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Meeting Calendar

Unless specifically stated, meetings have no program other than discussion of future activities in Santa Barbara County.  Meetings are generally the first Monday following the second Saturday of the month. 

Members in the Santa Barbara County according to their preferred IEEE mailing address will be notified of Santa Barbara activities via the IEEE e-Notice service.  Anyone intending to come to these meetings should check back to this web site (http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/central_coast/SantaBarbara.htm) for last minute changes.  Further, when changes are made at the last minute, they may only appear at http://members.cox.net/wingineering/SantaBarbara.htm due to difficulties coordinating changes to the official site.
 

November Meetings

• November 13, 2004, 9:00--3:00 p.m., Los Angeles Council Operating Committee Meeting, TBD.  For further information and car pooling, contact w.whipple@ieee.org .

• IEEE Central Coast Meeting in Goleta (Cancelled)

• Date:  November 15, 2004

• Time:    6:00 p.m.

December Meetings

• December 11, 2004, 9:00--3:00 p.m., Los Angeles Council Operating Committee Meeting, TBD.  For further information and car pooling, contact w.whipple@ieee.org .

• IEEE Central Coast Meeting in Goleta (Cancelled)

• Time:  6:00 p.m.

• Date:  Monday, December 13, 2004

IEEE Central Coast Section Leadership in Santa Barbara

Volunteer leaders are needed for the IEEE Central Coast Section, particularly from the large number of members in Santa Barbara.  Appointments are now being made from Santa Barbara for openings on the Section Executive Committee or one of it's committees.  These leaders will participate in decisions for the section as a whole with special responsibilities in Santa Barbara.  Among those sought are:

• Program Chair.  Organizes programs and speakers for meetings.

• Newsletter editor including web pages and electronic notifications.  No experience necessary other than ability to write in English.

• Facilities Coordinator.  Will arrange meeting rooms for regular Santa Barbara meetings.  Familiar with meeting venues would be helpful.

• Graduates of the Last Decade Chair.  Communicates with and arranges meetings for those within 10 years of the bachelor's degree.

• Membership Development Chair.  Responsible for acquiring new members and upgrading existing members. Senior or fellow membership preferred but not required.

• Professional Activities for Santa Barbara.  Assists Section Professional Activities Chair in Santa Barbara.

• Awards Chair.  Senior or fellow membership preferred along with experience in section leadership.  Makes nominations for IEEE awards at all levels.

Current officers from the Santa Barbara area are:

• Walt Whipple, Member-at-Large for Santa Barbara, w.whipple@ieee.org

• Jin Zhang, Student Activities Chair, jzhang@umail.ucsb.edu

• Clarita Poon, UCSB Student Liaison, clarita_poon@msn.com

Please contact Walt Whipple at w.whipple@ieee.org or Taufik at taufik@calpoly.edu if you have any interest in these appointments.  Or attend a leadership meeting.

UCSB Student Branch

Officers:

Committee chairs

For further information, please contact one of the student officers or the following:

•  Prof. Forrest Brewer, Faculty Advisor, at forrest@ece.ucsb.edu

• Clarita Poon,  UCSB Student liaison, at clarita_poon@msn.com

• Jin Zhang, Publicity Chair, at  jzhang@umail.ucsb.edu

• Walt Whipple, Member-at-Large for Santa Barbara, at w.whipple@ieee.org.  

IEEE member communications

Increasingly, IEEE units have abandoned mailed newsletters due to the cost and labor involved in producing one.  Instead, communication with members and volunteers is done by e-mail.  This is true of Central Coast Section and Los Angeles Council as well as for Central Coast Section activities in Santa Barbara.  All of this e-mail relies upon email addresses provided by members in their membership record at IEEE national headquarters.

However, about 20% of the membership has not supplied an email address in their membership record.  These members do not receive notices of meetings and other events sponsored by sections and chapters.  This is easily corrected by the member on-line at http://services1.ieee.org/membersvc/coa/intro.htm.  An IEEE web account will be required and may be obtained by following links from that location.

This information was published in the Los Angeles Council July/August Bulletin sent by mail to all members.

¾Walt Whipple

Send mail to w.whipple@ieee.org with questions or comments about the content of this page.

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