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Thursday, January 19, 2006 Sponsored by the Consultants Network, Kansas City Chapter Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)
Program: Glenn Crocker will present "Google Through the Ages." In their short corporate life, Google has already changed the Web and the world in substantial ways. Mr. Crocker will talk about some of the history of Google, their market valuation, and what technologies they offer today. He will offer insight into where Google may be taking the software industry in the future. Will your everyday word processor be Web-based and advertiser-paid someday? Topics covered will include: Search engines, bid-based advertising, AJAX, and server-to-server communications. Glenn Crocker is Owner and Principal Consultant at Netmud, LLC, based in Overland Park. He started writing software for the Internet in 1989 and for the Web in 1994. He spent 7 years in Silicon Valley as an early Internet entrepreneur and software developer. Today, his company offers innovative technical solutions to marketing challenges for small businesses nationwide. http://www.netmud.com. Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf
Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15.
No charge for presentation. The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage options:
Register: january @ ieee-kc.org. Each meeting provides one hour of professional development. ***************************************************************** ** NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED FOR UNPAID RESERVATIONS. ** ***************************************************************** |
| Feb 16. Dinner meeting sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter. For program information, contact Alan Richardson at arichardson @ kc.rr.com (remove the spaces to make that e-mail address work). |
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Thursday, March 16, 2006 Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)
Program: The presentation will cover the problems with power quality that are encountered in the power industry. Discussion will focus on the many ways that power quality problems can be solved, and the pro's and con's of these solutions. The presentation will include case studies where these solutions have been successfully implemented. Presenter: Tony Andrews, Application Director-Power Quality Solutions, S&C Electric. Tony came to S&C from American Power Conversion where he spent over 10 years in various marketing, sales and technical roles. Tony has a degree from Arizona State University in Industrial Technology, with a focus on Aeronautical Technology. He spent over 10 years as a Naval Flight Officer on board the USS Coral Sea flying in the Grumman E2-C Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning platform. Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf
Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15.
No charge for presentation. The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage options:
Register: march @ ieee-kc.org. Each meeting provides one hour of professional development. ***************************************************************** ** NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED FOR UNPAID RESERVATIONS. ** ***************************************************************** |
| Apr 20. Dinner meeting sponsored by the Communications Society, Kansas City Chapter. For program information, contact Michael Talley at Michael.A.Talley @mail.sprint.com |
5. May Banquet
| May 18. Sponsored by the Section. For program information, contact Ken Vollmar at Ken.Vollmar @ieee.org. |
6. New Senior Member
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Congratulations to Eric Davis, for having achieved elevation
to Senior Member. If you want the benefits of Senior Member status, click the Membership link at www.ieee.org. |
7. Role of an Officer
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What is a Society Chapter Treasurer? Randy Schmisny, who has held multiple Chair and Treasurer roles, recently remarked to the EXCOM that this key position is a good test of a person's ability to handle the position of Chair. As you might guess, the Society Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society's finances. It's not, however, a "green eyeshade" role. There's more to it than that. The Treasurer is in a perfect position to build strong relationships with other officers. For someone seeking to build meaningful career references, it's hard to beat a year or two as Treasurer. In some organizations, the Treasurer does not write checks, keep the books, or handle other administrative duties related to finances (a controller does)--the Treasurer handles the executive end of things only. In the Kansas City Chapters of Societies, the Treasurer does it all. There's been some discussion as to whether the Treasurer is the "third in command" or the Secretary is. This is a moot issue when a Society Chair appoints a Secretary/Treasurer. The majority of current thinking is that the Treasurer is senior to the Secretary. The Treasurer may--in the place of the Society Chair--preside over functions, represent the Society, or be the Chair's designate to attend Sections Congress or some other event. As a voting member of the Executive Committee, the Treasurer can play a key role in Section governance. The Treasurer can choose to remain mostly silent, or flex some leadership muscles. Someone wanting to build a track record of working with people and getting things done would be hard-pressed to find a better volunteer position. A key function of the Treasurer is (along with the Secretary) preparing the Society's part of the annual report to IEEE headquarters. When this report is delivered properly and on time, the Section gets a significant bonus payment from IEEE. From the IEEE Region 5 Officer Training Manual, we see the this for the Section Treasurer and can extrapolate from that the relevant duties of the Society Treasurer: *** Function: Financial manager of the Section. Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Transfers financial records at start of year. Authority: Approval of disbursement in accordance with Section bylaws. Relationship: Reports to the Section Chair. [Editor's note: Society Treasurer reports to Society Chair]. Reports: Prepares annual Section financial report (Form L-50) for submission to IEEE Operations Center at first of every year. [Editor's note: Society Treasurer prepares Societies part of the Annual Section report--basically supplying data to the Section Treasurer]. |
| The time for making New Year's Resolutions is rapidly approaching. If you are making any such resolutions, are you going to make ones that are measurable, achievable, and meaningful? |
| Wishing you the best, Mark Lamendola IEEE-KC Publications Officer |
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