IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 06 AUG 2009

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KC Section and Chapter Meetings

For details and reservation information, go to www.ieee-kc.org and click on the Meetings link.
 
August Dinner Meeting. Thursday, August 13, 2009.
Sponsored by the Joint Power Engineering Society and Industrial Applications Society Chapter of Kansas City.
Geomagnetic Induced Currents (GICs). Presented by Mike Kelly, University of Missouri, Kansas City
 
  • September Dinner Meeting. Thursday, September 10, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Computer Society, Kansas City Chapter.
    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.
     
  • October Dinner Meeting. Thursday, October 8, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter.
    Smart Prosthetics.
     
  • November Dinner Meeting. Thursday, November 12, 2009.
    Aerospace & Electronics Systems Society, Kansas City Chapter.
     Carl Leuschen will present Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets.
     
  • December Dinner Meeting. Thursday, December 10, 2009.
    Sponsored by the Communications Society, Kansas City Chapter.
    Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Frequency Spectrum Management, Engineering, Issues, and Case Studies.
    Mark Gallant, FAA Spectrum Support Manager
    Mike Bowers, FAA Frequency Management Officer

Sections Congress Update
Over 1,000 people attended IEEE Sections Congress 2008 (SC08) in Quebec City, Canada.  A major objective of this event was to obtain feedback from the IEEE Members through their Section delegates and to follow up on the priorities identified.  The top ten SC08 recommendations have been presented to the IEEE Board of Directors and the MGA Board has agreed to take ownership of the recommendations.

An MGA Board member has been assigned the responsibility of working with other IEEE organizational unit(s) in providing a response to each recommendation.   These recommendations focus on the following areas:

  • Improving the Benefits of Membership.
  • Increasing Membership.
  • Improving the Growth and Development of Members.
  • Improving IEEE Business/Financial Operations.
  • Enhancing IT Operations.
A progress report on each of the recommendations is available on the IEEE Sections Congress site.

 

Thought for the Day
Which has a higher cost, failure or success?

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