TELECONFERENCE MEETING

1. The Minutes from the April 4th, 2005 EXCOM were approved by E-Mail. Of the 13 possible votes, 7 votes were cast to approve the minutes. An excel sheet of the votes is attached. The following EXCOM Voting Members were present during the teleconference; Ellahi (2 votes), Granville, Hodgman, Kasper, Pishori, Rummer, & Vollmar. The following Voting Members were not present for the Teleconference Richardson (2 votes), Talley, and Van Dee. Again, the Chair requests that ALL EXCOM Voting Members respond to EXCOM business needs and encourages all non-voting EXCOM members to participate to their fullest capability.

As discussed last week, EXCOM members who do not attend meetings still need to approve or dis-approve minutes and get feedback to the secretary (Imran Pishori).

2. Old Business:

A. Chairs of Chapters and Affinity Groups need to provide the Section Chair, Section Secretary, and Section Webmaster with a list of the officers and their contact information ASAP. I still have not heard from all the groups. Here is my new list:

1. Communications Society Chapter – Received all information I need. Mike Talley will act as Treasurer. Action: Mark Lamendola added Mike Talley as Treasurer.

2. Computer Society Chapter only has a Chair and Vice Chair * Needs a full slate of Officers Action: Dale Rummer will act as Treasurer and Secretary for the balance of 2005.

3. Power Engineering Society Chapter – Taimur Ellahi responded. Taimur will take on additional responsibilities of treasurer. Action: Mark Lamendola added Taimur Ellahi as Treasurer.

4. Consultants Network is fine * They have identified a full slate of officers

5. GOLD Affinity Group is not on the website at all - Needs a full slate of Officers

Action: Bill Ritter suggested that Alan Richardson start contacting GOLD eligible individuals to fill the positions.

B. KC Section by Laws needs to be updated to include changes resulting from activation the Southwest Missouri Subsection. (Responsibility * Imran Pishori)

Action: Bill Ritter and Imran Pishori will get together in the future to discuss this.

C. Dave Kasper will work out the details for the Linda Library Tour, scheduled for this fall.

Discussion: October or early November is the tentative time frame. The tour will not be held on October 14-17th, 2005 due to the Section Congress meeting at the same time.

D. Any new developments regarding the food at the Wyndam hotel?

Discussion: Bill Ritter contacted Stacy Terryl at the Wyndham and the Wyndham is interested in working with the IEEE Section to resolve meal issues. The Unit host (Section, Chapter, or Infinity Group) can pick 2 meal choices from the approved contracted meal list, but the Unit Host will then have to provide the Wyndham mean counts for both meals and the Unit Host will have to provide identification slips for the member to put at their seat at the table to be served properly. Taimur Ellahi will provide Bill Ritter with a list of foods that would be acceptable to the members that have religious needs to satisfy. Debby Dilks will provide Bill Ritter with a list of foods that she is allowed to eat. It is hoped that the Wyndham can provide varied meals for these special needs. Fred Granville will start the multiple meal choice dinners in June, when the Consultants Network is the Unit Host. He has had experience with this type of meal. Bill Ritter will e-mail Fred a list of the meal choices.

3. New Business:

A. Need to prepare Issues to be taken to Section Congress in Oct O5. These issues are what, if fixed, will make the IEEE better; will improve member retention, etc. Think about what you wish IEEE would do and then we need to discuss it at the May 2nd meeting. Deadline for submitting Issues to R5 is May 13, so we need to get busy.

Action: Bill Ritter is still accepting ideas for issues to be submitted to R5. EXCOM members discussed the issues thus far that Bill has collected and all are viable issues. Issue #1 regarding spelling errors may be omitted since it does not directly effect IEEE and the technical papers submitted.

B. Training for the KC Section is scheduled for May 21st, 2005. Location and time will be determined by Dick Hodgman. Everyone is VERY much encouraged to attend this meeting. Please put this on your calendar now!

Discussion: The location for the meeting will be at KC Masterpiece in the Plaza. The date is still May 21st and the time is 11:00am-3:00pm. We will have a conference room that will hold 18 people.

C. Need to finalize all Chapter and Affinity Group Officer’s.

Action: already discussed in Old Business.

D. Discuss PACE 2006 E-week Conference. Need David Kasper to attend the telephone conference call and provide latest information concerning the upcoming conference in 2006.

Other Item discussed not on the agenda:

There will be a 2006 IEEE Engineer’s Week Conference here in Kansas City and “Standards in Engineering” will be the Theme. Please send an email to Dave Kasper if you have any ideas. Dale Rummer suggested some one from Linda Hall make a presentation on their "Standards Collection" as one speaker for the program.

4. Telephone Conference Call - This EXCOM Meeting will be by Telephone Conference.

The Procedures for the conference call on May 2nd, 2005, 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM is as follows:

A. Local access phone number is: (816) 650-0799

If you join the conference call from the KC area, please use the this number listed above - Local Call - Less cost - This is a Kansas City, Missouri local number.

If you join the conference call from a location outside the KC area you can use the toll free number shown below.

B. Toll free phone number is: (888) 2-TALK-2U or (888) 282-5528

C. Participant access code: ATM98 (enter this code when prompted)

D. You will hear music until the KC Section Chair initiates the conference. The conference will end when the KC Section Chair hangs up.

The next Section EXCOM meeting is scheduled 12 Noon to 1 PM on Monday June 6th, 05. This will be a Telephone Conference EXCOM Meeting.

Imran Pishori
IEEE Kansas City Section Secretary
ipishori@ burnsmcd.com
816-333-9400 ext. 2448

William (Bill) T. Ritter
2005 Kansas City Section Chair IEEE Region 5
w.ritter@ ieee.org
785-478-0215 (H)
785-249-3311 (C)