The KC Section EXCOM Meeting that was scheduled for 12 noon on 7 June 2004, did not have sufficient voting EXCOM members present to conduct official business.

• The Voting EXCOM Members participating were Atchinson, Granville, Lamendola (for Dale Rummer), and Ritter. Ellahi and Siddiqi were on vacation.
• The Non-Voting EXCOM Members participating were Kasper and Winzer.
• The EXCOM Telephone Conference Call resulted in a discussion meeting due to a lack of voting members present.

1. The minutes from the 3 May 04 EXCOM were approved by E-Mail vote on 14 May 04. Of the 11 possible votes, six votes were cast to approve the minutes with minor changes, which were made. Atchinson, Ellahi, Granville, Marte, Richardson (2), Ritter, and Rummer were the members that voted. Granville, Marte, Nguyen, Siddiqi, and Van Dee did not reply to the vote request. Dilks and Lamendola also voiced their approval of the minutes with minor corrections. Comments from the non-voting EXCOM members are appreciated. We were lucky in getting them approved, as six is the minimum number required to approve them. The Chair requests that ALL EXCOM Voting Members respond in the future.
2. Old Business:

1. IEEE Board Series Meeting June 15-20, 2004. The following individuals have indicated an interest in attending. Deborah Dilks (UMKC), Dave Kasper, Mark Lamendola, and Bill Ritter, are expected to attend various portions of the meeting. Bill Ritter will also attend the Award Ceremony the evening of 19 June 04.
2. June 17, 2004, Communications Society Chapter Dinner meeting: Ms. Celia L. Desmond, President World Class – Telecommunications, 2002-2003 President Communications Society (international), and 2000-2001 President IEEE Canada, will attend. Bill Ritter will provide transportation from the IEEE Board Series Meeting, which she is also attending.
3. Dawn Van Dee – Status of Nomination Committee for 2005. Names of committee members should have been provided at the May 6 dinner meeting.

Dawn provided the following list of people that will be assisting her during the 2005 Nominations.

Brandon Quijada - bquijada@burnsmcd.com - 816-333-9400 ext. 2677

Alan Groll - agroll@burnsmcd.com - 816-822-3390

David Hanks - dhanks@burnsmcd.com - 816-333-9400 ext. 2662

4. Taimur Ellahi was on vacation and Mark Lamendola and Fred Granville both stated that the Website committee was very slow in getting going, but that some exchanges of information have cleared up a lot of doubts and apprehensions concerning the purpose of the .
5. A tour of the UMKC Linda Hall Library is being planned for sometime in July.
6. Bill Ritter has reviewed the kcieee-notify@majordomo.ieee.org directory of EXCOM members. An updated list of EXCOM Members and interested members is ready to be uploaded, but there are some administrator problems – Namely Bill is not the identified administrator and he has had problems communication with the administrator on record. This will be resolved ASAP.

3. New Business:

1. Booma Venkataraman has volunteered to take Chris Zugelders place as the Student Activities Committee Chair. Chris had previously volunteered to be the PACE V-Chair.
2. Another IEEE Member is deciding if they will accept the position of Industry Relations Chair.
3. Dave Kasper is requesting help in discussing his plans for the upcoming Engineer Week Conference in February 2005 - Engineers in the Life Sciences. He would like to discuss the matrix, which I have attached at the end of this agenda.
4. Telephone Conference Call Procedures – 7 June 04, 12:00-01:00 PM

1. Local access phone number is: (816) 650-0799
1. Members in the KC area use this number, the cost is much to use the local number rather than the toll free number
2. Toll free phone number is: (888) 2-TALK-2U or (888) 282-5528
3. Please call the local number if it is a free call from your location. This is a Kansas City, Missouri local number.
4. Participant access code: ATM98 (enter this code when prompted)
5. You will hear music until the KC Section Chair initiates the conference. The conference will end when the KC Section Chair hangs up.

William (Bill) T. Ritter
2004 Kansas City Section Chair
IEEE Region 5
w.ritter@ieee.org
785-478-0215 (H)
785-249-3311 (C)