IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 23 May 2007
In this issue:
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June Dinner Meeting
- October Dinner Meeting
- 2007 Teacher In Service Program
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- Looking for Member News
- Thought for the Day
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1. June Dinner Meeting
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Sponsored by the Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter
Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)
- Cobb Salad. Crisp Romaine Striped With Grilled Chicken, Avocado,
Tomato, Green Onion, Boiled Egg and Bleu Cheese
- Vegetarian option: Cobb salad without grilled chicken
- Gluten-free option: Same as entrée
Program: The Gordian Knot of The Grid: FERC, NERC, ERO, RRO,
RTO, and hosts of others. How in the world does something this
complicated actually work so that our lights stay on? Come to the June
meeting and find out.
Don Taylor, Director of System Planning at Westar Energy, Inc. in
Topeka, will try to provide illumination to the inner workings of the
whole grid. Don Taylor graduated with BSEE in 1973 from UMR. After
attending graduate school, he worked at Burns & McDonnell in a variety
of positions for 8 years before joining the Kansas Power and Light
Company in 1981. Don has worked in system planning Westar Energy for 26
years and serves as their representative to the Southwest Power Pool
Transmission Working Group, Generation Interconnection Task Force, and
Base Plan Guidelines Task Force.
Location: 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.
Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 7:30 - 8:30PM
Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15.
No charge for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount, if you register
by the deadline.
Dinner reservation deadline is noon on June 18.
The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage
options:
- House Wine $4.00
- Domestic Beer $3.50
- Imported Beer $4.00
- Bottled Water $2.50
- Soft Drinks $2.00
Register: june @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.
Each meeting provides one hour of
professional development.
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2. October Meeting
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter
Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)
- Seasoned corn tortilla enchiladas served with Spanish rice and
refried beans
- Vegetarian option: Vegetable Quesadilla with grilled vegetables,
Queso fresco, roasted corn, tomatoes and black beans
- Gluten-free option: same as entrée
Program: Travis Bliss, Visionpace,
www.visionpace.com, will speak
on IT Infrastructure. Visionpace is a software development company and Microsoft Certified
Partner based in Kansas City, Missouri. Since 1992, VisionPace has
provided nationwide consulting, coaching, and training services using
Microsoft technologies.
More details to follow--stay tuned!
Location: 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.
Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 7:30 - 8:30PM
Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15.
No charge for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount, if you register
by the deadline.
Dinner reservation deadline is noon on October 15.
The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage
options:
- House Wine $4.00
- Domestic Beer $3.50
- Imported Beer $4.00
- Bottled Water $2.50
- Soft Drinks $2.00
Register: october @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.
Each meeting provides one hour of
professional development.
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** NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED FOR UNPAID RESERVATIONS. **
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3. Teacher In Service Program
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Started in 2001, TISP features IEEE volunteers developing and
presenting technologically oriented subject matter to educators in a
professional development or “in-service” setting. In the last several years,
IEEE volunteers have made more than 50 presentations to over 1200 pre-university
educators within the United States, Asia and Africa.
These educators reach over 130,000 students!
Now you can be a TISP Champion! The IEEE Educational Activities
Department Region 5 and the Dallas Section are hosting a TISP Training Workshop:
July 13-14, 2007, at the Marriott DFW
North Hotel in Dallas, TX.
The workshop will cover how to organize volunteers for TISP and
how to bring the program to teachers in your local schools and school districts.
Thanks to the support of IEEE USA, the event is free for all IEEE members!
(there will be a $75 fee for non-IEEE members). IEEE will reimburse members for
any travel-related expenses.
**Funding is also available to cover the cost of supplies and
materials needed for your presentation to educators.**
To register for the workshop, visit:
h ttp://www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/tispdallas.html |
4. Looking for member news
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The Website and eNL are Section publications. The IEEE Kansas City Section
exists to serve the local membership and the publications exist to communicate
to that membership. An unfortunate trend has emerged: These publications often
don't have much to communicate other than dinner meeting information.
Presumably, our members do more than attend dinner meetings.
If you have information on other activities of interest to a specific IEEE
Society or the Kansas City Section membership as a whole, please send that to
the Publications Officer (writer @ ieee.org). Note: There is no "deadline."
Just send information as you get it, and the Pubs Officer will add it to the
next eNL (if the item is appropriate and if space permits--and space nearly
always permits). |
5. Thought for the Day
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Preparation prevents problems. |
Wishing you the best,
Mark Lamendola
IEEE-KC Publications Officer
writer @ ieee.org |
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