painter (5:41) a) Accept March 2011 meeting Minutes 4) TREASURER S REPORT Jim Howard (5:43) a) Receive Treasurer s Report 5) VICE-CHAIR S REPORT Claude Pitts III (5:45) a) Section Status Tracking Metrics Update 6) IEEE Board Meeting Update.Jim Howard (5:46) 7) BUSINESS Mgr REPORT...Jim Anderson (5:48) 8) CHAPTERS REPORTS a) PES/IAS: Power Engineering/Industry Applications Society Serge Beauzile (5:50) b) Computer/AESS: Computer/ Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Jim Lumia (5:55) c) MTT/AP/ED: Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Jing Wang (6:00) d) SP/Comm: Signal Processing/Communications Hector Martinez (6:05) e) EMBS: Engineering in Medicine & Biology Ravi (6:10) f) WIE: Women In Engineering ValerieTur (6:15) g) RAS: Robotics and Automation Society George Schott (6:20) h) GOLD: Graduates Of the Last Decade Bashar Salahia (6:25) i) Life Members Bob Franklin (6:30) j) PACE: Professional Activities Committees for Engineers Jim Anderson (6:35) k) IEEE Consultants Network Hermann Amaya (6:45) 9) STUDENT ACTIVITES REPORT a) Student Activities Michael Taube (6:50) b) Student Computer Society... Hao Zheng c) Student Branch Mentor Jim Howard 10) NEWSLETTER EDITOR REPORT Richard Sanchez (6:55) 11) MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT REPORT Jim Howard (7:00) 12) AWARDS/PUBLIC RELATIONS/BYLAWS Richard Beatie (7:05) 13) WEBMASTER REPORT Claude Pitts (7:10) 14) TEACHER IN-SERVICE REPORT Sean Denny (7:15) 15) CONFERENCES/HISTORY REPORT Jim Beall (7:20) a) FWCS Hosted i) 2011: WAMICOM [Tampa] 16) 2014: MTT Conference [Tampa] OLD BUSINESS (7:25) 17) NEW BUSINESS (7:27) a) Signal Sub-Committee Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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24 FWCS EXCOM Minutes April 5, 2011 Page 24 of 25 April 2011 FWCS EXCOM Meeting Tampa Bay IEEE RAS Chapter Report Our March meeting was held at DeVry University in Tampa with no food or beverage served. Our receipts for the meeting were $50 and there were no expenses. Vice Chairman Ken Fiallos spoke on Phase II of the Electrathon Instrumentation and Telemetry Project to augment the student learning opportunities with the Electrathon Cars. Steve Nies gave us an update on his household robot project. He is finished with the initial design and is starting the assembly process. Sean Denny gave us an update on the teacher in service program and the STEM effort in the local school systems. Robert Guerra and George Schott help with the Robofest in Clearwater on Saturday March 19. Sean Denny, Ken Fiallos and James Melton represented IEEE at the John Hopkins Middle School in St Petersburg career fair on Thursday Evening March 24 th Our April meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 19 at 6:30 PM at: DeVry University Room W. Executive Dr. Tampa, FL Respectfully submitted, George Schott Tampa Bay IEEE RAS Chapter Chairman

25 FWCS EXCOM Minutes April 5, 2011 Page 25 of 25 FWCS Biz Development Report: Please see the attached Excel file for the details of the current Signal advertising revenues. At the end of 1Q11 we have taken in $825. If we can maintain this momentum, then we should be able to earn $3,000+ in advertising revenue this year well exceeding the $1,500 that was budgeted for this activity Paid? January February March April May June July August September October November December Jacklin IP Law Y $ 25 $ 25 $ 25 $ 25 $ 25 $ 25 $ 150 $ 150 Long Y $ 40 $ 40 $ 40 Beckwith Y $ 140 $ 140 $ 280 $ 280 Q Comm Svcs Y $ 24 $ 24 $ 24 $ 24 $ 24 $ 24 $ 145 $ 145 Powers Y $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 140 $ 140 $ - $ 25 $ 205 $ 165 $ 67 $ 67 $ 67 $ 42 $ 42 $ 42 $ 18 $ 18 $ 755 $ Paid? January February March April May June July August September October November December Powers N $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 70 $ 70 Promised Received $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ 18 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 70 $ 70 Note: Beckwith has a $65 credit -- we ran a 1/2 page ad in March of 2011 instead of a full-page ad. Promised Received PACE Report On Wednesday, April 20th the PACE Committee will be holding a seminar titled "How To Become An Ninja!". The cost will be $15 members / $25 non-members / $5 students. I've gotten a special guest speaker to agree to come and present: Mike McNally of the local direct marketing firm Genesis Direct will be revealing hidden secrets that are used by Direct Marketing firms to get you to open their mail. I'll also be presenting a detailed overview of how to build an that will get results! Space for this event is filling up fast -- I've already got 11 people registered and we have not yet started our big marketing push. If anyone is interested in attending, then sign up now! Please let Al know that I will be serving some nice food at this event -- IEEE HQ is giving me money to do this meeting right!