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We have contracted with Scott Dolash to provide a one-hour workshop on resume preparation. To reserve your spot now, simply write to: workshop@ieee-kc.org. If you have already made your reservation, you do not need to register again.
Mr. Dolash's emphasis will be on the online resume, but he will also cover some related issues. IEEE members who are unemployed can attend this at no charge--the Section is picking up Mr. Dolash's fee. IEEE members who are unemployed and do attend this session are guests of the Section for the dinner meeting that follows. We are capping attendance at 30 people. If you live outside the KC area and wish to attend, please understand these facts:
Just as the October meeting had a door prize (a very nice PDA), we may have a door prize for the December meeting. The only way to find out is to be there!
Topic: Wages and AwardsLocation: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435
& Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Ph: (913) 383-2550.
Dir: Exit I-435 Metcalf Ave N. Go 1/4 km to 107th St. Turn
right. Take immed. right @ BP. Go 100 meters; hotel is on your left.
Speakers:
The program won't take long. Two people will give short presentations.
Times: No-Host Social Hour:
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Presentation: 7:30 - 8:30 PM (or sooner)
Meal: Cod
Charge: Dinner $20/18* for members & guests, students $12/10*. No charge
for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount.
To register, send your name to dinner@ieee-kc.org
BAMnet continues to sponsor the IEEE KC Section, as well as provide an excellent service. They have recently upgraded their service with more options. Check them out at www.bamnet.com
BAMnet offers something many of us have long been waiting for. If you have a speedy broadband connection, you’d probably like to provide what's missing from a cable or DSL connection: portability and backup. BAMnet provides both.
Their main service (www.bamnet.com) provides the "backup" aspect. All you do is dial the 800-number and 6.5 cents per minute is charged to your local phone bill. No user name. No signup. No monthly fee.
They also offer "portability." Their travel service (travel.bamnet.com) is for hotel guests, consultants, field engineers, and anyone else on the road. This does require signup and there are two ways to pay; either "prepay" with a credit card or (like the other service) have the charges go on your home or business local phone bill.
How does this benefit you? Let's say you only take a few trips a year, but want the ability to check your e-mail. You could pay $21.95 every month for a national ISP, and get stung for $263 a year just to use it a few times--and have the hassle of trying to figure out which local access number to use. Suppose you need 15 minutes of e-mail access 10 times a year while traveling or when your broadband connection is down. That's 150 minutes. Using the national ISP, you'd essentially be paying $1.75 a minute. With BAMnet, you pay only $.065 a minute, for a grand total of $9.75.
So, do the math. Then, check out www.bamnet.com or www.travel.bamnet.com.
This is well under-way, thanks in large part to Section Vice-Chair Elect Dawn VanDee.
Judging will take place in only a few weeks--this is exciting, and we are looking forward to sending our students on to win at the Region level.
Students: Now is the time to contact IEEE-KC Webmaster for coaching.
For the rules, see http://www.ieee-kc.org/students/contest_paper.htm
For the prizes, see http://www.ieee-kc.org/students/contest_paper_incent.htm
While no single technology promises to cure our energy crisis, Distributed Generation promises to bring relief to locations that don't have a heavy generation or T&D infrastructure. Adding generation incrementally also overcomes problems of scale (if you don't think building power plants is expensive, trust me--I worked in them for seven years--it's very expensive).
Find out about this emerging technology, the promise it holds, and how it will affect you. Whether you are a designer or an end-user, you will want to know about this.
Details are at http://www.ieee-kc.org/dg/index.htm and we will have more information as the conference dates draw closer. For now, please mark your calendar for February 2002, the 20th through the 22nd.
Are you, as Tom Peters asks, "resume-ing?" If you can't build your resume by taking on certain kinds of projects at work, branch out. You can always make your mark in the IEEE. We've had record or near-record layoffs every year for the past dozen years. Your financial security depends on your ability to market your value to your company's bottom line. Purposely targeting resume-building activities is one step on that never-ending journey. Keep in mind, layoffs often wear a blindfold--your habit of resume-ing can pay off in the aftermath. If you don't have this habit, begin today.
-- Mark Lamendola, e-NL editor and 2001 Past Chair