MTTS IEEE REGIONS 5

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MTT-S IEEE REGIONS 5 6Chapter Coordinator
Report

• James C. Weiler
• j.c.weiler_at_ieee.org

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ISSUES

• Joint chapters answer to multiple IEEE entities.
  They cannot be expected to report separately to
  the MTT-S. (red tape)
• Joint chapters are often chaired by non-MTT-S
  member. A few dont attend IMS.
• New OC Chapter has multiple chairs to cover its
  joint" societies. (Hector for MTT-S)
• Regions 5 and 6 actually were well represented at
  the 2003 Chapter Chair meeting.

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Chapter Activities

• L31 Reports filed on-line are available for
  review to all IEEE officers.
• Outstanding Chapters could be identified by the
  L31 review of Web based record.
• Joint chapters often have more meetings, but, not
  all are MTT-S topics.
• Workshops and Mini-Symposiums are conducted by
  some chapters or their respective sections.
  (Foothill, San Diego Santa Clara Valley)

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New Chapters

• Buenaventura Section held monthly meetings with
  many outstanding presentations. They were able
  to elect a new fresh slate of officers for their
  second year. (Chaos covered the facility and
  refreshments thanks Jim Chao)
• Orange County very active in IMS/2005 and will
  host IMS in 2011.

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IMS in Regions 5 and 6

• IMS/2004 Fort Worth, TX
• IMS/2005 Long Beach, CA
• IMS/2006 San Francisco, CA
• IMS/2007 Honolulu, HA
• IMS/2010 Anaheim, CA
• IMS/2013 Seattle, WA