The KC Section EXCOM held their monthly meeting on 9 August 2004. The Telephone Conference Meeting started at 12:00 Noon and lasted until 12:30 PM. The last valid EXCOM meeting was held on 3 May 2004. The June EXCOM meeting resulted in a Telephone Conference Discussion as not enough voting EXCOM members joined to make a quorum. The July EXCOM meeting was cancelled by the Chair.

• The Voting EXCOM Members participating on 9 Aug 04, were Atchinson, Taimur, Granville, Richardson (2 Votes), Ritter, Rummer, Siddiqi, and Talley for Khoi.
• There were no Non-Voting EXCOM Members participating.

1. The minutes from the 3 May 04 EXCOM were approved by E-Mail vote on 14 May 04. Of the 11 possible votes, seven votes were cast to approve the minutes with minor changes, which were made. Atchinson, Ellahi, Granville, Richardson (2), Ritter, and Rummer were the members that voted. 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 participated in various meetings: Deborah Dilks, Dave Kasper, Mark Lamendola, and Bill Ritter. Bill Ritter will also attended 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, attended the meeting. Bill Ritter provided transportation from the IEEE Board Series Meeting, which she was also attending.
3. Taimur Ellahi – Status of website review committee: Taimur provided the EXCOM with information indicating that changes were being discussed and implemented and that the committee does not need to get involved, as Mark Lamendola (Webmaster) is working very closely with those who are suggesting changes and appropriate changes are being made. The Committee will be placed in an inactive status at this time.
4. A tour of the UMKC Linda Hall Library was held on 10 Jul 04. It was a successful event. Fifteen people meet for lunch prior to the tour and Twenty-Five people were on the tour. Those attending thanked the section for sponsoring the tour.
5. 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 put on a temporary hold unless someone else will take it over.

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. Dawn Van Dee – Status of Nomination Committee for 2005. The following individuals are the members of the 2005 Nominations Committee.

• 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

The 2005 IEEE KC Officer Nomination Slate is as follows:

• Section Chair: Bill Ritter
• Section V-Chair: Dick Hodgman
• Section Secretary: Imran Pishori
• Section Treasurer: Taimur Ellahi
• Communication Society Chapter Chair: Michael Talley
• Computer Society Chapter: Alan Richardson
• Power Engineering Society Chapter Chair: Taimur Ellahi
• Consultants Network Affinity Group Chair: Fred Granville
• Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Affinity Group Chair: Alan Richardson  

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