October 2024 Minutes

Attendees: Diwakar, Dan, Ed Epp, Richard, David, Ed Perkins, Naznin, Sean Murphy, Jose, Heidi, Rick, Sohrab

 

Minutes for Sept ’24 approved

Highlights

  • Ed Perkins: Follow up on the cost of bringing a move truck
  • Ed Perkins: look for mechanism to offer NEDME general admission to the section
  • All: David will send out the budget by email. Please review and provide feedback before Nov Excom
  • Election: progressing well. Final slate being reviewed. Dan will follow up with a couple of applicants
  • Approved $900 on behalf of computer society for Sohrab to travel for open source conference.

 

Chapter report

  • Area meeting
  • Global humanitarian Technology conference (GHTC) – Ed Perkins will be attending and reporting back (23-25th Oct - Philadelphia)
  • Rising Stars – 3 people [Naznin, Amritesh?, Diwakar]
    • Michael is not going
  • Ed Epp nominated for R6 education support award
  • Winter social finalized, gifts finalized - Dec 7
  • Move trucks – IEEE has move trucks for disaster relief – possibly display at some schools [Ed Perkins will follow up on the cost]
  • https://wie.ieee.org/grants-scholarships/frances-b-hugle/ - If anyone know a candidate female student, pass on the information about the scholarship.

 

Vice Chair report

  • NEDME – Diwakar to include in section email (Hillsboro)
    • Ed Perkins (free), Rick Smith, Sohrab are interested in going. Ed/David will figure out a mechanism to reimburse general admission ($40)
    • Ed will looking the mechanism to offer to the section
  • Sustech – marching ahead
  • Region awards nominations are open (Ed will send info to Diwakar to add in section email)

 

Treasurer report

  • Working on the budget
  • With 2 months left we are over $4k (instead of 17k), higher than earlier interest.
  • David will send the budget by email. Request to all is to review before Nov Excom and provide feedback to David if any item is missing.
  • Winter social annual awards dinner – Lake Oswego grill. Dec 7 at 7pm. – Mark the calendar. David will send out the vtools link for headcount.

 

Secretary report

  • Diwakar is out for vacation for Nov Excom. Dan will run the meeting.

 

Sohrab requested money for travel to a “open source conference”. Computer society has the money to cover the expense but no officers. Hence requesting approval from Excom. Motion is to cover up to $900 for travel expenses to open compute conference with computer society funds. Sohrab will dispense his learnings to the section via setting a webinar after the conference. Motion approved.

 

WIE international conference update - Naznin

 

Heidi

  • Nov 8 National Stem day – Setup daily challenges in schools. Money ($500) has already been allocated.
  • IEEE stem summit 23-25th – Diwakar to add to the section mailing list.

 

Election update (Michael)

  • Committee: Michael (Chair), John Prohodsky
  • Election for chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer.
  • Current nominees (motion to approve the slate – approved)
    • David – chair
    • Jose - vice chair
    • Dan – treasurer
    • Naznin – secretary
    • Joseph hall – secretary
    • 3 other people – contingent