Western North Carolina Section Fall Report 2004
 
Section Officers:
 
Chair:   Fred Orland
Vice Chair:   Jim Erickson
Secy/Treasurer:  Torry Wickwire
Student Activities Chair:  Fred Orland
PACE Chair:  Doug Nuttall
 
 
 
SECTION ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 
1. We have monthly section meetings, except for June, July and August.
   So far this year we have had 5 Technical  and 1 Educational meetings.
   We have 2 more meetings planned this year. 
 
2. The EXCOM usually meets monthly. We have had 8 EXCOM meeting this
   year.
 
3. We have had 4 upgrades to Senior member this year. That represents
   2.5% of our eligible members.
 
4. Our Web site has been totally revised and expanded to better serve
   our membership. Our webmaster has kept it updated and current.
 
5. We would like to extend our gratitude and congratulations to our
   section member Dr. Bob MOOG for his contributions to the music industry
   as a pioneer in the development of electronic music synthesizers. His
   accomplishments were recently featured in THE INSTITUTES Member
   Profiles.
 
6. Student Activities:
    a, We have 2 active Student Branches. Western Carolina University
       (WCU),  and University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNC-A). We have
       developed a close working relationship with the Electrical Engineering
       Departments at both Universities.
 
    b, Both schools host a technical presentation of the senior
       student design projects for our section.
 
    c, We have scheduled for our October section meeting a "Engineer
       Career Round Table" discussion session at  WCU. This is a new trial
       concept. The objective is to draw on the wealth of engineering career
       experience of our section members and provide the graduating students a
       heads up as to what to expect when they enter the engineering profession
       after graduation. The focus is on the Different Engineering Function /
       Roles and Professionalism.
 
 
SECTION GOALS AND PLANS:
 
1. Conduct officer elections over the next 2 months.
 
2. Conduct the "Engineering Career Round Table" discussion session
   with the engineering student at UNC-A.
 
3. Develop several new programs with the University Students:
    a, Conduct "Design Reviews" of the students class projects.
    b, Begin a student mentoring program with the section members.
    c, Conduct "Engineering Professional and Ethics" sessions with
       the University students.
 
4. Initiate a Champaign to:
    a, Identify more volunteers to assist with our various new
       programs.
    b, Increase member participation in our meeting.
 
5. Continue to have a variety of technical meetings of interest to the
   section members.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
Fred Orland
Chair, IEEE
Western North Carolina Section
Email:  fredorland
Phone:  828-665-4761
 
IEEE WNC Section Web Site: 
www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/wnc/