IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 21AUG 2008

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Meetings

We have program information available for those meetings that are in bold, below. For details and reservation information, go to http://www.ieee-kc.org and click on the Meetings link.

  • SWMO Subsection: 1st Tuesday of Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Mar, April, May.
    See the meetings page for details on those meetings.
     
  • September Dinner Meeting. Thursday, September 18, 2008.
    Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter. Program has changed. Rich Marshall, P.E., will present "It's About Time." This is a discussion of computing systems that require clock synchronization and the technology by which it is achieved.

    Computer Society and Section officer elections will be held at this time, also.

    This falls on the third Thursday, because the 2nd one is September 11.
     
  • November Dinner Meeting. Thursday, November 13, 2008.
    Sponsored by PES. Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (PHEVs). The presenter is Bob DeVault, Strategic Planning, Energy and Transportation Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. PES officer elections will be held at this time, also.
     
  • December Dinner Meeting. Thursday, December 11, 2008.
    Sponsored by the Consultants Network. Dr. Tom Van Doren from the Missouri University of Science & Technology Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory. (Yes, that Dr. Van Doren).
     
  • March Dinner Meeting. Thursday, March 12, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Computer Society. Mobile Security. Speaker pending.
     

Meetings with no program information, yet:

  • October Dinner Meeting. October 9, 2008. Sponsored by the Communications Society. No Info. Contact Narayanabhatla.Shiva @ mail.sprint.com

  • January 2009 Dinner Meeting.

  • February 2009 Dinner Meeting.
 

Section Election

These are the nominations for the 2008 elections of the 2009 Section officers. Election will be held at the September dinner meeting.

  • Chair: David Kasper

  • Vice Chair: Vishwa Soni

  • Treasurer: Jorge Marquez

  • Secretary: Plamen Doynov

Developing Management and Leadership Skills 

LeaderPoint, an approved IEEE Education Partner, offers a discount to members on their simulation-based management and leadership development sessions held in Kansas City. The next “Executive Experience” sessions are September 15-19, 2008 and October 20-24, 2008.  Please click on the link for more information:   http://www.leaderpoint.biz/ieee.htm

Send Us Your News

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News pertaining to individual IEEE members of all grades, including students:

  • Obituaries
  • Awards, promotions, appointments, honors
  • Notable achievements
  • "Looking for work"--send a paragraph explaining what you do and how to reach you.

News to benefit other members

  • Technical seminars that are open to Section members
  • New courses
  • Job openings
    •

There is no "deadline." Just send information as you get it, and the Publications Officer will add it to the next eNL (if the item is appropriate and if space permits--and space nearly always permits).
 

Thought for the Day

Leading by example is important, but so is following by example.

 

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