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February,  2004
 

First, on behalf of the Executive Committee, I want to extend our congratulations to Alex Dunn and Hari P. Kewalramani, members of the Houston Section who were recently elected to the IEEE Senior Member Grade.  One of the goals of the Houston Section is to have all Excom members at this level.  In light of that, the Excom is looking at implementing a program which encourages, and makes it easy for Senior Member candidates complete the process.  The Central Texas Section has used a process that has been very successful.  The Dallas Section has also implemented this process with similar results.   If you meet the qualifications, the Excom will help you achieve Senior Member status.  Contact one of the Excom members for more information in upgrading your membership. 

Only weeks away our first Section meeting for 2004 will be held at the HESS Building on Thursday, February 26th.  Dr. Albert Cheng will give a presentation titled “Formal Analysis and Verification of Embedded and Real-Time Systems.”  His presentation deals with the use of practical formal analysis and verification techniques to ensure that the implemented systems perform as required.  It should be an interesting and informative session.

Looking further ahead, the Houston Section will be manning booths at the OTC-May 2004 Conferences this year promoting IEEE.  We need volunteers to help us man these booths and promote IEEE.  If you are interested, please contact one of the Excom members. We are always interested in new volunteers as the IEEE is a volunteer organization.  Several people have contacted Excom officers and a few have attended the monthly Excom meetings.  If you are interested in becoming active, please take the time to consider volunteering in some capacity.  The Houston Section has vast opportunities for you to consider.  I urge you to visit the Houston Section website, look at the local society chapters as well as the Section and see if your interests lie in any of these areas

The Houston Section has a worldwide renowned Continuing Education Seminar with presentations every month.  The next seminar will be February 3-4 on Synchronous Motors.  Presenters will be Chris Charter (GE Canada) and Mike Costello (Chevron Texaco).  Full details are on the website. 

As always, the Executive Committee and I look forward to your feedback and comments.  If you have suggestions and/or are interested in becoming active within the section or a local society chapter, contact one of us.  At the next Excom meeting, we will be reviewing the Houston Section’s goals for 2004.  Your active participation and feedback is most welcome and very beneficial in ensuring that the programs and content of IEEE brings the most value.

Gilroy Dolor
Houston Section Chair