Agenda 

  1. 6:00 - PIZZA and Social 
  2. 6:30 - Chair's Report (Paulo Vasconcelos, on behalf of Tugrul Daim)
  3. 6:40 - Treasurer's Report (Russ Mickiewicz) 
  4. 6:50 - Secretary's Report (Paulo Vasconcelos) 
  5. 7:00 - IEEE OU Analytics Overview (Ed Perkins)
    1. Training PowerPoint
    2. OU Analytics Access (remember you need to hold a volunteer position to have access)
  6. 7:30 - Tonight's Focus 
    1. PSU Student Branch (Robert Rutherford/Kirk Jingles) and WSU Student Branch (Schubert Yu)
    2. Robotics and Automation Society - RAS (Ed App)
  7. 8:00 Section Updates (Max 5 minutes per section)
  8. Future Focus

    Jul: Summer Social
    Ago: WSU Student Branch (Schubert Yu)
    Sep: PSU PSAS/RAS SB Chapter (Eric Ruhl)

Attendees:  Paulo Vasconcelos (Secretary), Russell D Mickiewicz (Treasurer), Edward G Perkins, Daniel Engel (Webmaster), Ed C. Epp (RAS Chair), Robert Rutherford (PSU SB Past Chair), Kirk Jingles (PSU SB Chair), Eric Ruhl, Yao-Feng Chang, Jerome Murray, Michael Mahon, En Andideh, Tom HindMarsh, Kaleb Spencer, Daren Slee, Jay Guo, Haneef Mubarak.

WebEx Attendees: Rick A Smith (PACE Chair), Sohrab Aftabjahani (CES Chair), Ankit Singh, Schubert Yu.

Discussions

  • Jerome Murray spoke about the "Future Engineers Day", an opportunity that about 300 students from high schools have to get introduced to the engineering field. A half day students tour going engineering facilities and/or companies such as Garmin and PGE. On the other half, students engage with representatives from engineering colleges. Mostly sponsored by ASCE, their committee is looking for new partnership and will ask support from IEEE Oregon Section ($500 or $1000) later in the year. Their committee will have the first meeting in October when the topic will be brought for discussion and support approval.
  • Ed Perkins suggested used the series as a professional development opportunity like a PACE kind of activity. Maybe get a match from PACE for the money that the Section is investing.

Important Dates 

  • PES General Meeting - Aug 5th
  • Summer Social - Sat Aug 11th 

Action Items 

  • Paulo to connect Jerome Murray with John Vinson regarding Pre-College Committee.
  • Paulo to connect with Jay Guo regarding volunteer opportunities at the Section.

Announcements 

  • TEMS Workshop Series was a successful effort that should be repeated next year. Maybe including some Case Studies to the Series and evaluate if the Section should charge or not IEEE members. 
  •  Summer Social on August 11th
  • PES General Meeting in Portland on August 5th (international level event)