R5 February Newsletter
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The Region 5 Community Connector Newsletter Promoting activities, information, and news to the membership |
February 2024
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Membership Contacts: |
Hunter J Boudreaux – East Area Chair
Prasenjit Shil– North Area Chair
Joe Redfield– South Area Chair
Faye Kann– West Area Chair
R5 EXCOM Roster can be viewed here: https://rosters.ieee.org/home.html
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R5 2023 EXCOM Meetings |
- IEEE Region 5 2023 Winter EXCOM Meeting and Audit Committee Meetings: The meeting was held on Friday Jan 27 – Sunday Jan 29, 2023 at Courtyard Marriott Springfield Airport, 3527 W Kearney Street, Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65803.ExCOM recommended Christopher Sanderson and Kenneth Rice for the R5 Director-Elect Candidates. There could still be a petition candidate, thus, this is not the final candidates slate for the Director-Elect position.
- 2023 Region 5 Annual Meeting and Student Competitions was held on Friday April 21,22 & 23 at the Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center, 13200 E. 14th, Aurora, CO 80011. More meeting details and highlight coming soon.
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Region 5 Fall ExCom Meeting: Region 5 held their annual fall Executive Committee meeting in San Antonio, TX from October 13-15, 2023, in partnership with Southwest Research Institute and Lone Star Section. The group met to review 2023 activities and strategic planning for 2024-25 activities. The student branch members from the University of Texas at San Antonio presented during the lunch hour about their 2023-24 activities. Garrett Hall who is the student advisor was in attendance.
San Antonio Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia provided very timely remarks on STEM activities for youth and job growth in her district which adjoins Southwest Research Institute. IEEE was pleased to have her join us on Friday and share future strategies.
Starting from the left is Bill Wylie, Larry Larson, John Reinert, Clif Denny, Walt Downing, R5 Director 2022-2023 Bob Becnel, San Antonio Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia, Nils Smith, Jose Navarro, R5 Director 2024-25 Matt Francis, Kai Wong, Don Dunn, Faye Kann, Jim Sipes and with Hunter Bordeaux and Case Kirk in front.
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R5 2023 Committee |
- Treasurer: Paul Cassingham / William L Wylie
- Audit Committee Chair, 4th Year: William Wylie (North) Billwylie@ieee.org
- Audit Committee, 3rd Year: Silke Spiesshoefer (East) Silke_Spiesshoefer@ieee.org
- Audit Committee, 2nd Year: Ernest X Njouondo (South) njouondo@ieee.org
- Audit Committee, 1st Year: Patterson, Tristan Hunter (West) tristanpatterson10@hotmail.com
| 2023 Sections Congress Follow-up |
Region 5 Attendees for Sections Congress 2023
First Row: Mohamed Morsy, Ernest Njouondo, Morgan Kiani, Prasenjit Shil, Kenny Rice, Cara Rice, Fawzi Behmann, Ashwini Gokhale, Raja Vysyaraju, Colleen Bailey, Faye Kann. Second Row: Abdelnasser Eldek, Braden Padgett, Anicet Tagni, Matt Francis, Bob Scolli, Gene Freeman, Travis Broussard, Robert Walker, Virgilio Gonzalez, MS Kumaran Third Row: John Reinert, David Hanson, Damien Burbage, Robert Huck, Eric Meier, Hunter Boudreaux, Argenis Bilboa, Italo Bett Fourth Row: Kris Waage, Amardeep Kaur, Tim Gilmour, Andrew Bluiett, Larry Larson, Jeff Hardy, Garrett Hall, Art Depoian Back Row: Bob Becnel, Christoper Sanderson, Maciej Zwodniock, Paul Minor, John Watkins, Lawrence Hall
Happy New Year!
To send you a reminder and souvenir of Sections Congress 2023 I’ve attached the Region 5 Photo taken at Sections Congress with everyone in the picture identified. I hope you enjoy this reminder of our inspirational time together in Ottawa.
And while we’re on the subject of Sections Congress (you knew I’d get around to this!) I hope you’ve taken what you learned from Sections Congress and have made plans to move that knowledge forward in your Sections with exciting new activities for 2024.
Your Region 5 Area Chairs are always willing and able to help you with activity implementation If you haven’t yet had the chance to talk with your new 2024-2025 Area Chairs here’s the list:
East Area: Hunter Boudreaux, hunter.boudreaux@gmail.com
North Area: Prasenjit Shil, Prasenjit.shil@gmail.com
South Area: Joe Redfield, j.redfield@ieee.org
West Area: Faye Kann, faye.kann@midco.net
Make plans today!
John Reinert 2023 Region 5 Sections Congress Coordinator j.reinert@ieee.org
| Community Outreach |
Project Self-Sufficiency (PSS)
Project Self-Sufficiency (PSS) evolved from the efforts of a countywide task force in 1985 to coordinate and expand services for low-income, single-parent families. One of the most promising pathways out of poverty includes access to higher education. Today, our local programs are offered to 105 families concurrently. PSS breaks new ground with single-parent families to access their self-power. PSS provides educational and career empowerment through 1:1 coaching, goal reinforcement, and significant support helping single parents cut through the stress and barriers to their success to self-power their completely new life.
PSS receives donated laptops & computers from banks, hospitals, and local commercial businesses. We refurbish those donations for participants’ academic use by installing current Windows operating systems, and applications and performing performance testing.
Volunteering at PSS is an excellent way to give back to your local community. For Members and Student Members, the commitment would be about 4 hours a week,
Right now, there is an immediate need in the Weld and Larimer County area of Northern Colorado, but there may also be a need in your immediate area.
If you live in the Northern Colorado area and are interested in volunteering,
please contact: Diane Glessner, Project Self Sufficiency, IT volunteer dianelee.glessner@gmail.com
| Membership Development |
Have you renewed your IEEE membership for 2024?
It is easy to forget and easy to put off. If you haven’t renewed your IEEE membership, or don’t know if you have, go to your IEEE account NOW. Go to www.ieee.org, Sign in, select your name, and then select Membership and Subscription Information OR call 800 678-4333. As a note, although Life Members have no dues, you do need to confirm your membership annually.
OR just renew now to avoid loss of any of your IEEE benefits at www.ieee.org/renew .
If you have already renewed, thank you for being part of the IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association. We have a lot planned for you in 2024
IEEE Member Benefits
Have you looked at all the benefits you receive as an IEEE member?
IEEE has specific benefits tailored to your specific carrier phase. Are you taking advantage of all that IEEE has to offer for you? If you’re like me, you probably know of a few benefits and are taking advantage of them but are possibly missing out on others.
The latest IEEE member Benefits Bulletin is available. Go to:
IEEE Member Benefits for the latest on
- authoring through IEEE Collabratech,
- member discounts on insurance, UPS shipping, computer purchases, and Wiley-IEEE Press,
- Continuing educational opportunities through online learning and eBbooks. IEEE members have access to over 380 eBooks at no charge. See the current offering at https://www.ieee.org/publications/books/ebookclassics.html
Did you know about IEEE – IEEE Collabratec
IEEE has created an online tool to assist IEEE Members AND non-members in career development.
The IEEE Collabratec™ online community offers a suite of productivity tools and is available to technology professionals around the world with exclusive features for IEEE members. Plus sign up is free to everyone.
IEEE Collabratec™ can help you:
- Connect with global technology professionals by location and
- Access robust networking, collaboration, and authoring tools dedicated to technology professionals
- Establish a professional identity to showcase key accomplishments
You do NOT have to be an IEEE member to join IEEE Collabratech.
For more information, please contact: Ian MacMillan / Region 5 Membership Development Chair / i.d.macmillan@ieee.org
| R5 Conferences, Webinars and Professional Activities |
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems May 12-14 2024
The conference, scheduled to take place on May 12-14, 2024 in St. Louis: https://icps2024.ieee-ies.org/, which will bring together experts and researchers from academia and industry to exchange ideas and discuss the latest advancements in Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems.
The IEEE Denver Section is hosting the International Conference on Communications (ICC) which for 2024 which will take place in Denver Colorado (June 9-13, 2024). ICC is one of the two IEEE ComSoc flagship conferences attracting a large number of contributors and attendants. This year’s conference hosted 2000 attendees in Rome at ICC 2023
We invite you to submit a business, paper, workshop, tutorial proposal for consideration. See the attached Call for Papers (CFP) document. CFPs for symposium, workshops and tutorials require technical papers that will be published in IEEE xPlore digital library. Industry presentations, panels and workshops (not requiring publishing papers) will be solicited in the weeks ahead.
Given the convergence of computing and communication in our industry, we hope you will consider this opportunity and spread the word to your colleagues. Access conference Weblinks: Symposium Workshops Tutorials
For any question, please contact Tim Weil – General Co-Chair – ICC 2024 (Denver)720.656.9572 (m) | 240.337-1305 (f)
| R5 Sections and Formation Date |
| Section | Date | |
| 1 | Arkansas River Valley | June 20, 1994 |
| 2 | Arkansas | April 23, 1947 |
| 3 | Baton Rouge | February 5, 1955 |
| 4 | Beaumont | June 27, 1945 |
| 5 | Central Texas | May 23, 1930 |
| 6 | Corpus Christi | October 25, 1951 |
| 7 | Dallas | March 18, 1928 |
| 8 | Denver | May 18, 1915 |
| 9 | El Paso | March 7, 1940 |
| 10 | Fort Worth | January 5, 1956 |
| 11 | Galveston Bay | January 1, 1980 |
| 12 | High Plains | February 13, 2010 |
| 13 | Houston | August 7, 1928 |
| 14 | Kansas City | April 4, 1916 |
| 15 | Lafayette | November 11, 1970 |
| 16 | Lone Star | November 23, 2019 |
| 17 | New Orleans | December 8, 1933 |
| 18 | Oklahoma City | February 16, 1922 |
| 19 | Ozark | April 20, 1966 |
| 20 | Panhandle | June 12, 1947 |
| 21 | Pikes Peak | May 22, 1978 |
| 22 | Saint Louis | January 14, 1903 |
| 23 | Shreveport | January 14, 1903 |
| 24 | South Plains | May 4, 1955 |
| 25 | Southwest Missouri | February 14, 2009 |
| 26 | Tulsa | October 1, 1937 |
| 27 | Wichita | September 16, 1937 |
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IEEE USA News |
Wanted: Licensed volunteers to help with IEEE-USA and Region 5 Pilot for a PE Refresher
Region 5 is going to pilot a PE Refresher Pilot for IEEE-USA . We have the opportunity to design and implement an exciting new and promising pilot for a program that IEEE-USA (Career and Professional Development ) and the MGA YP Committee are jointly creating.
As part of the pilot, a few subjects will be introduced to members that sign up. These subjects are, tentatively, DC/AC Circuit Analysis, Mathematics, Ethics, Economics and Power. At this time, we have an open call for an instructor in these areas to help with preparing a 2 hour webex on one of the preferred topics by creating some summary material and problems on the topic. The instructor will present the material on one evening and then be available to answer questions on the problems. We are looking to recruit the team in September and start enrolling in October. I will have an informational session in mid September with those that respond to this call. Instructors should not be concurrently supporting NCEES on any exam writing efforts. Instructors should be licensed within the US.
In addition we would be looking for a project manager that is passionate about licensing to help manage the project and expand it beyond the pilot.
This is a pilot, so the purpose is to fine tune the program and collect feedback. The informational session will help clarify format a little bit more. However you may call me at 314-941-7641 or email at bob.becnel@ieee.org.
IEEE-USA’s annual Congressional Visits Day (CVD).
You are cordially invited to join us on 10-11 April in Washington, DC, for IEEE-USA’s annual Congressional Visits Day (CVD).
CVD provides a unique opportunity for U.S. IEEE members to meet with their Congressional representatives and key staff to raise awareness among lawmakers of engineering and technology’s long-term importance to the nation and recommendations for technically sound policy solutions.
Where, When & How
CVD 2024 training will take place in-person on Wednesday, 10 April, and meetings on Capitol Hill will take place on Thursday, 11 April. All CVD meeting appointments will be coordinated by IEEE-USA and Soapbox Consulting. Registered participants will receive their meeting schedule closer to the event date.
Please note that participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodations
More Info
To learn more about CVD, please visit ieeeusa.org/CVD or contact IEEE-USA’s Director of Government Relations Erik Heilman at e.heilman@ieee.org.
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MGA News |
Call for Nominations: 2025 IEEE MGA Leadership Positions: Deadline 15 March 2024
The IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Committee is soliciting nominations for the following 2025 leadership posit
– MGA Vice President-Elect/Board Chair-Elect
– MGA Treasurer
– MGA Vice Chairs
-Geographic Unit Operations
-Information Management
-Member Development
– Committee Chairs
-Admission and Advancement (IEEE)
-Awards and Recognition
-Chapter Operations Support
-IEEE.tv Advisory
-Life Members (IEEE)
-Member Benefits Portfolio Advisory
-Membership Recruitment and Recovery
-Operations Manual Compliance
-Potentials Editorial Board
-Student Activities
-Training
-vTools
-Young Professionals (IEEE)
– IEEE HKN – MGA Governor-At-Large
The deadline to submit nominations for the above positions is 15 March 2024.
A complete list of available MGA positions, committee descriptions, and information on the MGA Nominations and Appointments process are available.
Ø Nominate yourself or a colleague now
For questions, email mga-noms@ieee.org
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