September 3 has been set
for the date of
the awards banquet I mentioned last month. The evening is being held to honor those of
our Section who have distinguished themselves in many different ways, and to the
honor the Section and some of the Societies and Chapters themselves.
A highlight of the night will be a presentation by our Region 5 Director recognizing
the Houston
Section on its 75th year as an IEEE Section. We are one of the older
Sections in the World. More on this next month.
Make a note now to set aside October 17 to participate in our 2nd annual IEEE-Houston Golf
Tournament. Proceeds from the event will go to providing $1,000 scholarships
to Section member sons, daughters, grandchildren, etc. We were able to
award 3 scholarships this year and look forward to increasing the number
in 2004 More details of the Golf event will be forthcoming in the
August PocketScope and on the website. And winners of 2003 scholarships
will be announced at that time and honored at the Awards banquet in September.
If you're a COMSOC
member, or have an interest in this area, you should check out their outstanding
programs. Like the one scheduled this month: " How
Toastmasters Can Benefit You Professionally". While this particular
topic has nothing to do
with the "bits and bytes" type of Communication it has everything to do with our
everyday Communication. Give them a look.
There were no new senior
members recognized in June, though I know there are a few applications in the works. But
that's far from all of you. So where are the rest?
Senior membership is important to the individual and the Section and I urge all
who meet the qualifications to submit an application. It's here on the
web.
We received a request
this month from a local Girl Scout who is working on her Gold Award, the highest
award in Girl Scouting. For her project, she is creating a resource box
for a science teacher at a local elementary school, Poe Elementary, about
careers in science and engineering. She hopes that through her box the
elementary school children will come to a better understanding of what
scientists and engineers really do. As a part of her project she is
compiling a list of local professionals who would be willing to come and speak
to the elementary students about their career. She ask if we could help
her find a speaker. When I put the word out, within hours I had several
volunteers to get involved and Kristen Morrow, our GOLD co-chair, herself once a
Girl Scout will be speaking at the school. We appreciate those who offered
to help promote our engineering profession to kids at this early age.
